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For 2,038 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 36% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 60% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Red Dead Redemption
Lowest review score: 10 Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 928 out of 2038
  2. Mixed: 867 out of 2038
  3. Negative: 243 out of 2038
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    SiN Episodes: Emergence
    Fortunately, Sin Episodes: Emergence does a better job at closing the first episode than "Half-Life 2: Episode One."
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
    For a budget price, Gunslinger provides a hugely entertaining experience, distilling the dime-novel heroics of the pulp Western and an excellent, satisfying combat system into one immensely likeable package. Bravo.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Super Mega Baseball
    Ultimately, that’s why Super Mega Baseball succeeds. It doesn’t sweat the superfluous stuff. It has great teams, good difficulty scaling, approachable gameplay and a phenomenally addictive rendition of pitching and hitting.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Injustice: Gods Among Us
    Being a NetherRealm Studios production, it has a tendency to flirt with the superfluous, but there’s tasty meat to be found in the core combat even if not all of its mechanics mesh perfectly together.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Freedom Fighters
    The serious lack of replay value in Freedom Fighters is detrimental, but this is still one of the most exciting action games of recent memory. The level design is impeccable, the storyline is enjoyable, and the strategy elements make this game stand out from the rest of the pack.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
    Overall it's a very well-developed package with decent offline play and a great overall purchase, and is well worth a buy at the current cheap prices you can pick it up for.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
    The match engine is a return to form and it feels somewhat relieving knowing I’ll have a football game to enjoy this year, but the entire thing looks thrown together and basic when compared to what a certain other developer is getting out of the same development kit.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Arms 3
    Like its predecessors, simply doesn’t have the presentation strength or storytelling depth to match up with the very best in its genre. But with an interesting array of puzzles, a likeable cast, and a unique Western motif, the game is able to set itself apart, however superficially, from the Final Fantasy clones of the world.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax
    During a time when Japan's hit a creative drought with RPGs, it's great to see a game that's adopting this traditional style, and using it in a more imaginative way.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 2: Senseless Acts of Justice
    Hector isn't innovative. It doesn't raise the bar for gameplay in adventure games, nor does it really bring anything new to the table. It does, however, offer simple gameplay - offering an experience that's easy to get into, along with a downright funny adventure to boot.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hydro Thunder Hurricane
    Hydro Thunder Hurricane is marred primarily by its own high standards, and as a result it feels less like an XBLA title than a cut down full release; it's a full game struggling under the shackles of the downloadable medium.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    OlliOlli
    It successfully mixes elements from its own genre and simple but addictive endless runners.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Penumbra: Overture
    Creeping around in the dark with only a flashlight to hand whilst the wind whistles through a passageway and footsteps can be heard around every corner can be extremely disconcerting, and it's a testament to good game design that it manages to unsettle right from the start.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
    Although the game has minor flaws, it is largely an exciting racer that offers huge thrills and spills.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
    Even though the many random encounters and lengthy dungeons pad out the game length to roughly 30 hours (not counting many sidequests), Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga is still one of the stronger PS2 RPGs.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Driver: San Francisco
    Simply put, it's consistently fun, never taking itself too seriously, and instead focusing on how enjoyable the act of driving can be when you throw in a supernatural curveball.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Resident Evil 4 (2005)
    It’s just a real shame that the PC port was subjected to a half-arsed effort, because on consoles Resident Evil 4 has revitalised a stagnating series.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Aces of the Galaxy
    Despite the disappointment of the online mode, Aces of the Galaxy is a brilliantly crafted montage of many of gaming histories most successful titles.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bejeweled Twist
    It’s just pure puzzling with some excellent modes and few other frills. Sometimes that’s all you need.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dissidia: Final Fantasy
    Any Final Fantasy fan will feel right at home here, and those who are somehow unfamiliar with the series will find an amazing title on their hands when they emerge from cryogenic freezing.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Geometry Wars: Galaxies
    The floodgates have finally been opened and we are starting to see what the console is good for.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beat Sneak Bandit
    There's that visual layer to it, an efficient backdrop that contributes to a kind of combined audiovisual experience. Nothing is added which isn't essential to the design.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Split/Second
    It may have its problems with repetition and unfair AI, but there's no doubting the joy to be had engaging in its phenomenal action.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Samurai Warriors
    Don’t expect a revolutionary change to the series; just expect the same fun we’ve experienced before.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
    Role-playing fans are going to dig all the characters to level up and customize, comic book fans are going to go nuts over all the cameos and references, and action fans are going to be satisfied with all the different enemies they can kill.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    UFC Undisputed 3
    With more fluid and natural, mo-capped animations, better presentation and the introduction of PRIDE, Undisputed 3 showcases progression in all the right areas, giving fans the ultimate MMA experience.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
    With ten different courses to select and multiple challenges for each (mostly time trials and score challenges), there's quite a bit to Pac-Man Championship Edition DX to keep players busy.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Saints Row IV
    Saints Row 4 does not innovate nor break new ground. What it does do is reinvigorate a simple idea often lost in the race for cinematic showboating: having fun.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ICO
    The minimalist approach and stunning atmosphere elevates the game above the many generic titles surrounding it on store shelves. However, the game would have been more unique if the puzzles didn’t involve so many of those boring boxes and levers.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ghostbusters: The Video Game
    There are some presentational issues that let it down, some of the weapons are a little underused, there are large chunks of inactivity and it’s relatively short at just over five hours, but that isn’t quite enough to stop this from being one of the best movie tie-ins in recent memory. They came, they saw, they kicked its ass!
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