Thunderbolt's Scores

  • Games
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:
2038 game reviews
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you take yourself and your RPGs too seriously, then chances are you’re not going to get much out of this game. If, however, you just want to hang out with a bunch of hot anime chicks and kick some butt on the way to nowhere, Endless Frontier is your game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The platforming, while serviceable enough on its own, is made needlessly annoying with a horrendous excuse of a camera. But if you manage to get it working long enough, you'll be treated to some of Disney's finest, from the animated shorts of the early twentieth century to the nightmarish visions of a world that is normally reserved for cherished childhood memories.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The one thing that would have made this game a true gem would have been some online play, but the multiplayer is so entertaining that it’s easy to overlook.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is an entertaining romp through the Star Wars universe; just don't expect something of The Empire Strikes Back brilliance.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In terms of retro gaming, this is probably the best deal you can currently get on the Wii.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A bright and cheery Mech’em’up with a bright charm and nostalgic gleam that despite its problems is worth checking out, provided you agree with the price.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    God Hand is one of those games that will either leave you shaking your head in disappointment or practically drooling for more. It functions superbly as a beat’em up game, and it possesses the some of the charm that games like "Final Fight" and "River City Ransom" used to enjoy.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Perhaps Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Dark Lord isn’t so much uninspired, though, as it is misleading.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's plenty of style to go around, with an excellent foundation. Unstoppable Gorg provides a fresh new twist on the expected system; however, its limited selection of combat mechanics keeps it from truly taking off.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dante’s Inferno starts off big, consistently introducing new enemy types and grand environments, but by the end of the game that initial excitement turns to repetition as you fight through wave after wave of the same enemy type in increasingly familiar territory.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    To say the Katamari series is becoming stale is something of an overstatement, it’s still as enjoyable as ever but if the next instalment (if there is one) doesn’t take the series in a new direction both on and offline, then this cult series in great danger of killing itself off by the lack of the one thing it brought a bundle of, originality.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It doesn’t matter what kind of artistic talent you may or may not have... absolutely anyone can be proud of the products of their imagination.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Its incredibly short stature makes ZOE an almost pointless re-release, and the de-evolved frame rate handling of 2nd Runner isn't much to pine for unless your PS2 copy was lost, stolen, or destroyed. If this is an effort to get people amped and ready for the recently announced Zone of the Enders 3, fans certainly deserve better than this.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Anarchy Reigns may be the first retail release of 2013 but it's a strong contender for dumbest fun of the year.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    With a mixed bag of quality, humor, and creativity to work with, gamers will likely find themselves split over the game’s appeal. It’s not a bad game; it simply lacks a decent execution.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It may have slightly deviated from its original design to welcome the uninitiated to the genre – the many, many knowing references reveal a game that’s meant for the fighting game community more than anyone else – but the added depth proves welcome, even if it requires a little more understanding.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A damn exciting ride if you just want to let loose and allow your instincts to guide you to all manner of ridiculously out-of-this-world rough-and-tumbles.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    You can’t help but feel that H.A.W.X. is a little too tame for its own good. While it’s certainly an enjoyable air combat game, it lacks the edge that other Tom Clancy games so evidently possess.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A pretty good – if not unexceptional – action-RPG where an arcade-oriented simplicity and an experiment with pricing structures are the orders of the day.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Just don't expect the technical marvel that PC owners have been waxing on about for years, you'll be sorely disappointed.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Something special for a select audience who's able to fully embrace its peculiar nature. That it doesn't appeal to everyone will likely only strengthen this appeal.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There is a slightness about Scrapland that actually appeals in this day and age.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It may be a little short but the replayability comes in from the extra difficult levels and their newly gained in-game bonus features.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The bottom line is that this game is a lot of fun, does what it sets out to do with ease and I'm sure you'll find yourselves going back to this again and again if you get hold of it, especially if you can talk your mates into buying it too.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The single player still needs work, but as it stands Reverse of Arcadia is the most complete Yu-Gi-Oh! game released to date.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All things considered, Mirror of Fate is still a decent game, one that is merely injured by some elements of poor design. It’s a unique approach to rebooting a franchise, one that doesn’t seek to reestablish the rules, but instead utilize them as a guide, thus allowing this new version to travel its own direction.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Marvel vs. Capcom Origins is the definition of what every HD fighting game re-release should be and as long as Capcom continues down this path, high anticipation for Darkstalkers Resurrection is foreseeable.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Everything feels crafted with care, and it's a fun and stylish strategy game.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Although Ys: The Ark of Napishtim isn’t the prettiest or most epic RPG around, it delivers with its fast-paced action and lack of a convoluted storyline.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Most definitely one of the most inventive games on the PS3. It blends a number of genres into a great package topped off with some great humor.

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