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
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    ROTT is a long forgotten fast-paced FPS that is exploding with style, let down by a lazy port. Take the time to master the control scheme though and you'll find ROTT a lot of fun to play and jam-packed with innovative features.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Gemini Rue is equal parts tense, thoughtful, and surprising; it's the single best, most compelling adventure game I've played in years.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The vast majority of iPhone fans probably won't get it. People who care about the gaming industry, however, definitely will.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Visually and acoustically pleasing, easy to control and with a future update bringing a multiplayer mode, Infinity Blade is incredible. This is one iPhone game you need to have. Whatever you do, don't skip the end credits.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The dearth of features is disappointing, but the main draw for PES 2010 is its refinement. This isn't a simulation by any means. Rather, it's the best soccer game on the iPhone and boasts more realism than any of its competitors.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Making better use of the hardware than most iPhone games, Dragon's Lair takes advantage of the platform's video capabilities, making the game a far better value than other handheld alternatives. The game's excellent presentation values serve to punctuate an already great remake.
    • 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.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stacking doesn't strike us as a game focused on difficulty. It's a game for those interested in creativity, humour and fun - a toy box full of variety and imagination that rewards playfulness and exploration.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    Perhaps the best thing about Risk: Factions is how quickly matches move.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Unless DynamoKid has some drastic updates down the line, there isn't any compelling reason to download it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite its rougher edges, Tales from Space: About a Blob is a genuinely fun – and funny – romp through classic sci-fi tropes. The feeling of piloting a gelatinous character is more than enough to set the game apart from its sidescrolling brethren, but, it's the unique gameplay and sense of style that truly absorbs you.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    When the World Cup does come to an end, I can't envision playing this game aside from the rarest of occasions. Not even the implementation of vuvuzelas would change that.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    With a handful developers, Blue Wind has crafted one of the best pure action games on the iPhone. The graphics are gorgeous, the game is fun, and while the brief cutscenes are rife with dubious usage of the English language, it doesn't matter.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Splatterhouse is wildly gory and wildly uneven. It has unrealized potential, and maybe if the kinks were worked out it would've been a great action game.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vanquish manages in many ways to be quite literally awesome though; from the bombastic battles you partake in, through its outstanding technical performance, brilliantly ridiculous cutscenes and superb twists on an established genre.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dead Space 2 is a superior sequel in pretty much every way. Just like Dead Space before it, the game isn't subtle and grabs your attention from the start.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Uprising is a surprisingly solid run-and-gun title for Arc System Works' debut entry to the genre.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dead Space 2 provides an innovative and haunting gaming experience; it competently continues on the foundations laid by its innovative predecessor and serves to massively expand what is already a popular cross-media franchise.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All in all, The Undergarden is definitely a game that is to be avoided by puzzle enthusiasts, ultra violent droogies, or people who like to be given a clear purpose before giving anything their attention.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Despite the outlandish oil puddles and EMP blasts, switching between between criminal and cop has never been so fun.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    There's a quote that sums up the portable version of Mirror's Edge succinctly. A French writer once said that, "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It seems inappropriate to label any game a 'classic' on such a novel platform, but if such a term is allowed, then The Incident qualifies emphatically.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    There are more complex games out there, but there aren't many more exciting games on the iPhone and iPod than Canabalt. Its simplicity is an asset that takes advantage of the system like few other games other have.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While Zombies may not feature a definite storyline and doesn't prompt an extensive play-through outside of a lame achievement system connected to the player's profile through the official game site, it does play pretty well, for a touch screen FPS and manages to capture all the things I like about the Nacht der Untoten level from World at War.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    With such terrible pacing, you might not want to continue. But if you do, you'll be treated to a solid, if underdeveloped platformer. Patience is a virtue.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    To top it off, an experienced player can get through the game in five hours, and there isn't much in terms of replay value. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is a poorly executed, thoughtless game that is best to be avoided.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Improvements are constantly being updated and although team mates make or break many matches, there is genuine fun to be found.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There's also no doubt in my mind that the game will be supported with great DLC and amazing user generated content, but as a player who fell in love with the original's level design, as well as it's infectious personality, this sequel never quite met my admittedly lofty expectations.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Breach suffers from being bland. There is no visual style, it sounds dull, and without hardcore mode turned on the level design is uninspired and weapons lack impact.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The iPhone port is far from perfect, but it's Secret of Mana. You can do much worse.

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