Times Online's Scores

  • Games
For 397 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007
Lowest review score: 20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 43 out of 397
397 game reviews
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The shaded graphics lend the outing a moody and otherworldly air, while many of the puzzles dotted around the levels are refreshingly cryptic. This may not be an epic game, but it is a satisfying spine-chiller all the same.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Watery additions aside, the rest of the game is pretty much business as usual. The parks need cleaners and repairmen to keep the rides running, and the punters need well-placed ATMs and stalls to shop at.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The game is at its best when played online or across large networks, since real opponents can be ingenious and make better fidgety targets.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A classic case of style over substance, being little more than a glossy advertisement for the film.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A classic case of style over substance, being little more than a glossy advertisement for the film.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The gameplay is varied enough to maintain interest, and its clutch of quirky distractions adds to the experience.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The gameplay is varied enough to maintain interest, and its clutch of quirky distractions adds to the experience.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The gameplay is varied enough to maintain interest, and its clutch of quirky distractions adds to the experience.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An inspired example of how movie tie-ins should be made.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An inspired example of how movie tie-ins should be made.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An inspired example of how movie tie-ins should be made.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An inspired example of how movie tie-ins should be made.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For all the nice touches, however, the shockingly poor artificial intelligence lets down Cold Winter badly, and the game is unlikely to offer serious players any real challenge.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The FPS game definitely needs revitalising by something new and original. This isn’t it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The FPS game definitely needs revitalising by something new and original. This isn't it.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    But the really ingenious element is the Drivatar AI, in which the computer learns your driving technique.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Wrestling fans will be disappointed by the vagueness of the controls, while Streetfighter types have far more fast-moving titles to choose from. An interesting failure.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The game’s greatest strength, along with its smoothness and superbly rendered backdrops, is its appeal to both newcomers and hardened hands.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The mechanics are competent, but it is the characterisations, especially the wooden delivery of some lines, that let the game down. On the plus side, the ample options include a story mode, multiplayer clash modes and a mission designer to open up replay values.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The mechanics are competent, but it is the characterisations, especially the wooden delivery of some lines, that let the game down. On the plus side, the ample options include a story mode, multiplayer clash modes and a mission designer to open up replay values.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The mechanics are competent, but it is the characterisations, especially the wooden delivery of some lines, that let the game down. On the plus side, the ample options include a story mode, multiplayer clash modes and a mission designer to open up replay values.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Graphically impressive, to the point where those prone to sea-sickness should stay away, and the dark bowels of the ship provide an eerily effective gaming environment.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Graphically impressive, to the point where those prone to sea-sickness should stay away, and the dark bowels of the ship provide an eerily effective gaming environment.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All this action is complemented by superb graphics and effects that really put across the bone-crunching pain of the competitors.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Decent graphics that hold up smoothly in the height of fighting, plus atmospheric cut-scenes, great locations and superb sound effects all measure up to a memorable, if utterly exhausting, experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    TMOS has an impressively complex storyline, backed up by superbly detailed background graphics.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Combinations become instinctive and defence second nature. Throw in an engrossing career mode, as well as the facility to create your own boxer, and you finally have a heavyweight boxing game.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Combinations become instinctive and defence second nature. Throw in an engrossing career mode, as well as the facility to create your own boxer, and you finally have a heavyweight boxing game.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Although some of the voice acting creaks, the peasants who sound like Goon Show rejects are surprisingly entertaining.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Well-meaning if not masterful, this is clearly a game for children rather than older players.

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