Total PC Gaming's Scores

  • Games
For 179 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 39% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Grand Theft Auto IV
Lowest review score: 20 Stalin vs. Martians
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 179
  2. Negative: 17 out of 179
179 game reviews
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you plot a graph of genius times faltering game design, Far Cry 2 sits firmly in the top right. [Issue#13, p.50]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Our American cousins will really enjoy this and, begrudgingly, so will we. [Issue#12, p.60]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Charming, gorgeous and fun - though too stale for strategy hardcores. [Issue#23, p.59]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Impressive in size, but the lack of multiplayer might turn some strategists off. [Issue#14, p.60]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An excellent flight combat sim, with a lack of polish in key areas.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A gorgeous, if uneventful platform game to some - Sands of Time with its brains kicked out to others. [Issue#15, p.60]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A brave but ultimately flawed game that only delivers on all that was promised in very short bursts. [Issue#16, p.58]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Entertaining in short doses, but severely lacking in variation. [Issue#14, p.56]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A return to form with epic set-pieces. However, there are a few frustrating puzzles and camera issues. [Issue#14, p.58]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tactical and highly entertaining but seriously lacking polish.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    80 percent of it you've seen before, but Lego Batman is still as fun as you'd hope. [Issue#13, p.62]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Not a mandatory purchase for EU Rome fans, but a reasonably priced expansion. [Issue#16, p.64]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Good for your Friday night pizza and beer social or as a budget-buy afterthought. [Issue#14, p.62]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fun, forgettable and well worth the impulse buy. [Issue#14, p.62]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A solid shooter, with firm old-school roots. [Issue#10, p.64]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tighter translation and a map editor is needed, but it's still a great TBS. [Issue#15, p.64]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A fun sandbox game in small doses, but it's ultimately far too limited to keep you hooked long term. [Issue#22, p.54]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In a nutshell, we've been pleasantly surprised by Lego Indy. Most moviegoers and gamers will enjoy it. [Issue#9, p.50]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Does little wrong, but efforts made to broaden its appeal may prove largely fruitless. [Issue#28, p.52]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Improvements are there, but lean toward the superficial side of this prolific franchise. [Issue#26, p.53]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Further patching could make it one of the most immersive shooters of the last decade…but not as is. [Issue#22, p.47]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A deep, detailed strategy title occasionally mired in its own complexities. [Issue#24, p.56]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A great accompaniment to the Penny Arcade canon, but ultimately feels a little thin on its own in the RPG field. [Issue#9, p.54]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Close to a new Elder Scrolls, but nowhere near as realised. [Issue#25, p.51]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A good game with some pretty outstanding aesthetic design. [Issue#29, p.52]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Telltale has created a decent adventure full of slapstick and melodrama.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fast-paced and handsomely presented with no two online sessions alike. The only hurdle is getting there. [Issue#20, p.50]
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Short and simple, but Muzzled is ever so sweet while it lasts. [Issue#23, p.58]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Die-hard RPG fans will appreciate the backstory, but no-one else will pay attention.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Many hands make fun work: shallow single-player is compensated for by some great multiplayer content.

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