TotalPlayStation's Scores

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For 1,090 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 65% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Mass Effect 2
Lowest review score: 15 Eureka Seven Vol. 2: The New Vision
Score distribution:
1090 game reviews
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's a lot to like about MLB 2K11. While the series is trending up it definitely needs a makeover and a whole lot of polish to break through the negative reputation tied to it. It's not an ace but it's a serviceable mid-rotation starter.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Clank should have been the star. Instead, he's one part of a larger, more disjointed and ultimately very, very disappointing game that just happens to have his name on the box.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus is a good port of a once great game. Returning fans will doubtlessly fall back in love with the combat, but will be dismayed with how poorly the rest of the package has aged.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Where the game really shines is in presentation, however, something that rescues an otherwise bland adventure and helps raise it from a mindless, linear quest to the promise of seeing something interesting with each new locale.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Altogether, I was pleased with the game. It immediately jumps to the top of the Move pile and all of the small features add up into an impressive amount of content. It could have used a bit more polish but if you're a fan of 007 you can't do much better.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    If you were hooked by the first game, you'll blow dozens of hours on this one before interest starts to wane.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It's a cute action-adventure game that will hold your attention and make you smile. I would recommend it to anyone!
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A decent platformer, sure, but don't expect anything new or original here. It's a nice diversion and something good for kids, but adults will probably want to stick to the bigger budget titles.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    There's no excusing the game's bugs and sloppy localization, but the rest of the experience is such a joy that it at least makes them tolerable.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The story isn't really presented well at times, but thanks to numerous Wolfenstein staple elements, the game works.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    I hate to say it, but this is not a good game. Not in a "for a Jak game" sense, but in the most all-encompassing way I can mean it. To see this franchise fall so far after redeeming itself with Jak 3 hurts.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It's a squad-based shooter/puzzler without the squad. As such, it's only half a game, and that half isn't very good.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Wild ARMs 5 is one of the best RPGs to hit the PS2, simple as that. An old-school approach to the genre whittles down the gameplay to simple, core elements while stripping out all the annoying bits that have built up over the years. A definite buy.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As a retail game, Young Thor is merely adequate with its charm and ambition almost doing more than the gameplay can. As a Mini, however, it's the new benchmark for how these things should and can be done, and we can only hope it continues.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    I don’t imagine myself as a gaming whiz by any stretch, but I’m good enough to stay in the running most of the time, and when I started to crack the 20 retries, then 30… then 40… then 50… I stopped having fun and started hating the experience I was being subjected to.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Alien Breed: Impact is a love letter to all the things that inspired the designers, but apparently they forgot to flirt with fun. Unless you still boot up your Amiga to play the original, don't waste time when there are better games in the genre.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It's made for the Midwest and the South, and that's exactly the type of crowd that will eat this game up. Just don't expect it to go over well with general partygoers expecting Top 40 tunes.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Probably the first real unabashed "GTA" clone that manages to still work well on its own merits. Definitely worth a rental, and for those that really dig the motif, probably not a bad buy either.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    PAIN just needed a little more... something. Another level, more stuff to do, I don't know what, but it's impossible to escape the feeling that what's being offered for $10 is spread a little too thin.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It’s not as deep or story-driven as, say, a "Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance," but there’s still enough here (especially in the surprisingly well-presented bonus features should you find yourself interested in the characters or world) that will keep the die-hards coming back.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Don't get me wrong: I loved my time with Asura's Wrath. I want to see the game succeed and get more support. I just wish there was more bang for the buck and that the ending wasn't obviously setting up for a sequel by leaving so many loose ends.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's an odd place to be in; on the one hand, the racing bits, the core gameplay just doesn't feel as solid as it should -- and certainly not on par with Rainbow Studios' other projects -- yet the presentation manages to replicate the charm and looks of the source material so well, that it doesn't feel like a licensed game, it feels like something that was developed alongside the movie in terms of how it matches the big screen product.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Racing the cars is a fun and enjoyable experience, but the modes on offer make it more of a chore than an enjoyable experience.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Ty 2 is in no way a bad game, it's just merely average in just about every way.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Daytona USA was the pinnacle of arcade racers in the early 90's. Translated into today it sadly doesn't hold much of its appeal, especially without a sweet cockpit and steering wheel setup. Leave this one parked on pit road.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A fantastic break from the Final Fantasy-dominated RPG genre.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rogue Trooper is so confident in what it's trying to do that it's a wonder Rebellion hasn't been able to pull this off before. The world is amazingly well throught-out, and the action just feels polished.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a love it or hate it game. If it doesn't click with you right away it probably won't at all. I just wish they had made some better decisions with the way that the co-op is handled.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A classic example of a game with a lot of great ideas that loses its focus. With a little more polish, we could have had something special here. What we end up with is a title that air balls some of those wide open jumpers.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This is the calibre of game that you would expect to be coming out for the PSP at this point in time. With unique features, nail biting battle and an interesting story concept The Third Birthday is more than worth the purchase.

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