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For 4,638 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 23% same as the average critic
  • 25% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 78
Highest review score: 100 Game Dev Tycoon
Lowest review score: 20 QUByte Classics: Thunderbolt Collection by PIKO
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,864 out of 4638
  2. Mixed: 1,696 out of 4638
  3. Negative: 78 out of 4638
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    SkateBIRD
    You can have a great concept, nice visuals, and plenty of novelty, but it’s all for naught if the game doesn’t feel good to play. Unfortunately, SkateBIRD has a lot of issues in that regard. The physics lack weight, which I can forgive to an extent because they are birds. The ridiculous camera is harder to get past. Anytime you’re near pretty much any object, the camera has a tendency to start going haywire, making it hard to point yourself in the direction you want to go and really easy to fall off of raised surfaces. Your birdie boarder also falls off its board at the drop of a hat, and between that and the camera you can end up in some very frustrating situations. All of the charm in the world isn’t enough to save this one.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Demolish & Build Classic
    Demolish & Build Classic is another in a too-long series of PC ports that don’t do enough to optimize or adjust the experience for the Switch. There’s a good idea at its core, but significant performance issues, fiddly collision detection, and a clumsy UI keep it from achieving the promise of that idea.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Antiques Roadshow: Discovering America's Hidden Treasures
    With the exception of infrequent trips to the Roadshow, there's none of the cool historical information that gives the television show its redeeming qualities. Throw in the painfully repetitive tapping, the abysmally unresponsive nature of all iOS hidden-item touchscreen inputs, the irritatingly unfair dust-on-the-screen mechanic, and a dash of insultingly simple mini-games and there's just no excuse.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    ShaqDown
    For all its tapdancing there just isn't anything interesting going on here.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Dexter The Game 2
    If Dexter were out there hunting for gaming transgressions, Dexter the Game 2 would never have made it onto the App Store. It would have disappeared without a trace, woken up strapped to a desk with rolls of plastic, and made to answer for its crimes in blood and dismemberment.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Curiosity - what's inside the cube
    Curiosity isn't even a game: it's a child's toy, stripped of depth and without an ounce of respect for its audience's intelligence.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    QUByte Classics: Thunderbolt Collection by PIKO
    While the poor quality of the games was immediately evident when I started playing, it took even me a little bit of time to realize they were biting so hard off of pre-existing titles. But whoever you want to blame, at the end of it all this really isn’t a collection worth buying unless you have a bizarre fascination with the history of poorly-made copies.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Dungeon Keeper
    In the end, I can't imagine Dungeon Keeper is going to satisfy anyone very much.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Legends of Heropolis
    Perhaps if we all try our best to avoid eye contact, Legends of Heropolis will go away.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy: All the Bravest
    ATB was disappointing enough in the fact that it's not a real RPG, but it's downright appalling when you think about the fact that it's simply a cash-grab. For everyone but the most stalwart FF fans (and I implore even them): this trip down memory lane isn't worth it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Divine Slice of Life Visual Novel
    The only nice things I can say about Divine Slice of Life are that it has an amusing premise, and some of the art is good. Everything else, including the writing, the plot, the characters, the pacing, the voice acting, the interactive choices, even the text font, is straight-up lousy.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 25 by EA SPORTS
    Lacking a season mode, any form of player customization, or even full games, Madden 25 is a poor substitute for an actual NFL game, and is instead yet another social-oriented freemium title that seems to care more about monetization than gameplay.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    True Lover's Knot
    True Lover's Knot is a special kind of bad. It's so terrible all-around that it's almost entertaining to experience, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it at any price.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Tales of Phantasia
    Even sampling this version of Tales of Phantasia will only lead to the frustration of seeing that Namco could have made an excellent version of the game, but didn't. Thanks, but no thanks.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Mega Man Mobile
    Capcom should be ashamed at releasing anything in this state, let alone classics like these. I feel like I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to stuff like this, as I'm aware of the challenges each platform brings, but there's really no excuse for how utterly terrible these are. More or less a worst-case scenario. Do not buy these, even if you hate yourself. Self-harm is never an answer.
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