Vandal's Scores

  • Games
For 6,584 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 69% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 24% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 Bayonetta 2
Lowest review score: 10 Make it indie!
Score distribution:
6588 game reviews
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dive: The Medes Island Secret is a good play experience, and it has achieved to combine very good a relaxing experience and, at the same time, enough challenges to become a good videogame.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Its unique atmosphere, intelligent design and challenge for the player makes it one magnificent game in the Xbox 360 portfolio.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is the best season in Sam & Max adventures and you can't miss the next one.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It would be great news if the sense of humor of Deathspank spreads to other games, or at least if Ron Gilbert gets encouraged and makes more games.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    If you like space simulations and a broad universe to explore you should check this game as there is nothing like this one on Xbox 360.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It would be great news if the sense of humor of Deathspank spreads to other games, or at least if Ron Gilbert gets encouraged and makes more games.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Toribash can both please and repel the player. On one side, it is very different, technical and strategic; on the other, its control is not good enough, and the game pace, in practice, is slow and not very well carried.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Primrose is a very simple puzzle for 200 point, and it achieves its objective to be a relaxing, but challenging, experience.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dragon Quest is synonymous with classic Japanese RPG, and this ninth entry in the series keeps itself loyal to that spirit. But its multiplayer focus brings new features, which result in obvious improvements but also in some flaws.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Crackdown 2 will entertain us for many hours in its multiplayer mode, but if you are looking for a single player experience, you would better try to rent it first.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Overall Despicable Me has very good ideas which work well, but it is not as polished as we would like.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This game won't get any originality award, but Soul of Darkness is an excellent example of a game style that, actually, it is not as common as we would like.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This adaptation of the PC game Attack of Pearl Harbor has achieved very positive results, and has a noteworthy duration for a downloadable game.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Telltale Games has achieved to create an entertaining and full of humor game, full of intelligent, yet sometimes repetitive, puzzles.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All Points Bulletin has some good things and some flaws. It is a truly good idea, and the way it has been made is satisfying, but there is still plenty of work ahead to improve it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Singularity is a pleasant surprise. It could have been an average first person shooter game, but it has turned out to be a great game, with gameplay and visuals that deserve praise.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Singularity is a pleasant surprise. It could have been an average first person shooter game, but it has turned out to be a great game, with gameplay and visuals that deserve praise.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Singularity is a pleasant surprise. It could have been an average first person shooter game, but it has turned out to be a great game, with gameplay and visuals that deserve praise.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Although it has serious flaws in enemy AI sometimes, and you need a high-end PC to play, this is game is recommended for the original fans, and also for players wanting to try a new experience in war simulation.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Although the basic gameplay is the same through all the game and it becomes repetitive, it has many spells and abilities and the various characters make it an enjoyable game.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Although the basic gameplay is the same through all the game and it becomes repetitive, it has many spells and abilities and the various characters make it an enjoyable game.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    This is a FPS with an original mechanic, which tests our patience when solving the compromised situations we will find through the game. But some flaws in its visuals and AI prevent Sniper Ghost Warrior to become one of the leading titles of the market.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Any person, regardless he likes tennis or not, will find fun, challenge and charm in this game, with a great system of advancement through the world as if it was a RPG game.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Jett Rocket is a short game, but maybe because hours pass very fast, as it is such a great game.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Those who expected a game as good as the Nintendo 64 original will be happy to see Treasure has delivered.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The developers deserve some praise for the originality of the game, but ultimately it doesn't work as it becomes boring too early.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The developers deserve some praise for the originality of the game, but ultimately it doesn't work as it becomes boring too early.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    The game has changed to make simpler the character control and its progression, but gameplay is still too complicated for casual players in boss encounters, so the game falls midway.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Finally Transformers have a game with great quality, and to achieve that they had to flee from the movie adaptations.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Finally Transformers have a game with great quality, and to achieve that they had to flee from the movie adaptations.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Penta Tentacles is a very fun game, as passionate as simple, that makes the best of a formula to bring us three game modes and a high quality challenge, with an unusual atmosphere.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    The genre combination works, but ultimately won't be liked by everyone for the mixing of elements.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Puzzle elements are not remarkable enough, and the game is more a challenge of ability than of intelligence.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Milestone has achieved what many didn't believe: to exceed the previous title in the franchise and moreover focus the game to be approachable by any kind of player (from simulation to arcade) and enhance some lacking aspects of the last game (graphics and tuning options).
    • 72 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Pro Cycling Manager 2010 offers everything a cycling fan would want. It has lots of variety in its game mode, a powerful graphics engine, and an overwhelming amount of options and statistics.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Toy Story is a very good game, provided you are aiming for young kids.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Toy Story is a very good game, provided you are aiming for young kids.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Toy Story 3 is oriented for young kids, not just for the movie it is based on, but also for its gameplay.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 96 Critic Score
    Not only it pays a debt with series followers in PSP, but is also one of the most brilliant, complete and must-have titles of the PSP.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    It could be a must buy for any Mega Man fan, if only they have adapted the originals better.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    This is a funny game able to offer tons of hours of fun.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    This is a bold and interesting proposal, although very buggy. But it will surprise many for its freshness and freedom.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    This is a bold and interesting proposal, although very buggy. But it will surprise many for its freshness and freedom.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    This is a bold and interesting proposal, although very buggy. But it will surprise many for its freshness and freedom.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    This is an interesting proposal, and Voodoo Dice might have offered a superior final result with good level design. But the games doesn't get to achieve what it intended for a variety of flaws.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The main problem of Hero of Sparta is its shortness (just five stage, some of them not more lasting than ten minutes) and the fact that it's very easy, so it lacks something very often.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    This is an interesting proposal, and Voodoo Dice might have offered a superior final result with good level design. But the games doesn't get to achieve what it intended for a variety of flaws.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Blur is an attractive, intense, fast and thrilling game. It's built over a solid structure, and has a more than satisfying depth.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Blur is an attractive, intense, fast and thrilling game. It's built over a solid structure, and has a more than satisfying depth.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Blur is an attractive, intense, fast and thrilling game. It's built over a solid structure, and has a more than satisfying depth.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    THQ has improved the previous game in every way, achieving a game not just for UFC fans, but one that will surprise everyone for its quality as a fighting game.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    THQ has improved the previous game in every way, achieving a game not just for UFC fans, but one that will surprise everyone for its quality as a fighting game.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    It merges the best from Mario Kart and LittleBigPlanet to create one of the most pleasant surprises of this year.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    If you don't have Tetris DS, this is a great opportunity to enjoy the game on Nintendo DS.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    This is a great incarnation of the classic puzzle game, but also a lost opportunity to introduce new features.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    It is everything you can expect: very fun, well-presented and with a simple, yet powerful editor, although not as much as the domestic version.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A shoot'em up for everyone: simple with the red ship, hard with the blue one. It is based on repetition but also in surprising the player continuously.
    • 98 Metascore
    • 98 Critic Score
    Super Mario Galaxy 2 entertains, challenges and satisfies but, overall, achieves to put a smile in the player's mouth from the beginning, in a travel through fantasy worlds.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Alan Wake is an entertaining game experience, with and engaging narrative and full of nights of terror.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 97 Critic Score
    Rockstar brings the GTA formula to the wild west with excellent results.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 97 Critic Score
    Rockstar brings the GTA formula to the wild west with excellent results.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    In spite of lacking some more content, arcade fans will find a very interesting game they should at least try out, and the rest of gamers might be pleasantly surprised by its ideas.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    In spite of lacking some more content, arcade fans will find a very interesting game they should at least try out, and the rest of gamers might be pleasantly surprised by its ideas.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    This is a compelling entry of the series, and it will please those fans of the originals of last generation, but it lacks some freshness as an action and platforms title.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    This is a compelling entry of the series, and it will please those fans of the originals of last generation, but it lacks some freshness as an action and platforms title.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Maybe this Forgotten Sands is not a blockbuster, nor it has such visuals as the previous entry in the series, but it has an incredible gameplay.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    This retrospective is pleasing, and it doesn't reserve resources to offer new challenges, reinventing itself constantly.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The return of the Prince to PSP is good, although controls may turn down some, and maybe it lacks some depth in its proposal.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 96 Critic Score
    Pure fun and maximum challenge. This is an addictive, almost hypnotic experience.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Capcom has made a strong bet for multiplayer in Lost Planet, and it has achieved it. But has not paid enough attention to the single player.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Skate keeps improving, but this new installment doesn't offer many new things.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Skate keeps improving, but this new installment doesn't offer many new things.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Ultimate Ninja Heroes series for the PSP has improved with each game, but not enough to keep itself fresh.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This game is not going to mark a milestone in the console portfolio, but can easily turn into one of those cult classics that gamers won't forget for years.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Capcom has made a strong bet for multiplayer in Lost Planet, and it has achieved it. But has not paid enough attention to the single player.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    This is one of the best of its genre and a good alternative for those who are looking for another experience.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It may be enjoyable for some, but if you are looking for a fighting game, keep searching.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Its redefined difficulty turns it into a platforms game both for nostalgic games and most of the public.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It doesn't solve any of the flaws of the previous Wii adaptations, but it is still a fantastic adventure.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Beat'em up lovers won't feel disappointed, but the rest of gamers should think twice the purchase.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A simple but extremely addictive concept is what makes of Picross 3D a great puzzle game.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The game experience is so fun that its few flaws turn smaller in a game that is probably one of the best of the WiiWare.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Bloons is a demanding puzzle, but with a very bad designed learning curve. It makes dumb and steep leaps, and that's frustrating.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    It offers a good challenge for action gamers, but they'll probably miss some features like a multiplayer mode, or some more depth.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    It offers a good challenge for action gamers, but they'll probably miss some features like a multiplayer mode, or some more depth.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Variety is the word that defines Nier the best. Variety of genres and game styles which compose an epic, fantastic and full of action adventure.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Variety is the word that defines Nier the best. Variety of genres and game styles which compose an epic, fantastic and full of action adventure.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It does not have real innovations, but is excellent as an ultimate version of Street Fighter IV.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It does not have real innovations, but is excellent as an ultimate version of Street Fighter IV.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    A great buy for a football fan, provided he doesn't already own FIFA 10.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    A great buy for a football fan, provided he doesn't already own FIFA 10.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    This is one old school title which will make many remember those golden years of classic videogames. But it needs patience and thinking, and maybe many won't give it a chance.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    It's a pity this innovative proposal for DSiWare has so few content.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a good racing game but its design has some flaws, specially in the tracks. Its scarce variety is evident although the game tries to hide it.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DodoGo is a very good proposal in the digital distribution portfolio, and it offers good value.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Neither of the five games is ultimately bad, but no one is good either.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It has a good story, well-made since the beginning until the end, and both the main character and the nemesis are charming. There is no greater satisfaction for a private detective than to find who is Jack the Ripper.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    After Burner Climax is pure arcade. Pure fun concentrated in a game in which time goes much faster.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    After Burner Climax is pure arcade. Pure fun concentrated in a game in which time goes much faster.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Capcom has done an excellent and refined job, trying to find the balance between accessibility for newcomers and those hunters who love complexity and difficulty.

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