Vandal's Scores

  • Games
For 6,586 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 Journey
Lowest review score: 10 Make it indie!
Score distribution:
6589 game reviews
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Although enjoyable, this Star Wars VR games has some good ideas but also many elements that could and should be improved.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is a great Yakuza spin-off, with a fantasntic setting, only held back by some aspects that haven’t aged particularly well.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Wild Hearts is a Monster Hunter-like adventure with its own ideas that delivers something different, even with a flawed execution.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Call of the Mountain is a good game to showcase PlayStationVR 2, and allows us to enjoy Horizon’s universe like never before.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    This is a solid port of a great game, with plenty of options for PC users and, unfortunately, the stuttering issues that seem to affect so many PC games lately.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Tales of Symphonia is still a good game and it’s great that it’s available on more platforms, but also deserves a better remaster.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is exactly what you expected: a game from another time, for better or worse. It’s enjoyable, but also lackluster in several areas.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    One of the best games ever made is back with one of the best remasters ever made.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Deliver Us Mars is a very irregular game, probably because the developers tried to bite more than they could chew. Overall, if you enjoyed the previous title, you’ll find some entertainment in this sequel as well.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    But what separates Hogwarts Legacy from others of its kind is being Hogwarts Legacy: the stunning recreation of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the world around it. Walk through the lines we read. Entering the rooms that we could not see in the cinema seat. Hogwarts Legacy has its flaws, but when dreams come true they always do.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Space for the Unbound presents a powerful teenage tale combined with everydayness and magic, and manages to surprise with surreal situations strengthen by a fantastic art direction.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is a unique adventure that combines humor, action, platforming and music to deliver one of those games that are very rare to come across lately.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    This is a outstanding remake that makes everything better for one of the best horror games ever made.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Season has some really good ideas, but ends up being just a beautiful journey that requires a bit of patience to fully immerse ourselves.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Forspoken has a good foundation, with great combat design and parkour, but the contents of this world are not as good and, consequently, struggle to keep the player engaged.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    One of the best Monster Hunter available on more platforms is always good news, particularly when it does it with a great port like this one.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is another opportunity to either discover or replay Persona 4 Golden and, maybe, for first time in your language.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is great news just for having this game available on newer platforms and translated to more languages, although it still has some issues this remaster could have fixed.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Engage is a fantastic tactic RPG with an excellent gameplay, exquisite level design and interesting new additions to celebrate more than three decades of Fire Emblem.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a fantastic and authentic tribute to the 16-bit action platformers that successfully brings back the essence of franchises like Ninja Gainde, Shinobi or even Mega Man.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This is a very simple, very lineal JRPG with an interesting combat system that doesn’t really shine. Enjoyable, but not enough to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the franchise.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    This is a JRPG that you shouldn’t miss if you enjoyed the 16-bit era of the genre, although it also manages to balance the nostalgia with a modern design to make both old-schoolers and new comers fall in love with it.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    A fun game that, even if it doesn’t do anything particularly well gameplay-wise, makes the most of its particular sense of humor to keep the player entertained.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Lil Gator Game delivers a fantastic experience, based on free roaming and exploration where the main is goal is clear: let the player have fun. And, at that, it succeeds.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    This is an unforgettable adventure that just got better. One of the best ARPG ever made improves on every front with a free upgrade for the ultimate experience.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Darktide delivers solid gameplay and strong design, although technical issues can worsen the experience.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A different take on the series that works when it comes to collectables and exploration, although sacrifices its combat to reach a wider audience.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is, without a doubt, the best version of this unforgettable adventure. A PSP game at its core, but with many new features that make it feel much more modern.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    It’s good to have a remake available in Europe and localized, but it feels like a missed opportunity to improve the outdated gameplay.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Definitely a step in the right direction for the series, with really good ideas, that can become repetitive in the long run.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Callisto Protocol is like a game from the PS3/360 era. No open world, no RPG elements, and no other self-imposed AAA features that plague the industry these days. It’s a flawed game, but most important, it’s fun and intense, and we wish there were more games like it.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Astronite combines platforms, action and exploration to deliver a metroidvania that doesn’t take many risks but gets the more core of the game right.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Firaxis delivered one of the best Marvel games ever made. A massive turn-based strategy RPG beautifully crafted.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Knight Witch is yet another metroidvania but at least this one attempts to do something original with the addition of fun shooter mechanics.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Miles Morales learns from the mistakes of its predecessor and lands on PC more polished and with better performance.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    This is a proudly old-fashioned game that, at least, feels different from all the current action games.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Evil West is a weird but effective combination of hack & slash and Western with vampires, that goes straight to the point and is just fun.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This is like a playable joke that is fun for a while… but gets repetitive too soon.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Devil in Me is an enjoyable horror experience, particularly with friends, but definitely not a step forward in the series.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Design-wise, this is one of the best and most revolutionary Pokémon games, but there are way too many technical issues.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Design-wise, this is one of the best and most revolutionary Pokémon games, but there are way too many technical issues.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Somerville is a sci-fi adventure that, beyond its fantastic art design, doesn’t do anything remarkable.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Friends of the Great Kingdom polishes some of the issues of the original and compensates for the lack of new features with characters known and loved by several generations.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    A mystery adventure set in a very interesting period, that deals with important issues and makes us feel like true detectives.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Tactics Ogre is one of the great legends of SRPGs and Reborn just makes an already near-perfect game better. With its translation into Spanish, the excuses for not playing it have ended.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    This is a great medieval experience that combines RPG, strategy and action and gives us a lot of freedom to do whatever we want. Some mechanics are not very deep, but other than that, it’s a solid title.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Past Within surrounds us with its dark fantasy to create this cooperative puzzle game.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    It's certainly not the JRPG of the year on Nintendo Switch or PC, but it has charm, a strong art direction, and its gameplay loop is well suited to short games, something many RPGs will surely appreciate.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Marvel Snap has everything it needs to be successful, and its ideal for quick games, while also being fair to players who do not buy microtransactions.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Sonic reinvents himself with an experimental adventure that, even with its flaws, shows a solid foundation for future adventures.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    There are good intentions behind this adventure, but also too many mistakes and questionable design choices.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Saturnalia is a interesting, roguelike experience that shines more as an experimental adventure than as a survival horror.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 98 Critic Score
    It may no longer have the impact of its predecessor, but it is the perfect example that it is not always necessary to reinvent the wheel and that, sometimes, it is enough to polish and improve what already seemed unbeatable to make history again and leave a mark. indelible in an industry that, with titles like this, reminds us why we keep playing. Simply essential.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    It Takes Two takes a hit to run on Switch, but it still works and looks well, becoming a solid choice if you don’t own another platform or want the portability.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Modern Warfare 2 is a good entry in the series that, even if not very innovative, delivers solid and fun gameplay.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    We know it sounds cliche, but Scorn is not a game for everyone. It has plenty of issues, but if it clicks with you, you’ll certainly enjoy it.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vampire Survivors is this popular for a reason: its mechanics are almost perfect and even in its simplicity feels fantastic to play.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sparks of Hope is bigger and better, and not only improves everything we saw in its predecessor, but also introduces great new additions to its gameplay.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Tri-Ace manages to revitalize the series after its last misstep. It’s not the best Star Ocean, but it is the game the franchise needed.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Lost in the Dark is very much a sequel, for better of worse, and delivers exactly what you would expect from Yomawari.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    The Eternal Cylinder is original, feels great and offers a setting like no other. It is hard to describe, and that, for us, is enough to recommend it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Even though it isn’t very scary, Signalis is a great take on the survival horror genre, particularly if you are a fan of the classics.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Bayonetta 3 may have fallen a little behind the previous adventures of this charismatic witch, but even so, it has turned out to be a very complete game that, when focused on pure and simple action, gives us absolutely incredible moments thanks to a system of novel, accessible, fun and very deep combat and a staging that takes the show by the flag to leave us totally stunned with its choreography and the scale of the conflicts in which we will find ourselves submerged. And in the end, those virtues are the ones that end up prevailing in the face of the irregularities of its development and those that remain in our memory after the title credits, which leaves us with a very positive balance.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    This is a good successor of the original series, with charming character and the sense of humor we all know and love.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Gotham Knights is a game that we've had fun with, but it's also frustrated us. Its main story is entertaining, the few secondary villains are a great attraction, it is full of references that DC fans will fall in love with, and the construction of the superheroes and the relationship between them is one of the best points of the title. However, it wants to be two things at once, without being brilliant at either of them.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Quotation forthcoming.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Except for a couple of technical issues (and the lack of the first three games), this is a solid compilation of two great adventures now available on PC.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Requiem is a great sequel that expands on everything its predecessor did. By running away from all the tiresome trends the industry is following, it also manages to deliver a fun adventure with great pacing, topped by incredible visuals.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    An unforgettable adventure that’s as unmissable now as it was at launch.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    PGA Tour keeps evolving and polishing the series with the best entry so far.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    This is, really, a relaunch dressed up as a sequel, although the game remains as fun as ever. Some balancing issues and, of course, a questionable progression system hinder the potential of Overwatch 2.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It is incredible to see No Man’s Sky running on Switch with this level of quality. Sure, it doesn’t look as good as other platforms and there isn’t multiplayer available, but the experience remains virtually intact.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Bricktales does a good job adapting the creative construction of LEGO to a video game, but struggles with its questionable pacing.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a solid life simulator that fans of the genre will enjoy, even if it doesn’t make the most of its original concept.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    This is exactly the sequel you expected it to be. You’ll find all the core elements we know and love, but they get diluted in an unnecessary open world or silly minigames that don’t really bring anything to the table.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Beyond the interesting interactive story, this adaptation of Vertigo doesn’t do it justice to the original film –nor to itself.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is an incredibly solid port that brings one of the best games of the previous generation to even more people (and places) on Switch.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Elysium might not be has good as the main entries, but as an action, lower-budget game, it’s a great choice.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a great spin-off that knows how to adapt Shovel Knight’s gameplay to a roguelite structure.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The core gameplay and the feeling of skateboarding is incredible, but the mission design requires a lot of work. If you are a skater in real life or a hardcore fan of the sport, you’ll enjoy. If you’re not, at least wait for some patches to make it more accessible.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Even if it’s far from perfect and being a classic, The DioField Chronicle is a solid SRPG with great combat and art design.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    FIFA 23, as a standalone game, is great, but as a sequel doesn’t really offer any big features to justify this year’s entry.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Behind its viral debut, there is a fun game, cleverly design and, surprisingly, full of surprises.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This survival game shines thanks to its setting, as well as delivering a fun adventure that is best enjoyed with friends.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is good sequel for fans thanks to its setting and plot, but it’s still stuck in a somehow outdated gameplay.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is a fantastic adventure, beautifully designed, fun and nostalgic, that proves the genre still have what it needs to be alive and doing well in 2022.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Temtem is a very well designed game full of charisma, although its multiplayer feels very underwhelming and we don’t see the need for battle passes and microtransactions.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Metal: Hellsinger is a great combination of genres, fun, addictive and with a fantastic soundtrack.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Brawls has an interesting idea for a video game, but its gameplay is so simple that stops being fun after a few hours.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    NBA 2K23 is a solid step forward pretty much in every aspect, apart from the visuals and MyCareer, that are not as surprising or attractive as they were before.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sunday Gold is a strange hybrid between graphic adventure and turn-based strategy that, even if flawed, knows how to keep us engaged.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Tinykin delivers a fantastic exploration-based adventure, full of puzzles and secret, that’s also beautiful and a fun to play.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Another Souls-like that doesn’t try to innovate much, but at least offers interesting story and setting to compensate for its conservative gameplay.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Splatoon is back with its most complete and polished entry to deliver the same fun experience, but also better than ever.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    A functional combination of Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing and Pokémon that becomes addictive thank to its tone and aesthetic.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a solid remastered that improve some aspects and adds content. Nothing groundbreaking, but it’s the best way to enjoy this game.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It’s nice to see Pac-Man back with one of its platforming adventures. It’s not a masterpiece by any means, but the new visuals and improved gameplay makes it more enjoyable now.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A very faithful remake of a masterpiece that, with virtually no significant changes, makes it more spectacular and enjoyable than ever.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    If you like narrative-based games and, in particular, Sam Barlow’s previous projects, don’t miss it.

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