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For 3,038 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 38% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 57% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 Super Mario Odyssey
Lowest review score: 10 Fight Crab
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,448 out of 3038
  2. Mixed: 1,409 out of 3038
  3. Negative: 181 out of 3038
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nintendo Land
    If you're likely to get together with at least two friends and have the required extra hardware, there's enough here to warrant a purchase - just know that you're essentially buying the game for three incredibly fun party games. If you're going to be playing solo, there are better options available for the Wii U.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Walking Dead: Episode 5 - No Time Left
    One of the year's best games, even when it forgets to hand over the controller and let you have a turn.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Far Cry 3
    Far Cry 3 shines in its campaign, which is more layered and compelling than any game proffering a power trip through escapist ultraviolence has any right to be.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    LEGO The Lord of the Rings
    Things like the lack of online co-op are undoubtedly more prevalent with each iteration, but Lego Lord of the Rings is still a huge success that's wonderfully adorable and an absolute delight to play.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
    For all of SuperBot's noble efforts in creating an accessible yet technical fighter, you can't play PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale without ever feeling like something crucial is deeply lacking. The weak roster and poor presentation actively works against the title, and while there's enjoyment to be found this is a game that's highly unlikely to stick in your mind or, more vitally, ever be asked for at parties.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Hitman: Absolution
    Occasionally you'll witness flashes of brilliance, glimpses that suggest Io could yet salvage something from this wreckage for its next Hitman game. And then you finish a stage with a tedious quick-time event, snapping the neck of a morbidly obese Danny Trejo-alike in a wrestling match watched by hundreds - astonishingly earning yourself a Silent Assassin rating in the process - and you shake your head sadly and wonder how it all went so badly wrong.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
    Mixes some wonderfully loving nostalgia and ambitious design to create the first credible Mario Kart alternative since Crash Team Racing in 1999. Fact.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New Super Mario Bros. U
    A fantastic game hindered by a disappointing opening act. It feels like a game of present and past, where the first half reminds us why today's games greatly miss the second half's nostalgic excellence.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    F1 Race Stars
    There's just enough F1 style though to make it stand on its own. Yes, it perhaps should have been an XBLA game, and yes it's not really the type of game that sets the world ablaze with innovative audacity, but like most of the lineage it nods to, F1 Race Stars is just good, clean fun. What else was it ever going to be?
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Call of Duty: Black Ops II
    I prioritise the giddy highs of the Black Ops II's exhilarating multiplayer over the disappointment of its poor and brief campaign. Be very careful if you don't.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LittleBigPlanet Karting
    LittleBigPlanet Karting is an enjoyable game, but it's far from a great one, and it doesn't feel like it's had the love and attention previous games in the series have clearly benefitted from. Play it, mess around with its tools, and have fun, but LittleBigPlanet Karting's lack of personality will result in no long-lasting impression.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    WWE '13
    WWE 13 is far more fun than its predecessor, but this is largely down to some slight improvements to the core mechanics and the addition of hero-era nostalgia.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Halo 4
    This is no longer Bungie's Halo, but much of what made the series such an irresistible proposition has remained intact for this new beginning. Rich, lavish and often spectacular, Halo 4 is an encouraging first effort from 343 Industries and a deserving entry into one of gaming's most beloved franchises.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Need for Speed: Most Wanted
    Criterion has made no attempt to disguise the fact they're making a game designed to be played socially, so it's no surprise that Most Wanted only gets better once you party up.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Assassin's Creed III
    This is a quite beautiful game at times: attractive, detailed, and beautifully lit. The soundtrack is less noticeable, though the main theme, with driving rhythms and a strident melody that recurs in other tracks is an instant classic. But ultimately the quality of the mission design has taken a huge nosedive from the series peak of Assassin's Creed II.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Football Manager 2013
    Loads of new features, the vast majority good and useful once you get used to the new layout. There are, naturally, some issues.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
    Layton is a good distance removed from the hysteria that surrounded his debut title, then, but the fifth game in this stylised series is enough to keep you entertained.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter
    This is a bland, buggy and often boring title, one that belies the intentions of its developers and leaves the much-maligned modern shooter looking worse as a result.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hotline Miami
    Hotline Miami is a fair game, as much as it is hard, and you always know why you're dead, even if it was a fickle turn of the controls.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
    Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty is an affirming example of the right time, the right place and, crucially, the right content.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Skylanders Giants
    Despite the occasional glimpse of dollar signs in its publisher's eyes, Skylanders Giants is that rarest of beasts: a kids' game that's very, very easy for adults to like.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Retro City Rampage
    Here's a game that raises a glass to the past, and while Retro City Rampage is never as good as the strength of its references there's still plenty here for lovers of nostalgia to get involved in.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pokemon Black Version 2
    Treading an all too familiar path with little in the way of major changes, Black and White 2 will satisfy the itch while we wait for a true 3DS successor, but this tried and true formula is well overdue for a few more evolutions of its own.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pokemon White Version 2
    Refining most of the series' hallmarks make Black and White 2 top of their class, but they highlight as many ageing qualities as they do endearing ones.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Walking Dead: Episode 4 - Around Every Corner
    Around Every Corner might not reveal who's on the end of that blasted walkie-talkie, but it ends with such an almighty bang you're bound to return for the final fifth.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Forza Horizon
    I find it easy to ignore Forza Horizon's traditional multiplayer when the single-player is so captivating and enriching.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Unfinished Swan
    As it is, though, The Unfinished Swan is little more than a pretty picture.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fable: The Journey
    While I didn't bond with my horse as much as Molyneux may have liked, I fell head over heels for Albion.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    NiGHTS into Dreams...
    There's just nothing else quite like it. NiGHTS HD doesn't transition as elegantly into 2012 as it deserves, then, but it's clear this 16-year-old cult classic still knows how to soar.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown
    It's about controlling the terror levels of the countries you need money from, calming the alarm of your squad members as their leader is killed and their behaviour grows erratic and your own fears as you try to remain level-headed in the face of a terrified populace, a concerned council, and the sharp, poisonous appendages of a trio of chittering creatures advancing towards your wounded sergeant. After all, remaining calm under such overwhelming pressure isn't so easy when the person in mortal danger is named after your partner or best friend.
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