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For 560 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 Forza Motorsport 4
Lowest review score: 28 Saw II: Flesh & Blood
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 373 out of 560
  2. Mixed: 167 out of 560
  3. Negative: 20 out of 560
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
    The thing to remember though, is that Epic Mickey 2: Power of Two doesn't quite innovate as much as you would expect a sequel to but it's still built on an incredibly stable base of the original game. For this much, anyone into an old school platformer that you would only experience last generation should definitely give this a shot, or any Disney aficionado who wants to be reminded why they love the production company so much.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Headhunter: Redemption
    It suffers from a game-destroyingly-bad aiming/camera system that I just could not get over.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Robotech: Invasion
    A daring departure from the cartoon-roots of the series, but it's as though the developers used up all their creativity on this. The levels are repetitive in design and layout, and the enemies are generic hordes of identical clones.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Alone in the Dark
    Alone in the Dark has enough innovations to warrant being experienced by most gamers, but is crippled by poor design at the most basic levels.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    TMNT
    It's repetitive, the controls are simple, the graphics aren't that great, even for an Xbox 1 game but TMNT should be a hit with the under 10's that love a nice simple action game aimed at them.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Iron Phoenix
    A solid fighting game that had the potential to be something truly brilliant. There isn't much in the gaming world more satisfying than beating others online and it comes to you here in bucketloads.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
    Sadly, a missed opportunity from EA. Someone has come up with a great concept, brought on board some incredible comic talent to help bring it all together but it's let down by a poorly designed fighting engine and badly balanced characters.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    ShellShock: Nam '67
    Yes you do kill innocent villagers, yes you do get funky with Vietnamese hookers, and yes you do get to experience the horrors of the Vietnam War, but while Shellshock Nam '67 isn't quite a masterpiece, it is still an enjoyable game if you're starved for a solid shooter.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom
    The issue with SVC Chaos is that while it has a great deal of pick-up-and-play it severely suffers from an absence of any longevity outside of its online component. SVC Chaos feels more like the beginning of something really exciting, but falls far from containing anything of real substance.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Vietcong: Purple Haze
    A poor port of the original PC game. It has faults in almost every area that considered alone would have be forgivable but together, combine to seriously impair the games enjoyment factor.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    DRIV3R
    The shoddy on foot action and the terrible AI, the bugs, including bad pop up, bad collision detection and glitches in animation both in cut scenes and in game, the terrible mission design and trite story add up to a really average game.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Tenchu Z
    Unfortunately for Tenchu Z there are games that do the stealth action genre a hell of a lot better, and with nothing else going for it other than ninjas, this one is best left in the dark.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 49 Critic Score
    Bullet Witch
    It is buggy, ill tested, and not much better than draft material. With that said genre fans may find a little something to admire with Bullet Witch; whether it is Alicia's magical powers or some of the lively boss encounters.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    NBA Ballers: Chosen One
    Chosen One is a decent enough romp for a couple of nights play, however it's hard imagine you'd invest any more time than that. It fails to exceed the fun factor, and overall quality, of similar games to come before it.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Lost: Via Domus
    The game is not without its many shortcomings, however, and those easily frustrated by lousy checkpointing or undercooked and simplistic gameplay elements should steer clear.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    The Incredible Hulk
    Unfortunately the truly shoddy product that shipped to retail is unlikely to please anyone: it's buggy, glitchy, poorly optimised and visually unimpressive from a technical standpoint, and the missions are boring and the combat is repetitive too.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Dead to Rights II
    Save your cash for better games.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter
    There's fun to be had, but there's still quite a long way to go for the Medal of Honor series to bridge that gap between Battlefield and Call of Duty, and hit the high notes it once did.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Rise of Nightmares
    It's hard to recommend this one at full price, but if you're pretty patient I have a good feeling you will enjoy the experience Rise of Nightmares offers. If you're pretty sick of Kinect already, this is not going to be the game to sway you over.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    FaceBreaker
    Facebreaker is only for gluttons of punishment and definitely a game to avoid or give to someone that you do not really like for Xmas.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fable II Pub Games
    Getting a head start in terms of money and items will appeal to Fable fanatics, but for everyone else, it's not worth the gamble.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Warriors Orochi
    Warriors Orochi is nothing more than fan service from Koei and Omega Force.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Spy vs. Spy
    Suffers from a very pedestrian single player game that lacks the humour of the comic on which it's based, which is very disappointing considering how funny and clever they often were. Multiplayer is more fun, and is a good game for weekend hire.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Transformers: The Game
    Transformers: The Game is fine for a weekend rent, and with a few beers the easy achievement points may justify the hire fee.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Spare Parts
    It pains me to speak so harshly about a product that has the delightful Simon Pegg attached, but Spare Parts is down there with Yaris as one of the worst XBLA has to offer.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 43 Critic Score
    Red Faction: Battlegrounds
    Even though it contains vehicles that look like they belong in the world of Red Faction, nothing else about the game seems to have anything to do with that universe. It could have been called 'Monster Crash Super Derby' and have felt absolutely no different.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 48 Critic Score
    X-Men: The Official Game
    It's a generic, cheap cash-in that is poorly executed, uninspired, and rarely even enjoyable.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    187 Ride or Die
    The graphics are great with plenty of detail, you are never fighting the controls, the speed effects and weapons are great and the storm drain levels rock. There are parts of this game that almost make you feel like you're in the middle of some Jerry Bruckheimer movie.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Deadly Intent
    This is not a game, it is just a bunch of barely interactive episodes of the show and as such, is only suitable for die hard fans and people in need of a quick gamerscore boost. Everyone else should steer well clear as there is precious little fun to be had here and the whole thing soon gets mindlessly repetitive.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Superman Returns
    While there's nothing broken about Superman Returns, it just doesn't amount to a particularly fun experience, with boring super-powers and mindless melee combat.
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