XGN's Scores

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For 3,435 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 98 Kingdom Hearts III
Lowest review score: 10 Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Score distribution:
3436 game reviews
    • 50 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Wasteland Workshop offers just a small package of content. Most props are a great addition to your settlement, but that's everything positive about the DLC. Taming creatures takes no effort, and the AI is broken.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    MXGP for PS4 has four extra tracks and slightly better graphics, but is still the same boring, almost clinical and thus disappointing motocross game.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Ignite is a fun little racing game that will keep you entertained for a short while. However, the low replayability and the lack of online gamers pretty much make this game dead on arrival.
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    • 55 Critic Score
    The charm of the game, however, is really in the solo experience and the main gameplay. All those mini-games are not interesting enough to invite your friends especially and have fun together for an entire afternoon.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Code Monkeys did her best to deliver a good game. Unfortunately the controls aren't working and the singleplayer will bore you pretty fast. However the multiplayer games are fun to try.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Go Vacation has a lot of different mini-games but frankly we've seen it all before. The exploration aspect really is the only original thing in this game. The multiplayer can be a lot of fun, but the controls aren't as good as other games, like Wii Sports Resort.
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    • 55 Critic Score
    Fishing with dragons flying over your screen: an interesting concept, but unfortunately not well developed. It’s a cheap game and quite funny sometimes, but after an hour you’ll be bored and do something else.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The charming style and the fun battles at sea will keep you entertained for a while but the fun reaches a low during fights on land and the random crashes that you'll encounter in this game. Pirates of Black Cove had a lot of potential but unfortunately doesn't do much with it.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    A remake of a remake, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded proves that it is almost impossible to do. The visuals and the artificial intelligence are extremely disappointing. The nostalgic multiplayer is one of the highlights, but you have to expect more from a game that carries the name 'GoldenEye'.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    A remake of a remake, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded proves that it is almost impossible to do. The visuals and the artificial intelligence are extremely disappointing. The nostalgic multiplayer is one of the highlights, but you have to expect more from a game that carries the name 'GoldenEye'.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    How surprising, another indie game with a retro feel to it. Even though Armed Seven works fine, there is nothing fresh and new to experience while playing this 2D shooter. Too bad, cause through the pixels you can feel the love that the developer put into it.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Although there's fun to be had in Fallout 76, the game itself feels like it has an identity crisis. Besides that, it definitely feels like an unfinished game. Even for former Fallout standards it has an abundance of bugs.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    How To Survive is a great game, on paper. With too little challenge and some stupid characters, it doesn’t get to its full potential. A shame, because EKO Software could have made a great zombie game with this.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Carnival Games brings a digital carnival to the consoles. With its minigames you can entertain brilliantly on a party. Unfortunately the lack of original games affect the replayability and there is simply too much to unlock. It just ruins the fun.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero: Van Halen hasn't become an exceptional game. It plays like every Guitar Hero game, but you can't call it success.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    This sequel feels like a huge expansion. The game doesn't really offer anything new apart from a few new zombies and weapons. It has a lot of bugs and suffers from frame drops when things get busy.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Prison Break: The Conspiracy shows you in the right way the whole prison and the story of Michael. Unfortunately the graphics scores far below and the gameplay is a little disappointing. These are the factors, the final grade of this game is nearly enough.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Start the Party! guarantees a fun evening with its 20 mini-games. The singleplayer is boring so be sure to have a lot of friends in the room when you play this one.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Sacred 3 is (sorry for our language) a big f you when it comes to the fans. This is not a real Sacred game, this is a repetitive and boring game. Keen Games, you have been way too lazy on this one.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Descent DLC is definitely not the best DLC out there for Black Ops 3. Although the remake of Raid (Empire) is pretty cool, the three new multiplayer maps are quite standard. Zombie mode, Korod Grovi, is a big plus once again.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Unfinished Swan might be a very arty game. It's not a Van Gogh by a long shot. The gameplay stays the same throughout the game, and that's just plain boring. A big thumbs up for the idea, it just lacks a finishing touch, the hand of a master painter, so to say.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Scrat's Nutty Adventure finally gives Scrat his own game. The rodent runs around and collects tons of acorns. But the acorns don't affect the game at all. Next to that the game is way too simple, even for the younger gamers. It primarily focuses on the small starting gamer. Still, Scrat is a hilarious animal that makes you laugh.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    7 Days to Die has a lot to offer for the zombie genre but hides beneath glitches, bugs and bad graphics.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    We don't see to many space shooters anymore these days. Unfortunately, SOL: Exodus is a bit of a disappointment. The AI isn't great and there aren't many challenging moments. It's a cheap little game though that will keep you entertained for a little while.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Worms Collection offers some fun and shows what Worms is all about. Despite the fun, the game lacks cool features which were available in past versions. Due to this huge flaw the games can't compete with the older PC-versions whatsoever.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    While LEGO Brawls features both long-term themes like Ninjago and new ones like Hidden Side, the game lacks variety and a focus on gameplay. While you can unlock new parts for your minifig, those parts have no effect on gameplay. The lack of gameplay depth limits the time you want to spend on this game before is becomes too repititive, which is too bad as LEGO has more than enough variation in its themes and characters. All in all the feeling remains that this could have been a lot better.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    HarmoKnight is not attractive because of its repetitiveness. All with all it feels like a game on the wrong device.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero: Van Halen hasn't become an exceptional game. It plays like every Guitar Hero game, but you can't call it success.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor is trying to do the good thing. Although the game looks pretty good, there are plenty of graphical bugs. The action in the game just doesn't flow naturally because of the many slow moments. The game does better in the multiplayer modes but still there is a lot of room for improvement.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Super Bomberman R is not that super. The multiplayer is amazing and fun, but the singleplayer is boring and the position of the camera will annoy you a lot.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Teal Mask could have been a great expansion for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet if Game Freak had taken the time it needed to address and fix the overwhelming amount of issues that still plague the overall package. The fun stories and great Kitakami area make for some good fun if you can look past the technical troubles.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Shinobido 2 starts out as a fun stealth-game but quickly becomes repetitive in both gameplay and environments. It tries to keep us interested by offering many possibilities and a decent atmosphere, but fails to keep the boredom away for to long.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Redeemer Enhanced Edition is quite fun to pick up and play for a bit. However, performance issues and an obvious lack of scaling for single-player keeps the game from being anything other than somewhat disappointing.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    There's no denying that the puzzles in Munin aren't interesting, but in most cases it brings you more frustration than joy. The high difficulty and lack of story make it only suitable for the real puzzle fans.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Sherlock Holmes franchise is trying to reach more people, and maybe with this game it will. The game however lacks a real challenge now. The game is a real detective game, but doesn't really convince.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Neverwinter is a disappointing MMO. There isn’t a lot of freedom for players to roam and it doesn’t re-imagine itself in the open world genre. For a free-to-play game it offers too little.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero: Van Halen hasn't become an exceptional game. It plays like every Guitar Hero game, but you can't call it success.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Two of the most awesome games from a few generations back are stripped down to almost nothing and are distributed full of bugs. Even the thirteen year old originals are technically better than this remake. On the other hand, it is a great blast from the past and a reminder of how cool the Tony Hawk games used to be.
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    • 55 Critic Score
    Smash Cars has seen better days. After the very short singleplayer there really isn't much to do. The gameplay still works like it should, but what happened to the multiplayer? It is a mystery why you can't play versus other people online.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Shelter wants you to feel compassion for your badger cubs but it doesn't give you a lot to work with. Because of the short duration, dull color scheme and simple gameplay you never get the real feeling of bonding with your little ones.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Predictable scary moments and a missing constant tension is what awaits you in this game. Finding pieces of paper on an abandoned island might be a fun thing to do, but Daylight barely fits in the genre that is horror.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Babel Rising is a very fun game, but it should have stayed on smartphones and tablets. It's a nice game to play for about a quarter, but soon it gets boring. You have to push certain buttons repeatedly and the gameplay doesn't really change throughout the game. It's a shame the developer didn't take more advantage of the Biblical story this game is based on, because it could use a storyline.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Dakar 18 tries to provide that real Dakar feeling, but developer Bigmoon Entertainment unfortunately fails. The Treasure Hunt is fun to do and the idea of navigation is good, but it does not work very well. The same goes for the controls.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Titan Quest's gameplay is decent, but incredibly outdated. Also, this RPG on the console is very clumsy to play because of the sloppy controls.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The only two things that make this game playable, are the graphics and the sound. Of course its nice for the Sonic fans, but even the fans will get tired of Sonic this way.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The setting and world of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game is great. Unfortunately, that doesn’t count for the gameplay and story!
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    • 55 Critic Score
    This is a game with a very unique subject and fun contracts, but you do not really get to control the ship yourself and the choices you make have too little influence.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Naval War: Arctic Circle is a deep strategical game that might attract some hardcore gamers. Most people however won't be impressed with the bad graphics and the sub-par multiplayer.
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    • 55 Critic Score
    Valhalla Hills has the potential to be a great game, but lacks the right connections between the main points. It's too easy, and lacks in story.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Williams Collection Pinball Hall of Fame 3D is a fun pinball game, but it is way too expensive. The game offers simply too little for fourty bucks.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Blood Drive is the Carmageddon of this generation. However, this game does not have the same quality as Carmageddon once had. After a few hours of zombie-racing madness, you'll want to play another game.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Blood Drive is the Carmageddon of this generation. However, this game does not have the same quality as Carmageddon once had. After a few hours of zombie-racing madness, you'll want to play another game.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    This game is repetitive, with boring level design and a camera which doesn’t want to work. Deadpool is a great character with a lot charisma and humour, but he tries too hard to be really funny.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Sadly the second DLC for Spider-Man disappoints. It's more of the same with a run of the mill story that ties you over until the third and final part. The one saving grace is the great gameplay that keeps you from hooked until the end.
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    • 55 Critic Score
    The dragons are good and fresh addition to The Sims. It is a shame that there are only three classes we can choose from, something you don’t want to pay this amount of money for. It offers too little for a DLC package.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Sonic Free Riders could have been a good game were it not for the complicated controls and the weak campaign mode. It's best for Sonic to throw away the hoverboard and keep using those fast legs of him.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    We are not sure why NeoCore Games released Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing on the Xbox One. A sudden change in difficulty, no story at all and now you have to pay for characters. No, with just a decent combat system, Van Helsing is not that incredible.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Sonic Boom Fire and Ice isn't a bad game. It is a short one, however. The fact that the game doesn't have much to offer in terms of content holds the game back quality-wise.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Mickey should be an epic game. Unfortunately that doesn't count for this handheld version. It's too old school. People who are searching for a decent Mickey game: buy the console or PC-version (Power of Two) instead.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    There is just no way around it: Iron Man VR is a disappointment. While it feels great to fly around like Iron Man, the gameplay gets stale very quickly. On top of that, the load times are unbearable, which is a shame because the story is quite enjoyable.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Hidden Agenda fails to deliver on its potential. The game makes some poor design choices, making it hard to fall in love with this game. Hidden Agenda, nevertheless, gives hope for more non-party PlayLink games.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The setting and world of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game is great. Unfortunately, that doesn’t count for the gameplay and story!
    • 64 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Silent Hill: Downpour takes a jump to bring the series back the its roots. Despite good intentions, the game has a lot of flaws. Let's hope the next Silent Hill takes a better jump and actually scares us to death.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II unfortunately did not become what many people hoped. The graphics are beautiful, but in almost all other areas the game fails to impress.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    PixelJunk 4AM should be seen as an instrument instead of a game. Unfortunately the Move-controller does not have too many options and that's why this is an instrument that will not be fun for too long. It's too bad you need other people to give you kudos and gamers will probably miss the traditional game elements, which seems to be making PixelJunk 4AM simply not interesting enough.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II unfortunately did not become what many people hoped. The graphics are beautiful, but in almost all other areas the game fails to impress.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Canvaleon freshly combines platforming with stealth gameplay. Unfortunately, the sheer difficulty and the lack of general direction make the game more frustrating than fun.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island is a homage to successful 3D platform games, but forgets to deliver proper gameplay.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Valkyria Revolution tries a lot of new things, but loses the Valkyria-soul in the process. The combat system is stuck between action and tactics and the style is completely different. It's only saved by an interesting story and beautiful soundtrack.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Vane is a beautiful game with a magnificent soundtrack, but it lacks direction and accessibility. The camera is always annoyingly close or abrupt far away and there are a lot of bugs in the game.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The Hungry Horde is a fun game for a while, but never for very long. It has a very chaotic style to it. The gameplay is easy but still requires tactical skills. The minigames are funny and provide variation to the game.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Harms Way is a free game for the Xbox Live Marketplace that is worth a quick download. However, due to the lack of variation you will drop this game within the first couple of hours. Not even the mildly amusing multiplayer won't be able to change that.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Joy Ride Turbo is a game that can be fun for a few hours, but the music is a bit boring and we can say the same thing about the variety of cars. The cars feel very slow and the circuits look too much alike, so unfortunately this game is only suitable for little kids.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Raging Blast 2 is one big déjà vu that adds virtually nothing to the first game. Not even the biggest Dragon Ball enthusiast will be impressed with this, even though this is still a decent fighting game.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Raging Blast 2 is one big déjà vu that adds virtually nothing to the first game. Not even the biggest Dragon Ball enthusiast will be impressed with this, even though this is still a decent fighting game.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Shape of the World is more an art form than a game. It lacks diversity and it gives you the idea that you’re sometimes tripping on drugs. All those colors are very bright, but you have no clue as to why you are on this absurd journey.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Finally Shenmue 3 is here. After 18 years Ryo's story continues. But the third chapter feels more like an enormous side mission than the continuation of the story. The game looks great and plays away like a modern game, while staying true to the first two parts. For fans this is a must play, but others don't miss out if they skip this one.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    The second episode of Minecraft Story Mode feels rushed. It lacks some elements that made episode 1 very enjoyable. Hopefully episode 3 will pick up the pace again.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    While Ruffy and the Riverside has a very fun mechanic at its core, the overall experience is a little underbaked due to poor combat, boss battles, and some technical flaws.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    State of Decay 2 has an impressive open world that comes to life in many ways, but lacks a sense of purpose which makes it boring. It’s a shame the game is filled with bugs because the strategic options are a great way to make play sessions unique.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Destiny 2 Curse of Osiris is a huge disappointment. Its campaign is short and too easy and the story is lacking depth. Therefore this expansion is way too expensive.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Port Royale 3 is a deep simulation of a merchant's life in the 17th century. Unfortunately, a merchant's life isn't all that exiting.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Balan Wonderworld looks great but feels incomplete. The game lets you journey through six different stories while collecting golden statues and morphing from one outfit to another. There are 80 different outfits in the game, but some of them feel double or not useful at all. Where the game is great to play alone, the multiplayer feels rushed, where player two doesn't get to do all the things player one can. That being said, the game feels like a great way for kids to spend time.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    JU-ON:The Grudge is a reasonable game, which mainly breaks apart because of the short gameplay and the bad controls. However the dark environments and scary moments that are all well placed, absolutely make it worth to play the game once. But when you do that, make sure it is from the discount stack.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Giana Sisters Dream Runners is a game which falls short on a lot of parts. The camera never sits right and the game offers almost no variation. Still it looks nice and offers a fun time racing with four people in platformer-style.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    Building towers with blocks can be fun, but only with wooden blocks in your childhood and simply not on a Xbox 360.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    Unfortunately this game failed a little bit. There are some nice ideas but they are not well developed. To play a quiz can be fun, but it really has his shortcomings and you have to keep in mind that this game only includes movie related questions.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 53 Critic Score
    Unfortunately this game failed a little bit. There are some nice ideas but they are not well developed. To play a quiz can be fun, but it really has his shortcomings and you have to keep in mind that this game only includes movie related questions.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    Teenage girls can have some fun with yet another karaoke game. But for all the others counts: don't waste your lungs with this game. Our suggestion: More Michael Jackson songs next time please.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    Teenage girls can have some fun with yet another karaoke game. But for all the others counts: don't waste your lungs with this game. Our suggestion: More Michael Jackson songs next time please.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 51 Critic Score
    Teenage girls can have some fun with yet another karaoke game. But for all the others counts: don't waste your lungs with this game. Our suggestion: More Michael Jackson songs next time please.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Medieval Moves looked like a very interesting game. Unfortunately Sony delivers a disappointing game by its repetitive gameplay and a huge lack of freedom. The fighting is very entertaining and works well, but gets old after you played it for a couple of times.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The third (?!) re-release of Rainbow Moon says it all: the process is repetitive, just as the game itself. With a boring combat system, constant grinding and some flaws that were in the other versions, Rainbow Moon isn't that colorful.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Color Guardians is a colorful game. It has some unique mechanics which are quite good, but it demands too much from you. You have to remember the levels so well it's not fun to play anymore.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Omen of Sorrow tries to deliver a compelling fighting game with multiple characters from horror stories and movies. Unfortunately, the game does not succeed. It has too few characters, is way too easy and it is simply too slow.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Destruction Allstars provides an interesting experience for a short time. The game doesn't have a lot of variation and lacks quite a bit of content. Since it's a free PS Plus game right now it's worth it to check it out, but if you have to pay full price for this game it's better to leave it on the roadside. Especially because of the shady microtransactions that are present in the game, which give an extra bitter taste to an experience that isn't amazing, to begin with.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi looks and plays more like a spectacular movie, than a fun game. The characters operate far too repetitive and technically there are just too much irritations, like constant loading times. Moreover the Boss Battles and the Chasing Battles are disappointing and the Hero-modus has in fact no reason to be.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi looks and plays more like a spectacular movie, than a fun game. The characters operate far too repetitive and technically there are just too much irritations, like constant loading times. Moreover the Boss Battles and the Chasing Battles are disappointing and the Hero-modus has in fact no reason to be.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Final Fight: Double Impact is fun for those with nostalgic feelings towards the arcade halls. Otherwise this game will feel boring and outdated.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Toren looks beautiful but is not nice to play. It has bugs and the controls are really bad.

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