XGN's Scores

  • Games
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
    • 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.

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