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For 2,271 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
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On average, this publication grades 2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Lowest review score: 20 Mission: Humanity
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,148 out of 2271
  2. Mixed: 966 out of 2271
  3. Negative: 157 out of 2271
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    ESPN NFL 2K5
    With unparalleled visuals, a deep franchise mode, and tons of new and improved features, "Madden" is facing a 4th and very, very long this year.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Super Smash Bros. Melee
    Even above and beyond its top multiplayer action, SSB:M's chief asset is its tremendously varied gameplay.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rome: Total War
    Finally, the campaign elements and the 3D combat have merged into a game that's practically perfect in almost every way.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Super Mario Sunshine
    It's perhaps not as innovative and certainly not as groundbreaking as its predecessor, but it's bigger, better looking, and most importantly, more fun.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Thief: The Dark Project
    Simply the most immersive, addictive game I have played in a long time.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    SSX 3
    While many courses here are modeled from past runs, most are barely recognizable, at best. They're like the ugly kid from high school who turns out to be a model ten years later.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    SoulCalibur II
    The Xbox version is the prettiest of the bunch, sporting HDTV support with a 720p display mode, yet it also suffers from the worst default control layout... "Virtua Fighter 4" might hold the top spot among hand-to-hand fighters, but when it comes to weapons-based combat, Soul Calibur II is the undisputed champion.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
    While those of you with hypercritical eyes will argue there's room for improvement, AoE 2 is the best RTS game of the year to date, and as such is worthy of our GDR Gold Award.
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy X
    Despite the wondrous graphics, there are times when FFX lacks the sheer emotional punch that we've come to expect for a game of its pedigree.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Unreal Tournament (1999)
    The combination of several dozen professionally designed levels, competitive bots, and entertaining game modes will be hard for DM enthusiasts to resist.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
    While it's not the groundbreaking game that Civilization was, it's a very worthy successor and it'll probably stay on your hard drive a long, long time.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero II
    The original's head to head multiplayer wasn't vital enough to make the expense worthwhile, but this time the co-op play is so integral to the game's appeal that most will find it irresistible...This is an absolutely stellar release, with too much variety, originality, rewards, and pure fun to even think about missing out on.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rock Band
    It's light years past any other music game, yet is accessible enough to make anyone feel like a living room superstar. KISS was dead wrong: God didn't give rock 'n' roll to you. Harmonix did.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rock Band 2
    Whether or not you grab the new hardware, there is no question that the stand-alone Rock Band 2 game is worth its $60 price tag. Heck, you'd pay twice that just to download the 84 new songs; toss in the new online functionality, Battle of the Bands and the Drum Trainer and you get another desert island classic.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
    By offering more control options and a more user-friendly system of save points, Retro Studios could have worked wonders at opening up the Metroid Prime series for new fans or more casual gamers.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Metroid Fusion
    But what's most remarkable about the visuals is that no compromises were made. Although everything is big and bright, this hasn't meant the elimination of fine details.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 2005
    Madden 2005 is a benchmark in football simulations, because for the first time, it implements a realistic, versatile, hard-hitting defensive game that will pin you to the chair like a 300lb tackle.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    ESPN NFL Football
    The competition may have a few small details and features over Sega, but no one can touch this gameplay. With subtle but effective tweaks made to all areas of the offensive and defensive games, ESPN NFL is certainly the toughest and most satisfying simulation currently available.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
    Intensely atmospheric, the game manages to make you feel part of a bigger battle, even when you're doing a Schwarzenegger alone through a German bunker for half of the game.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Guitar Hero
    Guitar Hero effortlessly tops the charts in terms of music/rhythm games -- and not just because the controller, gameplay, and song list are all flawless. It shoots to number one with a bullet because you actually feel and look cool playing it.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
    Seeing the innumerable changes and tune-ups to the game engine and the rules, you get the sense that World of Warcraft is a finely-tuned machine that its makers just can't stop tinkering with in an obsessive effort to keep it fresh, relevant, and above all, fun. For now, mission accomplished.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Baldur's Gate
    Offers an amazing amount of control over how the game is played in a game session. It is very easy to set up a multiplayer game, and just as easy to join one in progress over the Internet or LAN.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    IL-2 Sturmovik
    A vitamin injection of originality, putting the sheer joy of flying back into combat flight simulation. It's an experience you do not want to miss.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    FreeSpace 2
    The enemy AI isn't really what it should be. This is a minor criticism, but when a game reaches this level things like this tend to stand out.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
    On the multiplayer side, Sony's been looking high and low for a release that can stand up to "Halo" -- we never expected it to come from a platformer! In fact, you'll be hard pressed to find a better combination of action, platforming, and multiplayer goodness than this.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Resident Evil (2002)
    An engrossing experience with a horrific backbone.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
    For our money, the crown jewel of the bunch is the most atypical boss battle we've seen in a long time -- a long, absorbing, drawn-out, paranoid, grueling sniper duel of attrition, spanning three maps, and requiring all the focus and patience you can muster.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Twisted Metal: Black
    Undoubtedly the fastest, scariest, most challenging and adrenaline-pumping demolition game yet devised for the PS2.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Shadow of the Colossus
    Original, gripping, and outstandingly produced, Shadow of the Colossus is not to be missed.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Forza Horizon 3
    Really the only place Forza Horizon 3 skids out is in its lack of ingenuity. It’s packed, over delivering on what was already plenty of content in the previous game, but it comes up a little short in terms of innovation. Racing through a gorgeous field, foliage crumpling under your tires, the sun gleaming off your dented roof – it’s a sight, but one that I recall seeing countless times in Forza Horizon 2. Much of what you do in Forza Horizon 3, you have likely done before. Still, it’s never looked this good, been this big or done its job with as much confidence.
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