Category Archives: reviews

“Below-average games are not being reviewed as often as they once were and, partly as a result, critics have not honed their skills at assigning scores from the lower end of their grading scales. The question of exactly how bad a game has to be to merit a 1 score instead of 2 on the 10 point scale, for example, is not being contemplated with as much experience, care and precision as the 8 versus 9 consideration.

“Even though enduring a 10-15 hour game that has been thrown together must be an excruciating experience for the game critic, picking that game apart in a review with the degree of care and precision that he or she would employ when reviewing a brilliant AAA game would absolutely help to better define a publication’s full scoring scale, making every subsequent score more meaningful.” – Metacritic founder Marc Doyle to GamePro.

Alma and the rest of her dysfunctional family were set loose on the US public today with F.E.A.R. 3. See how her reign of terror goes with the reviews round-up below.

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Reviews for Shadows of the Damned are starting to trickle in, and it seems folks are rather enjoying Grasshopper Manufacture’s descent into Hell. Get caught up on the scores below the break.

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Reviews for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D have hit the net, and the game, which was released in the UK yesterday, seems to be a hit with reviewers and the current Metacritic score sits at 94. For reference, the original game on N64 carries a Metacritic score of 99.

Hit the jump and find out what folks think of the 3DS remake.

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The review embargo for Child of Eden, Ubisoft and Q Entertainment’s Rez-like Kinect title, lifted yesterday. Consensus seems to be it’s pretty much great, so you might want to think about buying it. Hit the break to see the scores. If you have a link to add, do so below. Watch the launch trailer here. Child of Eden is out now in the US and out in the UK on Friday for 360 via Kinect. The PS3 version launches in September.

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Geralt, our favorite medieval monstrosity-hunter, is back in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The game is out today on PC, and some of the first reviews are finally starting to appear.

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Customers unhappy with day one DLC and complaints of console-related messages in the PC build have driven down the Portal 2′s Metacritic user rating.

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Review for Mortal Kombat, which was released in the US today, have started going live, with the first, and so far, two perfect scores being handed to it by GiantBomb and G4TV. Get rounded-up below.

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Reviews for SOCOM: Special Forces are going live as we speak. Find out below what folks think of the game, also known as SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs in the US.

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The first reviews for Shift 2: Unleashed have started going live. We’ve only found a couple of scores so far, but we’ll add more in when they come in. As always, any links you want us to add, stick them in the comments. The round up’s after the break.

Sim racer Shift 2: Unleashed, developed by Slightly Mad, releases in the US today and in the UK on Friday for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Shogun 2 reviews are starting to go live, and we’re pulling them all into one post for you.

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Today is the day the majority of reviews for both James Bond titles from Activision go live, and we’ve rounded-up what we can find for you on Blood Stone and GoldenEye below.

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The UK review embargo for Dead Rising 2 lifted last week, and today it has lifted for the US.

All sorts of sites are going live with opinions on the game.

Get rounded-up below.

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Wondering how F1 2010 plays? Wonder no more. We’ve got a ten-minute video review below the break with UK’s Playr telling you all about it.

It’s good, apparently.

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R.U.S.E. was released in the US earlier this week, and hit European stores yesterday.

Want to find out how it’s scoring with everyone? Then check out the round-up below the break.

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Game Informer has given Halo: Reach its first review score, according to Metacritic, handing the Bungie shooter a 95/100.

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Reviews for Nintendo’s Yoshio Sakamoto and Tecmo’s Yusuke Hayashi collaboration on Metroid: Other M started bombarding the net today; we’ve rounded up the scores for you below the break.

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A Mafia II review from Game Informer has hit.

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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days hit the US yesterday and will release later this week in the UK, so with reviews starting to come in, it may be time for you to consider if this title is for you or if you’re saving your cash for Mafia II next week.

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Alpha Protocol has hit the UK today, and the reviews for it are starting to go live.

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