Games Master UK's Scores

  • Games
For 2,695 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score:
Critic Score 98
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 3
Score distribution:
2,695 game reviews
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 94
    If this joyous and oh-so-touchable platformer can't save Vita, nothing can. [Dec 2012, p.84]
    • Metascore: 90
    • Critic Score 94
    The high watermark by which the future of the genre shall be measured. [Dec 2012, p.88]
    • Metascore: 91
    • Critic Score 94
    A fantastic excuse to jump back into a truly great game. [Dec 2012, p.92]
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 94
    Gorgeous port of a PS2 classic that's packed with new features, making it stronger than ever. [March 2013, p.82]
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 93
    It's been a slow few years for the single-player RPG. This makes up for all of it. [May 2006, p.68]
    • Metascore: 83
    • Critic Score 93
    Prey has the tired old first-person shooter rulebook in a spin. Captivating stuff. [Sept 2006, p.62]
    • Metascore: 84
    • Critic Score 93
    Spore is more than the sum of its parts. A lot of parts. [Nov 2008, p.62]
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 93
    A scintillating dose of uber-violence. Un-freakin'-missable. And then some. [Christmas 2006, p.56]
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 93
    Genre-defining. [Nov 2007, p.58]
    • Metascore: 83
    • Critic Score 93
    The best rally game money can buy and one of this year's best racers. [Dec 2007, p.83]
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 93
    Eclipses 360 and all but the most pimped PC rigs. The definitive Oblivion? Probably. [May 2007, p.66]
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 93
    Looks, skill, depth, balance. Virtua Fighter 5 has got it all. [Dec 2007, p.85]
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 93
    A brand-new breed of first-person shooter that absolutely everyone should try. [Jan 2009, p.61]
    • Metascore: 82
    • Critic Score 93
    Where other street racing games have been re-branded, re-built or have fallen by the wayside, Midnight Club: Los Angeles has been polished up to be the pinnacle of the series, and one of the most exciting arcade racing games of 2008.
    • Metascore: 81
    • Critic Score 93
    The pinnacle of the series - honest to the original concept, but faster and better looking. [Dec 2008, p.76]
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 93
    Quite simply, this is the best war shooter of the year. [Christmas 2007, p.64]
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 93
    Single-handedly worth the price of an Xbox 360. Buy it. We implore you. [Nov 2007, p.74]
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 93
    Fallout 3 is a masterpiece. Failing to add it to your games collection is simply not an option. [Christmas 2008, p.74]
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 93
    Braid sums up everything we love about gaming. A near-perfect experience. [Oct 2008, p.76]
    • Metascore: 90
    • Critic Score 93
    A violent, giant triumph; shame about the performance and login fascism. [Jan 2009, p.79]
    • Metascore: 90
    • Critic Score 93
    The first truly "next generation" action game and the standard everyone else has to follow. [Christmas 2009, p.70]
    • Metascore: 96
    • Critic Score 93
    The most polished and impressive RPG from BioWare to date. Roll on part three. [Mar 2010, p.60]
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 93
    A remake oozing love and affection - hopefully the first of many LucasArts reduxes. [Sept 2009, p.74]
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 93
    For all its glamorous, "radical!" makeover, DiRT 2 is still the best handling rally game in the business. [Oct 2009, p.66]
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 93
    A welcome return to LittleBigPlanet that stays unsurprisingly accurate to the original. [Christmas 2009, p.69]
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 93
    NFS is totally back on form, returned to glory by the best arcade racer creators in the business. [Issue#232, p.63]
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 93
    More than just a game - it's a genre-shifting music revolution. [Issue#232, p.78]
    • Metascore: 78
    • Critic Score 93
    "Quotation Forthcoming"
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 93
    Frankly, there's never been a better time to surrender to the frightening pleasures of a future in which you have the power to make a real difference. [Feb 2010]
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 93
    The best version of one of the best games of all time. [Aug 2011, p.72]