GameSpot's Scores

  • Games
For 9,516 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 68
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
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Score distribution:
9,516 game reviews
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 92
    With its strong story, well-written dialogue, terrific voice cast, impressive graphics, and extremely entertaining and varied gameplay, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a stupendous thrill ride that shouldn't be missed.
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 92
    FIFA 06 is particularly unusual in that it ditches some of the series' recent innovations in favor of tried-and-tested gameplay mechanics. However, it also adds plenty of new features that help make it the most realistic and accessible (and best) FIFA game to date.
    • Metascore: 91
    • Critic Score 92
    The deeper single-player and improved multiplayer modes makes Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 the most tightly-packed installment in the series to date, and the slightly refined gameplay is still unmatched in the GameCube's action sports arena.
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 92
    Deftly delivers a fantastic cel-shaded look while also adding a really great series of unique gameplay twists that make it much, much better than the average side-scrolling action game.
    • Metascore: 90
    • Critic Score 92
    If you're a fan of the original game, picking Pikmin 2 up should be a no-brainer. If you haven't tried the series yet, Pikmin 2 is a fantastic place to start.
    • Metascore: 83
    • Critic Score 92
    Deftly avoids the many pitfalls of AI squad tactics, and this, combined with great control, mission design, and presentation, makes for a truly fantastic game.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 92
    It's practically overflowing with wonderful, funny characters, memorable subplots, inventive gameplay, and beautiful visuals, and it's lengthy and quite challenging to boot.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 92
    Aside from playing as the actual UFC fighters, there is also a career mode, where you can create and name a fighter, then take him through several levels of sparring.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 91
    When you first get on the track, chances are you'll be so impressed with the stunning graphics that you'll probably forget to accelerate when the lights go green.
    • Metascore: 92
    • Critic Score 91
    Its emphasis on stealth, strategy, and ingenuity, coupled with its strong narrative structure and excellent mission design, adds up to a game that's stylish, serious, rewarding, and unique.
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 91
    If Wizardry 8 truly is the last game in the series proper, its engaging and addictive gameplay and surprisingly good graphics and sound make it a worthy finale to the Wizardry series, as well as an excellent RPG in and of itself.
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 91
    It's not just more of the same--this creative, fun, extremely intense shooter is even better than the original.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 91
    The fact is, as an online role-playing game, Dark Age of Camelot surpasses any such game to date and promises to remain the finest in its class for a long time.
    • Metascore: 91
    • Critic Score 91
    The level of detail in the game's presentation and feel is so dramatically superior to previous football games, it's unbelievable.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 91
    Virtually every aspect of the real NBA game is accurately represented and well implemented to provide a roundball experience that is second to none.
    • Metascore: 83
    • Critic Score 91
    Make no mistake, the pace can still be inordinately fast unless you choose to slow it down, but this may well be the FIFA that hard-core fans have been waiting for.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 91
    All the innovations and improvements in Barbarossa to Berlin... take a great game and make it even greater.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 91
    Even if EA Sports had left every other aspect of the game identical to "Tiger Woods 2003," the staggering number of new, playable courses alone makes 2004 worthwhile.
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 91
    A little rough in spots, but it has the makings of a classic.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 91
    An enthusiastic and ambitious project that is worthy of any oval lover's attention. Minor blemishes aside, it is easily the finest stock car sim available and quite possibly the best racing game to date.
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 91
    Superb graphics, truly impressive sound effects, and fast-paced, enjoyable action sequences. The entire game is very atmospheric and a lot of fun to play.
    • Metascore: 92
    • Critic Score 91
    Prettier, more exciting, and more involving than any other golf game on the market and can rightfully claim its place alone at the top of the PC golfing leaderboard.
    • Metascore: 90
    • Critic Score 91
    One of the most engaging, entertaining, and original games for the PS2.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 91
    Playing Railroad Tycoon II is an emotional experience bringing back memories of Lionel trains and Christmas mornings long past and staring at Lionel catalogs and dreaming.
    • Metascore: 92
    • Critic Score 91
    Another one of those games that can make hours pass like minutes...With its top-notch diplomacy, civilization building, and wargame elements, Alpha Centauri is the new pinnacle of turn-based strategy games.
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 91
    The gameplay is rewarding, the story twists and turns more than you'd expect from a game like this, and everything comes together to produce one of the best-looking, best-playing games on the PS2 so far.
    • Metascore: 92
    • Critic Score 91
    The Sims' actual gameplay is rather limited in some respects - either by odd inconsistencies or by actual restrictions placed on your actions.
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 91
    The game has so much life in it - whether in the great, narrative-driven single-player campaign or the multitude of multiplayer options - you won't grow tired of it anytime soon.
    • Metascore: 82
    • Critic Score 91
    Aside from a few little rough spots, Syberia is an adventure-game tour de force, with an engrossing story, a truly imaginative gameworld, and stunning visuals.