Metro GameCentral's Scores
- Games
For 1,398 reviews, this publication has graded:
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12% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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85% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 11.2 points lower than other critics.
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Average Game review score: 62
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 380 out of 1398
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Mixed: 747 out of 1398
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Negative: 271 out of 1398
1,398
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Critic Score 80
The refurbished virtual doll house doesn't look that new, but its voyeuristic charm is greatly increased. -
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Critic Score 80
It may be short on gameplay surprises, but it's long on visual shock and awe. -
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Critic Score 80
A largely unnecessary sequel to what is still the best beat 'em-up on the DS – or indeed any portable. -
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Critic Score 80
The most innovative real-time strategy for years, even if the story mode isn't as good as multiplayer. -
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Critic Score 80
The best boxing sim ever gets even better, with stunning graphics and immersive, if controversial, controls. -
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Critic Score 80
The consistently surprising offspring of Harvest Moon and Pikmin will make a royalist out of anyone. -
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Critic Score 80
You'd never believe this was actually a PS3 game, but apart from the graphics this is the best Disgaea yet. -
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Critic Score 80
The classic 1995 role-player is finally released in Europe and it's almost sad how fresh it still feels. -
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Critic Score 80
The Japanese role-player grows up, with a fantastic mix of traditional gameplay and daring plot. -
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Critic Score 80
It may be the third time round, but the best ever strategy role-player works very well on dual screens. -
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Critic Score 80
A host of small improvements helps this action strategy hybrid edge ever closer to classic status. -
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Critic Score 80
Far more than just the best Batman game, this is a top notch mix of action, stealth and storytelling. -
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Critic Score 80
It's better value than the Virtual Console, but it's still a lazy effort. -
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Critic Score 80
Ultimately this is a very different game to the offline versions but on its own terms almost as entertaining. -
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Critic Score 80
After a string of disappointing downloadable expansions, for well respected games such as Fable II and Fallout 3, this provides almost everything a Grand Theft Auto IV fan would have been hoping for. -
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Critic Score 80
Steven Spielberg returns with an improved and enlarged version of what is now much more than virtual Jenga. -
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Critic Score 80
A shamefully shoddy port of the 360 version, but still a superbly designed action game underneath. -
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Critic Score 80
R-Type journeys into the third dimensions but a lack of control and high entry fee spoils the trip. -
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Critic Score 80
From the creator of Katamari Damacy comes something even stranger that redefines the idea of gameplay. -
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Critic Score 80
The best ever portable Shin Megami Tensei, with an interesting spin on the tactical role-playing genre. -
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Critic Score 80
Forget Worms and all the rest, when it comes to parabola-judging multiplayer mayhem this is the best. -
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Critic Score 80
A triumphant back-to-basics return to WWII, for the original vehicle-based multiplayer shooter. -
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Critic Score 80
The highest carat of Sega's golden oldies returns (again) to prove that the blue skies are still the best. -
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Critic Score 80
EA's tennis and Wii MotionPlus debut is a success after all and an encouraging sign for the future. -
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Critic Score 80
Wii MotionPlus delivers once more, turning the solid but flawed game into probably the best golf sim ever. -
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Critic Score 80
Someone finally finds something interesting to do with Pong, with this excellent retro homage. -
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Critic Score 80
Konami's reinvention of the footy sim still impresses a year later, even if this is largely the same game. -
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Critic Score 80
Yet another entirely inessential special edition of one of the best video games ever made. -
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Critic Score 80
The classic gets some well implemented new features that extend but don't overwhelm the original. -
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Critic Score 80
Hugely successful update which may lack realism, but is loaded with charm and surprising depth. -
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Critic Score 80
A vast improvement on the flawed original, with much more variety and a much greater sense of fun. -
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Perfectly judged adaptation of the PC series, with just the right level of complexity and challenge. -
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Building your own medieval empire proves surprisingly attractive in terms of both visuals and gameplay. -
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Critic Score 80
PopCap Games' best yet and the best ever Tower Defence - whether you think that's faint praise or not. -
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Critic Score 80
EA beats Nintendo at its own game with a keep-fit package that seems substantially more useful than Wii Fit. -
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Critic Score 80
It's a better shooter, but the overfamiliar plot and setting makes for a less interesting game overall. -
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Critic Score 80
The music game bubble stays intact for another year, with no big new ideas - just lots of little ones. -
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Critic Score 80
Generously-sized expansion, which despite increasingly rough edges has some of the best missions yet. -
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Critic Score 80
The granddaddy of all shoot 'em-ups returns in one of the most accomplished retro updates ever seen. -
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Critic Score 80
The PC flight sim makes a near-perfect landing on consoles, with some of WWII's most exciting combat. -
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Critic Score 80
The best gets that little bit better in what is a modest sequel, but a still stunning driving simulator. -
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Critic Score 80
The best game on DSiWare is a puzzle platformer hybrid reminiscent of the very best of the 8 and 16-bit era. -
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Critic Score 80
The greyification of gaming continues, but this new age Super Metroid is more fun than it looks. -
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Critic Score 80
Some may see it as dumbing down but for most this will be the most accessible and fun Ninja Gaiden yet. -
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Critic Score 80
Only the limiting nature of the PSP holds back the most ambitious and fully-featured Metal Gear ever. -
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Critic Score 80
It may not have the depth of Street Fighter IV, but this is just as accessible and fun as its big brother. -
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Critic Score 80
An elegantly designed mix of puzzles and platforming that may well be the best Lost Vikings clone yet. -
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Critic Score 80
The modern and 8-bit worlds collide again as old school arcade gameplay is given a new twist. -
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Critic Score 80
A welcome return to MonkeyIsland and a promising first episode to a new season of graphic adventuring. -
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Critic Score 80
Arkanoid is finally superseded as the best Breakout clone around in this enjoyable retro update. -
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Critic Score 80
As a prime slice of pure gaming cheese we only hope a new sequel is imminent. -
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Critic Score 80
It may have little in common with the earlier McRae games but this is still a varied and exciting racer. -
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Critic Score 80
Sony's super-stylised future racer may still be download-only but this expansion is worth every penny. -
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Critic Score 80
An excellent first expansion pack that adds not just new but genuinely different content to the mix. -
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Critic Score 80
More complex and yet also more accessible than ever, with an incredibly in-depth simulation of WWII. -
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Critic Score 80
Gaming's politest protagonist returns with another generously stocked portable puzzle compendium. -
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Critic Score 80
The DS is the definitive version but this still does some things better than the home consoles GTAs. -
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Critic Score 80
For a series where graphics are irrelevant concentrating on surface details makes for a below par update. -
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Critic Score 80
It can never have the impact of the first game but this is still a worthy, incremental improvement. -
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Critic Score 80
More than just a standalone expansion, this is another genre-blurring tour de force by Relic. -
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Critic Score 80
It's an ungenerous expansion, but if you've not tried the original this is a slightly healthier option. -
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Critic Score 80
Superb mix of role-playing, puzzle and strategy action, wrapped up in a very palatable fantasy package. -
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Critic Score 80
A loving and genuinely funny homage to old school role-playing-games and the people that play them. -
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The best arcade racer for years and a magnificent spectacle that makes racing exciting again. -
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Critic Score 80
Another perfectly crafted adventure that puts to shame most other retail games at five times its price. -
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Critic Score 80
The PSP's most cheerful game returns with an interesting, if very difficult, new take on the original. -
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Critic Score 80
An impressive port of the PS3 original that improves some elements, even if it leaves out multiplayer. -
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It may pay homage to the best of 8-bit gameplay but this is cleverly originally and instantly addictive. -
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Critic Score 80
A good value compilation of two of the PS2's most technically accomplished action games. -
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It's not much of a sequel but this remains a superior mix of role-player, shooter and survival horror. -
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The best PixelJunk game yet and an inspired mix of Thrust style exploration and elemental puzzles. -
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A relative low point in Zelda history but still a hugely addictive and superbly well designed adventure. -
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The end result is certainly the best of the series, with the sense of scale and superb presentation overcoming most concerns over repetition and depth. -
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Critic Score 80
Being Boney represents a more linear, but more accessible, experience for would-be European dictators. -
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Critic Score 80
A typically assured mix of standard Japanese role-playing and MegaTen's more provocative ideas. -
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Critic Score 80
Forget the original home console title, this charming 8-bit throwback is by far the superior game. -
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Critic Score 80
A clever mix of World Of Goo and Drawn To Life that makes good use of the Wii and your own imagination. -
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Critic Score 80
A worthy alternative to Braid with its own unique personality and some of the cleverest puzzles around. -
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Critic Score 80
Something close to a minimal effort, but with FIFA 10 powering the action it's still hard to resist. -
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Critic Score 80
Pokemon needs evolution not remakes, but it's still hard to resist the most feature rich version yet. -
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The improvements are incremental at best but this still seems like a near perfect MMA game. -
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Only nostalgiaists will want to play it at length but this shames modern shooters with its ambition. -
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Critic Score 80
The Settlers goes back to basics, putting a friendly face on complex resource management. -
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Critic Score 80
A perfect recreation of an arcade classic (plus Magic Sword) and the new gold standard for retro gaming. -
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Critic Score 80
Mercilessly difficult, and unusually complicated, but the best looking and most varied BIT. TRIP yet. -
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A cheerier, more versatile alternative to Trials HD, that manages to make trial-and-error fun. -
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Critic Score 80
Masterful shake-up of not just Dragon Quest but the whole of the Japanese role-playing genre. -
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Critic Score 80
The third time is still lucky for the best version yet of one the greatest ever Japanese role-players. -
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Critic Score 80
The best new feature has to wait till September but this is still a useful improvement on last year. -
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Critic Score 80
A great tie-in and, much more importantly, a great game. Generous in terms of content and childish fun. -
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As much mood piece as video game, but the mix of stark atmosphere and clever puzzles is hard to resist. -
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Critic Score 80
Great value download, with an excellent capture the flag game that it would be positively rude not to try. -
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Critic Score 80
Bullet hell at its finest, with some genuine innovation for a 2D shooter and some great visuals. -
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A clever mix of Team Fortress 2 and Tower Defence that is a lot more nuanced and inventive than it appears. -
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Critic Score 80
PopCap Games' best game and probably the best ever Tower Defence – and it works just as well as you'd hope on the Xbox 360. -
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Critic Score 80
Its claim to being combat-evolved grows ever more tenuous, but Bungie's last Halo is still the most fully featured first person shooter ever. -
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A great start to Codemasters' Formula 1 career, with astonishing visuals, great attention to detail and superb handling. -
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Probably the best Space Invaders update yet, with a dazzling mix of new and old gameplay, graphics and sound. -
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Critic Score 80
It's a mystery why Mitchell has allowed Pang to remain dormant for so long given this consistently clever, if slightly cheap looking, revival. -
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Critic Score 80
More realistic than ever, but not necessarily a better game as a result of it - especially as the frontline features and options have seen little change. -
