PC PowerPlay's Scores

  • Games
For 542 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 34% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 61% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 68
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 51 out of 542
542 game reviews
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 80
    Nothing groundbreaking, but polish is ideal for those who escaped last year. [Jan 2010, p.68]
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 80
    An essential purchase for every true Battlefield fan. [Feb 2011, p.55]
    • Metascore: 76
    • Critic Score 80
    The perfect game to sit back and relax with while pondering the end of the world. [Feb 2011, p.63]
    • Metascore: 74
    • Critic Score 80
    Gameplay that refused to break any new ground can't tarnish the love and care shown in this nostalgia piece. [Mar 2011, p.68]
    • Metascore: 78
    • Critic Score 80
    A little gem of a puzzler. [Mar 2011, p.69]
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 80
    This is the expansion pack that Chaos Rising should have been, and essential strategy gaming! [Apr 2011, p.58]
    • Metascore: 79
    • Critic Score 80
    It's fast, frenzied and brutal, and despite its simple concept never manages to get old. [Apr 2011, p.66]
    • Metascore: 84
    • Critic Score 80
    OCD-fuelling obsession for some, brain-melting difficulty for others. Choose, and perish. [Apr 2011, p.70]
    • Metascore: 84
    • Critic Score 80
    If any MMO is capable of beating Blizzard at its own game, it's this one. [May 2011, p.56]
    • Metascore: 77
    • Critic Score 80
    Does for risk what Plants vs. Zombies did or tower Defense - made it colourful and gave it character! [May 2011, p.66]
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 80
    A tighter, louder and gaudier journey than the first, but the core sandbox gameplay still manages to occasionally shine through. It's also the best looking game the PC has ever seen. [May 2011, p.72]
    • Metascore: 77
    • Critic Score 80
    Difficult to get into and somewhat unintuitive, but so wonderfully tactical and complicated! [May 2011, p.74]
    • Metascore: 82
    • Critic Score 80
    Clever storytelling makes this an essential addition to the collection of any sci-fi or adventure gaming fans. [June 2011, p.64]
    • Metascore: 75
    • Critic Score 80
    A unique take on the zombie apocalypse, and one we would love to see more of in the future. [June 2011, p.67]
    • Metascore: 70
    • Critic Score 80
    The Last Starfighter of Political Science. [June 2011, p.68]
    • Metascore: 95
    • Critic Score 80
    What Portal 2 gains in cinematic narrative presentation, it loses in puzzle-solving ponderousness. It will delight you and entertain you, but it will not fill you. [July 2011, p.66]
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 80
    A beautiful and rewarding action adventure. [Aug 2011, p.65]
    • Metascore: 75
    • Critic Score 80
    Combat is flawed, but does little to detract from the game's breathtaking depiction of lunacy. [Sept 2011, p.61]
    • Metascore: 61
    • Critic Score 80
    Despite its quirks, EYE's mind-boggling ambition evokes the best of PC gaming's past, while giving us a glimpse into its future. [Oct 2011, p.56]
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 80
    A great wargame that doesn't sacrifice its depth for strategic challenge. Some puzzle-like scenarios will obfuscate enjoyment. [Oct 2011, p.64]
    • Metascore: 76
    • Critic Score 80
    A solid alternative to the deluge of twitch-based multiplayer shooters, with great potential to draw in new fans to the realism shooter scene. [Nov 2011, p.42]
    • Metascore: 69
    • Critic Score 80
    Overture deals a winning hand with this gem, delivering addictive gameplay in spades. [Nov 2011, p.52]
    • Metascore: 79
    • Critic Score 80
    You'll laugh, you'll die, and you'll come back for more. [Nov 2011, p.62]
    • Metascore: 78
    • Critic Score 80
    Accomplished, amusing city-builder sequel that's more evolution than revolution. [Nov 2011, p.64]
    • Metascore: 79
    • Critic Score 80
    Rage won't change the FPS landscape, but it's beautiful to see in motion and a bombastic delight to play. [Dec 2011, p.52]
    • Metascore: 83
    • Critic Score 80
    Improves physics, feedback, and AI, but overlooks important details and under-utilises its immersive role-playing elements. [Dec 2011, p.60]
    • Metascore: 77
    • Critic Score 80
    A damn fine - if at times somewhat unforgiving - turn-based game with strategic depth and hours upon hours of play. [Christmas 2011, p.52]
    • Metascore: 81
    • Critic Score 80
    This is a gem that deserves to march past your defences and into your game collection. [Jan 2012, p.62]
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 80
    An average MMO but an excellent Star Wars game. [March 2012, p.42]
    • Metascore: 84
    • Critic Score 80
    Solid puzzling, decent combat and gorgeous art - all for cheap! [March 2012, p.60]