Play UK's Scores

  • Games
For 1,308 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 70
Highest review score:
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 8
Score distribution:
1,308 game reviews
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 92
    So good it will bring tears to your eyes. [Issue#46, p.74]
    • Metascore: 91
    • Critic Score 92
    Everything we hoped it would be, giving bedroom air guitarists a chance to live out their rock 'n' roll fantasies. [Apr 2006, p.100]
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 92
    A superb game and a fitting swansong for Dante on the PlayStation 2. [JPN Import; Issue#139, p.104]
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 92
    It's fluid, vivid and with as much depth as you want. A delight. [Apr 2006, p.104]
    • Metascore: 88
    • Critic Score 92
    As well as being by far the best beat-'em up on the PSP, Tekken: Dark Resurrection is one of the machine's standout games: it looks great, controls well and is everything anyone could ever want from a handheld Tekken. Truly unmissable. [Issue 143, p.84]
    • Metascore: 75
    • Critic Score 92
    It's just such a wonderful game that as long as you can get over the fact that the cars behave in quite a strange way, and the control is incredibly loose, you're guaranteed to enjoy it. [Issue#158, p.74]
    • Metascore: 94
    • Critic Score 92
    Despite its intrusive storyline, Metal Gear Solid 4 is a varied, engaging and entertaining epic. It may diminish slightly towards the end of the game, but there could be no greater reward for the fans' patience than this. [Issue#167, p.78]
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 92
    Sheer brilliance. [Issue#161, p.98]
    • Metascore: 95
    • Critic Score 92
    It's enough to make you want to start chewing t'baccy and eating jerky, if you don't already. [Issue#193, p.90]
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 92
    The definitive weapon-based fighter comes to the PSP and manages not to lose anything in the translation. [Issue#183, p.72]
    • Metascore: 79
    • Critic Score 92
    There are few better rhythm-action games on the handheld. [Issue#181, p.81]
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 92
    A masterclass in how to make a game truly suited to the PSP. [Issue#193, p.82]
    • Metascore: 76
    • Critic Score 92
    Even better thanks to far cleverer puzzles. [Issue#194, p.102]
    • Metascore: 87
    • Critic Score 92
    If you're looking for a classic point-and-click adventure this won't disappoint. [Issue#195, p.103]
    • Metascore: 85
    • Critic Score 92
    Even better thanks to far cleverer puzzles. [Issue#194, p.102]
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 92
    Dead Space 2 is brilliant - no two ways about it. It's everything a sequel should be and it's a fine, poo-your-pants inclusion to anybody's library. [Issue#201, p.90]
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 92
    The character roster might put some off, but this is a truly excellent fighting game that every fan of the genre should own. [Issue#209, p.98]
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 92
    Dishonored basks in artistic brilliance. Dunwall unravels at your feet, reacting organically to your in-game actions in a way that you feel rooted in its rich lore. Stealth has never been so satisfying as it is in Dishonored. One of 2012's finest.
    • Metascore: 81
    • Critic Score 91
    Although a little repetitive, Outrun 2006 has a lot to offer to those content with bettering themselves and sucking up the beauty. [Apr 2006, p.74]
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 91
    The Darkness combines the best bits of mafia and war films, producing one complete, intriguing experience...Few licensed games go beyond the realms of their source material, but The Darkness does it in a fun, gritty and engaging way. [Issue#154, p.62]
    • Metascore: 78
    • Critic Score 91
    Fantastic fun converted perfectly to Sony's handheld. All the Metal Slug you could ever want. [Issue #150, p.86]
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 91
    It might not be online, but if you have three friends, who really cares? [Issue #151, p.68]
    • Metascore: 83
    • Critic Score 91
    It touches on moments of sheer brilliance and is one of the best racing experiences irrespective of platform. But its adherence to realism is also sometimes its biggest enemy. [Issue#158, p.86]
    • Metascore: 93
    • Critic Score 91
    There's just so much to explore and discover here. Never has such a rich and fully-realised game world been committed to disc. [Issue #152, p.64]
    • Metascore: 81
    • Critic Score 91
    Finely honed, beautifully crafted and offering a mountainous challenge, World Tour reels you in with stat boosts and loyalty rewards and never lets you go. Satisfaction is definitely guaranteed. [Issue#165, p.91]
    • Metascore: 77
    • Critic Score 91
    Supremely stylish, cleverly designed, fiendishly addictive. [Issue#171, p.92]
    • Metascore: 76
    • Critic Score 91
    A true classic that is honed and refined to near perfection. [Issue#179, p.90]
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 91
    Tough and unforgiving, Demon's Souls is nevertheless a breath of fresh air in a very stagnant games market. [Issue#182, p.72]
    • Metascore: 86
    • Critic Score 91
    A truly progressive effort. [Christmas 2009, p.66]
    • Metascore: 76
    • Critic Score 91
    It's a terrific concept bolstered by some truly great game modes and excellent unlockables. [Issue#184, p.85]