Worth Playing's Scores

  • Games
For 4,132 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 1 point lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score:
Lowest review score:
Score distribution:
4,132 game reviews
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 45
    Dragon Ball Z for Kinect falls flat, so fans of the anime would be better served with the HD releases of Dragon Ball Z Budokai 1 & 3, which are coming in a few weeks.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 40
    It's certainly a disappointing experience all around, and I can't see any reason to buy it.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 40
    What it lacks more than anything is enjoyable gameplay. There’s no thrill attached to the empty "hide and sneak" gameplay, and the uneven motion controls derail the potentially blissful "Wild Ride" missions.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 46
    At four hours of poor presentation, subpar visuals, and uninspired gameplay, I wouldn't recommend Iron Man 2 for the PSP to even the most avid Iron Man fan.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 40
    I'd avoid this one even if you're a die-hard fan of the series.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 49
    Whirlwind over Vietnam offers a gameplay experience that is neither innovative nor executed well.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 45
    Decent mini-games can only go so far to fix a broken main game, terrible art design, and voice acting that even a patient fan of low-quality acting can't handle.
    • Metascore: 49
    • Critic Score 48
    The idea itself is solid, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 40
    Carnival Games for the NDS is a bust of a carnival. You're better off saving your cash and riding the teacups at the state fair with a friend. As lame as the teacups are, at least they bring people together and get you outside. That's much more than you can say for this DS title.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 40
    Bolt for the Nintendo DS hardly does enough to keep itself interesting, even through the short amount of time it'll take to see everything that the game has to offer.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 40
    The game had the potential to be something great, since it was a unique combination of space combat, first-person shooting, and strategy, but in trying to incorporate all of these components, the quality of each was neglected.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 48
    Once you finish the game in about four hours, that's all there is to it. It's a budget experience at full price, and one that I can't suggest anyone pick up.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 30
    Unfortunately, the title spends so much time bogging itself down in useless side-stories and suffering from awful translation that the tale never gets off the ground. Even worse, what little gameplay actually exists loses its appeal before the game even gets going.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 45
    Even if you can accept the simplicity, some of the basic mechanics don't work properly, bringing down the whole thing several notches. If you're looking for a game that is devoid of a technical learning curve, grab the demo and see if this fits the bill. Combat and pro wrestling aficionados would be better served with any other wrestling title that's offered on the system.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 40
    Aliens: Colonial Marines is both disappointing and sad. The plot plays out like a bad fan-made film with unintentionally bad acting and ties to familiar things because it didn't have any original ideas. The gameplay feels dated and out of step with the evolution of the shooter. Bugs are rampant throughout the title, and the game lacks a level of polish that was expected during the first year of this console generation.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 40
    If you like racing games, play Forza, Burnout, or Gran Turismo. If you are someone who likes Hummer vehicles, go and play Mercenaries to see how it should handle.
    • Metascore: tbd
    • Critic Score 48
    The co-op platforming can be fun from time to time, but the mediocre level design and extremely easy gameplay result in a title that just isn't fun for more than 10 minutes.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 40
    I was really disappointed with Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World, and I already wasn't expecting much from it. Sure, the roster is impressive, and it definitely covers some unique characters, but playing the game feels more like a chore and less like the fun fighter it should be.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 45
    I tried so hard to like Card Fighters DS, but I feel it's a good card game stuck inside of a bad video game. The source material was there, and it had potential to be lots of fun, but the method of earning cards is repetitive, you are stuck in a static location throughout the game, and it is basically impossible to complete the game until SNK redistributes new cartridges.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 42
    Lackluster design elements (poor textures, collision issues), repetitive gameplay, and tacked-on concepts all equate to one spy adventure best left classified.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 45
    The gameplay is a mess from start to finish, and the muddy visuals and terrible writing don't help things a bit. Furthermore, the game breaks itself by allowing players to access a cheat menu and use in-game points to purchase exploits, such as one-hit kills and invulnerability, during the very first playthrough.
    • Metascore: 48
    • Critic Score 35
    It’s filled with those fantastic Outlaw Golf-esque characters, except somehow with even less charm than the freaks that made up the cast of that game.
    • Metascore: 47
    • Critic Score 40
    Truly, this game is a disappointment on nearly every level.
    • Metascore: 47
    • Critic Score 40
    The few things the game does well (voice acting, the potion-brewing system, the item imbuing system) just cannot possibly hope to save what is, at best, a beta-release bundle of sloppy code.
    • Metascore: 47
    • Critic Score 35
    Wing Island is just not fun. It's close to intelligence-insulting in its attempts to pander to "all ages," it's needlessly difficult, suffers from exceptionally poor controls, sounds ridiculous, looks unexciting, and offers basically nothing for anyone.
    • Metascore: 47
    • Critic Score 35
    About the only good thing going for ATV Quad Kings is the looks, and even that is stretching it. Beyond that, the game feels lackluster at best
    • Metascore: 46
    • Critic Score 45
    It offers nothing, not even to die-hard fans of the Zoids series, and certainly not to Xbox 360 owners who are looking for an SRPG to tide them over. It's rare I say this, but Zoids Assault is a game to avoid at all costs.
    • Metascore: tbd
    • Critic Score 40
    There's not a single reason for you to buy Puzzler Collection for the Wii. The tournament mode is pointless, offering no incentive to replay once you've beaten it, and the multiplayer is completely inane, forcing you to pass one controller back and forth among all the players.
    • Metascore: 46
    • Critic Score 40
    Fish Tycoon cannot escape the trappings of mediocrity. Besides its unique status as a game that requires tedious work for minimum payoff, it also features some of the worst DS compatibility to be seen on the system.
    • Metascore: tbd
    • Critic Score 45
    The randomness of much of the game can bring to ruin even the best-laid plans, and having a longtime ally stab you in the back while your army is on the other side of the map is, to say the least, frustrating.