PCMag's Scores

  • Games
For 220 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 35% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 60% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1 point higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Metroid Prime Remastered
Lowest review score: 30 Redfall
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 1 out of 220
222 game reviews
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Diablo IV is a beautiful, massive new chapter in the classic hack-and-slash series that features a wildly addicting hunt for fresh gear.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Street Fighter 6 represents the many lessons that Capcom learned from Street Fighter 5's rough launch. Its option-rich mechanics and community-centric features make it a fighting game that casual and hard-core players should look forward to.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lego 2K Drive is a thrilling and creative open-world racing game for all ages that stops just short of reaching its full potential.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The fangless Redfall falls flat, mangled and maligned by poor performance, numerous bugs, weak gunplay, and shallow loot-and-shoot gameplay.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a masterpiece of a sequel that instantly joins the ranks of the best Zelda games of all time.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite its delicious Doom flavor and novel weapon upgrade system, Mighty Doom is a mediocre free-to-play top-down mobile shooter.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Like its predecessor, the action-packed Jedi: Survivor is as an excellent example of a modern single-player Star Wars game that adheres to the brand without feeling derivative.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Minecraft Legends veers the popular sandbox game into real-time strategy territory, but misses the mark with clumsy controls, dull gameplay, and an empty open world.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection brings the Game Boy Advance RPGs to modern systems, and with it hours of chip-collecting fun.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp successfully resurrects Nintendo’s terrific, turn-based tactics series by offering a generous package that nearly makes up for the 15-year wait.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    DIG: Deep in Galaxies is an engaging roguelike platformer that tasks you with digging and shooting through different planets with dozens of high-powered abilities and weapons.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR offers cheap chills and thrills along with eye-catching lighting effects, but not much else.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is an impressive remaster of a flawed, but highly original, photo-based horror game.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Pentiment is a thrilling, Renaissance-style whodunit that forgoes conventional video game action by focusing on an engaging narrative, branching dialogue options, and character relationships.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Capcom faithfully recreates and reimagines the legendary Resident Evil 4 by improving the graphics, tightening the gameplay, and keeping the original game's core scares and charms intact.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Theatrythm Final Bar Line is a terrific musical celebration of the Final Fantasy series that features more than 300 tracks, unlockable characters, and light RPG elements.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bayonetta Origins ditches ridiculous spectacle for a puzzle-filled, combat-packed storybook adventure starring the young witch.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty offers a cool morale system, leaping attacks, and fresh spins on magic and character customization, though stilted storytelling and underwhelming stage designs prevent it from reaching the heights of other Nioh games.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blanc is a charming and extremely short adventure game that features challenging puzzles and a beautiful, minimalist art style that should occupy you and a friend for an hour or two.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    nOS gives your Nintendo Switch a cute, but extremely limited, facsimile of a new operating system with basic productivity apps.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Returnal arrives on PC two years after making a splash on PS5, packing many exclusive features that make this version the one to beat—if you've got the rig to handle it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Like a Dragon: Ishin! is a remastered blast from the past that will appeal to longtime Yakuza fans, but a dated design and some bugs make the game feel rough around the edges.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Hearts is a refreshing take on monster hunting that features huge creatures, cool weapons, and highly useful support systems.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe is a classic Kirby game, with enough content to justify picking it up even if you already own Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. It’s just an enjoyable, simple platformer with almost two dozen abilities, an extra campaign, and a bunch of minigames. As a remastered Wii title, it doesn’t do anything new, but it stands strong against Kirby’s more recent adventures and earns our Editors' Choice award in the process.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Featuring gorgeous graphics, revamped controls, and a budget price, Metroid Prime Remastered gives Nintendo’s glorious FPS classic the update and new audience it deserves.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hogwarts Legacy delivers a detail-rich world steeped in Harry Potter lore with satisfying spells, exploration, and combat, though it plays better on consoles than on PC.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Forspoken would be a passable PlayStation title if it were released a decade ago, but it drops the ball as a contemporary AAA game due to its awkward voice performances, muddy visuals, and many bizarre design choices.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hi–Fi Rush drums new life into the action genre with fun cartoon-like visuals, excellent music, rhythm-focused gameplay twists, and addictive melee combat.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Dead Space remake is a brilliant shooter that delivers horrific body horror and satisfying gunplay, but spices up the familiar elements with new weapons and frights.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fire Emblem Engage recalls earlier series entries by hitting familiar tactical notes, but it augments them with a cool, new team-up system. Its multiplayer modes need work, though.

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