Games(tm) issue 64 review score thread (spoiler: SCORES)

[Abooie]

After the moderate success of my last scores thread I thought we'd do it again:

Mass Effect ~ 9/10 ~ Brilliant, and this is only the beginning
COD4 ~ 8/10 ~ Fantastically exciting, but not hugely original
GHIII ~ 8/10 ~ Still rocking on
Kane & Lynch: Dead men ~ 6/10 ~ Consistently entertaining until it's final third
Crysis ~ 9/10 ~ Upgrade your PC for this one (PC but I thought I'd add it)
Need for Speed: Pro Street ~ 7/10 ~ The fun remains
The Simpsons game ~ 4/10 ~ Very funny, but not very funny
Assassin's Creed ~ 4/10 ~ Dull, contrived and disappointing
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games ~ 8/10 ~ The best sonic game in ages, Mario's seen better
Scene it ~ 6/10 ~ Solid

An amazingly bad score for Assassins Creed (which I've picked up but not really played yet) but Mass Effect is seeing the love. Sounds about right for Kane & Lynch though I would have though COD4 would have scored a 9.

 

[Abooie]

Ironically right in the middle of the review scores is a 7/10 title which will probably outsell all the others
Incidentally having not read games magazines for years, are any of these reviews specific to formats (for the multi-platform titles) ?

After 2 hours play I kinda agree with Assassin's Creed score (maybe it should get a 5 or 6 but no higher, graphically it looks good, but gameplay is very samey, unless I'm in for a shock later on.)


rp2000

They only ever review one version of the game though they do say which. It's generally the first version released; AC was the PS3 version as was COD4. They take the stance that a game is a game is a game and differences are really only cosmetic.