How this trust score was computed
This reviewer publishes verdicts, not numbers, so trust comes from their recommend/pan calls: call accuracy (50%): when they say buy, do players end up satisfied, and when they say skip, do players agree; alignment (25%): do their recommendations sort games the way players do; and player-side (25%): on games where press and players sharply disagreed, whose side were they on. The blend is shrunk toward a neutral prior (60) so small histories can't peg the scale, and recent verdicts weigh more (2-year half-life).
Controversy record: on 1 game where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, this reviewer sided with players 1 time.
Computed 6m ago · full methodology →
Outlet vs. players
Each dot is a game both this outlet and players scored. The dashed line is perfect agreement: dots above it mean the outlet was more generous than players, below it more harsh.
Recent reviews (5 tracked)
- 80Death Road to CanadaAug 12, 2016 · Steve Murray
“You can say many things about Death Road To Canada but one of those things has to be that it’s a good game. Sure, I feel like I’ve played this game before but I also feel like this is the best take on the roguelike-like zombie survival genre.”
read full review ↗ - 75INSIDEJul 22, 2016 · Steve Murray
“It’s clear that a lot of time and effort went into what is presented to us as a game. The issue I keep coming back to is that none of it made any sense. None of it meant anything. If all of these disparate environments and puzzles could have been brought together along the way or at the end in a cohesive story, I would certainly give it a better score.”
read full review ↗ - 50Trials of the Blood DragonJun 24, 2016 · Steve Murray
“This just seems like Ubisoft said "do this" and Red Lynx had no choice but to follow orders, consequences be damned. Now, their goodwill and reputation have been burned through.”
read full review ↗ - 80Rise of the Tomb Raider™Apr 12, 2016 · Steve Murray
“Your enjoyment of Rise of the Tomb Raider will be entirely tied to whether you're more interested in a game's story or its gameplay. If you're looking to be in your own interactive action movie, you're going to absolutely love ROTTR. If you want characters and story, then you should go back to Tomb Raider 2013 if you haven't already played it.”
read full review ↗ - 25Escape Dead IslandAug 7, 2015 · Steve Murray
“This is a game so devoid of merit that I refuse to play any more of it. I haven't completed the campaign and I'm not sure that even the most brilliant plot twists in the history of gaming (and the writing indicates that to be as remote a likelihood as Valve going out of business) would make me change my rating of this game.”
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