How this trust score was computed
Trust blends alignment (40%): does the outlet rank games the way players do; decoded accuracy (30%): after translating the outlet's own scale habits (a '7/10 means mediocre' scale is decoded, not punished), how well its reviews predict player sentiment; and player-side (30%): on games where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, whose side it took. Recent reviews weigh more (2-year half-life), and the blend is shrunk toward a neutral prior (60) so small samples can't peg the scale. Player quality is launch-window Steam sentiment, so outlets aren't punished for reviewing a launch build that later got patched.
Controversy record: on 3 games 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.
Biggest disagreements with players
The receipts: games where this outlet's verdict landed furthest from player sentiment.
- +26Far Cry® 5outlet 89 · players 63 · Mar 2018
- +18Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siegeoutlet 90 · players 72 · Jan 2016
- +27Assassin's Creed® Originsoutlet 100 · players 73 · Mar 2018
- +26Call of Duty®: WWIIoutlet 76 · players 50 · Dec 2017
- +18Fallout 4outlet 90 · players 72 · Nov 2015
- -21Devil May Cry HD Collectionoutlet 54 · players 75 · Mar 2018
- -11Preyoutlet 70 · players 81 · May 2017
- +19Far Cry® Primaloutlet 87 · players 68 · Feb 2016
- -19WARRIORS OROCHI 4outlet 63 · players 82 · Oct 2018
- -16RiMEoutlet 70 · players 86 · May 2017
Recent reviews (55 tracked)
- 80Thimbleweed Park™Jan 15, 2019 · Daire Hardesty
“Thimbleweed Park is a classic point-and-click adventure about classic point-and-click adventures for lovers of classic point-and-click adventures who have played all the classic point-and-click adventures. If you belong to that rather tight target group, then this is a fantastic game.”
read full review ↗ - 87Sundered®: Eldritch EditionDec 31, 2018 · Daire Hardesty
“Sundered: Eldritch Edition is one of the best platformers I've played this year, it has all the great platformer elements and entertains without fail. I feel like the enemies could have been improved as the balance just isn't there, but as a whole, it doesn't make that much of an impact against the overall experience. In terms of audio, the soundtrack is beautiful and Canadian film composer Max LL did a wonderful job.”
read full review ↗ - 63WARRIORS OROCHI 4Oct 22, 2018 · Vinny Fanneran
“Mixes bland enemies and environments with spectacular bosses, playable characters and effects. Repetitive and sometimes a chore but the story is worth SOME of it.”
read full review ↗ - 90Assassin's Creed® OdysseySep 30, 2018 · Vinny Fanneran
“Assassins' Creed: Odyssey tells an epic, winding tale befitting the lesser bards of the classical era - no mean feat for a video game. That it's based in one of the most beautiful maps ever made is also nice, obviously.”
read full review ↗ - 58Jurassic World EvolutionJul 2, 2018 · Vinny Fanneran
“As Phil Daniels once sprechgesanged, "Accessibility is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as."”
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- 73VampyrJun 4, 2018 · Christian Wait
“Players assume the role of a once doctor turned vamp to help him whittle down a Spanish plague ridden 1912 London until the absolute oblong behind this whole mess is found.”
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- 73EARTHLOCKMay 31, 2018 · Christian Wait
“It's narrative, presentation and soundtrack make this title worthwhile”
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- 67Portal KnightsMay 26, 2018 · Christian Wait
“Portal Knights is a breath of fresh air on the crafting genre.”
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