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Metro GameCentralMetro GameCentral Rad Review
Published 8/16/2019
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+6 vs critic avg
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PS4 / PC / XONE / Switch - 8/20/2019
Rad
Rad is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.
- Developer
- Double Fine Productions
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment America, Bandai Namco Entertainment
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Critic avg
74
36 scored reviews
Total coverage
36
All coverage currently scored
Score range
50–90
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 74 across 36 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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36 included scored reviews
90–1002 reviews · 6%
80–8914 reviews · 39%
70–7913 reviews · 36%
Below 707 reviews · 19%
Showing 21-30 of 36 matching critic reviews. 36 total critic reviews. Page 3 of 4.
Justin Clark
GameSpotRad Review - Welcome To The New Age
Published 8/16/2019
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Score
60
-14 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalKyle Hilliard
Game InformerRad Review – Exciting Abilities With Random Frustrations
Published 8/16/2019
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Score
73
-1 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalTy Sheedlo
Screen RantRAD Review: An 80s Fueled Permadeath Paradise
Published 8/15/2019
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Score
80
+6 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalAlexander Thomas
COGconnectedRAD Review – 80’s Apocalyptic Rogue-Like Is so Totally Rad
Published 8/15/2019
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Score
88
+14 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalSebastian Hawden
PlayStation UniverseRAD PS4 Review - PlayStation Universe
Published 8/15/2019
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80
+6 vs critic avg
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Read originalOzzie Mejia
ShacknewsRAD review: How do you do, Fallow kids?
Published 8/15/2019
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Score
80
+6 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalAaron Riccio
Slant MagazineReview: The Apocalyptic Roguelike RAD Is More Fun in Name Than in Action - Slant Magazine
Published 8/15/2019
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Score
50
-24 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalNathanial Eker
Push SquareRAD – Mutant Roguelike Madness in a Dystopian Future
Published 8/15/2019
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Score
80
+6 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalBrendan Quinn
CGMagazineRAD Review
Published 8/15/2019
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90
+16 vs critic avg
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