Skull Island: Rise of Kong
October 17, 2023
Embark on a 3rd person action-adventure quest to avenge the death of your parents at the hands of the ultimate alpha predator: Gaw. Conquer waves of primal beasts and defeat the minions of your arch-nemesis on your way to becoming the rightful King of Skull Island. Traverse the mysterious island …
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Critic Reviews (10)
Graphics
30.0
Gameplay
25.0
Story
20.0
"Skull Island: Rise of Kong is a bad title, an obscene glorification of one of cinema&s;s most famous monsters, a video game that is simply unacceptable in every respect. Don&s;t buy it, unless you want to spite yourself or some …"
Read original review"Ultimately, while respecting the work of the developers, we are sorry to tell you that yes: to date, Skull Island Rise of Kong is without a shadow of a doubt the worst game of 2023."
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20.0
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30.0
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15.0
"It’s the kind of game that makes the case for some sort of independent trading standards body in the game industry. I say this with all due gravity - The Game Mill should not have been allowed to sell Skull …"
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30.0
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20.0
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40.0
"Skull Island: Rise of Kong is a truly awful, mundane and strangely perplexing to traverse linear experience where Kong deals with deep emotional trauma."
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60.0
Gameplay
35.0
Story
20.0
"I was sure Skull Island: Rise of Kong was going to be a surefire disaster of biblical proportions, but its Xbox Series port just ended up being a halfway competent, albeit an utterly mediocre platformer. It has some borderline acceptable …"
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3.0
Gameplay
5.0
Story
4.0
"The game barely qualifies as playable given its myriad of technical issues, but even when it is working as intended, you&s;ll wish that it wasn&s;t."
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20.0
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25.0
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5.0
"Skull Island: Rise of Kong is a bug-filled mess that&s;s defined by an empty world with no exciting gameplay. With no simple QoL features like a useable map, it&s;s a pain to complete each level. For $40, there&s;s not a …"
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30.0
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15.0
Story
20.0
"Skull Island: Rise of Kong has badass cover art, and that&s;s the only good thing you can say about it. I&s;ve played plenty of bad games in my life, but this just might be the worst."
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20.0
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20.0
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20.0
"Skull Island: Rise of Kong is a boring, buggy, totally unambitious game that isn&s;t even interesting in its failures."
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25.0
Gameplay
30.0
Story
40.0
"Skull Island: Rise of Kong, more than anything else, feels like a hollow attempt at cashing in on the Kong brand. The game has no real redeeming quality aside from the fact that it didn&s;t accidentally set my PC on …"
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