While the melee fighting is undoubtedly excellent the magic element is the combats greatest strength.

Brings a unique blend of innovative - if slightly mediocre at times - stealth adventuring with exciting gladiatorial battles that utilise one of the most enjoyable fighting systems yet.

Also the fact you can buy one copy of the game to play multiplayer will help to make this game popular.

There isn’t much to this game at all. Just grab a weapon and shoot stuff endlessly.

Once you get into the games antics you'll see that there's actually a solid foundation built for a good quality adventure game, with a nice famous cartoon character under your control.

Fortunately for XIII, it doesn’t fail at all and it creates a very compelling game by adding new elements like cel-based shading and an off-beat soundtrack.

Fans of the Need for Speed Underground series will feel right at home with Rivals.

The movement system of the game is extremely commendable although I can imagine some people finding it terribly annoying.

A breath of fresh air amongst other games lacking in uniqueness and creativity.

A messy port of the year-old Xbox version, bearing disappointing graphics and sound.

The game play could be overhauled further as it's slow, controls could be more responsive, ball physics still can do with some working.

The game’s presentation is quite average and what many would call the meat of the game, the racing, falls far below any of the realistic racing you’ll find out there today.

The controls do take a little to get used to but once you have mastered the controls then you are in for a treat.

Though there are obvious faults, but Red Dead Revolver does allow you to be a tobacco chewin’, foul mouthed gunslinger cowboy in the wild wild west.

Atelier Iris Eternal Mana may not be as polished as other similar titles but does provide a fun and addictive RPG that should appease old school RPG gamers.

While Law & Order 2: Double or Nothing captures the mood and feel of the television show almost flawlessly, deep down it comes off as a slow-paced and bland adventure; it lacks excitement, action and animation.

The 3D realm hasn't been kind to Castlevania graphically. A lot of gamers will be turned off by the slow start to the game.

It might be a good present for a lonely mate though, but that's about it.

The game’s graphics are far from amazing – facial detail aside, of course – but overall Kessen III is an innovative and highly-enjoyable title, delivering a fresh and even blend of action and strategy with menus and statistic systems that are easy to learn and to get into and far from convoluted.

The majority of the games has plenty of replay value and will keep most people playing for ages.

Although 1080 Avalanche is a solid snowboarding game that will give you a few hours of pleasure, it has nothing on the "SSX" series.

Just a fun game which you don't need to have really any American Football knowledge to play.

GameBiz is confident to suggest this title as a purchase for any gamer aged between the ages of eight and twelve.

The lack luster textures and collision detection let the game down, it made the otherwise enjoyable gameplay frustrating.

Unfortunately, battling takes up most of the Story mode unlike the Game Boy outings which had a lot of side-missions for you to do rather than continually battling other trainers.

On a side note my wife played through XIII and enjoyed the title immensly, she found XIII playable, challenging and rewarding.

The game can be finished on easy overnight with just 12 missions to play, but there are a lot of reasons to go back and play each of the levels, especially with the medal system.

The Challenge mode may only hold your interest for a little while, but the one hundred migraine-inducing puzzles will definitely make you come back to the game.