In a word: shonky. [July 2011, p.89]

A perfectly fine control scheme wrapped in the most hideous of gaming packages. [July 2007, p.82]

A compelling zombie concept thoroughly ruined by frighteningly horrid execution. [Sept 2016, p.74]

An apoplexy-inducing camera, that shifts between perspectives at every turn, ensures that just getting about the place is a chore. [July 2014, p.79]

Tragically, it doesn't actually seem to work. [Jan 2011]

Not dreadful. [Oct 2014, p.80]

We expected so much more. [Christmas 2011, p.65]

Managing to screw up 2D Sonic is impressively poor. [Feb 2015, p.73]

Rather lacklustre. [Sept 2011, p.87]

A mixture of entertaining mini-games covering the whole spectrum of entertainment through to frustration. [Jan 2008, p.84]

A disappointingly basic skateboarding game with a controller that doesn't work well. [Christmas 2009, p.75]

Shame the clever strategy doesn't entirely gel with the brainless blasting. [Christmas 2012, p.96]

Chunky and clunky in a 1996 kind of way. [Sept 2010, p.101]

You could do a lot worse, but then you could also do a lot better. Competent. [July 2010, p.96]

It's not a game, but how long this will entertain you will depend on your, er, recreational pursuits. [Christmas 2009, p.80]

The gameplay elements are there, but only hardcore fans are likely to find them. [Oct 2011, p.95]

If being a pirate was this boring, torrent sites would have shut down years ago. [Apr 2012, p.90]

Brilliant in fits and starts, but too often mediocre or frustrating to really impress. [Christmas 2006, p.60]

Quite simply the worst game to bear the Nintendo logo in a generation or two. [Feb 2008, p.78]

A fun arcade shooter, despite some odd design choices. [Jan 2011, p.91]

Crude. [Oct 2012, p.87]

An awful game that does nothing for Wii U and less for your sanity. [Feb 2013, p.75]

Legends has missed the point of the business model entirely, giving unfortunate players a choice of grinding through shallow, unfulfilling and downright ugly combat, or forking out substantial amounts of real money to bypass said mediocrity. [Sept 2013, p.71]

Any potential for campy fun disperses upon pressing the power button. [Oct 2010, p.86]

An irritating experience that unfortunately has to go down as a Marvel disappointment. [June 2008, p.68]

Pixel imperfect. [Dec 2011, p.91]

It's challenging, but with no real change of pace. [Dec 2011, p.87]

Unfairness and all-around cruddiness negate the fun of long distance malice. [Oct 2010, p.86]

Love Ben 10? Buy anything with his face on? Well then you don't need our opinion do you? [Mar 2009, p.79]

An accurate introduction to the soul crushing world of a career in administration it may be, a fun way to pass the time it is not. [Sept 2009, p.82]

Stamps on our fondness for the original until all of the squishy bits ooze out of the sides. [Christmas 2008, p.73]

Dull missions, repetitive combat and dreary level design. [Oct 2010, p.87]

One of the weakest, most boring Bond games of all time. The brand deserves much better. [Christmas 2012, p.83]

As dynamic and exciting as being slapped with a warm flannel. [Aug 2007, p.78]

Aims to be smart and slick, but comes across as dumb and crude. [Dec 2006, p.94]

Limited promise is buried under an avalanche of technical failings in this derivative FPS. [Oct 2011, p.86]

If (only) the stylus recognition worked. [Oct 2012, p.89]

Quotation forthcoming. [Nov 2010]

Abysmal. [Jan 2016, p.71]

With so many great games out, don't waste time on this ugly, repetitive misery. [May 2011, p.97]

This is ropey stuff. [Apr 2013, p.83]

Outside side of some gorgeous artwork, the rest of the game is boring and brown, the presentation is dire and it has a camera that hates your guts. [Apr 2010, p.85]

Fiddly controls make this apparently futuristic accelerometer abuser a complete waste of space. [Feb 2013, p.87]

Although there's an attempt to get everyone involved in the action - via a very basic command system - it really just feels like a third-person shooter full of headless chickens. [June 2006, p.80]

A brief, lacklustre journey that should be avoided at all costs. [May 2008, p.84]

Rather than end with a big bang, this videogame series goes out like a damp squib. [Oct 2011, p.92]

Lots of people enjoy this type of game but we feel it needs more to it. [Dec 2008, p.85]

Extremely basic and only six sports, but no other compilation has this selection of events. [Sept 2008, p.79]

The characters filling out the world are, frankly, insultingly stupid and voiced so badly it wouldn't have even been funny in the '90s.[Nov 2014, p.79]

Dodgy monster beat-'em-up that doesn't get anything right. [Mar 2008, p.79]

A game that just can't keep up with Clancy's ever-evolving war zone. [July 2006, p.80]

Disturbing lack of content impedes the score, but what is here is streamlined, speedy fun. [March 2012, p.75]

A great concept brimming with unexplored potential anchored by dull shooter mechanics.

Run-of-the-mill. [Jan 2012, p.93]

Way too frustrating to control and lacks any sort of gameplay polish. [Mar 2009, p.82]

Another non-game for the DS that leaves us slightly puzzled. [Mar 2008, p.84]

A disaster. [July 2013, p.79]

A mildly rubbish shooter. [March 2016, p.80]

Though it can pack a punch, this lacks the finesse to tell the subversive war story it's aiming for. [Sept 2014, p.74]

A little dry perhaps, but anyone with a love of logic puzzles will certainly get their kicks from this. [May 2010, p.83]

An absolute disaster of a videogame, on every conceivable level - it's a taint on the Nintendo name. [Oct 2015, p.78]

A frivolous racer with a hefty price tag but brief brainless appeal. [Aug 2008, p.83]

A cover shooter that steals from the best, but falls flat on its face during the getaway. [Issue#231, p.86]

Spirited, but deeply flawed. [Feb 2013, p.89]

Spirited, but deeply flawed. [Feb 2013, p.89]

Long-term Ape fans will be disappointed. [Sept 2011, p.92]

Thinking-free fun, but just too shoddy to stab our hearts with the flickknife of love. [May 2006, p.55]

A party without fun is merely a gathering. Played alone, this is a bit of a disaster. [Apr 2012, p.96]

Some good ideas and lush graphics marred by bad game design. [Apr 2007, p.66]

As a falling-down-a-cliff simulator, it's second to none. As fun software, fail, it does. [Dec 2009, p.85]

It's an unforgivably sloppy game. But even if it wasn't broken, it would still be fairly rubbish. [May 2014, p.76]

A compelling, sometimes rewarding, but ultimately frustrating adventure. [Feb 2008, p.64]

The combat is mind-numbing. [Feb 2013, p.77]

While other sports games have slam dunked new-gen, this can't stop dribbling. [Feb 2014, p.74]

There's no denying that it has enough tournament action to keep easily pleased fans happy. [Oct 2012, p.92]

As far as bears go, this is Pooh. [Sept 2010, p.103]

A compelling enough adventure spoilt by shonky controls and shonkier visuals. [Feb 2011, p.93]

Strip away the license and you're left with an underwhelming shooter punctuated by endless hacking mini-games and woeful space combat. [July 2013, p.73]

It's not really much of a game, unless you really like watching cut-scenes and fighting. [Jan 2007, p.65]

An enjoyable if throwaway action game that weighs in at a not so throwaway price. [Sept 2009, p.81]

Won't give Mr. Tajitnov sleepless nights. [Aug 2012, p.80]

Jarring banality. [Oct 2013, p.77]

Snore. [Aug 2012, p.77]

Yeah, it's bad. [Aug 2010, p.104]

A great premise poorly executed. We'd hoped for better, and this fails to deliver. [May 2008, p.68]

Middle-of-the-road DS gaming that's not offensive or horrible - just not very good. [May 2007, p.83]

A twisted shrine to mediocrity. [Aug 2010, p.104]

Unfortunately, each action is made exasperating by fudgey animation cycles which cause expected actions to defy your clicks for a few seconds as they play out. [Oct 2014, p.81]

Bland weapons and confusing course layout. [Sept 2010, p.101]

Dump. [July 2012, p.87]

About as much fun as a Transformer that converts into a lump of coal. Give it a miss. [Sept 2010, p.99]

The handling is awful, with cars skidding all over the shop as it's easy to oversteer. [Feb 2007, p.84]

Young gamers will love it while it lasts, but in another case of movie-tie-in-itis it's no classic. [Jan 2007, p.60]

A tepid bundle of mini-games that fails to raise a laugh or even the pulse. [Dec 2006, p.100]

Hoping for a realistic combat flight sim? You'll be disappointed with this undynamic flyer. [Apr 2012, p.86]

Even Kinect can't rescue it. [Aug 2012, p.77]

Creaky. [Oct 2010, p.75]

Yeah, it's bad. [Aug 2010, p.104]