Repetition is the order of the day. [June 2014, p.79]

Decent, but it looks, feels and plays like a budget game - a meaty price tag is cheeky. [Sept 2007, p.77]

There's precious little substance. [Apr 2014, p.78]

Not quite ready to take over the world. [Nov 2013, p.79]

A fun retro reminder but nothing here has much sustained longevity. [May 2008, p.85]

Collectible figurines seem like a winner but, just like your dad's Ikea cabinet, it's let down by bad assembly. [Dec 2014, p.76]

Not the varied Rabbids game we wanted. [June 2011, p.88]

The gameplay tweaks might not win a new audience but should please existing fans. [June 2011, p.89]

Everything's charmlessly contrived and shamelessly (but poorly) ripped from PoP.

It's just not up to the pace of the competition. [Aug 2006, p.82]

Could have been special, given time. [Jan 2009, p.71]

Curiously, some of the gore has been toned down for the game, so it's lost some of what made the books and cartoons so popular. [Oct 2009, p.80]

History buffs might like this but it fails to capture the excitement of other WW2 games. [July 2009, p.81]

Hasn't changed much since 2 and still needs an overhaul of the partner AI. [June 2008, p.71]

Sweet sprites and backdrops really aren't enough to hide a pretty bog standard RPG. [Aug 2006, p.72]

Too many flaws here. And so the wait for the ultimate next-gen co-op shooter continues. [Apr 2008, p.74]

A brilliant bit of fun for an hour or two. [Feb 2009, p.86]

A once enjoyable wilid west shooter gone bad on the PSP. [Jan 2007, p.69]

Good controls and occasionally thrilling, but more often it's frustrating. [Apr 2008, p.82]

Extra content is spread very thinly but voracious Naruto fans will lap this up. [Aug 2010, p.103]

Less thinking more stroking (steady now!) of blurry static visuals with a stylus in search of the vital clues. [Aug 2009, p.84]

The cutesy graphics fail to mask this RTS's frustrating controls. [Sept 2008, p.78]

Lightweight and lacking in imagination. Only worth a look for Fable completist. [Mar 2009, p.77]

Love's been poured into this, but the many frustrations will yank kids out of the fantasy.

As pricey as eating a golden chocobo egg and as fun as being pecked to death by its mother. [July 2006, p.82]

A whole lot of colour and fun, with big things to smash, but it becomes repetitive far too quickly. [May 2018, p.82]

It has its moments, but ultimately it's just not much fun. [Jan 2012, p.89]

Verdun ignores modern FPS design for better and worse - it's distinctive, but hard to recommend. [Nov 2016, p.72]