The best Final Fantasy game in years and the finest MMO you can currently play on a console. [July 2014, p.72]

The ability to cross-save makes this a worthwhile addition, but the control and interface need serious work. [July 2014, p.71]

Getting through it might be a breeze, but it's what Kirby has you doing that inflates the game's excellence. [July 2014, p.70]

A gorgeous game that keeps its secrets close to its chest but is rewarding for those prepared to persist. [July 2014, p.69]

Horror with randomly-generated elements is well worth exploring, but this relies on many stale genre cliches. [July 2014, p.68]

FMX, local multiplayer and quads miss the sweet spot, but everything else is very special. [July 2014, p.66]

Definitely funny, just not quite for long enough to sustain you, and the surrounding game is uneven. [July 2014, p.65]

The perfect complement to this summer's antics, and the finest footy effort on last-gen machines. [July 2014, p.64]

A beautiful and heartfelt testament to the JRPG formula, even if it misses a few key beats. [July 2014, p.62]

This is Nintendo serving up unprecedented helpings of joy as only it can. [July 2014, p.57]

Navigating the environment is both refreshingly unguided and frustratingly obtuse. [June 2014, p.79]

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

The handheld version is the way to go.[June 2014, p.79]

A guilty pleasure for many. [June 2014, p.79]

The gameplay is compelling enough to make you actually want to improve upon your technique. [June 2014, p.78]

Thanks to its cel-shaded style, the first half of this classic JRPG has aged exceptionally well. [June 2014, p.78]

There's a simple, if somewhat dull, pleasure here - like settling into an easy chair on a Sunday afternoon. [June 2014, p.78]

Unfortunately there's a lot of fiddly menus that don't always make things easy. [June 2014, p.78]

Rivals is responsive, accurate, deep, reliable and well integrated. It just needs the space. [June 2014, p.76]

Highly addictive, carefully crafted, and insane in all the right ways. Another slice of indie excellence. [June 2014, p.75]

One of the best local multiplayer games ever made. It has huge depth, and is always utterly fantastic fun. [June 2014, p.74]

With bags of depth to tap into, this deserves to be recognised as one of the genre's finest. [June 2014, p.72]

If anything, Lego The Hobbit will improve your opinion of the films. [June 2014, p.71]

Engaging gameplay, and a fine way of tying up one of the most brilliantly crafted narratives around. [June 2014, p.70]

The game's biggest issues are technical. [June 2014, p.69]

Beautiful and ruthlessly addictive. Be prepared to lose your time. And the feeling in your fingers. [June 2014, p.68]

Rebalanced systems, increased level caps and a new class make this worth one last crusade. [June 2014, p.66]

Great at telling stories, with a gargantuan world to feast upon, but its MMO failings let it down. [June 2014, p.60]