Looks and plays great, in small bursts, but this convoluted mess is exhausting over the long run. [Sept 2012, p.104]

The sleeping giant of the FIFA kingdom roars into life, but it's still an all-format minnow. [Nov 2009, p.66]

Clear Sky delivers a more AI-driven, frightening and altogether more dangerous world than its predecessor ever could. [Oct 2008, p.77]

An intriguing chance to find out if you're just as bad as Big Brother, but it falls at the final hurdle. [Feb 2017, p.81]

Captures all the pomp and ceremony of a prize-fight, but leaves you a little distant from the action. [March 2018, p.78]

Bloody, stupid and bloody stupid, but still manages to impress. [Dec 2006, p.77]

A wonderful example of what can be achieved when developers dispense with tradition. [Nov 2014, p.66]

Great fun, but familiar and not quite as good as the Xbox 360 version. [Apr 2007, p.64]

Epic beyond its 3DS roots, Revelations takes survival horror back to basics. [July 2013, p.78]

A cathartic if slightly clumsy, co-op experience that lets you paint the town fleshy red. [Jan 2017, p.78]

Nothing truly revolutionary here, but in many ways it's the finest Tomb Raider to date. [Christmas 2008, p.70]

It has its flaws, but it makes up for them with surprising gusto. Highly enjoyable. [Feb 2007, p.77]

With poor controls and shoddy visuals, this is a low-point in the Red Alert series. [May 2009, p.82]

A very nearly excellent on-rails shooter that revisits some of our favourite horror games. [Christmas 2009, p.74]

Like pool? You'll like this. [May 2012, p.101]

Like Doctor Foster's puddle, Absolver packs a surprising amount of depth into a small space. [Nov 2017, p.72]

A fine racing puzzle and track building package. [Christmas 2008, p.85]

An intricately designed open-world adventure, but one that offers too little for its asking price. [May 2014, p.60]

Old school JRPG with a few unique twists, strictly for genre fans. [Jan 2012, p.94]

Light-hearted parody belies a deep simulation. Familiarity aside, oppressing the masses is rarely such fun. [Aug 2014, p.65]

The best kart racer on 360 an PS3, but not quite the Mario Kart-beater we'd hoped for. [Mar 2010, p.56]

Your varied group will charm regardless. [July 2013, p.86]

One hell of a ride that loses impact because so many others beat Dante to the punch. [Mar 2010, p.82]

With an ending guaranteed to trigger a lump in your throat, Silence is totally worth making noise about. [Jan 2017, p.80]

The technical veneer masks a boisterous heart. Very epic. Very silly. Very good. [May 2010, p.82]

A fun way to spend two hours - but don't expect to remember it next month. [Oct 2018, p.68]

Like Battlefield before it, Medal of Honor is an engrossing online shooter with an above-average campaign mode bolted on. As a result, it's a purchase you should only seriously consider if your console is hooked up to the intarwebs. On a wider scale though, this reboot thrusts Medal of Honor back into the spotlight, and for the first time in ages we can't wait to see where EA take the series next. [Dec 2010, p.68]

Despite its flaws still inspires smiles of equal parts disbelief and joy. [Apr 2016, p.81]