The Rift's best launch game, though it highlights the hardware's limitations. [VR Tested; May 2016, p.81]

Issues with art style, but give us enough tough choices and drama and we'll soon stop noticing. [Feb 2015, p.77]

Gorgeous to look at and charming to play. But we don't all want cute. [Dec 2007, p.85]

Simple and startlingly speedy, this is a decent alternative to Pure. [Mar 2011, p.84]

Toughie, this. Plump for Wii for gameplay but PS3 and 360 if you're into visuals/online. [Aug 2010, p.92]

Fans of the film will enjoy this - especially the surprisingly enjoyable combat. [Apr 2008, p.56]

Polished, funny and endearing, yes. Essential? Not quite. [Oct 2013, p.80]

Hey, at least it's not more Sudoku. [Oct 2010, p.87]

An impressive all-out action blaster that betrays its horror roots for a lower common denominator. [Apr 2013, p.64]

A gentler game. [Jan 2011, p.92]

Toughie, this. Plump for Wii for gameplay but PS3 and 360 if you're into visuals/online. [Aug 2010, p.92]

Tasty! [July 2007, p.84]

The Challenges mode will keep petrolheads busy. [Feb 2012, p.100]

It's a bit repetitive but with gameplay this joyously wanton and the visuals such a beautiful retro explosion of pixels, we're not complaining. [Jan 2011, p.96]

All too often you'll be screwed not by stealth slip-ups, but by twitchy, inconsistent AI and the odd clipping glitch. If you can handle that, then this is pretty damn fun. [Nov 2014, p.78]

Hard to master although fans will enjoy the cartoon silliness. [Aug 2008, p.83]

A fantastic effort that mostly delivers on the promises made during its funding campaign. [June 2017, p.71]

Doesn't live up to the concept's potential, but it's simple, undemanding and enjoyable. [Christmas 2008, p.73]

Toughie, this. Plump for Wii for gameplay but PS3 and 360 if you're into visuals/online. [Aug 2010, p.92]

Easily the best Frogger in years. [Oct 2012, p.87]

It's beautiful and offers an emotive story but it could be too old-fashioned for some. [Apr 2008, p.64]

The core gameplay loop may grow monotonous, and a devilish slow of bugs threatens to disrupt it at any moment, but State of Decay 2 remains an entertaining vehicle for the emergent stories that materialise from its anomalous blend of zombie slaying, base building, and interpersonal drama. [July 2018, p.58]

Creative storytelling, great design, and middling gameplay make a memorable, yet flawed, adventure. [July 2018, p.76]

More short-term play-friendly beast. [June 2015, p.78]

It's a testament to the imagination of the developers that they keep coming up with variations on the central theme of "eat everyone." [Sept 2006, p.79]

Masquerada's got heat - give it a chance, and it'll give you a wonderful world to lose yourself in. [Nov 2017, p.79]

Competent, but nothing overwhelming for the amount of time we've had to wait for it. [Sept 2007, p.77]

This is a sure shank redemption for Techland, and a big step up from previous Dead Islands. [April 2015, p.65]