Easily the series' best bid for mainstream success. [April 2015, p.62]

Dante doubters be damned, this is a rollicking good twitcher reborn. [April 2015, p.60]

Imbalanced and repetitive to a disappointing degree, but when it hits the mark it can be great. [April 2015, p.56]

It's the best version of one of last year's best games and runs beautifully on new-gen. Worth buying, especially if you've never played DS2 before.

It’ll take more than a few compression issues to take the shine off of this JRPG classic.

The game succeeds perhaps a little too well in pulling you back to a time when you couldn't really see what was happening on screen, and blinking quickly becomes a thing of the past. [Mar 2015, p.79]

Anyone with a hankering for pixelated blasting should suit up for it. [Mar 2015, p.78]

The series' comedy chops survive the trip to Hell, but recycled minigames and weak combat are torture. [Mar 2015, p.77]

With excellent ideas throughout, Kalimba is a brilliant way to reinvigorate XO's indie credentials. [Mar 2015, p.75]

If words like "pleasant" give you chills then stay away - otherwise pull up a chair and relax a while. [Mar 2015, p.74]

The story may be a bit grating, but those mechanics have laid some interesting groundwork. [Mar 2015, p.73]

A bleak-but-enjoyable survival game that's occasionally just a little too harsh for its own good. [Mar 2015, p.72]

A clever card battler that's fantastic for genre fans, but too hard to pick up to win many new ones. [Mar 2015, p.70]

Clever, considered, and unrelenting. A rewarding mental test for anyone up to its challenge. [Mar 2015, p.69]

An extension of Destiny's triumphs and flaws that ultimately wins us over with its new raid. [Mar 2015, p.68]

Occasionally frustrating, but this remake delivers fresh shocks while still improving on a classic. [Mar 2015, p.66]

Bold, brave and beautiful - Elite's return aims high and achieves almost all of its grand ambitions. [Mar 2015, p.60]

The game is more than worth its equally miniscule 4 quid asking price. [Feb 2015, p.79]

This new addition costs as much as the core game and lacks multiplayer, but if you're happy stomping AI then the long, rewarding campaign will see you right. [Feb 2015, p.79]

Despite the clunkiness, this is still a package that's vibrant and filled with magic. [Feb 2015, p.78]

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

Gorgeous, compulsive shooting action with incredible depth, but the score battles can be mismatched. [Feb 2015, p.76]

The world is wonderful but the activities layered on top of it are awful. Wasted potential. [Feb 2015, p.74]

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

Possibly the worst blotch on Sonic's record. [Feb 2015, p.73]

Gameplay offers few surprises, but it's the pitch-perfect writing that makes itself the star of the show. [Feb 2015, p.72]

A big step up from the last-gen versions, but sadly the cut creation tools dent this champ's title belt. [Feb 2015, p.70]

A sprawling ode to Nintendo and punching, this'll keep fans scrapping for years to come. [Feb 2015, p.66]