You might not keep coming back, but you'll enjoy the time you spend with it. [Sept 2012, p.31]

Tight, solid fun. [Nov 2012, p.72]

Manages to carve out an identity for itself in a crowded genre. [Feb 2014, p.85]

There's a great feeling of responsiveness to Finger Hoola that makes the wold weird project work, more or less. [June 2013, p.84]

You have been here before, and you'll be back again. [Nov 2012, p.74]

You have been here before, and you'll be back again. [Nov 2012, p.74]

It stubbornly refuses to capitalise on its full potential, but Prototype 2 is still a whole lot of fun. [July 2012, p.64]

An enjoyable, addictive rhythm experience with some great music, but it's not quite up there with the genre's best. [Oct 2012, p.67]

It's great fun, but the touch screen will never be ideal because your finger is occasionally going to cover up incoming bullets. [Oct 2012, p.25]

Devoid of tactical depth and exhaustingly repetitive - yet somehow still entertaining and enjoyable, if taken in moderation. [Sept 2013, p.76]

Often very pleasurable, even if the main missions drag. [Issue#255, p.42]

An intriguing and gorgeous little game that's sure to frustrate as well as captivate. [Issue#255, p.48]

Gauntlet needs DLC. Badly. Still, good fun in the short term. [Issue#255, p.54]

Flawed, and the new Dante isn't as cool as he thinks - but the gameplay is as sterling as ever. There's plenty to love, but fans will be divided. [March 2013, p.74]

A tighter focus on multiplayer modes would have helped with the online population. It's definitely worth the budget price, though. [March 2013, p.81]

It's worth revisiting frequently. [Nov 2012, p.29]

Between the jokey dialog you uncover during missions, the opening thank-you screen, and the focus on user-created content, Volume is a charming game: it’s the sort of game that makes you feel as though if you ever met the lead designer, you’d pretend to like it just a little more than you actually did.

I hate Tropical Freeze, but I hate it for the right reasons. It's an invigorating hate: I really badly want to beat this game. And when I do, it will be oh so worth it. [May 2014, p.68]

Crysis 3 reunites the outfit with a voice, Prophet, and his supposed buddy, Psycho and tells you that only one set of sentient long-johns can save the world. It’s a functional excuse for the action but uninspired, much like the bulk of the game. [Issue#235]

Extremely janky controls. [May 2014, p.82]

ZombiU is too packed full of controls and gameplay ideas to make a cohesive whole, but it's still a welcome addition to the genre. [Jan 2013, p.58]

A solid re-tread of a Wii classic, but one that lost the charm of its source material along the way. [Jan 2013, p.68]

Far from the revolution we were expecting, a shift in focus to simple, repetitive combat, overly-scripted missions and tedious sidequests has for now killed our interest in a once genuinely great series. [Dec 2012]

Pleasant, but not particularly memorable. [Jan 2013, p.78]

A remarkably ugly game. [June 2012, p.60]

Inoffensive and competent, but not exceptional. [June 2012, p.67]

The combat is really interesting the first few times you encounter it, but the simple system behind it becomes too obvious after that. [May 2012, p.61]

There are explosively brief thrills to be had, but makes it really hard for most peeps to give it a chance. [June 2012, p.72]