It's not going to change the world, but at least it manages to change first person shooters back into something more irreverent and fun.

The overwrought storytelling is not the sort of taste many will want to acquire, but that doesn't stop this being one of the best tactical role-players ever.

A few steps forward and a few steps back leave this technically accomplished shooter exactly where it was: still searching for a heart and identity of its own.

Street Fighter with bullets or a one-on-one 2D shooter, whichever way you look at it this hombrew download is an intriguing oddity.

Contra gets a gorgeous new coat of paint, and even an innovative new game mode, but it's still the same old 2D shooter underneath.

More interesting than most official Dynasty Warriors spin-offs, but still deeply repetitive and suffering from both a lack of originality and budget.

WayForward's best work yet and more than just a love letter to 2D art and gameplay, but a hint of how it can continue in the future.

It may not be the deepest of fighters but it is one of the most entertaining and imaginative, not to mention bug-eyed crazy.

Double Fine's best game since Psychonauts is unique in both setting and gameplay, with an enchanting mix of absurdist logic and striking presentation.

Its explosive thunder has already been stolen (twice) leaving this unfortunately-timed platformer to arrive late for its own party.

It doesn't get everything right, and its low budget is obvious at times, but this is still one of the most unique and ambitious racers of the generation.

An inspired reworking of The Sentinel, introducing a new generation to one of the most tense and atmospheric action puzzlers ever made.

The price prevents any serious criticism but this is still one of the best-looking and most accessible Tower Defence games around.

All the component pieces are here, but given the severe control limitations the subtitle here should have been 'lite' not 'refrain'.

A Monster Hunter clone that copies most of the key features but fails to properly balance any of them - or add any proper new ideas of its own.

It's an obvious clone of 'Splosion Man, but it's also a pretty good one - and in the world of gaming that's all that's ever really mattered.

So the question is: how good is the new map pack? And without hesitation the answer is: very good indeed.

It still looks and sounds amazing but this sabotages and dumbs down almost everything the original game got right.

The graphics are great and the course design often inspired but in terms of depth and longevity all this nails is its own finger.

The glory days of Mario Golf and Tennis seem very far away, in this lazy and patronisingly simplistic sports compendium.

It may lack the scares of its big brother but this proves an impressively progressive lightgun game that works very well with PlayStation Move.

A poorly thought out attempt to take on Call Of Duty and Battlefield, whose main gimmick is as a flawed as its other elements are overfamiliar.

Not just a tech demo, but a cleverly designed time waster that creates an absorbing challenge out of its apparently limited mechanics.

The iPhone's best game emerges from the shadow of LocoRoco as one of the best portable puzzlers ever.

There are a few niggling technical issues but this still easily laps any other serious racing game on the iPhone - or any other portable format.

An improvement on the original but only in the details, not as a result of any big new ideas. Genre-starved survival horror fans should be well satisfied though.

Good ideas and good intentions only go so far when the game itself is as incompetently made and balanced as this seriously flawed shooter.

Ratchet & Clank's less talented cousins show just how unimportant technical competence is when a game has no heart or ambition.