It may stimulate nostalgia glands just as intended but this is the best modern day Sonic game by only a surprisingly small margin.

A great start to a promising new sports series. It does feel a little lightweight in some of the options but the central combat is handled very well.

Dumbing down Mario Party sounds impossible, but this strips out every ounce of fun or thought from the concept to create the most vapid Nintendo game ever.

There are some welcome advances here over Fallout 3 but they risk being drowned out by the cripplingly poor technology that still powers the game.

Even though it's let down by longevity and a lack of ancillary options this still plays like a classic and is one of the best new shooters of its generation.

Unquestionably the best Dynasty Warriors style game so far, but at its core it's still just as shallow and repetitive as any of Koei's games.

It's inconsistent and never quite fulfils its potential but this is far more inspired than it first appears and one of the best Wii games of the year.

Pikachu has probably had more exciting adventures visiting the men's room, than in this boring spin-off.

It might not be a game, but this is as entertaining a slice of edutainment as you'll ever find. Even if it's not quite the bargain it first appears.

A mostly successful reboot of the series in terms of pure gameplay, except now it seems even more like a minor variation of the still superior FIFA.

The camera technology can't keep up with the game's ambition, but at least this Pokemon clone has some.

The comedy is an acquired taste but the presentation is an unqualified success. However, it's the gameplay that's the real problem in this tedious 2D actioner.

It's rare to criticise a game for being too long, but some judicious editing could have turned this long-needed reboot into a real God Of War beater.

An unappealing mix of role-playing clichés and purposefully limited gameplay options that has little to do with Final Fantasy, past or future.

There are some interesting ideas and visual effects at play here, but they're not nearly strong enough to support such a monotonous adventure.

The move to the Wii hasn't brought with it any significant changes, just more wasted potential.

A genuine improvement on the first game, although not without some obvious flaws - and the growing sensation that it's all shlock and no substance.

The old Guitar Hero magic is still there but the almost complete lack of new ideas isn't going to do anything to halt the decline in music game sales.

Pity for poor Tecmo is probably the main reason why Epic Games won't be suing over this embarrassingly inept clone of Gears Of War.

More realistic than ever, but not necessarily a better game as a result of it - especially as the frontline features and options have seen little change.

You don't need to be a Front Mission fan to get upset about the wasted potential in this lifeless, one-dimensional shooter.

The script might be highly distasteful but the rest of the game is a surprisingly enjoyable variant on the Harvest Moon workaholic simulator.

A great start to Codemasters' Formula 1 career, with astonishing visuals, great attention to detail and superb handling.

The most significant sequel in Civilization history maintains all of the series' most intriguing features while greatly improving the accessibility and combat.

Hardcore dungeon crawling that somehow manages to make repetitive combat and scrawling on virtual graph paper addictive and satisfying.

Its claim to being combat-evolved grows ever more tenuous, but Bungie's last Halo is still the most fully featured first person shooter ever.

It shuns the more raucous fun of Boom Blox, but this is still one of the better Move games so far and a good tech demo.

Probably the best Space Invaders update yet, with a dazzling mix of new and old gameplay, graphics and sound.