A brave mix of RPG, action game and spy thriller, brought down by too many design and technical faults.

The new professions are a fun idea but there aren't enough of them to justify the high asking price.

FIFA Street meets Mario Strikers, but even as an arcade game this falls well short of world class.

It may look like any other tower defence game but this has just enough wrinkles to keep your interest.

One of the DS's best first person shooters, whether you remember Star Fox and Starglider (and X) or not.

The mismatched marriage of Mario Kart and PGR results in a racer that's less than the sum of its parts.

The improvements are incremental at best but this still seems like a near perfect MMA game.

Sony's Mario Kart clone has some impressive customisation tools but as a racer it lacks any real drive.

The king of puzzlers has rarely had more options but the lacklustre presentation and whiff of exploitation leaves a slightly sour taste.

An innovative and cleverly nuanced mix of race game and puzzler - albeit a rather pretentious one.

Nintendo beat their previous best yet again with a masterclass in imagination, game design and sheer fun.

No insult to the series' legacy, but a workmanlike sequel that didn't need to be made (or ported).

For a game five years in the making this is a disappointingly trivial and repetitive actioner.

Possibly the best Grand Theft Auto game never made and one of the most atmospheric video games ever.

The best arcade racer for years and a magnificent spectacle that makes racing exciting again.

Backwards-looking and unnecessary tie-in/remake which leaves the Prince needing yet another reboot.

A surprisingly decent movie tie-in with a fun four-player mode that will amuse players of any age.

An inoffensive 2D platformer with some novel ideas - but fairly vapid and overly expensive.

The perfect Sam & Max episode is still yet to be made, but in terms of puzzles this one is hard to beat.

Mercilessly difficult, and unusually complicated, but the best looking and most varied BIT. TRIP yet.

A clever use of head tracking tech is sabotaged by a game that seems specifically designed to subvert it.

It can never have the impact of the first game but this is still a worthy, incremental improvement.

One of the best looking games ever, but its awe for retro Zelda ruins hopes for similarly inspired gameplay.

It looks amazing but baffling design decisions suck every ounce of fun out of this disappointing sequel.

One of the best Ace Attorney games still looks awful on the Wii, in another lazy and irreverent port.

Putting looks before substance doesn't seem so bad in this superbly surreal first person fighter.

Only the smallest of improvements on the original game and still a shameful waste of the license.

Picross makes the jump to 3D better than many games, although it's still not quite the perfect puzzler.