A host of small improvements helps this action strategy hybrid edge ever closer to classic status.

MegaTen's experiment in action role-playing continues, but it remains a flawed and repetitive ride.

Hopefully the future of Fable won't be any more downloads, as this is another waste of both time and money.

It's a shameless copy of Diablo, but this action role player still has some personality of its own.

If you aren't sick of zombies yet, you will be after this new attempt at a revamped Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

A wasted and over-egged sequel to what was an innovative mix of rhythm action and real-time strategy.

A strange choice of PSone update, but an enjoyable platformer only let down by its lack of challenge.

PopCap Games' best yet and the best ever Tower Defence - whether you think that's faint praise or not.

It has more new content than any other New Play Control! game but this is still inferior to the original.

The sequel to Puzzle Quest is cheap and far from cheerful, but it's still a mostly effective mix of genres.

For a film tie-in it's not bad, but this is not the ultimate Wolverine sim it could've been.

A World War II-themed Splinter Cell, but with too many technical and design flaws to satisfy.

Another classy retro conversion but Rare's platforming sequel feels older than it looks.

A fairly straightforward arcade conversion, but still a unique mix between fighter and shoot 'em-up.

For a Dynasty Warriors game this is fairly innovative, but only if you have three friends to play with.

The longest-running game you've never heard of gets a typically competent but characterless makeover.

The same old Dynasty Warriors formula is reused and abused yet again, and not even giant robots can save it.

Despite all the effort to seem wacky and surreal this is an oddly un-engaging follow-up to Excite Truck.

The highest carat of Sega's golden oldies returns (again) to prove that the blue skies are still the best.

A clever, if not wholly original, action strategy that's only lacking in single player appeal.

One of the worst movie tie-ins ever, which considering the competition is quite the achievement.

Butcher Bay is still one of the best movie tie-ins ever, even if the new Assault On Dark Athena is not.

Disappointing sequel that manages to undo the relative successes of the original and dishonour the film.

Fun but slight real-time strategy expansion that's rather short on strategy and value for money.

Shallow, repetitive and easy, but this Ninja Gaiden clone is also mad as a hatter - and that helps a lot.

A slightly disappointing sequel, but still an addictively bizarre musical mini-game collection.

A very disappointing comeback for the creator of PaRappa The Rapper, that shows none of his earlier style.

For a game that won an amateur game design contest, this lacks in both imagination and implementation.