Even their signature vehicle forms are samey. [Aug 2011, p.74]

Even their signature vehicle forms are samey. [Aug 2011, p.74]

The content-to-price ratio is horribly skewed. [Mar 2010, p.67]

Ancient Egypt in glorious clunk-o-vision. If you like "Ninjabread Man" and "Rock'N Roll Adventures," you'll love this, but seriously, what are the chances? [Christmas 2007, p.65]

A poorly conceived, confusing rhythm game. [Christmas 2011, p.76]

Experimental racing concepts should be tested in the developers' studios, not on shop shelves. [Sept 2008, p.54]

It's like someone reduced Super Mario Bros to its essence, then skimmed the fun off the top. [May 2011, p.51]

It looks like they've raided the N64 back catalogue for the lowest-res textures they could find and shoveled them into a Wii. [Christmas 2009, p.69]

A box office turkey. [Feb 2010, p.67]

Jake Hunter should come with a health warning: may caus lung cancer. [Sept 2008, p.71]

So inaccessible, they might as well padlock the game box. [July 2008, p.72]

Glimmers of good ideas are squished under the boot of boring. [Aug 2007, p.66]

This shatters the glass ceiling for ludicrous minigame compilations. [Jan 2009, p.70]

Trade in your mum's copy of this as soon as she inevitably buys it. [Christmas 2011, p.77]

Snooze-a-rama. [Mar 2009, p.75]

Contains tiny needles of goodness, but they're buried in a giant haystack of vomit, poison and rabid dogs. Not fun. [July 2009, p.61]

For those with no taste in music whatsoever. [Feb 2008, p.68]

A poorly designed game that allows you to create more poorly designed games, then inflict them on other unfortunates. [June 2012, p.106]

Some environments are so indistinct it's easier to navigate solely with the top screen's map than by looking where you're going. [Issue#56, p.70]

About the only thing we like is the directness of the chap at the start of "Strider": "KILL HIM! THAT'S YOUR MISSION!" [Nov 2006, p.76]

Another lazy cash-in. [Sept 2011, p.64]

Terrible platforming and puzzling. [June 2008, p.58]

It's bad. Not in a '80s Michael Jackson album sense, either. Just the traditional 'the genocide in East Timor was bad' kind. [Christmas 2008, p.68]

This strives for nothing and doesn't even make it that far. A poor game for a poor franchise. [JPN Import; Aug 2007, p.54]

Do you pine for a game where it takes the best part of an afternoon to kill an enemy? Then this is the uninspired film tie-in for you! [July 2011, p.64]

Rubbish, stupid games in a cheap, tacky collection - who on earth keeps buying these games and egging them on? [June 2007, p.71]

The crushing problem here is that the bland, murky environments make navigation a chore. [Aug 2011, p.75]

A series of awful minigames that ask you to jump or tap at the screen while Jerry wildly steers himself around the poorly constructed courses. [Dec 2006, p.55]