Strong in every department, from story to combat to graphics. [Mar 2010, p.60]

It's ridiculous, but it's executed so garishly, and revels in its own absurdity with such confidence, that you can forgive it for being the shallow nonsense that it is. [Apr 2010, p.76]

The ideal next step for puzzle-hungry gamers who've exhausted Zoo Keeper and the like. [Apr 2010, p.68]

A perfectly acceptable yet unremarkable RPG. [Mar 2010, p.61]

Not only the best combat flight sim on Wii but one of the best shooty action games of any type. [Feb 2010, p.60]

Great value. [Mar 2010, p.75]

It beggars belief, then, that someone would consciously make a game that contained only the worst bits of an already atrocious game. [Mar 2010, p.75]

The real downer is the price, which is ludicrously sky-high for something so simple. [Feb 2010, p.73]

With 30 stages, Magic Obelisk is a great little package. [Mar 2010, p.74]

Dumb action threatens to overshadow the odd combat system, but beneath it there's some of Squeenix's most enjoyable work in years.

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

We'd struggle to recommend it. [Feb 2010, p.74]

Some enemies that weren't can-based would have been even nicer. [Mar 2010, p.73]

Online play is another welcome addition. [Feb 2010, p.73]

It's a good way to kill some time - and cute little Moki. [Feb 2010, p.75]

The fat's been trimmed, but the horror has dimmed. The result is the most psychological Silent Hill yet, if not the scariest. [Feb 2010, p.56]

Peril, puzzles, laughs and rabbits - everything you'd want for a cracking Christmas romp. [Christmas 2009, p.42]

Memorable, though perhaps not essential, playing. [Mar 2010, p.75]

Not particularly original or polished, but we found it hard to put down. [May 2009, p.58]

Sorry to disappoint, but if Safecracker is the ultimate puzzle adventure then we're a small punnet of strawberries. [Mar 2010, p.68]

Looks nice and is actually challenging, but repetitive goals and fussy controls are a downer. [Christmas 2009, p.60]

A life-consuming wonder-gem. [Winter 2009, p.65]

Botched design, poor songs and bloody chipmunks. [Feb 2010, p.68]

A silhouette of an almost great game. [Apr 2010, p.60]

Dull. [Feb 2010, p.69]

Bit of a one-trick pony, but it's still a neat idea, well executed. [May 2010, p.73]

Far tighter than the original, an indispensable bit of fan service takes a good shamble closer to being an indispensable lightgun gem.

Glitchy, hard to control, unimaginative, repetitive, frustrating, overpriced... Nobody except Tony Hawk himself seems to like it. [Jan 2010, p.73]