The control system is irritatingly basic, and you'll likely be bored of it within ten minutes. [Aug 2006, p.67]

An unsophisticated disappointment. [Aug 2006, p.67]

This is substandard licensed tosh. [Aug 2006, p.67]

A welcome return to top form for the world's most exhausted videogame hero. [Aug 2006, p.52]

Thumbs up for the two-player co-operative system that's perfect for mum or dad and the kids. [Aug 2006, p.66]

It's dull, unsatisfying far for fans of the movie or the less discerning gamer. [Aug 2006, p.66]

Although you can access extras and minigames, it's rather plain. [Aug 2006, p.66]

It's just too mentally tricky, with all the up and down between screens, for genuinely enjoyable gameplay, but it's a must-have for any serious fans of the series. [Oct 2006, p.67]

Random and mindless, you'd be much better off diving head first onto a rusty nail bed than enduring five minutes of this tedium. [Mar 2007, p.81]

It's one of the classic RPG series, and a great value for money if you want to spend the months of hard labour it'll take to find every hidden note. Worth the effort. [Nov 2006, p.62]

I can be pretty demanding and, at times, intimidating, but Age of Emipres is still and incredible achievement - and a great strategy game. [Nov 2006, p.69]

Genuinely playable. [Nov 2006, p.77]

It's too superficial to be more than a curiosity and not versatile enough to have real mileage, but it has a magical quality that'll put a smile on the faces of all who touch it. [Aug 2006, p.64]

A competent, by-the-numbers platformer that isn't nearly as vile as we were expecting. [Aug 2006, p.61]

Video pinball is great when it's done well, and Metroid Prime Pinball is at the upper end of the scale. Nice tables and a very Metroid-y feel.

Digging fanatics will dig exploring every last square of earth, but Namco haven't dug deep enough to create a truly compelling and fresh experience. [Oct 2006, p.68]

Decent, but let down by bland presentation and annoying bugs. [Oct 2006, p.69]

Great games (well, some), cynically recycled. Unless you can find 50th Anniversary for a couple of quid or less, this is the worst value on GameCube. [Aug 2006, p.63]

If you fancy saving the world from aliens on your DS, this is worth having a spin on. [Oct 2006, p.70]

It's as pointless as it sounds. [Nov 2006, p.76]

It screams half-arsed puzzler - ticking the simplicity box required by the genre but failing miserably to offer any addictive depth. [Mar 2007, 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]

Apart from the occasional feeling the gender differences have been artificially embellished to pad out the puzzles, this is an odd, sometimes confounding, but fun game of item-combining and sleuthing. [Dec 2007, p.71]

One for the sin bin. [Dec 2009, p.71]

This game is still proof of how inaccurate the touch screen is capable of being, although we must admit that it is kind of relaxing. [Apr 2008, p.77]

This is okay for what it is, but what it is certainly isn't worth 30 quid. [July 2008, p.73]

It feels like more of a launching point for a fresh fighting mechanic than a game that fully makes something of it. We're interested to see what they do wtih the Wii version. [Aug 2008, p.64]

A nice approach to DS development, but the whole thing was slightly doomed to failure by the hardware. [Dec 2008, p.72]