It all falls down because it's just not fun to play in any way, shape or form. [Oct 2008, p.99]

It should have been so good, but it's been rushed to the shelves too early. What a pity. [Aug 2008, p.86]

There's no need for Rise of the Dark Spak to be as dull as it's turned out. [Sept 2014, p.84]

A bad conversion of an almost year-old Xbox game. Vengeance is playable but it's a massively disappointing Wii debut for the Far Cry series, and the worst FPS on the console so far. [Mar 2007, p.84]

A botched excuse for a stealth game whose only achievement is bringing a decent series' name into disrepute. This game should have been so much better. [Jan 2007, p.72]

You might as well chuck your money down the drain instead. At least you'll be able to control where it's going.

Despite showing enormous potential, Crash Boom Bang! is hampered by dodgy controls and a testing user interface. It's disappointing because this could have been a great multiplayer game. [Christmas 2006, p.80]

The game's saving grace is that it's good fun in multiplayer, because your friend suffers from the same controller problems you do so it feels even. [Apr 2009, p.86]

While you can teach an old dog new tricks, it's still a dog. [Nov 2011, p.95]

Half-baked rubbish. [Dec 2011, p.98]

Hastily constructed, poorly thought out and deeply unsatisfying: an endless runner you'll want to end. [Christmas 2012, p.111]

Simply garbage. [May 2013, p.87]

It's like a compilation of gaming's worst moments, wrapped up in a film license. [Feb 2008, p.20]

This is just rubbish...Cheap, tacky and completely untitillating, this has no place on WiiWare. [Dec 2009, p.99]

Ugly, unplayable and not even close to being fun. [Nov 2007, p.92]

It shows glimmers of fun, but a short story mode and lack of replay factor stifle it. [Sept 2011, p.98]

An extremely primitive quad bike racer with some predictable tracks and dismal presentation. [Nov 2009, p.99]

Awful.

It just isn't that fun to play. [Jan 2010, p.87]

Absolute dross: a joyless, inept, tedious, ugly, lazy, messy waste of your time and money. We hoped games this bad might die out with the Wii.

It's completely broken. [Aug 2009, p.99]

The only thing it has going for it is the controls. [Sept 2011, p.92]

Five dull offerings ranging from racing to shooting games, none of which are worth discussing in any real depth. [July 2010, p.95]

Shoddily made, uglier than Ugly McUglyson and an incredibly frustrating game. [June 2011, p.102]

About as funny as a flu epidemic. [Sept 2010, p.97]

It's a dire shooter with an unwieldy new controls system. [Christmas 2012, p.110]

The Wii Remote hasn't been used well here and it's trickier than playing it for real. And it's Jenga - do we really need this? [Apr 2008, p.88]

As welcome as an ingrown toenail and twice as ugly. [Jan 2013, p.100]

A true classic gone horribly to seed. It'd be funny if it wasn't heartbreakingly sad. [Nov 2012, p.99]

It'll take you mere minutes to complete, but the dark, oily stain that it leaves on your conscience will take years to fully cleanse. [Feb 2011, p.97]

The controls are hideous. [July 2010, p.95]

A mindless, repetitive shell of a game, it's an insult to World War 2's tactical combat. [Jan 2011, p.92]

You'll find it tough to unlock all 101 games. Not that you'd want to bother because they're so abysmal, not even of the standard of your average Flash game.

ONM Coroner's Report: Patient suffered a psychotic breakdown while playing this game. No treatment possible.

Tiresome repetitiveness and dull, samey graphics plague this movie license that showed a glimmer of potential. The "it's for kids" excuse won't wash, we're afraid. [Christmas 2006, p.88]

A good puzzler but it's very difficult to recommend paying 25 pounds for it when you can play the similar Fruitfall for free online. Maybe it will get a Virtual Console release after all. [Feb 2007, p.72]

Unless you're a retro fanatic, it's hard to see what the appeal is. [Nov 2008, p.105]

Some decent ideas then, but poorly executed. [Oct 2008, p.97]

A really tough game to pick up and play. [Dec 2008, p.98]

For borderline shovelware, Winter Sports actually looks pretty good. [Apr 2009, p.86]

A complete howler. [Mar 2009, p.87]

It's a fun idea but can be played free online as Broken Picture Telephone. [June 2009, p.89]

A great little puzzler that's simple enough to get into but infinitely addictive. Brilliant. [Aug 2009, p.102]

This light puzzler will give your grey matter a decent workout, but it isn't very deep. [Oct 2009, p.87]

It's only likely to prove its worth after a few weeks of play. [Jan 2010, p.80]

Sudoku fan? You'll love this with puzzles and a few other nifty features to explore. [Oct 2009, p.87]

Ten rubbish blink-and-you'll miss them microgames. A waste of money. [Nov 2009, p.104]

A great update to an already addictive game, at an affordable price. [Nov 2009, p.103]

An adequate platformer, but we're warning you, wear sunglasses. [Nov 2009, p.103]

Disappointingly short. [Feb 2010, p.83]

A no-frills DSi take on Solitaire. It works fine but we want a bit more from a DSiWare game. [Dec 2009, p.98]

A fantastic paint package, but don't be fooled into buying the same thing twice. [Mar 2010, p.92]

Three or four-year-olds will have a ball, but there's nothing here for Contra ReBirth fans. [Dec 2009, p.99]

If you like MySims and use the DSi's camera a lot, you might get some fun out of this. [Dec 2009, p.97]

A fantastic paint package, but don't be fooled into buying the same thing twice. [Mar 2010, p.92]

The difficulty curve will turn you off long before this starts to get interesting. [Dec 2009, p.99]

You can get more of the same for free online, but this is still a compelling little game. [Christmas 2009, p.101]

A good idea in theory, but the execution's a bit sloppy. Only for strategy beginners. [Christmas 2009, p.102]

It's not the worst mini-game collection on Wii. Just one of the worst on WiiWare. [Christmas 2009, p.102]

A fun card game with the added bonus of single-card multiplayer. Nice job. [Feb 2010, p.86]

The best Sudoku game on DSi, but not worth getting if you have any of the other ones. [Jan 2010, p.84]

Should keep snap-happy tweens busy. [Mar 2010, p.94]

For wi-fi multiplayer there's nothing better on DSi but otherwise it's a little lacking. [Jan 2010, p.84]

The dragon is impossible to control. [Jan 2010, p.87]

A decent take on the popular card game, but its lack of privacy defeats the purpose. [Jan 2010, p.86]

Virtually identical to the WiiWare version with the added bonus of not letting other players see your cards. [Jan 2010, p.87]

It's not the most original game in the world but we enjoyed this cute platformer. [Feb 2010, p.85]

Does about as much as you'd hope a notebook on the DSi could do. Fair enough. [Jan 2010, p.85]

It's cheap, it's cheerful and it's relatively compelling. [Jan 2010, p.85]

Extremely basic stuff, this is one WiiWare game that'll have kids bored fairly quickly. [Jan 2010, p.87]

An inventive idea executed well. Worth a look to see what the DSi can actually do. [Feb 2010, p.86]

A blatant cash-in on Rabbids Go Home. [Jan 2010, p.87]

Sacrificing gameplay to save graphics is a big no-no for us. A disappointing port. [Feb 2010, p.87]

Does about as much as you'd hope a notebook on the DSi could do. Fair enough. [Jan 2010, p.85]

It's about as much fun as getting chatted up by a serial killer in a dark alleyway. [Mar 2010, p.93]

It's so generic that minutes after playing it we'd completely forgotten about it. [Mar 2010, p.94]

A shallow experience. [Mar 2010, p.93]

Gordon. We like you. But please don't attach your likeness to a game ever again. [Feb 2010, p.89]

Does about as much as you'd hope a notebook on the DSi could do. Fair enough. [Jan 2010, p.85]

It's cute, it's harmless and kids will enjoy it but it's never going to change the world. [Mar 2010, p.95]

It looks basic and is over quicker than a Darlington FC season highlights DVD. [Mar 2010, p.95]

A great idea but the DSi camera isn't quite sensitive enough to make it work perfectly. [Mar 2010, p.95]

Thanks to some lazy localisation and poor design choices, this is nearly unplayable. [Apr 2010, p.95]

Great for single-players. [Jan 2010, p.81]

Frustrating movements. [June 2010, p.97]

Unforgiving. [Apr 2010, p.95]

We'd much rather sit down with the actual book, but there are some nice ideas here. [Apr 2010, p.94]

A simplistic puzzler with a limited lifespan. [Mar 2010, p.87]

Libera Wing didn't just fall out of the ugly tree, it landed on an ugly trampoline and bounced into the centre of Uglytown. [June 2010, p.97]

Awful. [June 2010, p.97]

Lumpy handling. [June 2010, p.91]

Lumpy handling. [June 2010, p.91]

Get Starship Patrol instead. [Aug 2010, p.98]

With no multiplayer it is rather pointless. [July 2010, p.94]

It only works 30% of the time. [July 2010, p.95]

Great fun - if you find the idea of rolling ten-foot boulders up a hill fun. [Aug 2010, p.99]

Feels extremely basic and devoid of depth. [July 2010, p.95]

This is a satisfying if repetitive puzzler that stays on track throughout. [Aug 2010, p.98]