There's fun to be had in the bits in which Nd Cube clearly enjoyed itself. It's by no means a party starter, but the nibbles are tasty enough to stick around for.

Incredible to behold, but unlikely to inspire, Jett Rocket II is an engaging, if slightly wobbly budget treat that's more for the yes than the heart. [Jan 2014, p.89]

Korg M01D achieves what it sets out to, but its insistence on being so precise a simulation closes the door to regular users looking to have some fun. [Jan 2014, p.88]

A classy, thoughtful update that packages the best of the previous Wii Fit games with some ace new mini-games. A genuinely fun flab-shifter. [Jan 2014, p.84]

Accessible, fun and curiously satisfying, Coaster Crazy Deluxe makes the most of its narrow scope to provide a decent afternoon's entertainment. [Jan 2014, p.83]

Fall for it and you'll fall hard, but its challenges left our fun glands untickled. [Jan 2014, p.82]

The multiplayer pillar is wobbly, but a lightness of touch elsewhere keeps the game steady. Not a stellar year for Call of Duty, but solid enough. [Jan 2014, p.78]

A good idea, wasted. [Jan 2014, p.75]

Just prepare for a sense of incompletion unless you spend around 70 pounds more than the base price. [Jan 2014, p.74]

Hypnotically odd. [Dec 2013, p.88]

The doodads don't even make a noise, for pity's sake. [Dec 2013, p.88]

Lumpy in places, thumpy in others, this is generally good fun. [Dec 2013, p.86]

It would take a flinty heart not to be moved when iconic characters come into play. [Dec 2013, p.82]

The game you loved, primarily unchanged. [Dec 2013, p.81]

It gets the gold medal for pig-headedness, at least. [Dec 2013, p.80]

A 2D platformer with a heavy focus on swearing fairies and religious themes should not be this good. That's the game's last contradiction: it really is.

Like some work of over-stimulated fanfiction with a Tony Stark-size budget, this plays out with all the excess, in-jokes and idiocy that entails. Wonderful.

Human Revolution respects how you like to play games and is good at all the things it attempts, from the stealth to the shooting to the RPG systems.

A huge, almost constantly entertaining game. Brash, soulful and clever, it's astonishing that a title on a yearly schedule came out this meaty.

This is the road the Final Fantasy series should have taken; a refreshing new take on JRPG that will have fans of the genre giddy with excitement.

It's a bit dull. [Christmas 2013, p.89]

The alarming thing is that this was ever made. [Christmas 2013, p.88]

Wii U exposes the series' ancient systems more than ever, but sometimes old dogs don't need new tricks. [Christmas 2013, p.88]

This feels two decades old and we're not complaining. [Christmas 2013, p.88]

Attempts to be all games to all parties, but never decides what it wants to be. [Christmas 2013, p.86]

The use of cover versions will instantly turn off most songbirds. [Christmas 2013, p.84]

Classic Zelda fare riddled with veins of audio-visual mastery and an inspired gameplay twist. The greatest Legend Of Zelda title of recent years.

Not so much a baby step into HD 3D platforming as a triple backflip onto a Goomba's dome. A constant source of joy, surprise and ideas, ideas, ideas.