Ultimately, how much enjoyment you take will depend on whether you fall in love with the cartoonish characters and if you're willing to accept the ridiculous, convoluted plot. Darksiders is well made and passes the time, but it just lacks that 'wow' factor which would elevate it to greatness. There are far too many moments that you'll have seen a hundred times before.

Bluepoint Game kicks anxiety to the curb with a smart, efficient port, that's fundamentally the same as Titanfall on Xbox One. If you can't afford a new console, save your pocket money for this.

Narrowing its scope may make purists moan, but we've never played a more enjoyable Deus Ex. [Oct 2016, p.91]

Knock off a point if you're planning on playing solo, but get a few friends together and you'll be in for one hell of a Knight. Sorry.

Great to look at and the new mazes rock. [Aug 2007, p.103]

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 doesn't offer quite enough over its predecessor to warrant any sort of classic status, but it's unquestionably another masterful piece of work from a team who have been doing this sort of thing forever.

It's accessible, it's fun and its destruction is novel enough to keep players entertained. If this was about breaking up the Rainbow Six Vegas and G.R.A.W. stranglehold on the squad combat genre, it hasn't quite pulled it off. It's not bad company for the night; it's just not memorable company either.

If you never played RAGE, buy it. Then buy this. Play it, love it, and when the "Insert Disc 2" prompt pops up, simply walk away, smiling.

It hits choppy waters at times but this is ultimately an extraordinary undersea tale. [Feb 2017, p.84]

A must buy then, but only if the price is right.

Superhot is an effortlessly cool, highly original take on the fist-person shooter genre. [July 2016, p.79]

A great action-RPG - a few slight tweaks to the formula could see it become utterly essential. [Nov 2017, p.78]

A carnival of grotesque and gothic fancies makes up for the finicky platforming. [July 2017, p.87]

The thinking man's dispute-settler. [Nov 2007, p.107]

Alan Wake is a strange beast - a great story, told clumsily and strewn with odd characters saying vaguely unbelievable things in an earnest way that might or might not be a joke. However, as baffling as it can be, it really does hold its own, keeping you nervous, excited and rolling your eyes indulgently so regularly that it simply won't occur to you to stop playing.

Dust will see you past ten hours easily, and may last you past 15 if you're serious about completing all the fetch quests and finding all the hidden goodies. It doesn't quite have the repertoire to justify the second figure, to my mind, but the 1200 MP outlay shouldn't give you pause. This is a labour of love for a bygone era that will be remembered just as fondly.

The story never lets you settle – it never guarantees the safety of Amicia or Hugo – and, even as some of the mechanics grow a little stale, that keeps A Plague Tale feeling breathless across its 12-hour runtime. [Issue#178, p.88]

A beautiful, summery game with furiously fun puzzles that adults and kids will love. [July 2018, p.88]

A comprehensive off-field package that also delivers on its perfectly manicured turf. [Dec 2018, p.78]

Perfectly pitched pink platforming. [Sept 2011, p.98]

Not a revolutionary sequel, but that hardly matters with skating this superb. [July 2016, p.78]

A memorable, emotional journey you won't want to miss that looks very attractive. [July 2018, p.74]

Strong, satisfying melee combat and smart levels make for a great sequel. Best with friends. [October 2018, p.92]

Completely towers over the rest. [Dec 2009, p.107]

One of the best and most disturbing horror stories you'll play on Xbox One. [Issue#160, p.86]

Bloody, beautiful and still brilliant almost a decade later. [Nov 2015, p.67]

It's amazingly easy to play, user-friendly, good fun and looks great throughout, but you may still find yourself completing it in a couple of sittings... A classy game that's a joy from start to finish. [Apr 2006, p.54]

Ubisoft has taken a huge gamble by not making wholesale changes to Rainbow Six Vegas 2, but it's come up smelling liike roses. It's still one of the very best-value, high-quality FPS packages available on the 360. [Apr 2008, p.72]