Annoying rather than quirky and appealing. [Apr 2008, p.99]

Surprisingly polished for a movie tie-in, this is a fun puzzle adventure let down by a dull hack-n-slash ending. [April 2006, p.87]

This slight offering started life as a mobile game, and it shows. [Dec 2015, p.87]

The best LEGO game for a while, perfectly pitched for couch co-op family fun. [Christmas 2018, p.93]

The smoothest, best looking and prettiest Hawk game of the lot. It really has been tweaked to perfection. It's going to be impossible to improve on this one next year. [Dec 2007, p.84]

Plenty of options, game modes and good fun. [Feb 2008, p.102]

An HD re-relase of a beloved series. It's a pity that it hasn't received the remaster treatment. [Nov 2018, p.78]

A surprise - a likeable and entertaining family game that throws up the occasional tough challenge. [Sept 2011, p.102]

There's little that pushes it beyond Guardian of Light, while the co-op is feeble and plagued with technical issues. [Feb 2015, p.78]

An arcade-style 2D platformer that is as fun as it is frustrating – boasts a quirky premise, a pleasingly chaotic style of gameplay, and an array of imaginative death-traps.

The on-track action can be exhilarating, but the career is too functional to impress. MotoGP 13 goes just as far as it has to, but never becomes truly essential.

The sequel adds considerable depth to the original's plus points, without turning it into a serious economic simulation of trying to work out how to get the right amount of Snickers bars to feed your hungry mercenaries.

If you're a survival horror fan, and miss a time in gaming when a zombie bite was the scariest thing in the world, then you'll find a lot to suffer through here. In a good way.

A brave, harrowing exploration of a troubled psyche which proves very powerful indeed. [Issue#180, p.83]

With a bit of selective breeding Massive Chalice could be a marvel - as it stands, it’s a charmingly weird, if slightly too slim, take on the XCOM formula.

Truly climactic entertainment.

This game is at definitely its larger-than-life best with two players, but doesn't have the longevity to make it an essential purchase.

Ultimately, the game lacks any real impact, feeling a bit like a gutted "Rogue Leader," but from moment to moment you'll find yourself having a great time. [Oct 2007, p.92]

Pretty, but flaws stop it touching the stars. [June 2009, p.86]

ProStreet takes the series to an ambiguous halfway point between Forza and Need for Speed. [Christmas 2007, p.76]

A great little fighter though a bit repetitive. [Aug 2008, p.78]

An eccentric but highly enjoyable platformer. [Christmas 2012, p.97]

Crap combat aside, this great open-world game finally builds on Mirror's Edge's potential. [Aug 2016, p.73]

Ancestors contains all manner of intellectual joys – whenever you launch an evolution, for example, your efforts are rated against what science projected – and while it might not feel like much of a game at first, it certainly does when you fathom out how to approach it. As long as you aren’t afraid of games that make you work hard before yielding their rewards, you’ll find that Ancestors comes closer to letting you play god, while still entertaining you, than any game we’ve ever come across previously. How’s that for vaulting ambition? [Issue#186, p.72]

Far from being the ultimate edition of the game, we end up with another case of nominative determinism. State of Decay, sadly, is a mess. It’s a mess with good intentions, perhaps, but the result is the equivalent of a wooden barricade infested with dry rot – it seems like it should hold up just fine, but ends up crumbling under the slightest pressure.

Iffy submission system aside, this is the smoothest and most authentic WWE game to date. [Christmas 2015, p.74]

A race against time with a whole lot of charm. [Christmas 2012, p.93]

Perfectly priced, and long enough to leave you satisfied but with room for dessert, this is a fantastic family-friendly puzzler that deserves a place on every Xbox One.