Sloppy slashwork fails to hit its target. [Apr 2009, p.84]

Brimming with charm, but it was clearly designed with PC gaming in mind. Playing it with the Xbox One controller instead of a mouse becomes something of an exercise in patience. [Nov 2014, p.87]

The best version of a still great online co-op shooter. [Sept 2015, p.104]

A disappointing drop in quality. [Sept 2015, p.111]

Flying is fun, but flimsy presentation clips its wings. [March 2015, p.78]

Delicious design. [June 2007, p.92]

A miniscule improvement over the original. [Feb 2007, p.100]

The good, the bad, and the abysmal. [June 2012, p.93]

Quantum of Solace never manages to be a Bond game: at the tiniest of nudges, it panics and starts unleashing gunfire. It's clumsy, it's messy, it's not much fun and most of the time, it's not even the right film.

Fiddly mechanics and non-intuitive gameplay make this a niche within a niche. [Christmas 2016, p.90]

A disappointing interim chapter.

Enjoyable anime nonsense robot attack. [Oct 2011, p.103]

A confused step for a game that's already suffering from a minor identity crisis. Disappointing. [March 2015, p.87]

Painfully lacking in every area, lacking any thrill factor, excitement or variety. [Jan 2007, p.90]

In comparison with even the base Destiny 2 – let alone that game expanded by all its excellent DLC – Anthem feels not so much unfinished as barely started. It contains some good ideas which it fails to develop, and some of its basic pillars, such as the insistence on fourplayer co-op, somehow convey the impression of being tacked on rather than fundamental. And even with the huge early patch, it’s still glitchy – we had to play three quarters of a 45-minute Stronghold without sound, for example, which was disconcerting.

Simple stealth with a theme you're not likely to forget, but it lacks cohesion and polish. [May 2017, p.90]

This really is just like Burnout. Less flamboyant, sure, but supremely enjoyable. [Issue#178, p.82]

It'd suit the adversarial nature of this review if I came out of DW8 feeling as stubbornly indifferent as I have the last few games. But annoyingly, this is the first time Dynasty Warriors has made me want to play on.

That seed of potential excellence is frustrating, when the execution falls so regularly short of great.

Caught in the right light and this glitters like a racing visor in the sun, but it’s very similar to last year’s game. Ultimately only worth it if you’ve spent years out - and haven’t picked up stablemate, Ride.

Don't be seduced by the trendy soundtrack or gnarly subtitle; there are already too many fantastic racing games fighting for space on the pre-owned racks.

Popcorn-crunching blockbuster in need of better scripting.

Disappointing. [Christmas 2015, p.66]

Play is built around evading attack, then countering with frenzied sword stabs or a selection of spells, so it's a shame that the all-important dodge move doesn't quite work.

Disappointingly average. [July 2007, p.92]

Fiddly but disarming, this patchy locomotive just about stays on the tracks. [October 2018, p.91]

A loose kids' game that could do with some titaning up. [Dec 2007, p.90]

A pretty delightful distraction, and at a reasonable 800MP, I'd be a joyless, churlish curmudgeon with a greasy curdled soul not to recommend it.