Gains legs but loses charm. [Apr 2011, p.108]

id Software's take on hell might be a little two-dimensional, but if you don't have the patience for the likes of Dead Space, this should scratch your diabolical itch.

A tense and immersive adventure – but with one too many rough edges. [Issue#177, p.85]

If only the combat matched the visuals. [Apr 2011, p.111]

The interesting power mechanic and the return to fun, exaggerated rock and metal aesthetics are there to be enjoyed, but this is a series in dire need of a reboot.

Slower and duller than Episode 1. [Apr 2015, p.79]

Great new maps, but deleted scene too short. [Oct 2009, p.92]

Playable, but no real advance on the original. [Oct 2010, p.100]

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

The initial reaction when Happy Tree Friends was fired up was "rubbish", "stupid" and "why are you playing this?" It looks bland, boring and slow...Yet for the person playing it, it's endearing, addictive and surprisingly fun.

A decent port of the classic board game. [Mar 2009, p.93]

Pneuma is let down by its waffling and insistence on shoving questions about the nature of reality down your throat. [Apr 2015, p.83]

Even though it's a bit of a flashy game, Ninja Blade is surprisingly shallow. It's not particularly long either - you can see everything in less than 10 hours, which doesn't help much with replayability. Worst of all, the novelties it wants you to like, it shoves in your face quite rudely many times over - resulting in a hack-and-slash that could have ultimately been a lot, er, sharper.

With around 50 levels to chew on, the game is substantial but no banquet, and the later levels don't really build on their predecessors in any mind-blowing ways. It's a welcome break from the frenzy elsewhere on Xbox Live, but it never threatens to become a fixture.

Fun, in a mindless sort of way, but lacks the big set-pieces and the frenetic action that made lightgun games so compelling. At around three hours long, you'd get better value sticking that gun hand up your nostril.[Apr 2015, p.83]

A multiplayer game that doesn't work solo. [Oct 2010, p.108]

It might not have much depth, but if you just want to have a good, silly and above all violent old time, Zombie Driver does the trick - and this is by far the best version going. [Sept 2014, p.92]

Burns bright, but won't last long. [Oct 2010, p.110]

An explosive Zumba party fitness outburst. [June 2012, p.93]

Better suited to playing on your phone waiting for a bus than buying an Xbox for. [Jan 2016, p.85]

Despite the largely one-note action, noticeably low budget, as well as the lack of imagination on show, there’s at least a scrappy charm displayed here that makes this zombie romp just about worthwhile. If you have a few Xbox Live chums who have an undead-annihilating itch to scratch, you could do worse than waging this brain-biting battle [Issue#178, p.78]

Not the home run we'd hoped for. [June 2012, p.96]

A playable and competent - if lightweight - crack at a Left 4 Dead style shooter. [October 2018, p.78]

Stick with it and you may find yourself disappointed by the uneven challenge factor and scanty online features, but these are obscured by all the brightly-coloured nonsense and if you get far enough in to notice then you're probably enough of a fan not to care.

An entirely adequate karaoke machine. [Feb 2013, p.87]

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.

Happy, sunny, cheesy singing fun. [Feb 2009, p.89]

Fans might wonder why they should accept all these missing features for an inconsistent visual update. Newcomers will be impressed by the lack of loading screens and rewarding gameplay, but series veterans who’ve played PGA Tour 14 will never crave Xbox 360 backwards compatibility more.