It's a solid attempt at bringing this sort of game genre to the 360, but it still appears that, much like sleeping with a robot behind your partner's back, controlling an RTS with a joypad will always be a clunky affair.

Getting to grips with the new features of Live '08 is like watching a superb athlete trying to slam dunk a beach ball.

Solid yet underwhelming, shadow fails to send Lara out on a high. [Dec 2018, p.75]

While we love NBA Live 07's showy moves and new modes, the gameplay ultimately feels unfocused and unsatisfying. [Dec 2006, p.88]

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

It's still a fair bit of fun. [Nov 2015, p.87]

Much scope for improvement. [Sept 2010, p.89]

Don't get us wrong, the 3D makeover turns it into a responsive and thoroughly modern duff-em-up. We just wish the fun lasted a little bit longer.

Functional but flawed multiplayer shooting. [Sept 2010, p.91]

Stunning art direction can’t quite save Vambrace from RPG mediocrity. [Issue#183

Fun - but only for an afternoon. [Feb 2011, p.98]

This sequel feels like more of the same, but The Surge 2’s combat remains satisfying. [Issue#183, p.91]

Another flawed piece of DLC for Inquisition, but one with redeeming features for the right fans. [Nov 2015, p.88]

Intentionally slow pacing is admirable, but it derails an otherwise enrapturing game. [March 2018, p.84]

Much of Front Mission Evolved is simply surviving until the next repair kit, and there's not enough customisation to make the online battles truly compelling. However, that saving grace - the intense, supersized combat - should be enough to see you through the short single-player campaign.

As good as you'd expect it to be. [Feb 2011, p.97]

Track editors looking for new tools might want to buy, but otherwise try the community courses. [Nov 2015, p.89]

Very little new to see here. [Feb 2011, p.97]

Two above-average games receive a sadly below-average port. [Oct 2015, p.86]

Some truly neat ideas made ugly and fiddly.

The controls are still horrendous, but for this chapter the pace of the storytelling picks up immensely. [Feb 2014, p.87]

What's here is good, but doesn't justify the price when you're not even getting an hour of gameplay. [Oct 2015, p.91]

Basic rally racing with some strong track design, but there's little else worthy of note. [Dec 2018, p.88]

A re-release that's only just worth the fare. [Feb 2011, p.103]

Stands alone from the film, proud and awkward.

Destiny 2 is still easily one of the best shooters on Xbox One. Taken as a whole, its eclectic blend of strikes, night-devouring raids, and exhilarating PvP action outguns most of the competition with ease. As for Shadowkeep, despite some welcome additions, its reheated campaign reeks of a rush job that needed a bit more cooking time. [Issue#184, p.88]

A very generous, but slightly broken MMORPG that can't quite stand on the shoulders of the PC-based giants. It does, however, prove that the genre's systems can translate onto consoles intact.

A stunning audio and visual presentation doesn't cover the cracks at the core. [Jan 2018, p.75]