Shooting is so bland that firing a gun carries all the excitement of filing a tax return. [Apr 2016, p.91]

A challenging fighting system is only the bare bones of what could be a better game. [Issue#225, p.84]

A game that doesn't always balance the line between reward and challenge. [May 2018, p.78]

Bright and fun, but feels a bit 'budget'.

Good stuff, then, but hard to get too excited about. [Christmas 2013, p.106]

The training wheels rarely come off. [Dec 2015, p.87]

A matter of surviving endless similar rooms, and repetitive mini-bosses with too much health.

It IS "Micro Machines," right down to the dinky size of the cars and power-up based racing buffoonery. [Aug 2007, p.101]

Without any visible reinvention or revolution, WRC 3 is left looking embarrassingly dated. The WRC license has been recreated with impressive accuracy, and there's a serviceable sim underneath the awkward handling, but the entire package is painfully weak compared to its competition. If this is rally, feel free to count us out

A wildly ambitious fantasy fighter that's sadly lacking the fundamentals.

Thankfully, the trusted combo-move heavy, cutscene-riddled one-on-one scraps also return. [Dec 2014, p.87]

Splatterhouse starts off strong on a path of giddy puerility, always seeming on the cusp of offering more than misogyny and punching all the blood out of monsters - or at least giving you a sly wink to let you in on the joke - but it never actually comes.

Ultimately, in being unashamed, obnoxious, immature and insane, Deadpool is Deadpool alright - for better and for worse.

Thing is, in spite of all this peripheral mediocrity, if you pick up Blood Stone, you'll probably get a day or so's entertainment from it.

It worked as a free demo, but now it costs real money, it'll leave you feeling Fleeced & Furious. [June 2015, p.91]

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

The real horror is that a great story's been swallowed by a need to scare instead of intrigue. [July 2016, p.83]

Entertaining enough for what it is. [Jan 2010, p.113]

The very definition of cheap and cheerful, Sixty Second Shooter Prime matches simplicity with speed to make a shooter you don't mind either losing or switching off after one round. [Sept 2014, p.89]

While New Game+ lets you restart the adventure with all of your gear and experience, there's not much variation to the storyline, and the light RPG conversations add little in the grand scheme of things. That said, if you're aching for a solid, fun co-op game, War in the North might be worth a stab.

The lacklustre graphics means that when the action is at its most intense, the game is still a bit of an eyesore.

Beautiful graphics do not a good game make. [Oct 2006, p.104]

One for board game veterans only. [Feb 2010, p.109]

The introduction of the flow system early in the game seems innocuous at first, but it will quickly become the bane of your boarding existence. [Issue#67, p.88]

It's a smooth, slippery Sonic that takes another step away from it's single-button origins without losing any of the hog essense. With local and online co-op, it offers just enough entertainment to justify its steep episodic price.

Delivers an experience that’s as sweet as honey and buggy in all the right ways. [Issue#186, p.85]

Over the Hedge isn't anywhere near perfect, but it's still reasonably entertaining and not quite bad enough to be dismissed as a 'cash-in' (aren't most games made for cash?). [Aug 2006, p.62]

Wonky, repetitive and short but oh so very unnerving. [Aug 2014, p.87]