Saints Row IV really was more elegant. [Jan 2014, p.101]

These brief snippets aren't quite worth the return ticket. [Jan 2014, p.101]

Resembles its zombies - pulpy and brainless. [Jan 2014, p.99]

Still dark, cool, beautiful, smart substantial, funny, creative and endlessly entertaining. Only now a bit better. [Jan 2014, p.88]

The lack of online play is a shame. [Christmas 2013, p.93]

A game that runs on human tears. [Christmas 2013, p.93]

Too much is crude or dysfunctional, and with no stellar ambition to justify it. [Christmas 2013, p.83]

Rarely exciting, mostly disappointing. An unfinished tactical shooter let down by technical issues and terrible AI.

A delight. [Dec 2013, p.95]

An original take on the arcade time-trial formula. [Dec 2013, p.95]

A clever reworking of the card-based strategy game formula. [Dec 2013, p.94]

It's great to revisit the dungeon crawler genre's crude beginnings, but don't go alone. [Dec 2013, p.89]

FIFA 14 has the same old problems as previous incarnations, but it remains the same great football game. [Dec 2013, p.84]

It has grown in scale and scope, and become a worse game a result. [Dec 2013, p.83]

Nor is Splatters terribly engaging. [Oct 2013, p.77]

This DLC passes the fun test in a way the previous games didn't. [Sept 2013, p.97]

It's the best add-on so far, playing to all the series' strengths. [Sept 2013, p.97]

Achingly beautiful. [Aug 2013, p.85]

The whole DLC feels hastily cobbled together to the people who foolishly bought the season pass. [July 2013, p.97]

It can't live up to the hyperbolic name. [July 2013, p.97]

Once the dominion diarrhea is sorted out, an essential purchase for owners of Victoria II: A House Divided. [July 2013, p.96]

A by-the-numbers cover shooter punctuated by mind-numbing hacking minigames and woeful space combat. [July 2013, p.92]

It's Far Cry 3 dressed as trashily as you can imagine; the joke only goes so far, but it's definitely fun to play. [July 2013, p.90]

Vestigial mechanics wrapped around a dated tactical shooter. Play this for the VIP Car Escort mode. [July 2013, p.86]

No arguments, this is one of the most beautiful game worlds created. [July 2013, p.85]

A gorgeous puzzle-platformer that's both a treat for the eyes and a thorough workout for the mind. [July 2013, p.82]

An attempt to remake the pretty-looking shambler - with no effort to improve the balance of game systems or iron out bugs. [July 2013, p.80]

Not quite so original the second time around, Zeno Clash 2 hits hard with ideas, swings and misses on execution. [July 2013, p.78]