An exciting, surprising and thought-provoking adventure rendered in a beautiful art style. Gemini Rue earns respect.

The shallow mechanics and technical problems make this one to avoid at full price. [Mar 2011, p.97]

A smart and primly executed brainteaser, but the lack of feedback stops high-level play feeling similarly squared away. [Mar 2011, p.87]

While there are "proper" missions, most are plotless busy-work. [Mar 2011, p.87]

A smarter camera and tighter controls might have made its other flaws less noticeable. [Mar 2011, p.85]

Somehow the world still works superbly, and the result is a big, compelling and unique adventure. [Mar 2011, p.85]

It's a tighter, more focused experience than the continental sprawl of "Empire" and "Napoleon", sacrifices none of their intricacy, and brings improved AI to the battlefield. In the final count, it's consistently thrilling, grand in scope, surprisingly atmospheric, and bloody hard to put down. [Mar 2011, p.75]

Bulletstorm is not art by any metric. It's difficult to defend, like a friend you take to a party who ends up pissing in a vase. You don't want to be associated with him, but sh.t, he provides an evening of excitement. It's a game that's very proud of the f-words it's learnt, and it uses them a lot. Fast. Frantic. Fatuous. Full-on. And yes, that other one: fun.

A welcome return for one of adventure gaming's patron designers, if not quite a glorious return to form.

Madly repetitive, flaky and incessantly dull third-person action. Not even Olivia Wilde can save this clumsy movie tie-in.

A steep learning curve and lack of starting characters will turn many away from Bloodline's fun and frenzied arena battles.

Excellent house-breaking multiplayer that's great while it lasts, but may wear out early due to lack of maps.

Confused and buggy, but very entertaining under the right circumstances. Bring friends.

A waste of time; dull and shoddy, Back to the Future fails to deliver on anything that made the movies so much fun.

Won't stop you dreaming of Horned Reapers and Dark Mistresses, but still fills a gap that's been empty for far too long.

An ambitious and beautiful RPG that falls just short of greatness, thwarted by a stunted finale and imbalances.

Better value than most things in the bargain bin. [Jan 2011, p.99]

It's fun, and a treat for the JCB-obsessed little-ones. [Jan 2011, p.99]

For a weekend's light point-and-clicking, you can definitely do worse. [Jan 2011, p.97]

A parody that's funny throughout. [Jan 2011, p.94]

Not one to buy if you own the original. [Feb 2011, p.82]

A charming physics puzzler that's ultimately too lightweight for grown-ups. [Feb 2011, p.106]

It's a shooter for people who don't shoot and have the initiative of a house elf. [Feb 2011, p.97]

It's less good at variety. [Feb 2011, p.97]

The stunning views and wanton destruction are ample compensation. [Feb 2011, p.92]

An excellent action-horror sequel. Dead Space 2 doesn't try to innovate, but it's a highly polished alien-rending experience.

Even if it wasn't catastrophically broken, HAWX 2 would be a hard game to get particularly excited about. [Jan 2011, p.96]

Shank is a visually attractive but completely shallow excuse for a 2D brawler game. Frustrating combat doesn't help.