A functional open world game, Mad Max captures none of what makes its source material great. Missions are uninteresting, the world is dead and there are next to no damn car chases. [Issue#262, p.64]

Despite the fact that this entry does make some genuine improvements, it fails to innovate enough to save the series. [Issue#252, p.66]

You know those value brands that you often find in the big supermarkets? Fair Fencer F is the JRPG equivalent. With so much else around, it's not one we can recommend. [Issue#250, p.70]

One of the worst ports we've ever played, Risen 3 is a[n] ugly, buggy mess on PS3 that, when added to the awful combat, results in a poor game. [Issue#248, p.72]

A resounding failure in most respects. [Issue#247, p.68]

With Quantum Theory and Dark Void, Airtight has proven that it’s capable of creating interesting worlds with inventive mechanics, yet little of this is apparent in Murdered: Soul Suspect, a game that fails to develop its ideas beyond the very basics.

A transparent and incompetent attempt to copy the Arkham series, this is a game that excludes the unmistakable stench of a budget title while it fails spectacularly. [Issue#245, p.66]

Daylight is an utter mess of a game that never manages to build atmosphere or scare the player. Add in an atrocious script and voice acting and you have a game to avoid. [Issue#245, p.62]

The whole game just feels a bit budget, from the way that linked executions aren’t linked at all, merely canned animations played one after the other, to the short length and ugly UI elements. It’s a spin-off, and it sure feels like one.

A platformer that will leave anyone who doesn't remember the original cold. [Issue#234, p.80]

Avoid like the Black Death. [Issue#233, p.79]

Genuinely one of the worst games we've ever played. [Issue#231, p.74]

A humdrum shooter that runs on unabashed machismo and is completely devoid of imagination. [Issue#231, p.68]

Does a good job of encapsulating the unique feel of Japanese horror, but only the most dedicated fans of the genre will persevere through the excessive description and dull mechanics in order to unlock every ending here. [Issue#229, p.83]

For some, the idea of fighting through repetitive levels will be just that: a slog. [Issue#229, p.82]

A totally unnecessary expansion that actually adds very little. [Issue#229, p.78]

Buggy, ugly, and somehow unfinished after ten years...A huge disappointment. [Issue#229, p.68]

With some utterly appalling level design, terrible physics and the aforementioned imprecise controls, Multiverse is one of the worst tie-ins of this generation. [Issue#227, p.78]

This'll remind you of the very worst PSone FPS games. [Issue#227, p.77]

Half-baked mechanics, visually dull and a lack of conviction in its creative vision. [Issue#225, p.83]

A mediocre shooter tainted by the dullest of shootouts. [Issue#225, p.78]

This is just a pretty bad game. [Issue#224, p.81]

Bland, boring and all too brief. [Issue#224, p.78]

What interesting ideas are here end up lost beneath a tidal wave of bad ones. [Issue#223, p.87]

It looks bad, it sounds awful, it plays poorly, and it's really expensive with a tacky-feeling joystick. [Issue#223, p.75]

Just watch the movie and play Monkey Ball. [Issue#222, p.81]

Not only is it boring, but it's dodgy as hell. [Issue#221, p.81]

Boring within minutes. [Issue#221, p.75]

Unforgivable bugs. [Issue#220, p.81]

Inversion flirts with the idea of having ideas, but then gives up all pretence of inventiveness and settles for being a bland and forgettable third-person shooter. [Issue#220, p.80]

Don't bother. [Issue#220, p.79]

Lacking. [Issue#220, p.76]

An absolute stinker. [Issue#219, p.81]

If you get it for nothing, give it a half an hour. If you don't, don't. [Issue#219, p.81]

It's a brief distraction and sometimes interesting, if you get to watch some kid in Moscow making the most beautiful sounds you've ever heard, but that doesn't exactly happen all the time.

Rubbish, but so bizarre as to be fun. That said, we wouldn't recommend paying real money for this, but if you happen across it in a drainage ditch take it home and play it. [Issue#218, p.81]

A central QTE mechanic [is] old by the second mission. [Issue#214, p.78]

A clunky, confused mess of a game that simply doesn't know what it wants to be. There's comfort in how compulsive it can be, but that factor doesn't magically turn Dragon's Dogma into anything other than a flawed, dull and unfair experience. [Issue#218, p.76]

Neither sim nor out and out arcade shooter, what it is is a bad game. [Issue#217, p.80]

As DLC for FIFA 12 this would be slightly more palatable, but as a full scale release it's not up to scratch. [Issue#217, p.78]

Cynical, franchise-exploiting pump that Resi devotees should collectively ignore. [Issue#217, p.73]

Frustrates and infuriates as poor design decisions smash into each other with alarming regularity. A real letdown, given the series it comes from, but in actuality this is as close to an SSX game as it is Tetris. [Issue#216, p.70]

The stealth sections are quite possibly the worst designed section of any game that we've ever seen. [Issue#215, p.85]

All style and no substance...a dull, derivative slasher. [Issue#215, p.82]

Released for free, this would have been an interesting experiment – if still backed up with a boring, chugging racing game. As it stands it's the latter point mixed in with a £20-shaped slap in the face. Absolutely pointless.

It's also little more than a glorified back catalogue and the PS Vita launch line-up is stuffed to the point where this is almost entirely redundant. Unless you really like Beat It. Taptap!

It's just so very, very dull. Turbo blurs the screen slightly and makes the colours uglier. The shortcuts are so timid and unexciting you're not even sure if they're shortcuts or poor flagged alternative routes you've accidentally stumbled upon.

It's a shame to see Telltale Games pump out such drivel. [Feb 2012, p.83]

Another showcase for how boring seemingly every idea is thrown at Move. [Issue#213, p.92]

A derivative hack-and-slasher which offers nothing new and does nothing old particularly well. [Issue#213, p.89]

Not offensively bad, just uninspired and lazy in every way. [Issue#212, p.99]

Not the worst game ever made, just doing a very good job of mimicking it on first impressions. [Issue#211, p.96]

There's nothing wrong with the idea, but the execution is unforgivable. [Issue#211, p.88]

For an hour or so Supremacy MMA is mildly entertaining, but its lack of depth, strange submission systems and attempts to move away from many of the sport's fundamentals makes it a difficult sell. [Issue#211, p.85]

Not the worst sports game ever made, and capable of producing some enjoyment in multiplayer mode. But it won't last, will get annoying, and you will get very bored. [Issue#209, p.94]

A subpar cover shooter. [Issue#208, p.92]

Technically horrific, poorly written and outrageously dull, The Cartel literally has nothing going for it. [Issue#208, p.87]

Legitimate criticism falls by the wayside here. [Issue#207, p.94]

Feels more like an expansion than a genuine innovation. [Issue#207, p.92]

Ten years ago it would have been bad. 15 years ago it wouldn't have been worth playing. Today? It's a joke, and one that's just not funny. [Issue#207, p.82]

It's glitchy. [Issue#206, p.94]

You'll find no joy in smiting these pitiful excuses for minions. [Issue#206, p.88]

A bold experiment, but one that ends up being a heap of cynical, misguided half-game. [Issue#206, p.86]

Irritation, apathy, mild disinterest - just a few things we felt while playing Moon Diver. [Issue#205, p.94]

This game screams 'avoid'. [Issue#205, p.90]

Oddly, though, it's still a little better than Dynasty Warriors 6. But that's like saying diarrhoea for four days is better than diarrhoea for five days. [Issue#204, p.87]

Feels like a glance into the mind of a perverted otaku, and little more. [Issue#203, p.94]

Generic game making at its worst. [Issue#202, p.91]

Think the worst Dynasty Warriors game ever, but with blood. [Issue#202, p.91]

There's zero inspiration in the gameplay and even less in the presentation. [Issue#202, p.90]

A nightmare to set up. [Issue#201, p.99]

Cynical cash-in. [Issue#200, p.96]

We can think of no good reason to buy this. [Issue#200, p.94]

Horror games are supposed to be scary, but the only thing that really gives Saw II any credibility are some of the more interesting puzzles. [Issue#198, p.97]

Racquet Sports is pretty much unforgivable tripe. It's boring, bland, and doesn't actually work properly. [Issue#198, p.96]

As much as we enjoyed Dead Space and look forward to its sequel, this really is a poor effort from Sumo Digital and Visceral Games. [Issue#199, p.103]

Poor design and an intrusive calibration mechanism result in a title that frustrates more than it excites. [Issue#199, p.91]

Bland, ugly, boring, shamelessly derived from Gears of War and with very little in the way of redeeming features. [Issue#197, p.91]

Just too basic to illicit any kind of reaction at all, besides boredom. [Issue#191, p.78]

Horrific controls. [Issue#186, p.87]

The battle system is interesting, but everything else about LR is sub-par. [Issue#191, p.79]

An annoying, ill-fitting mess that only a masochist could enjoy. [Issue#189, p.76]

A disappointing addition to an enjoyable game. [Issue#190, p.91]

Dull. [Issue#190, p.91]

One of the worst games ever made. It's buggy, boring, and broken. [Issue#188, p.80]

There just is no point in Raging Blast existing. [Issue#186, p.81]

So bad we actually feel a little bit upset. [Issue#190, p.78]

A real waste of time. [Issue#187, p.87]

Boring to play. [Issue#185, p.83]

Ridiculously simple. [Issue#186, p.87]

Fails miserably. [Issue#186, p.87]

Zombies don't automatically make a game good: remember this simple fact. [Issue#189, p.79]

Lack of replayability. [Issue#185, p.87]

A great concept, but one whose execution screams for another year in development. [Issue#184, p.79]

It's short, dull and looks awful. Avoid. [Issue#184, p.72]

It's just not enough. [Issue#184, p.85]

It seems like this has been churned out to make a quick buck on the back of the film. [Issue#183, p.77]

Maybe one to keep the kids quiet for an hour, but beyond that this is among the more worthless PSP games out there. A laughable idea executed equally pitifully. Cash should not be exchanged for this.