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]

The problem is the stupidity of your defence - the number on their shirts apparently representing their IQ. [Issue 141, p.102]

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]

Has some quirky ideas, but they're shamefully executed. [Issue#160, p.94]

It just isn't any fun. The diving and the multiplayer are amusing for a short time, but after that you'll be left wondering why you didn't buy "Pro Evo 5" instead. [Issue 142, p.95]

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

The dominating impression of The Don's Edition is that this is a very lazy PS3 port, with a lame attempt to justify its existence by bolting on Sixaxis functions and throwing in extra content in the form of The Corleone Expansion Pack. [Issue #151, p.91]

Depends too much on trial and error. [Issue#170, p.91]

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

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]

An instantly tiresome game free from anything genuinely new or interesting. [Issue#139, p.71]

Clunky, jerky, boring and tiresome in equal amounts. [Issue#153, p.90]

The replay value ain't up to much, either. [Issue#182, p.77]

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]

Ugly in every sense of the word. There’s almost nothing remotely likeable about Godfather II, and it’s glitchy and scruffy. One of the poorest EA games in a long time.

Fuel is just too ugly, unpolished and lacking in focus to have any impact on the genre, crossing the finish line on just the wrong side of average.

It's a boring, sad affair that'll just turn kids off the books. Rubbish. [Issue#155, p.86]

A hollow, morbidly generic, barely functional game. [Issue#163, p.84]

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

An insufferably boring platformer unworthy of attention. [Issue #150, p.91]

A tour de force in vapidity. [Issue#156, p.92]

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

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]

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

Phantom Fortress has got smoe serious problems with minigames. [Issue#169, p.86]

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.

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

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

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

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

Pointless. [Issue#155, p.89]

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

Not enough to warrant the asking price. [Issue#182, p.75]

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

Shun this bloody awful game. [Issue 141, p.90]

Improvements have been made, but Koei's catering to its market here. [Issue#181, p.85]

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

Occasionally average, but it's mostly dull and problematic. [Issue#157, p.90]

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

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

Generic platforming. [Issue#153, p.68]

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

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

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

Utterly avoidable and culturally irrelevant. [Issue#160, p.91]

It's as if Hydravision made a list of all that's tiresome about this genre then carefully made sure not one item on the list was left out of this game. Then added co-op to apologise for it. [Issue#157, p.91]

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

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

A completely forgettable experience. [Issue 145, p.86]

If ever proof was needed that the next generation is in the games and not the console, this is it. [Issue#155, p.74]

Irritating to the extreme, here is a game that deserves nothing but your complete ignorance. [Issue#139, p.97]

Avoid this shameful anathema like a toilet cubicle with an unflushed poo in it. [Issue#164, p.94]

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

Dull, and it never provides any sense of fun. [Issue#157, p.86]

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!

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

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

Horribly frustrating and stressful to play. [Issue#162, p.92]

Congratulations on a massive failure, this one is going in the history books. [Issue#163, p.90]

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

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]

The worst thing about Genji: Days of hte Blade is that it doesn't just feel like a dated Playstation 3 game, it feels like a dated PS2 game also. [Issue 148, p.64]

An absurd racer that should be put through one of its own courses for punishment... This sucks. [Issue#139, p.87]

The price is too high for what you get, especially if you factor in the free version available online. [Issue#153, p.75]

There are no improvements whatsoever since "Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires" besides a change of location. [Issue#152, p.84]

The only truly decent thing in the game is the music, and the fact that it's undeniably cool to explore the sets from the trilogy. [Issue#154, p.68]

A mundane button-bashing title. [Issue#170, p.85]

This is far from the return to form many have expected, and we now see why Sega was so keen to keep its new take on Sonic’s character a secret. Despite some promising moments, Sonic Unleashed collapses under the weight of its flaws.

While it's not impossible to see why this series is so popular, each iteration fails to differentiate itself enough, and its poor gameplay, woeful design and awful sound repeatedly fails to impress. [Issue#176, p.92]

It's not a particularly fun game, but it does manage to capture the essence of the series pretty well, and has a couple of clever ideas that do make it enjoyable enough to play. [Issue#164, p.93]

Lots of stealth sections (too awkward), lots of puzzles (too hard), lots of fighting (too weird), lots of cutscenes (too many.) [Issue 141, p.97]

This is as impressive as a crippled chimp, and its heavy-handed gameplay is ruthlessly boring. [Issue#156, p.80]

Lacking. [Issue#220, p.76]

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

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

Spider-Man 3 was okay, for about five minutes. Shortly after, it became a series of painful stabs to the soul, culminating in a single realisation: Activision has put out the worst Spider-Man game of recent times. [Issue#162, p.94]

Dull and ever so slightly irritating. [Issue#146, p.95]

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

Unresponsive controls and a twitchy camera, however, are a little harder to swallow and when added to the sheer monotony of the experience, you just end up with [a] weak title. [Issue 143, p.94]

Boogie will probably hold appeal for any young aspiring X Factor winner that's currently running his bike ragged to buy a PS3. [Issue#161, p.99]

This game is ass; don't buy it. Don't even rent it. [Issue 141, p.106]

Pirates was a children's movie that appealed to adults, whereas this will appeal to no-one. [Issue 143, p.93]

Matt Hazard was a good idea that could have been something like the gaming equivalent of Naked Gun. Unfortunately, Vicious Cycle messed it up, so as well as a bad game, we must now bear the disappointment of a wasted premise.

An astounding waste of everyone's time and money, Pac-Man World Rally is absolute crap. [Issue#153, p.69]

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]

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

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

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

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]