It’s so well-presented that you’ll want to like it, but there’s no disguising the fact that this is one of the most annoying games ever made. It’s impossible to find printable words to describe how much it upset us.

You'll be fed up in no time. [Issue#186, p.78]

The impossible puzzles to the Loading Gates destroy the enjoyment and leave you feeling more than a tad frustrated. [Issue 143, p.90]

A quirky effort. [Issue#186, p.87]

Lacking. [Issue#220, p.76]

It's online dungeon crawling by the numbers and could get dull quite quickly. [Issue#202, p.92]

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

It doesn't sound that much fun and it isn't. [Issue 144, p.84]

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]

A budget shooter in every sense. [Issue#230, p.72]

Watering down an already-diluted franchise isn’t going to inspire loyal fans of the series. Weak handling, dumb opponents and basic structure combine to make a very forgettable Need For Speed installment.

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

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

It hits all of its targets accurately enough, but none so dead-on as to be memorable. Mini-games add to the value, but still can't elevate this to anything like an essential purchase. [Issue 144, p.94]

A relentless game that's only really let down by occasionally stodgy controls and its insane difficulty level. [Issue#200, p.103]

The multi-player will amuse you for a while, if you've got the patience to load it, but otherwise you'd be better off getting soused on rum. [Issue 143, p.88]

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]

It's overly complex, cliquey and not exactly the kind of thing you expect to see running on a PS3. [Issue#182, p.78]

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]

And 1 Streetball needed a good scrub and some basic gameplay lessons but was too busy busting rhymes and freestyling to care about the little things. [Issue 142, p.99]

A brave attempt to tackle the strategy genre in a new way, but Stormrise is still left wanting in every area. If you’re looking for a brand new RTS, check out the more conventional Red Alert 3 instead.

This is a consistently entertaining piece of fluff that sticks to an idea and doesn't stray too far from it. [Issue 144, p.96]

Whichever path you choose, Conflict: Denied Ops still leads to a primitive set of cliched objectives. [Issue#164, p.92]

A decidedly average experience. [Issue#208, p.94]

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]

Dumb, violent and pretty dull, this is an old-fashioned back 'n'-slash, with a few odd additions, but not one worth shoulding about. [Issue#161, p.84]

An unremarkable, cliched action-adventure. [Issue#202, p.86]

Depressingly average. [Issue#210, p.88]

X-Blades is pleasing to the eye – and not just for the obvious reasons – but otherwise lacking in ambition, imagination or charm. Ayumi feels like a massive backward step for videogame heroines. Still, nice bum.

The problem is that everything away from the game itself - in other words the game itself - is genuinely weak. [Issue 145, p.76]

Not fundamentally bad, just exactly the flippin' same every flippin' time. [Issue#189, p.78]

It's only 20 quid. Which goes some way to explain the empty roads, the lack of music, the dodgy gameplay gimmick and the paltry 18 cars on offer. [Apr 2006, p.91]

The action stages are still great fun, but there's no denying that it is no longer the game it once was. [Issue#198, p.103]

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

There's certainly something here for those willing to put the time in. [Issue#209, p.93]

It’s a shame the care and attention that Spark has given to the visuals and presentation is quickly squandered by some glaring gameplay errors.

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]

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance is a bland port of a bland game doing bland things on an exciting system. Nothing else to see here. Move along.

We've no problem with Top Gun's short length, but we do have a problem with the dull gameplay and uninspiring visuals. [Issue#198, p.103]

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.

A short but intense flash of arcade brilliance. [Issue#205, p.94]

A quacktacular giggle from start to finish combined with surprisingly valid puzzles make for what is being touted as the best game ever made by many in the office. [Issue #151, p.67]

No real progression means this one is for the hardcore fans only but the staggering amount of content plus online co-op does help make up for disappointing changes elsewhere. [Issue#229, p.78]

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]

The battles are over-long and while the game is pretty short, you'd be hard-pushed to see it through to the end. [Issue 142, p.88]

It's impossible to score as all that kept us playing was the burning desire to conquer the game's staggering difficulty. [Issue#210, p.96]

It's dull, dull, dull and chockablock with the blandest levels and flick-the-right-switch challenges. [Issue 141, p.96]

It's a fairly basic FPS that's far too fiddly for its own good. [Issue#202, p.96]

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

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]

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

Avoid, as per usual. [Issue#155, p.90]

Annoyingly its potential is continually squandered by robot mechanics and tedious progression. [Aug 2008, p.104]

Risen 2 is an awkward mish-mash of ideas that struggles to be anything more than promising or intriguing. You could work at it and pick out some of the fun elements out of the mess but should games be this much hard work?

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]

No Mercy's biggest failing though is its atrocious netcode that makes playing games a nightmare. [Issue#182, p.83]

The worst compilation of all time. [Apr 2006, p.107]

Worth a punt for its paltry asking price. [Issue#186, p.87]

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

Competently put together and actually pretty well presented. [Issue#194, p.95]

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]

Despite a few issues Star Trek: The Video Game turns out to be a surprising amount of fun. [Issue#231, p.72]

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

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

While it doesn't to a lot wrong, Made Man's inability to do anything right leaves a drab and boring experience that, given the abundance of vastly superior alternatives, is best avoided by all but the most undemanding fans. [Issue#146, p.96]

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

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

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

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

Dull. [Issue#190, p.91]

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.

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

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

The execution leaves a lot to be desired. [Issue#188, p.81]

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

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

It still manages to feel hackneyed and ignorable. [Issue#208, p.89]

Button-hammering combos, awful graphics, dire plot and annoying side-quests culminate in a big cloud of sweary yet camp violence. [Issue#139, p.92]

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

A crushing disappointment for those who thought Sonic had finally found his feed in 3D. Uncontrollable, twitchy, awkward and confused, this game will kill off all hope of there being another decent Sonic outing ever again. [Issue # 149, p.66]

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

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

It's just a rudimentary Grand Theft Auto in bear suits. [Issue#195, p.98]

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

Frustrating and unpolished, it smacks of a rushed movie tie-in. [Issue#92, p.92]

Mediocrity. [Issue#204, p.97]

This game is unbearable. We didn't even want to waste time babbling on about getting straight to the point. [Issue #150, p.91]

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

Poor gameplay, substandard graphics and a lack of vision severely limit its appeal to shooter fans. [Issue#165, p.86]

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