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

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

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]

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.

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

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

Dull. [Issue#190, p.91]

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

There's just no depth to Xaolin Showdown whatsoever. [Issue #150, p.89]

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

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.

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

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]

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

Shellshock 2 combines technical inferiority as a shooter with a woeful attempt at survival horror. It’s kicked around and stomped to death by Call Of Duty and Silent Hill in their respective genres, and is thus left as an entirely useless exercise in gaming terms.

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

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

The game will sap you until all that's left is a dry, withered husk. [Issue#162, p.89]

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

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]

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

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

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

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

While nailing a huge combo still feels incredible, the fact that the skill aspect of the game has been massacred by bugs, glitches and poor design makes this throwback difficult to recommend. [Issue#263, p.70]

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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]

Possibly the worst game of this generation. It’s broken, infused with ill-judged and unfunny humour, and devoid of any enjoyable gameplay. You’re better off playing GTA IV while reading Nuts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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