Occasionally thrilling, and lovingly reproduced. [Issue#200, p.92]

Solid, but ultimately very repetitive and dull crime caper. [Issue#154, p.84]

Fun and funny, but lowbrow and unambitious on a creative and technical level. [Issue#192, p.84]

There's a fun multiplayer game in there but it's buried underneath a disappointing single-player campaign, awkward controls and a steep learning curve. [Issue#216, p.77]

The difficulty will leave some cold but there's immense satisfaction to be had here. [Issue#261, p.68]

Tiny Brains is a game that isn't so much improved by co-op as made for it. [Issue#240, p.68]

It's text heavy, combat can be clumsy and the premise for this RPG is hardly original, but JRPG fans are going to love Phantasy Star Portable 2 regardless. [Issue#197, p.98]

The gameplay, aesthetics and presentation are solid – impressive in places, even – but we’re not about to turn a blind eye to the shamelessly crass tone. If games are ever to mature as a medium then we need to see an end to this kind of thing.

Despite being a solid and entertaining puzzle game, Aqua Panic! is let down somewhat by fiddly controls and some frustratingly tough levels. [Issue#193, p.103]

Some nice ideas, but ultimately far too predictable. [Issue 141, p.99]

The decent price pushes this just past the original, but only just. [Issue#185, p.87]

A weird action hybrid, this will go down as a grand experiment that lost its way. [Issue#209, p.90]

Blandness and boredom combine when played alone, but throw in three friends and it becomes a minor hoot. [Issue#211, p.94]

Sega Superstars Tennis makes banal use of Sega's heritage, and abandons the explosive creativity that Sumo was once associated with. [Issue#165, p.92]

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]

You can block routes off with loot, and most battles descend into simply turtling into a corner, playing the boring, easy route. A shame, as it's otherwise solid. [Issue#221, p.81]

A lacklustre affair that misses the point of the movies, but still manages to capture their atmosphere. A stellar cast, incredible cutscenes and high production values can't hide the fact that this is an average city-based gangster game. [Issue#139, p.82]

Bond fans will get something out of it but this could, and should, have been so much more. [Issue#199, p.80]

While this will probably be embraced by the fans, it’s just a little too realistic for its own good, and as such isn’t as fun as it could be. Anyone considering looking for a change could start this year.

It’s a more than passable title, but far too similar to (and not as good as) Street Fighter. The story mode is a joke, and the array of options serve little purpose but to decorate the main menu.

It's too rough around the edges. [Issue#187, p.67]

It's "Dynasty Warriors" for those who find "Dynasty Warriors" too complex. Without these elements though, the gameplay is left lacking. [Apr 2006, p.96]

Has now become an extremely formulaic blueprint. [Issue#213, p.90]

The commentary gets repetitive pretty quickly. [Issue 141, p.110]

You're still better off importing the Japanese version of the "Street Fighter Anniversary Collection". "SFIII"'s on that. [Issue#172, p.89]

An entertaining puzzle game. [Issue#186, p.87]

Tiresome, flawed, but at times rewarding. [Issue#153, p.66]

Unlike last month's teeth-grinding "Mega Man 9," you won't feel like yu're being bullied by your own videogame. [Issue#173, p.92]