While never truly bad, Knack's simple gameplay and dull level design make it tough to recommend. [Issue#238, p.64]

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

Make no mistake: Reality Fighters is a reasonably impressive technical showpiece first and foremost. The game, which is unfortunately the main draw and the main reason to buy the thing, is an afterthought. And a pretty poor one at that.

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.

Either incredible fun or loathsome mess, depending which bit you're on. [Issue#200, p.98]

Really nothing more than a fun concept that isn't anything other than a reasonably impressive novelty. [Issue#204, p.90]

It’s clear what has happened here, Pandemic was chosen to make a Lord Of The Rings Dynasty Warriors game, but it messed it up even more than if Koei had handled it itself. It’s best you leave this well alone.

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]

Climax was really onto something here. If it only decided to sway a little from the constant arena-like battles and introduced some more exploration and puzzle-solving, with much more downtime, it could have been one of the great PS2 action games. [Issue #150, p.66]

Just a bit buggered. [Issue#188, p.82]

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]

The lack of any multiplayer at all is criminal, and the price tag is far too steep. [Issue#165, p.87]

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

Not terrible, but it's pretty boring and short. [Issue#188, p.83]

It's a workable romp through a pedestrian tale of little interest. [Issue#158, p.91]

Pleasantly absorbing. [Issue#243, p.62]

So pretty, yet so broken. [Issue#158, p.70]

A perfectly ordinary mini-game collection that fails to excite in any way. [Issue#204, p.84]

While never truly bad, Bound by Flame is rarely much better than serviceable either. [Issue#245, p.60]

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]