The first sign of weakness in the otherwise excellent series. [Issue#223, p.87]

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

If the vehicles were up to snuff then this would be a game worth celebrating. [Issue#223, p.85]

Rhythm-action for those with sausage fingers but with a sharp mind. [Issue#223, p.85]

It's a joyous trip down memory lane for the most part but the closer you look, the more grey hairs you see. [Issue#223, p.85]

Stunning value for money. [Issue#223, p.85]

This does just feel like a slight adjustment over NHL 12, which felt like a minor tinkering of NHL, which... well, you get the point. [Issue#223, p.85]

The PES game we've been waiting for since 2007. [Issue#223, p.82]

A solid, enjoyable fighting game held back by an overly mechanical feel to fights and an air of simplicity that's just too hard to ignore. [Issue#223, p.80]

An essential purchase for owners of last year's Madden? Probably not but if you haven't tried this series yet, you're missing out. [Issue#223, p.79]

The eclectic level design makes the chore of unlocking a lot more colourful. [Issue#223, p.78]

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

To keep things authentic, it doesn't push out any truly original ideas. [Issue#223, p.74]

Brings a fairly fresh approach to learning a real guitar. [Issue#223, p.72]

On the one hand, it's one of the best entries to the series. On the other hand it's pretty much the same game again, for 50 quid. [Issue#223, p.70]

Odd rough patch or misfire aside, Resident Evil 6 is bursting with innovation, content and confidence that shows Capcom knows exactly what it's doing with it's series. Now fully tooled up for co-op, this feels like Resident Evil worthy of modern times.

Where Borderlands was 'sent out to die', Borderlands 2 has been sent out to kill. And it does just that. It will easily be one of the best games released all year and the more we dream of that delicious four-player co-op, the more we think it's one of the top games this generation.

One of Vita's best puzzle games. [Issue#222, p.81]

Nothing particularly new or thrilling but nice enough. [Issue#222, p.81]

Counterfeit is standard Payday fare but Undercover is brilliant. [Issue#222, p.81]

Just watch the movie and play Monkey Ball. [Issue#222, p.81]

Tokyo Jungle is rough around the edges and mad as a box of spaniels with hammers glued to them, but you know what? It's actually good. We did not expect that – we expected throwaway silliness, not a game we actually want to play between sessions on all the other games that are out or coming out oh god there's too many games to play.

Far from being the sideshow attraction the word 'spin-off' might suggest, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is actually pretty damn brilliant. Some brilliant underlying mechanics support a generous amount of content in a package that helps you realise sometimes you just want to play a game.

Rote it may be in many regards, but an involving, tactical and – most importantly – welcome battle system makes Tales Of Graces f stand out from the me-too crowd of JRPGs. Imperfect, certainly not for everyone, but good fun.

An absolute steal at £9.99, and worth far more than that. Sound Shapes has justified the outrageous hype surrounding it. More than just a good game, it's a great showcase for the system. More of this, please.

It's rough around the edges and sometimes insultingly simple, true. But Sleeping Dogs is also a game where you have to rescue a cake and can do so in your pants. An imperfect, but more often than not fun, sandbox romp. Yes, romp.

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?

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