Promise is let down by its execution. [Sept 2013, p.94]

There's one thing I'm certain of: I need another go. [Nov 2009, p.127]

The five-to-six-hours-long single-player mode is certainly challenging, with some very well-designed boss fights, but the main maze-like levels feel basic and dreary. It’s a slog. Ponpu’s clearly best suited to local party play, but… well, it would be a pretty strange party if you got this one out. [Issue#184, p.89]

It's fast and tricky. [Apr 2011, p.101]

Smart and simple. [Apr 2011, p.101]

It's still spooky and largely enjoyable but it you're going to play it, do so alone. [Oct 2007, p.109]

If you see it in the bargain bin or have sired offspring in the last 15 years, this isn't the worst use of your moolah. [May 2011, p.118]

A collection of Space Invaders varients with diminishing returns. Come for Extreme, hang around for Gigamex SE, leave when Arkanoid Vs. rears its ugly head. [Issue#184, p.87]

This is a big game. Sadly, it's not all of the highest quality. Sometimes less is more. [March 2018, p.94]

Retread. [Christmas 2009, p.116]

It's damn complicated. [Christmas 2009, p.111]

The extras on the basic frame mostly serve to make it worse. [Spring 2011, p.114]

There's a clunkiness even Holmes can't solve. [Dec 2014, p.87]

Measured against the rest of EA's high quality pro sports line-up, NBA 09 looks and plays a distinctly amateur game of B-Ball. [Oct 2008, p.103]

An enjoyable electro-frisbee to the face. [Spring 2011, p.115]

Slickly presented, but under the decals it's more mobility aid than motor storm. [Apr 2011, p.112]

A well-told adventure story with surprisingly real themes, but after multiple episodes it's hard not to with you were given more of a hand in crafting it yourself. [March 2018, p.95]

Battles rarely deliver on the promising setup and there's no sense of peril. [June 2014, p.82]

It’s fun in bursts of 20-30 minutes or so, but this is the sort of thing you play in between sessions of games you enjoy more. Worms deserves more love. [Issue#184, p.97]

Fingers crossed it gets a patch, because when it does, it'll be essential. [May 2010, p.105]

There are some new bells and whistles. [Apr 2011, p.114]

Deeply frustrating lack of checkpoints holds it back from retro greatness. [June 2011, p.103]

A crummy-looking Magic Ball, but it's not without its charms. [Dec 2009, p.18]

More problematic is that neither game feels as accomplished as the genre's best. SFIV is deeper and more technical, and there's more fun to be had in MVC3's frantic tag action. But there are worse ways to spend £25, even if the whole thing would actually be more valuable without the movie – the poisonous, horse-leg doner of the bunch.

The Fight can still entertain a crowd for all the wrong reasons. [Christmas 2010]

Terrifying. [Dec 2009, p.18]

Has some almost crippling gameplay issues that'll have even casual rugby observers weeping into their Guinness. [Christmas 2011, p.97]

For all its ideas, Hydrophobia feels like a missed opportunity. [Christmas 2011, p.97]

Guitar Hero for kids. [Christmas 2009, p.106]

A lot of fun if you've got mates round and fancy something light-hearted as a warm-up to your next Singstar/Rock Band/Guitar Hero III sesh. [Mar 2008, p.112]

Despite sophisticated wand-waving, this tires fast. [Apr 2011, p.114]

Its first chapter hasn't quite connected. [Oct 2015, p.91]

Like much of WRC 3, the driving isn't bad, just ordinary. [Dec 2012, p.105]

If you crave a slice of nudge-nudge, chop-chop weirdness, it's a curio shop worth visiting. [Dec 2012, p.105]

The awkward interface remains a pain throughout. [Jan 2008, p.112]

An off-season overhaul is required. [Christmas 2011, p.97]

A strikingly beautiful game that suffocates its solid action core with clumsily scripted waffle and a hodgepodge of bizarre ideas. [Oct 2013, p.90]

A nightmarish virtual reality world that scares and sickens in equal measure. [Christmas 2016, p.86]

It doesn't have to make sense - just go with it. [Oct 2015, p.94]

Ultimately it's a sparse game that leaves us quite cold. [June 2018, p.88]

Once you've got the hang of it, it's gently addictive in the same way as eating a massive bag of jelly babies. [Feb 2008, p.98]

It's more Golden Rasberry than red carpet. [Apr 2011, p.119]

Bladestorm is mediocre at best. [Dec 2007, p.109]

Saw is strong when it comes to setting an intense and intimidating atmosphere. [Christmas 2009, p.110]

Compared to the rest of its shooty ilk, this is among the best of the bunch. [Dec 2012, p.111]

The delightful mood means you could never hate this pretty little slice of whimsy. [Christmas 2011, p.104]

Despite some trademark Insomniac humour in the mix, it feels like the reins have been put on a undoubtedly talented studio in order to make this kind of game.

If Gunjack's combat had just been a little more thoughtful, this space blaster could have been a real VR delight. [Christmas 2016, p.96]

IF you don't own a PS3, there's some fun to be had slinging touchdowns here. [Dec 2012, p.114]

Judged purely on its mechanical merits, Last Round can be considered a narrow success. [Apr 2015, p.94]

The main emotion evoked by fuzzy beast buddy Teotl is pity. [Christmas 2010]

Only for the genre's hardcore. [Nov 2014, p.90]

Strikingly handsome and fun for a while, Apotheon's scrappy combat and awkward controls spoil its atmosphere, costing in a place among the action-platformer elite. [Apr 2015, p.94]

Fast, truly accessible missions and slower, more strategic battles for sim nuts, plus online arena play. [July 2007, p.113]

Basic but fun. [Dec 2009, p.125]

This baby could have done with more time in the dev womb. [Nov 2014, p.90]

Sherlock's inconsistencies eventually exhaust you. [Dec 2012, p.115]

Ask yourself: how much do you care about fictional weaponry? [June 2009, p.95]

A less satisfying package than the original, but it's nevertheless a strong showcase for Move. [Dec 2012, p.116]

A linear brawl that's over in less than six hours. [Christmas 2010]

Gameplay becomes a familiar grind all too quickly. [Christmas 2017, p.83]

A deeply flawed online penalty system and lack of content, solo and online, fail to support Gran Turismo's best-ever driving model. Here's hoping the online side, at the very least, develops further. [Christmas 2017, p.84]

A promising, if not stellar start. It may be wise to see if the rest of the season soars before putting your faith in this particular version of the Caped Crusader. [Oct 2016, p.95]

While it's short there is some interesting imagery (although visually the polish varies between adequate and woefully poor) and with an open mind it's a fascinating experience you'll mull over for a while.

It's that need to unlock and level a new historical hero that spurs you on. [May 2018, p.80]

Pleasant to play and easy to pick up. However, the last-gen feeling and lack of atmosphere mean Ride is only a mid-pack racer.

The new modes are feeble, the missing modes are lamentable and the shift to sparse but always-deadly traffic is a backwards step. [June 2007, p.110]

Cleverly laid out levels. [Dec 2009, p.18]

Constant hesitation blunts what could be a sharply enjoyable romp. [Christmas 2011, p.111]

Transposes the turn-based shooter into a futuristic setting competently, but ultimately is far from essential. For genre completists only. [Issue#174, p.93]

At 5.45, this is still a big ask for a mobile title retailing for 1.99 over on Apple's side of the gaming fence. [Feb 2014, p.94]

There's no denying that the technology has serious potential, it's just a shame that the first game to use it ends up being a busted flush. [Dec 2007, p.100]

Unresponsive controls. [Christmas 2011, p.111]

Occasionally exasperating and more than a little repetitive, but it's certainly not hateful. [Feb 2013, p.107]

Shots are harder to keep down than a helium-filled kangaroo. [Christmas 2010]

What's here, while less fully formed in some areas than others, is still an impressive show from a developer working more or less alone. [Issue#152, p.79]

As a Lord of the Rings property, this is disappointing. [Feb 2013, p.112]

Given its focus on just one thing, Overpass doesn’t feel particularly realistic or weighty, and you can certainly get more excitement from conquering GTA V’s Mount Chiliad. Still, it does what it does without fuss, faffing, or frills, so take it or leave it. We’d probably leave it. [Issue#174, p.86]

Classic is still worth the 7.99 entry fee. Just. [Jan 2009, p.95]

This JRPG needs a few more lessons before it'll be concert ready. Lacking the tightness it needs, it's not quite the rising star it hopes to be, but it's still endearing. [Issue#152, p.91]

Fun in short spurts, patchy in quality, this is a club not everyone will want to get into, even if they have the password. [Issue#174, p.92]

The unravelling of a tightly focused classic. [May 2015, p.84]

Perhaps worst of all, Wanted just doesn't progress after the first couple of hours. [May 2009, p.105]

If PSP Minis were TV, Echoes would be the weird arty cartoon that ran for about five minutes at 3am. [Jan 2010, p.115]

The game is also lazily linear at times. [Christmas 2008, p.94]

Too technically flabby to be called vintage, but you'll find yourself immersed in a satisfyingly grim story with a varied cast of characters. [May 2015, p.86]

Ends up signing off like a poor imitation of past glories rather than a respectable addition to the BS legacy. [Sept 2014, p.107]

A likeable, albeit unpolished, blend of action and strategy that hasn't been done before. [May 2009, p.94]

It's still low budget, esoteric and clunky as a rusted Raleigh, but so much better. [Sept 2014, p.110]

Tak[es] a simple idea - roll a cube over and around 3D platforms towards an exit - and mak[es] it impossibly complicated. [Apr 2007, p.118]

Some of these problems to dissolve a little in online multiplayer, with 18 players going head-to-head as different species. [Apr 2010, p.98]

Today it carries far more historical worth than it does actual entertainment. [Sept 2014, p.110]

An unrefined Portal-lite it may be, but this first-person puzzler occasionally weaves sharply spun noggin teasers to provide some proper ‘Eureka!’ moments.

The action can get dizzying. [May 2018, p.89]

Recommended for the popular and TV-less. [Oct 2008, p.103]

Combat itself is a stuttering fit of clipping, incorrigible AI an dropped frames. [May 2015, p.93]

For what it's worth, those dice animations really are the best we've ever seen. [Christmas 2008, p.119]

An ambitious hybrid of racing and role-playing that fails to deliver a meaningful story or make the most of its extraordinary setting. [Feb 2015, p.85]