A fun if throwaway addition to the Resi 5 experience. [Apr 2010, p.116]

But what's really special is how good Battlefield sounds. [Apr 2010, p.102]

Like the Mega Drive Maddens of the early '90s, it's a game absolutely worth learning a new sport for. [May 2010, p.108]

Stick with last year's. [July 2010, p.118]

That's right, people, a zombie dinosaur. Can I get a "hell yeah"? [July 2010, p.107]

An innovative strategy game. [May 2010, p.109]

It just doesn't feel quite as fun or innovative as the original. [May 2010, p.103]

Put gaming conventions aside, go in with no expectations other than this is something new and massively good-looking, and you'll be rewarded with a unique experience that lurches between genius and madness, manages to be genuinely emotional, and that you'll be bursting to talk about with your friends. [Feb 2010]

My advice? Play it alone and relish the fan service, which is truly exceptional. [Apr 2010, p.108]

Basic graphics, a beyond dull battle system and truly hateful lead characters make this an unwelcome flashback to deservedly forgotten J-RPGs of decade's past. [Apr 2010, p.100]

A vintage slice of survival horror. [Apr 2010, p.116]

It's enjoyable but too casual to really shine. [Apr 2010, p.113]

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]

Unless you've got masochistic urges to indulge, you'd be wise to steer clear. [Apr 2010, p.113]

Part of the problem is that it's nearly impossible to make any sort of properly rude image on the tiny grid. Believe me, I tried. For hours. [June 2010, p.113]

The only thing missing from Rapture is the thrill of the new. [Mar 2010, p.104]

Dante's set its own standard in levels of exploity, B-movie style unpleasantness. [Mar 2010, p.112]

Star Ocean is essentially a long corridor filled with too many enemies. [Apr 2010, p.100]

It's a genuinely clever use of the guitar controller. [Aug 2010, p.115]

Solid fun, and enough to generate interest in the already-confirmed sequel, but little else. [Apr 2010, p.106]

Better than the already-out Inferno Pool, and worth a look. [Feb 2010, p.111]

A little piece of retro vampire-blasting joy. [Mar 2010, p.111]

It's almost worth playing Chronicles just to appreciate how bad it is. Almost, but definitely not. [Apr 2010, p.112]

Swings wildly and rapidly from the incredible to the mundane. [Mar 2010, p.108]

At its best, Dark Void is an incredibly fresh and free-form experience. [Feb 2010, p.110]

A little more focus on creating bigger scares instead could have easily let it flourish. [Apr 2010, p.109]

If there was more variety, action and character to the game overall this would be excellent. [Feb 2010, p.108]

An avalanche of mediocrity that you'd be insane to buy. [Mar 2010, p.116]

A pleasantly filling 7.99 cod supper. [July 2010, p.107]

Fiddly controls. [Mar 2010, p.111]

There's too much repetition, too little excitement, and it all feels like it's been done before. [Feb 2010, p.104]

Bayonetta is about as gloriously silly as PS3 gaming gets. [Christmas 2009, p.108]

There's a decent fighting system underneath all the pencil-sketches and pixie dust. [Mar 2009, p.102]

No doubt David Moyes would love it. [Christmas 2009, p.117]

From Jump to Eruption, the note placement is a joy to belt out. [Apr 2010, p.113]

Any environmental message (or fun) that might be hidden within is scorched by the fury of having to pay an astonishing 7.99 quid for the privilege. [Apr 2010, p.113]

The animations and interaction of on-screen elements ooze character, and add a good dash of humour. [Jan 2010, p.113]

A neat little puzzle game. [Apr 2010, p.101]

The Saboteur gets on by freedom and variety. [Jan 2010, p.110]

It's old and occasionally clunky, but this is a little piece of history that definitely holds up. [Jan 2010, p.118]

Should you even think about renting it for a laugh? To quote Dick Marcinko: "F*ck no." [Feb 2010, p.107]

It's not as if previous game adaptations have set the bar high, but this manages to fall below even those minimal standards. [Jan 2010, p.116]

It's just a shame that ploughing through the rest of the content is essentially gaming busywork. [Mar 2010, p.117]

Story mode suffers from some weird plot touches. [Jan 2010, p.108]

No innovation, no fun, no thanks. [May 2010, p.113]

Pinball is awesome - this is just a massively unsatisfying version of it. [Dec 2009, p.18]

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

Hours of carving out tiny chunks of land and cowering in corners. [Dec 2009, p.18]

There's little here to warrant dusting off your spacesuit. [Feb 2010, p.111]

Hell, Speedwalking Arcade would have more longevity than this. [Feb 2010, p.114]

Delightful. [May 2010, p.110]

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

It's exactly as fun as it sounds. [Feb 2010, p.105]

At least the fact that the alien looks like a sad, green little poop makes it visually amusing. [Feb 2010, p.105]

[Games are] about delivering a world that you want to invest your time in, full of characters you can have an emotional connection with, and Assassin's Creed II does that almost perfectly. [Dec 2009, p.102]

Major bail. [Jan 2010, p.108]

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

The warmth in the world has survived the scaling down. [Jan 2010, p.106]

A brilliant must-buy. [Jan 2010, p.104]

Feels solid and assured. [Christmas 2009, p.119]

Can be as thrilling as the season it's based on. [Christmas 2009, p.113]

It just isn't very fun. [Mar 2010, p.115]

It's equally confusing and brilliant. [Feb 2010, p.106]

Look, I didn't say they were fun objectives. [Feb 2010, p.104]

I'd say that you should try playing this only to laugh at its total, across-the-board incompetence, but it'd be like recommending you throw eight quid into the bin and then roll around naked and giggling in a pile of your own faeces. Unrivaled indeed. [Sept 2010, p.115]

It's still the only game guaranteed to get everyone in the family playing, swearing, calling you a cheat and loving every dangerously competitive minute. [Feb 2010, p.115]

The quality hits you like a tank - the visuals, the set-pieces, the detail. [Christmas 2009, p.100]

Strong, but just behind FIFA. [Christmas 2009, p.117]

Less fun is how it plays. [Jan 2010, p.119]

Stick with bigger bro. [Jan 2010, p.114]

The most well-rounded Rock Band on PS3. [Jan 2010, p.115]

It's game on between the big two once again. [Dec 2009, p.114]

Then there's the combat, which just isn't fun at all. [Christmas 2009, p.104]

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

A quirky platformer. [Christmas 2009, p.116]

A mini marvel. [Jan 2010, p.115]

Just to add insult to injury, Inferno Pool started out as an iPhone app - costing a paltry 59p. Boo. [July 2009, p.97]

A big, fully-fledged comeback from a classic PlayStation series. [Dec 2009, p.113]

A rewarding and tactile experience overall despite the inconsistency. [Christmas 2009, p.118]

An experience that's less like playing a game and more like setting up residence in the best Pixar movie you can imagine. [Dec 2009, p.118]

Well polished and accessible. [May 2009, p.99]

There's nothing else like it. [Dec 2009, p110]

There are other platformers around, but not many can offer brains and beauty, never mind such a happy ending. [Nov 2009, p.125]

Another classic with a Twilight twist. [Dec 2009, p.18]

The sense of progression draws you on constantly. [Dec 2009, p.120]

As a pure fighting experience, this can't compete with its MMA counterpart. But there's so much to do that the actual wrestling is often secondary...It's those rich, user-generated elements that make this the deepest, most playable WWE game yet. [Nov 2009, p.114]

This not only plays the best on-the-pitch football of any FIFA title, but it has an incredibly smart and compelling way of tying it all together, too. Brilliant, again. [Oct 2009, p.98]

Very playable. [Christmas 2009, p.117]

Accessibly strategic and addictive. [Dec 2009, p.108]

When your whole game is build around a mystifyingly unintuitive control mechanic, you're pretty much screwed from the outset. [Sept 2009, p.113]

A brilliantly weird and different experience. [Dec 2009, p.124]

Unless you're born without thumbs, eyes or a sense of humour, it's obvious that Uncharted 2 is a 10/10 game after two minutes of the first level...It's the most complete, polished and fun adventure game - and maybe just game - on PS3, and it's absolutely essential. [Nov 2009, p.101]

This type of game is exactly what PSP needs more of. [May 2010, p.111]

Frustrating and tedious. [Apr 2010, p.113]

It's inventive and engrossing - and almost ridiculously cheap. [Feb 2010, p.115]

If you like it quiet, Afrika's peacefulness and sense of freedom offer something to savour.[JPN Import; Nov 2008, p.116]

A control scheme and camera that are aggressively opposed to you actually achieving any success or pleasure. [Christmas 2009, p.116]

The combat's decent, but it falls down on more complex stuff like clumsy boss battles and awful dialogue that makes you want to rip your own throat out. [Jan 2010, p.119]