A very likeable game. [Dec 2009, p.122]

It's still number one - barely. [Dec 2009, p.122]

It's definitely a brilliantly accurate recreation of real army life, but that's not always best for a great night's entertainment. [Nov 2009, p.106]

Repetitive as all hell, but the only real option if you're looking for a little violence. [Dec 2009, p.18]

It's fun, it's frenzied. [Dec 2009, p.18]

Feels like the sort of shovelware your mate sneaked onto the school PCs in 1996. [Dec 2009, p.18]

Cheap and nasty. [Dec 2009, p.18]

An essential purchase for anyone with two thumbs. [Dec 2009, p.18]

Terrifying. [Dec 2009, p.18]

The objective-based Architect mode is especially satisfying. [Dec 2009, p.18]

Effortlessly one of the finest driving titles on PSP. [Nov 2009, p.118]

The graphics are endearing and the gameplay immersive. [Feb 2010, p.111]

It's loud, it's ludicrous and more importantly, it's a huge laugh. [Nov 2009, p.110]

Spectacularly violent stuff. [Nov 2009, p.122]

Good dumb fun, and if you expect nothing more it just about delivers. [Mar 2010, p.119]

Perhaps the most nonsensical game on PS3 - and all the better for it. [Christmas 2009, p.107]

A disappointment. [Jan 2010, p.109]

Playable like a digitally remastered greatest hits album. [Nov 2009, p.120]

It's better than it sounds. [May 2010, p.113]

The whole thing's a lot like looking at a picture for ages and trying to find tiny objects. [Dec 2009, p.109]

It's barely a game. [Nov 2009, p.130]

Shift is the racer NFS could've only dreamed of evolving into last year. [Nov 2009, p.132]

Just not very good. [Christmas 2009, p.116]

A sports game that will leave you constantly thrilled and fulfilled. [Nov 2009, p.122]

Its action isn't really very good. [Nov 2009, p.124]

[Christmas 2009, p.107]

There's nothing substantial here beyond desperate button hammering. [Dec 2009, p.125]

Combat is an interminable exercise in smashing the square and triangle buttons. [Dec 2009, p.123]

The best Beatles game you can possibly imagine. [Nov 2009, p.128]

It's all over pretty quickly. [Oct 2009, p.110]

A huge surprise - a nerdy, technically accurate flight sim that's also loads of fun to play. [Oct 2009, p.114]

It's absolutely spectacular. [Oct 2009, p.104]

As awful as the 'big console' version is great. [Christmas 2009, p.116]

Mostly good news. [Mar 2010, p.103]

The problem here isn't the looks or the amount of stuff there is to do, it's the controls. [Oct 2009, p.109]

There's no reason for it to take any risks, and it doesn't. [Nov 2009, p.112]

Likeable at times, but the lack of variety will have you reaching for the bottle long before the end. [Feb 2010, p.115]

The whole game is a class act. The fighting is sophisticated but arcade-addictive, the visuals are stylish, and the Lara-like exploration is smartly done. Plus the DC heritage feels all-encompassing like a big blanket. Arkham Asylum is comfortably the best comic book game that PlayStation's ever had, and is up there with the system's best actioners, full stop. [Sept 2009, p.95]

It's a bright, distinctive and hugely playable game, and is a massive slap in the face for other PSP fighters. [Oct 2009, p.122]

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

A big, dumb, action movie blast. And that's fine by us. [Oct 2009, p.108]

Immersive, addictive, and authentic, it's a sensational return to form for the series. [Oct 2009, p.118]

Its biggest problem, though, is the competition that's already available on the store. [Oct 2009, p.123]

Unless you hate Queen (boo!) this is near essential. [May 2009, p.99]

At 11.99 this is an expensive slice of PSN, but the end result is so tasty you won't regret it. [Oct 2009, p.117]

The brawling itself is still solid. [Sept 2009, p.112]

This is right up there along side Trash Panic as the best the Store currently has to offer in the sub five quid range. [Oct 2009, p.121]

The really exciting thing is the appearance of the new event types. [Oct 2009, p.120]

Well made and deeply strategic. [Christmas 2009, p.116]

You'll get plenty of enjoyment from the younger touchdown slinger too. [Nov 2009, p.131]

The only thing counting against all this is the overall size of the package. [Sept 2009, p.102]

It's definitely playable, and respectable value at a penny under seven quid. [Sept 2009, p.112]

A cracking game. [Sept 2009, p.108]

There's a technically solid shooter here somewhere, hidden beneath ugliness and questionable design. [Aug 2009, p.110]

It actually works quite beautifully. [Feb 2010, p.112]

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

When it's good, it's absolutely bloody brilliant. But the deeper you delve, the tougher it is to ignore its few flaws. [Aug 2009, p.106]

Stop buying this crap and eventually they'll either cease making it, or make it better. [Sept 2009, p.104]

A big improvement over the original, and one that deserves to be played by loads more people. So at least eight of you this time, yeah? [July 2009, p.90]

A fine addition to a flagging empire. [Aug 2009, p.119]

Playing with four is the most fun. [Aug 2009, p.115]

Strictly in terms of gameplay, this is probably a 7/10 - fun and polished if a little repetitive - but there's absolutely an extra level of enjoyment and quality here thanks to the smart and sensitive use of much-loved material. [July 2009, p.86]

The decent script and original cast won't disappoint. [Sept 2009, p.106]

A Greatest Hits album that's more like a collection of vintage B-sides. [Sept 2009, p.110]

You must download this now. [Sept 2009, p.110]

A cheap and cheerful arcade shooter. [Sept 2009, p.112]

The big-pixel graphics look sparky in HD, and crucially for massive babies like us, there are some easy Trophies to be had. [Sept 2009, p.112]

One of the best superhero experiences yet - maybe not quite the equal of inFamous, but a genuine alternative for the inner maniac in you. [July 2009, p.98]

The good news is that playing with friends is still really fun. [July 2009, p.96]

It all feels a little soulless. [Sept 2009, p.106]

It's a fundamental (problem): you're playing Rock Band on a PSP. [Aug 2009, p.112]

Accomplished and addictive. [Aug 2009, p.117]

Retread. [Christmas 2009, p.116]

Superb value. [July 2009, p.104]

You won't find a better way to work through those anger issues. [July 2009, p.94]

So you can keep your super serious racers with their parts, bins, gear ratios and manicured race tracks; I'll be playing Fuel with its tornadoes, hovercraft and XXL off-roading. [June 2009, p.92]

A fairly significant disaster. [July 2009, p.92]

The combat's deep and spectacular, the climbing is slick and intuitive, and the story's got enough depth behind the flashy hero/villain hook to fully merit that all-important second playthrough. There's genuinely nothing else like inFamous on PS3. [June 2009, p.82]

You can enjoy it without playing the other games first, but there's a good chance you wouldn't understand a thing. [Aug 2009, p.119]

It's a great example of how sports games should be done - both as a simulation that teases ever greater skill from all comers, and as a service to fans. [June 2009, p.88]

The game mostly consists of busywork. [July 2009, p.102]

As long as you're not expecting anything more complex than the ancient side-scroller that inspired it, Bionic Commando offers plenty of fun. [June 2009, p.100]

Loads of geeky fun. [Aug 2009, p.118]

I'd have happily raved about this clever Bejeweled-style puzzler were it not for its utterly outrageous price. [Sept 2009, p.107]

Burn this. It's the only way to be sure. [July 2009, p.93]

Very similar to Patapon, but it just about gets away with it. Partly, that's because there's loads more stuff (units, weapons and consequently strategic depth), partly because the core mechanic is still top fun (albeit exactly half as fresh as before), and partly because it seems ludicrous to criticise a game about dancing, warlike eyeballs for lack of originality. [Feb 2009, p.96]

Then there's the visual sadness, which includes duff lighting, awkward cameras, and the stuttering Zoetrope-style framerate. [June 2009, p.98]

It's much better with friends. [July 2009, p.97]

A one-note, ugly button masher. [Apr 2009, p.102]

An accessible, and crucially, fun scrapper. [May 2009, p.96]

It's funny, but it's not quite fun. [June 2009, p.99]

It's absolutely worth bearing in mind when weighing up a purchase: you're getting two full games here, both dark and complex, and both well worth playing. [Mar 2009, p.86]

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

At 6.29 quid steal. [Christmas 2009, p.107]

The gameplay is also spot on. [June 2009, p.94]

The trouble is, this gets old very fast. [Jan 2009, p.104]

Just buy it. [June 2009, p.97]

It's a lot like zorbing - it's an eye-catching spectacle, and it looks like a lot of fun, but ultimately all you're doing is rolling down a hill in a massive plastic ball. Or car. Whatever. [May 2009, p.104]