If it didn't suffocate you with screens of sub-par writing [a clumsy nod to Fate's visual novel roots] it could almost look the Persona series in the eye. Almost. [July 2012, p.117]

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

The one thing that's original about Rocky is the way you recover from a KO: steadying your boxer on his feed by wobbling the analogue nub left and right. Apart from that Rocky feels like a step back to thte clumsy old days of button hammering and counter-intuitive combos. [Mar 2007, p.110]

It's a shame those overly stingy ratings try to zap the fun out of this fair. [Jan 2017, p.128]

Sometimes ugly, often stupid and always unoriginal, but it still does 'shooting men with guns' well enough to be fun. [June 2013, p.100]

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

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

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.

Ugly and limited. [May 2011, p.103]

While it looks and sounds great on an S-rank run, regular play is messy and unsatisfying. Mania's Classic Sonic must wonder what nightmare dimension he got sucked into. [Jan 2017, p.90]

We're glad to have it wash up on our shores. [Sept 2010, p.119]

This was sort of acceptable a couple of years ago, but with PSP now capable of tossing around gigantic, detailed cities, it looks a bit old-fashioned. [July 2007, p.108]

Ultimately, this sweet treat is delightful at first but definitely won’t fill you up for long.

It's all pleasingly brightly coloured. [June 2011, p.111]

Never has mass slaughter felt so pedestrian. [May 2011, p.103]

An embarrassing, nauseating mess. [Spring 2011, p.116]

A shameful and hybrid beast, but one you might just want to tame. [Aug 2011, p.112]

Eventually, the game starts to drag as more drawn-out brawling dungeons get shoehorned into the plot, and the novelty of its rendition begins to wane as you realise how repetitive it all is. [Issue#166, p.92]

Poorly thought out and ultimately frustrating. [Oct 2007, p.108]

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

A cracking collectathon for master and aspiring builders alike. Simplistic mechanics make for a relaxing, though no less engaging, experience with plenty to see and do. [Issue#161, p.82]

We’re in love with the unique control system, but the longterm appeal of the launch version is questionable. If/when more features arrive to fill in the gaps, it’ll be an essential purchase. [Issue#179, p.74]

This is not destined to join the pantheon of action greats. [Mar 2009, p.90]

Even with its lack of storyline and focused goals, the micro-mangement gameplay is as insidious as it is familiar. [Mar 2007, p.116]

Lacking content and doubling down on what's wrong with the vanilla game, Curse of Osiris is a lightweight grind and a missed opportunity to fix Destiny 2's faults. [Feb 2018, p.97]

This is a game that might actually be better without VR. [Jan 2017, p.128]

While ReadySet Heroes is at its best with friends, it’s also surprisingly sturdy as a single-player game. You can choose to play as various cartoony critters and while this choice doesn’t affect the playstyle, it would work well as a gentle introduction to the genre for younger family members. [Issue#169, p.92]

Feel dirty. [Apr 2012, p.118]

Captures almost all the charm of its full-sized counterpart. [Christmas 2010]

In booting out such a shamelessly phoned-in product it shows a flagrant lack of faith in Vita as a format. If you own FIFA Football, there's no way you should buy this… unless you really can't bear to see the Arse line up minus Santi Carzola. Naughty FIFA.

Tedious. [Feb 2012, p.112]

Sadly, the frantic combat is never as graceful as it should be. [Apr 2013, p.117]

Engrossing pick-up-and-play action. [Apr 2012, p.115]

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

A hugely ambitious, immersive RPG that too often works against itself. Perhaps worth playing – just not at full price and not on PS4 without further patches. [Issue#184, p.82]

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

Between the travel sickness, the lurid colours and the nightmare-inducing soundtrack, one level is the playable equivalent of food poisoning. Another over-used puzzle has you rolling around collecting stars as time ticks away in a manner horribly reminiscent of a smartphone app that would cost around £17 less.

This is barely a game. [July 2014, p.80]

By no means a disaster, but it captures none of the majestic, mechaphiliac idiocy of the movies. [Sept 2011, p.117]

Downloadable fun at its finest. [Feb 2008, p.98]

Weaponry is dull and so are the contests - a mix of base capturing and amassing kills. Avoid like a landmine. [May 2007, p.120]

The shooting at the core of the game is pretty solid, but that doesn't count for much when every complex set-piece cripples its engine. [Apr 2008, p.102]

At its best, Raiders offers frantic co-op shooting against waves of enemies. But boring missions and repetitive objectives mean it's ultimately mediocre. [Dec 2017, p.94]

You'll reach the labyrinth's end in under two hours. [Sept 2017, p.85]

Rather than doing anything very clever, it just nicks some of the best lines from the films, reminds you of the bits you liked, and carries on quietly being an incredibly average platform scrapper. [Sept 2007, p.117]

It takes a decent idea, then tries to compensate for its unpredictable framerate with grinding and shooting and powerslides that just make it a confusing mess. [Apr 2008, p.112]

Blandly serviceable. [Sept 2014, p.102]

A fighting game that won’t appeal to anyone. Newcomers won’t be endeared to the Shonen Jump series, and longtime fans will know there’s better out there. [Issue#160, p.96]

Equally frustrating and hilarious. [Nov 2014, p.89]

You'll loathe yourself for enjoying it. [Christmas 2010]

This looks sharp and, most importantly, feels good as you pull the trigger. [May 2008, p.115]

A decent-ish shooter that makes you feel like the Terminator - until you start regularly crashing. If it were more reliable it would be highly recommended. [March 2017, p.97]

Dangerous Golf is so desperate for you to have a good time that it keeps heaping new elements onto the premise. A robust "less" would have offered so much "more". [Aug 2016, p.95]

A first-person experience that nails the experience part, but - despite flashes of brilliance - reminds you all too often that an astronaut's job can be...well, a bit dull. [Sept 2016, p.109]

There are moments of brilliance to be had, but it's hard to appreciate them. [July 2015, p.95]

The mechanics just can't rival other PS Plus freebies for depth. [March 2016, p.94]

The game certainly doesn't make things easy for you. [Nov 2011, p.99]

This sombre evocation of history can feel silly and contrived. [Nov 2016, p.88]

You're either on rails with almost no control, or doing random tricks that feel totally disconnected from the peripheral itself. [Jan 2011, p.121]

Perversely, there is a great joy to Train Sim World once you get past all the niggles, chugging along at a clean 125mph, the world zipping past you as you keep an eye on your next stop, easing the throttle, lightly touching the brakes. The engines themselves are on point, but it’s a bit lacking in reason to drive them. [Issue#153, p.89]

We keep rubbing our eyes, hoping that the game it clearly wants to be materialises. Unfortunately we can’t overlook its many flaws. [Issue#165, p.97]

Just bang-average. [Christmas 2016, p.91]

It's just a pity the engine is a little bit of a shambles. [Oct 2015, p.89]

It's ironic that a game so willfully, tonally idiotic can be this cleverly designed. A smart, slick, and striking multiplayer curio that's worth the digital paper it's printed on. [June 2017, p.93]

Tedious enemies. [Aug 2012, p.117]

Despite its presentational flaws – the script is married to some deeply underwhelming visuals – and lack of true inspiration, solid implementation of both the basic mechanics and the wannabe game-changer mean it floats our boat, even if we're not flipping out.

Offering many memorable moments and a well-realised if empty world, this remaster is dragged down by some technical flaws . The Definitive Edition? Not quite. [Issue#177, p.147]

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

Predator: Hunting Grounds’ fun procession of film references and solid gameplay loop distract from the many flaws that hold it back from being an essential online shooter. [Issue#176, p.71]

Plagued with loading times and bad dialogue. [Dec 2012, p.117]

Feels like a two-wheeled Dirt imitator without the polish. [May 2012, p.107]

It's an odd game, this. [June 2014, p.92]

One of the worst open worlds Ubisoft has released. Even if its issues have been patched by the time you read this, this is one seriously uninspired sandbox. [Issue#168, p.88]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Boss battles are fun, but overall it feels like hard work. [Apr 2007, p.110]

There's plenty of fun to be squeezed out of this despite numerous technical missteps, but unduly complacent, overly familiar mission design holds it back. [July 2016, p.82]

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

The Hulk is ugly, outdated, and from the look of some sections, maybe even unfinished. [Sept 2008, p.100]

A suffocating ooze of obtuse controls and repetitive button bashing. [Sept 2008, p.104]

Well-intentioned training minigames don’t really help, and nor does the multiplayer mode. There’s always something in the environment that seems more interesting than the game itself, such as a Japanese garden you can’t explore, or arcade cabinets that you can’t use. Give the table tennis experience this game serves up a miss. [Issue#170, p.92]

No amount of sharp gunplay can redeem Haze's cilched script and patchy execution. [July 2008, p.90]

The stealth lacks Ezio's style. [Apr 2012, p.115]

No frills? No thrills, more like. [June 2007, p.105]

Assuming you can patch it and it works, what you've got here is a basic shooter that, when it remembers what it is, can be fun, and when it forgets, goes mad.

Blame rapidly decaying attention spans if you want, but this won't hold your attention for long. [Aug 2007, p.103]

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

If I'd bought this for the Atari ST in 1989, I'd want my money back. [Sept 2011, p.107]

It's hard to find a match online, and offline the game shows its age with a stuttering framerate, long load times, and a drop in texture detail when the screen fills with enemies. [Issue#151, p.94]

Far too often, Sports Bar VR takes its ball and goes home. [Christmas 2016, p.86]

Chuck in a selection of mini-games and you've got cheap childcare sorted for the next two weeks. [Dec 2007, p.114]

We just can't help but feel incredibly bored by it. [May 2008, p.115]

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

As far as party games with mad quiz show hosts go. Jump Stars is serviceable, but there's better out there. [Aug 2017, p.86]

I’m Hungry could’ve been PS VR’s answer to Overcooked. Sadly, all it offers is an empty grind and stomach-churning monotony that does not leave us hungry for more. [Issue@166, p.87]

The large open world is filled with props, vehicles, and hazards. While they add variety, the game suffers from a lack of structure. You can attempt deliveries together or solo in any order but there’s generally not enough here to consistently make your own fun (which the game is too reliant on). As sandboxes go, Team OPM did enjoy plenty of hijinks – including one memorable caper where Ian trapped Oscar on a ferris wheel, swiftly followed by Oscar’s revenge. Unfortunately, all too quickly we found we’d had our fill. [Issue#175, p.80]

Trials of the Not-Very-Good Dragon, more like. A collection of mismatched parts, haphazardly assembled, this has to be one of 2016's biggest disappointments so far. [Sept 2016, p.106]

It's as exciting as waiting on people in real life; which is to say, not very. [May 2007, p.114]

Best left on the bargain bin's seabed. [Aug 2012, p.113]