At its most fluent, you feel like you're piloting the track itself, not just the craft, such is the sweet feeling when you master the sinuous pinches and folds of courses. [Dec 2007, p.110]

This isn't as cinematic or exciting as "Call of Duty 4," but for people who want to clear rooms instead of triggering events, there's a lot to enjoy. For bullet-junkies jonesing for a fix, it's a perfectly decent form of violent methadone. [Mar 2008, p.110]

Another of Sony's bite-sized attempts to make motion control work, and although skydiving's a better idea than skiiing (seek out "Feel Ski" for proof - or rather, don't), it still isn't much fun. [Mar 2008, p.113]

A little good, a little bad, and an occasional flash of atmospheric design. [Mar 2008, p.106]

From one angle, you've seen much of it before, but it's never looked so searingly brilliant, or felt so surging. [Mar 2008, p.94]

Combat is totally hit and miss thanks to a crippling camera. [Apr 2008, p.112]

Extreme Justice works though, because it delivers simple, primitive thrills with absolute clarity. [Dec 2007, p.103]

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

Everything's been needlessly fiddled with so that it no longer makes sense. [March 2007, p.120]

Lemmings in reverse. [Mar 2008, p.108]

Scarily deep. It demands you play it: there's so much to find it's incredible. [Jan 2008, p.88]

The only redeemeing feature is that you don't have to deal with the AI's incompetence as much when playing against a mate. [Apr 2008, p.104]

Most people will be put off by the shallow gameplay. [Apr 2008, p.106]

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]

The tech might be impressive, but for long-term fun we'll take "Super Stardust" any day. [Nov 2007, p.111]

Note to Sony: next time, just make us a game where we can chuckle at our distended faces. It's funnier. [Dec 2007, p.113]

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

It's a cheap way to show off your sexy new HDTV. [Christmas 2007, p.112]

A spectacularly unpretty game. [Apr 2008, p.108]

Despite solid work, it looks and feels a generation behind "Flatout [Head On]", and never matches the sweet thrill of "GTA: LCS's" wild bike rides. [Apr 2008, p.105]

A technically accomplished, visually impressive game that you'll struggle to work up an appetite for. [Feb 2008, p.82]

Innovative, imaginative and extraordinarily playable. [Jan 2008, p.110]

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]

An essential addition to the Elder Scrolls universe. [Feb 2008, p.94]

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]

If this were a PS2 game, we'd still consider the graphics a bitter letdown. [Feb 2008, p.98]

Playing as either character simply isn't much fun. [Jan 2008, p.114]

It makes experimenting with cartoonish ultra-violence so, well, painless. [Feb 2008, p.90]

An absolute rock monster. [Jan 2008, p.94]

The story's as thin as air but the XP grind is super-addictive. [Apr 2008, p.112]

A game that forgets its key strengths, builds on its weaknesses and throws in a novelty first-person mode that you'll play for ten minutes. [Feb 2008, p.88]

There are promising ideas here but it's too messy overall for anything to really shine through. [Christmas 2007, p.100]

A feast of missed opportunities. [Jan 2008, p.98]

Compared to Call of Duty 4's sensitive and intelligent treatment of the same material, Payback is a joyless, hoo-hahing head butt of a videogame. [Feb 2008, p.95]

Sensational storytelling. [Christmas 2007, p.84]

Despite its shortcomings, Assassin's Creed is still enjoyable simply because of the breathtaking playground you're let loose in. In terms of sheer visual spectacle, the size and beauty of the world alone sets a new benchmark, showing what developers can really achieve with next generation visuals. [Christmas 2007, p.92]

This is a strong wrestling game, featuring the best grap engine yet seen on PlayStation, and only the weedy selection of extracurricular activities prevents a higher score. [Dec 2007, p.88]

There's simply no warmth here, just an unrelenting parade of death and loss and regret. With bad controls. [Christmas 2007, p.98]

ProStreet bursts onto the stage dropping frames like a drunken juggler. [Christmas 2007, p.90]

Daft boss battles and duel modes in cramped, pace-sapping spaces mean only real Sega fan boys will stick with this for long. [Feb 2008, p.98]

Special moves are simply executed but look feeble, so you never get the sense that you're shellacking the snot out of your opponent. [Aug 2007, p.114]

Stupid and, frankly, it's pretty good fun. [Jan 2008, p.113]

Only marginally more enjoyable than trying to read the original poem. [Jan 2008, p.104]

The whole enterprise smacks of a hopeless brief. [Jan 2008, p.103]

This is a rare gem of a wrestling game which, at under 20 quid, every grap fan is duty bound to try. [Mar 2008, p.98]

If you nailed the original game's single-player, there's not nearly enough in Plus to warrant a second purchase. [Apr 2008, p.109]

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

In a word - Boo. [Jan 2008, p.114]

Despite its small-screen setting, Origins even manages a few genuine scares, mostlly thanks to the first-rate sound: this should only be played through headphones. [Christmas 2007, p.106]

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

Aviation purists might hate the game, but at the end of the day, it's really good fun. [Jan 2008, p.102]

What extras there are improve, rather than ruin, the experience. [Christmas 2007, p.112]

Cold, brutal, clinical...the real face of modern warfare. [Christmas 2007, p.110]

It's so good that it ruins you for other games. Once you've played it you'll be spoiled, expecting everything to be as stylish, immersive and balls-out brilliant as Modern Warfare. Whether you're creeping through a forest at twilight, slotting unsuspecting militia with silenced weapons or pounding war-torn streets as all hell breaks loose around you, it's an experience that never dips below astonishing. [Dec 2007, p.82]

It won't keep the kids quiet - quite the opposite, in fact - but it will keep them mercifully occupied for a few hours. [Mar 2008, p.108]

If you're home alone avoid this entirely, but if you're all about riotous social gaming, get involved with Buzz! now. [May 2007, p.112]

Newcomers will be happy to find a strategic RPG that doesn't take itself too seriously. [Jan 2008, p.115]

The humour is as sharp as a good episode of the TV show. [Christmas 2007, p.104]

A shiny update rather than a new game. [Jan 2008, p.114]

Stranglehold has a cool-as-anything hero, a strong story, a great pick-up-and-play vibe and - later on - a genuinely taxing tactical side. It is, in short,one of the most exciting games of any genre on PS3. [Oct 2007, p.84]

If you're a horror geek, you'll have seen worse. But you won't often have seen much better. [Christmas 2008, p.98]

Fine for fans, but no-one else should touch it with a greasy finger. [July 2007, p.114]

Rock Band might wait on the horizon like a dark army, but for now, Guitar Hero still rules. [Christmas 2007, p.102]

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]

The short answer to the question, "Why isn't Jericho a fun game to play?" is that the AI is broken and the hackneyed horror stylings would barely have raised an eyebrow back in Barker's '80s heyday. [Dec 2007, p.104]

This might have seemed enjoyable 14 years ago, but then again so did MC Hammer. [Feb 2008, p.91]

Odds on, you'll finish the ride exhilarated. [Dec 2007, p.92]

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

From the drab visuals to the limp presentation, it screams 'mediocre' like a moped on a steep hill. [Dec 2007, p.114]

It is a genuinely exciting arcade racer with just the right amount of meat on its jiggling ass. [Dec 2007, p.102]

Sadly, the best Sims game for a long time is almost crippled by tiresome loading times that hobble the action. [Christmas 2007, p.111]

It just about beats sitting in an empty room, which is my new scoring standard for movie games. [Feb 2008, p.98]

Lacking the immediacy and fun of Killzone Liberation, this feels criminally outdated. [Christmas 2007, p.109]

This is brilliant, challenging and rewarding as you pull impossible stunts out of thin air; but it's hard to get excited about another game in the series with fundamentally the same gameplay so soon. [Christmas 2007, p.108]

You always cringe at the collision detection. [Feb 2008, p.97]

Like its music, though, Everyday Shooter slowly gets under your skin. Just bear in mind it's more chill than kill, kill, kill. [Feb 2008, p.96]

It's not that deep, and it lacks the furious, deranged pack-racing of "Motorstorm," but it is very fast, looks gorgeous and handles ever so sweetly. [Nov 2007, p.92]

The biggest complaint, as ever, is the controls: until the PSP grows a second analogue stick. shooters are going to feel clunky. [Dec 2007, p.112]

An absolute masterpiece. [Nov 2007, p.104]

One of the most esoteric, charming and satisfying adventures on PS3 so far. [Nov 2007, p.90]

FIFA 08 is a workmanlike effort from EA. [Dec 2007, p. 98]

It's a below-average platformer in a Bugs Bunny outfit, and that's all folks. [Christmas 2007, p.112]

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

Exhilarating, accomplished and relentlessly enjoyable. [Christmas 2007, p.110]

The two-player co-op prevents total shame. [Jan 2008, p.114]

Far too serious and combat-heavy. [Jan 2008, p.114]

The post-game wrap-ups are especially good, enabling you to look at each player's top moments from the match. [Dec 2007, p.111]

This is NBA Live as it definitely should be - deep, engrossing, polished fun. [Dec 2007, p.114]

Makes the sport feel like it should: sometimes laconic, often dangerous and always, really, really hard. Which, of course, is what makes it such fun. [Nov 2007, p.96]

Sort of a seamless puzzle, a visual feast of abstract foliage, mentalist singing and funky contraptions. [Nov 2007, p.109]

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

It might not have the depth of Solid Snake or Sam Fisher's adventures, but if you love sneaking up behind enemies and murdering them with hi-tech gadgetry (who doesn't?), then take a look into the Dark Mirror. [Nov 2007, p.95]

The overall experience may be a little on the bitty side, but Stuntman Ignition still delivers a bracingly unique driving game. [Oct 2007, p.96]

Even in 1080p it's excruciatingly tricky to tell which lane you're in, leading to a lot of unnecessary collisions. [Dec 2007, p.113]

Though it's mostly good, often excellent and technically spectacular, as a wannabe movie this can't help but fall short of heavenly. [Oct 2007, p.102]

Easily one of the greatest racers on PS3 to date, both in terms of addictiveness and broad, crowd-pleasing appeal. [Oct 2007, p.98]

NHL 08 is every hockey fan's dream, but it's so exciting that anyone up for a speedy, skilful sports game should definitely get involved. [Nov 2007, p.110]

Hardcore hockey fans with plenty of patience will reap big rewards from 2K8, but if it's an easy way in you're after, stick with EA's superior "NHL 08." [Dec 2007, p.114]