Luckily, there's plenty more to do when you're bored of the main story. [Aug 2010, p.118]

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]

Not a bad package for casual training. [Jan 2011, p.118]

Feels oddly satisfying. [June 2011, p.112]

Technical teething issues aside, FFXIV is a blinding online RPG. [Nov 2013, p.92]

The fantasy setting of the first game has been tweaked...but it's still the same crisply imagined carnage we already love. [Issue#51, p.109]

The PSP version benefits from a more reliable targeting system than the superb PS2 version. [Aug 2007, p.106]

Always brilliant. [May 2015, p.87]

When the story kicks into gear, it's well worth the time as it's one of the most thrilling visual novels on the system. [Issue#152, p.90]

It’s an unassuming shooter where the only complexity comes in making your own guns out of bits and bobs you find dotted around on Archivist ships. That provides just enough complexity to keep you moving forwards, while the rest of your grey matter’s simply enjoying the absurd onslaught each fight presents. Simple, effective, cha. [Issue#153, p.89]

It's a huge return to form. [Dec 2008, p.114]

Strong on-ice gameplay and terrific multiplayer are offset by a lack of innovative modes. While this is a solid rebound from a shaky next-gen debut, NHL 16 still has work to do to regain greatness.

A steep investment for anyone not a veteran rocker returning with tracks, mates and instruments in tow - but the full band experience is the most fun PS4 offers. [Dec 2015, p.81]

The best fun we've had on PSN for ages. [Jan 2009, p.94]

The closest Killzone Mercenary comes to having a thing is in its touch controls, and as satisfying as they are the marriage of console shooter and iOS game doesn’t elevate it into the realm of the exceptional.

If you were in a bad mood, you could hang Dragon's Dogma out to dry for its clumsy camera and controls, simplistic warrior-rogue-mage class choice, shallow combat and bad dialogue (which frequently misuses the words ere, e'er, aught, ought, ill, and so on.) But it's hard to be in a bad mood while playing such a brave, sprawling, original take on role-playing. Accept its failings and you get to enjoy its beautifully esoteric successes.

Learning is half the fun and even the smallest victory makes you feel like you’re winning with a capital FU.

This is the best Atelier yet, and a prime point for newcomers to jump in. [Issue#164, p.90]

Free-running in Super Cloudbuilt is a weightless wonder, and anyone who envies birds should definitely try it. [Oct 2017, p.95]

A fantastic game that makes smart, surprisingly comfortable use of PS VR. RIGS might just be the long-hoped-for killer app that VR needs to reach mainstream. [Dec 2016, p.90]

As remasters go, it's not a total washout - but it's not the stunning revamp it could have been. As a PS3 classic now available on PS4, however? Essential. [May 2016, p.87]

It's in the realm of multiplayer...that Toybox comes to playful life. [Christmas 2014, p.88]

A gripping story filled with emotional and thrilling moments. Twists and turns in the narrative feel very well done, and may leave you feeling shaken. [Issue#150, p.94]

It's easy to get sucked in. [Nov 2012, p.119]

If you're looking for a new arena for on-screen violence, this is well worth your money. [March 2018, p.85]

Really, it's your enthusiasm for the game and some repeated battling that makes Disgaea's system actually sink in. [July 2012, p.111]

The sequel improves on almost everything about the first game. [Apr 2011, p.113]

There’s a lot of highly polished content in Ghosts, and although it’s disappointing to see that it doesn’t truly embrace next-gen possibilities, I can’t lambaste it because I’d be denying the loveable bombast it doles out in wild, indiscriminate sprays. But yes, there should be a new engine powering all of it, plus genuine innovation always trumps the best-of atmosphere that pervades the solo campaign.