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

The extras on the basic frame mostly serve to make it worse. [Spring 2011, p.114]

There's a clunkiness even Holmes can't solve. [Dec 2014, p.87]

Measured against the rest of EA's high quality pro sports line-up, NBA 09 looks and plays a distinctly amateur game of B-Ball. [Oct 2008, p.103]

An enjoyable electro-frisbee to the face. [Spring 2011, p.115]

Slickly presented, but under the decals it's more mobility aid than motor storm. [Apr 2011, p.112]

A well-told adventure story with surprisingly real themes, but after multiple episodes it's hard not to with you were given more of a hand in crafting it yourself. [March 2018, p.95]

Battles rarely deliver on the promising setup and there's no sense of peril. [June 2014, p.82]

It’s fun in bursts of 20-30 minutes or so, but this is the sort of thing you play in between sessions of games you enjoy more. Worms deserves more love. [Issue#184, p.97]

Fingers crossed it gets a patch, because when it does, it'll be essential. [May 2010, p.105]

There are some new bells and whistles. [Apr 2011, p.114]

Deeply frustrating lack of checkpoints holds it back from retro greatness. [June 2011, p.103]

A crummy-looking Magic Ball, but it's not without its charms. [Dec 2009, p.18]

More problematic is that neither game feels as accomplished as the genre's best. SFIV is deeper and more technical, and there's more fun to be had in MVC3's frantic tag action. But there are worse ways to spend £25, even if the whole thing would actually be more valuable without the movie – the poisonous, horse-leg doner of the bunch.

The Fight can still entertain a crowd for all the wrong reasons. [Christmas 2010]

Terrifying. [Dec 2009, p.18]

Has some almost crippling gameplay issues that'll have even casual rugby observers weeping into their Guinness. [Christmas 2011, p.97]

For all its ideas, Hydrophobia feels like a missed opportunity. [Christmas 2011, p.97]

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

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]

Despite sophisticated wand-waving, this tires fast. [Apr 2011, p.114]

Its first chapter hasn't quite connected. [Oct 2015, p.91]

Like much of WRC 3, the driving isn't bad, just ordinary. [Dec 2012, p.105]

If you crave a slice of nudge-nudge, chop-chop weirdness, it's a curio shop worth visiting. [Dec 2012, p.105]

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

An off-season overhaul is required. [Christmas 2011, p.97]

A strikingly beautiful game that suffocates its solid action core with clumsily scripted waffle and a hodgepodge of bizarre ideas. [Oct 2013, p.90]

A nightmarish virtual reality world that scares and sickens in equal measure. [Christmas 2016, p.86]