I can't imagine that many people will want to read their games these days. [Dec 2011, p.103]

It certainly won't get you in fighting shape. [Sept 2011, p.110]

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]

It's not entirely awful. Scaling buildings with your previously mentioned rocket feet gives proceedings an enjoyable verticality. Smashing houses, tanks and 'copters is also empowering like breaking fine china with a giant smashy mallet. But with the most annoying AI this side of Johnny 5 and one-note combat, ACV is repetitive robot rubbish.

A bit inconsistent. [Apr 2012, p.115]

It's double-handed fun while it lasts. [Apr 2017, p.90]

Play time is kept to a minimum, with most of the development effort put into designing reams of menus for you to navigate...ensuring that you never start to have actual fun. [Issue#51, p.118]

It's a minor tragedy that there are so many false starts within. [June 2016, p.87]

Some of these problems to dissolve a little in online multiplayer, with 18 players going head-to-head as different species. [Apr 2010, p.98]

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

Moments of horror glimmer among the frustration. [Dec 2011, p.108]

Clumsy menus and the endless randomness quickly ensure the adventure is lost in space. [March 2016, p.88]

Mostly enjoyable game that prolongs things by forcing you to revisit levels; levels that aren't compelling enough to withstand repeated visits. [Issue#151, p.88]

The first half hour of this stat-heavy RPG is as incomprehensible as Mission: Impossible in Turkish. [June 2011, p.111]

Solid, chunky fun with chainswords. [Oct 2011, p.115]

Combat is gory, but the mechanics are weak. [May 2008, p.104]

Yawn. [Nov 2011, p.115]

The shooting is fun, and there's some chuckle-worthy writing but once you realise you're doing the same things over and over again, it falls flat. [Oct 2017, p.95]

The real issue is there’s no sense of tension. You’re trapped in an abandoned mansion hidden in the woods, surrounded by ‘dark science’, at the beck and call of a mysterious imprisoned being, yet at no point do you feel threatened. Torn? More like slightly frayed. [Issue#155, p.78]

A competent if slightly unremarkable tactics game. [Issue#158, p.86]

If you see it in the bargain bin or have sired offspring in the last 15 years, this isn't the worst use of your moolah. [May 2011, p.118]

A solid bedrock for PS4 iterations, if lacking long-term appeal. [Sept 2015, p.87]

Sherlock's inconsistencies eventually exhaust you. [Dec 2012, p.115]

There's no question that the content on offer here is stronger than a Nigel De Jong reducer. [June 2012, p.114]

Sadly the world has moved on, and so have our gaming tastes. [Mar 2007, p.120]

There’s a lot to enjoy here if you need a Monkey Ball itch scratched, but Rock Of Ages 3 is a mixed, scrappy ball of ideas that never quite lands. [Issue#179, p.76]

It's almost completely joyless. [Oct 2009, p.116]

An interesting mash-up of ideas from various space exploration games, from ship building to alien battling, in a single spacefaring package that never quite gels. [Issue#159, p.93]