Part gruesome medieval fantasy, part bleak supernatural horror, Berserk evokes the spirit of its source but descends into drudgery in an overlong campaign. [Apr 2017, p.96]

Sometimes infuriating, occasionally wonderful, VR Ping Pong has a sweet spot where it plays beautifully, but it's hard to find. A brave but flawed experiment. [Apr 2017, p.97]

Sadly, Liberation can’t escape its limited gameplay, technical unevenness and poorly told story. While Black Flag kicked the series on, the past holds no glory for Aveline.

Then there's the visual sadness, which includes duff lighting, awkward cameras, and the stuttering Zoetrope-style framerate. [June 2009, p.98]

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

A convoluted narrative muddies the waters too with a series of dubious decisions that affect the ending, and the game fast outstays its welcome with a stack of tenuous puzzles. It’s impossible not to feel like there’s something special hidden between the chases, but for a game with such a wilful director, all it actually needed was an editor. [Issue#164, p.96]

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]

Swapping pairs of blocks is unwieldy. [Sept 2007, 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]

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

Though it’s one of best-looking titles on PS4, Anthem’s uninspired action and obsession with grindy tasks mean BioWare’s mechs aren’t on song. [Issue#160, p.83]

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

A good core experience with novel ideas stifled by a disproportionately high price tag, embarrassing amounts of repetitive filler, and pay-to-win mechanics. [Issue#156, p.87]

The striking visual language of Friend & Foe’s stunning world is a painful glimpse of how wonderful an experience Vane could have been. Instead, it’s clumsy, careless, and wholly incoherent. [Issue#159, p.90]

It's not even technically impressive. [Jan 2009, p.103]

Great stuff for masochists who think progress ended with 8-bit gaming - not so much if you're looking to have fun. [Dec 2008, p.121]

Frustrating and tedious. [Apr 2010, p.113]

Offers a decent afternoon's leisure at best. [Jan 2014, p.94]

RPGs can be emotional, sadly this one is all about raging dispair. [Mar 2007, p.111]

One of the prettiest games we've seen so far on Playstation VR, but no amount of delicious dino looks can save this clunky, confusing quest. [Jan 2016, p.112]

At least the fact that the alien looks like a sad, green little poop makes it visually amusing. [Feb 2010, p.105]

The puzzles and platforming challenges never really require you to get creative. The result, sadly, is an idea that’s more interesting on paper than in practice. [Issue#183, p.65]

The game feels a lot like it was designed for PS Vita's touchscreen and found its way onto PSN, where it's a bit lost. [Jan 2014, p.95]

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]

Moments of fan service and an ambition to do more than simple shooting can’t overshadow the aged feeling of Terminator: Resistance. [Issue#170, p.93]

Even the core combat pales after a bit, because it lacks the exacting precision of Gaiden. [Apr 2009, p.93]

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]