Avoid. [July 2010, p.118]

Doomed to averageness. [Christmas 2011, p.97]

In a word, "poor." [July 2010, p.107]

It's a shame Ace Banana can be so flustering, because there is a decent shooting gallery to unpeel here. [Christmas 2016, p.86]

A browser game on a disc. [Jan 2014, p.95]

No amount of ragdoll-fumbling can save this Gothic horror show. [Sept 2013, p.94]

Appalling textures, clunky systems and gameplay you have to shake yourself away from. [Dec 2013, p.95]

Wading through all that offal to get to the mildly interesting stuff is hardly time well spent. [Jan 2015, p.86]

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

By any reasonable criteria, this is a bag of balls. [Jan 2009, p.102]

So casual it's wearing flip flops. [Jan 2011, p.118]

With a multiplayer option – which would alleviate the unpredictability of your companion when playing single player – and plenty of collectibles as well as stacks of puzzles, The Eternity Clock has a lot to offer but there are just too many frustrations to wholly recommend this.

A longer development period might have made this into something more playable, but it would still be a game of rehashed concepts notable only for its sheer banality. [May 2017, p.96]

Everything works and it will kill a few hours, but only in a rubber-necking, see-where-it-goes kind of way. [July 2011, p.103]

To facilitate the stalking, there's a present-giving mechanic. [June 2010, p.119]

An ill-conceived mess that goes down as the worst PlayStation game to besmirch the Resident Evil name. [Sept 2016, p.110]

The only fight this game is winning is the one for worst beat-em-up on PSP. [Aug 2007, p.114]

The lack of multiplayer is baffling. [July 2014, p.80]

A couple hours in, and you're starting to feel pretty stupid yourself! [Jan 2011, p.118]

Not buying this would be the ultimate lucky escape. [May 2017, p.92]

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

Stale gameplay, unevocative level design and a control scheme that's about as responsive as a cave troll on Ketamine. [Oct 2015, p.89]

Dodgy ball-physics misery. [July 2007, p.114]

Left Alive is most disappointing because it had such potential to revitalise the stealth genre. Instead you get something far behind even the titles it tries to emulate. [Issue#161, p.85]

All nine stages are far too cramped and zoomed-in. [Nov 2015, p.107]

It's just dull. [Feb 2017, p.96]

With a fantastic lineup, interesting fresh mechanics like the minions, and a bounty target being placed on the player performing best, Bounty Battle was in a good position to succeed, but it’s frankly hampered by being clunky and not much fun to play. A real shame. [Issue#181, p.86]

A joyless chore. [Apr 2018, p.84]