No innovation, no fun, no thanks. [May 2010, p.113]

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

RICO fancies itself as the sterotypical hard-bitten police officer who gets results but refuses to play by the rules. In reality, it’s more like Paul Blart: Mall Cop. [Issue#161, p.96]

The complexity ramps up as you're given more tools to use in your liquid logic tests, but sadly the excitement never does. [June 2011, p.111]

Even daring manoeuvres feel somewhat unsatisfying when the only result is a nice detached four bed house popping up as a reward. [Jan 2011, p.115]

There aren't any highs as such, just moments of not sucking. [Aug 2011, p.108]

There are thousands of programs, YouTube tutorials and teachers that do a more effective job of teaching, and an army of clicky peripheral-based games that nail the fun element better.

This scrappy outing has little to offer apart from easy trophies. [Christmas 2015, p.94]

Stuttery. [March 2012, p.95]

Next-gen? It's barely present-gen. The Godfather has no business calling itself a PS3 game. [May 2007, p.108]

It’s not terrible, but it’s not the game we (or anybody else) wanted either. This game gets tired long before 90 minutes have passed. [Issue#180, p.80]

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

Was it necessary to also make it so ugly? [Aug 2011, p.110]

This kiddie platformer couldn't be more by-the-numbers if it was presented in binary. [March 2012, p.95]

Ugly and outdated. [Christmas 2010]

Frustrating. [Sept 2008, p.104]

The most muddled and irritating Sonic game yet. [May 2007, p.110]

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

It's barely a game. [Nov 2009, p.130]

You're either on rails with almost no control, or doing random tricks that feel totally disconnected from the peripheral itself. [Jan 2011, p.121]

It's an awkward fudge, and compared to the full sex that is "Call of Duty", feels like five minutes of unsatisfying over the sweater action. [Feb 2009, p.99]

It's as exciting as waiting on people in real life; which is to say, not very. [May 2007, p.114]

Above all Rock Revolution just doesn't have the charm or depth of its rivals. [Christmas 2008, p.111]

The anti-Hawk. It lacks excitement, it's shy of thrills, and it really isn't worth bothering with at all. [Sept 2007, p.108]

Unless you've got masochistic urges to indulge, you'd be wise to steer clear. [Apr 2010, p.113]

20% of Sonic Unleashed is brilliant. [Jan 2009, p.92]

The Hulk is ugly, outdated, and from the look of some sections, maybe even unfinished. [Sept 2008, p.100]

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.