It fatally crosses the streams after only a short amount of time. [June 2011, p.112]

Can it balls. [June 2011, p.112]

Has pleasingly strong gunplay. [June 2011, p.112]

Feels oddly satisfying. [June 2011, p.112]

Natural selection has rarely felt crueller. [June 2011, p.112]

At just five levels, the price is a little cheeky, so only cough up if giant lizards in ballet pumps get you really hot. [June 2011, p.111]

Looks awesome in a retro, scattering-of-bright-pixels way, but playing is like trying to perform keyhole surgery after a unicorn has barfed glitter straight into your eyes. [June 2011, p.111]

It's all pleasingly brightly coloured. [June 2011, p.111]

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]

A pitiful tie-in to a sub-standard movie. [June 2011, p.111]

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

A functional dancer, with no signs of its subject's genius. [June 2011, p.110]

A poor, watered-down substitute that even the most devoted space junkie can afford to skip. [June 2011, p.110]

A game so retro it feels like the illegitimate offspring of early Castlevania and Final Fantasy titles. [June 2011, p.109]

Far deeper than it first appears - though its extended loading times do leave a bitter aftertaste. [June 2011, p.109]

The team-based multiplayer is undeniably good. [June 2011, p.108]

Lord knows how long the San Diego boys can continue trumping themselves year after year, but for now their golden touch shows no sign of fading. [June 2011, p.106]

An involving story. [June 2011, p.103]

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

A solid, nostalgic fighter, but lack of depth in the core combat means it's unlikely to hold you attention for long in a crowded genre - and Street Fighter still pummels it into the dirt. [June 2011, p.102]

A great example of mould-breaking gaming at its best. [June 2011, p.100]

Helping you keep that momentum is a masterful handling model. [June 2011, p.96]

This golfing great's finally close to its best again. [May 2011, p.118]

Just mildly incomprehensible. [May 2011, p.118]

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]

Low on longevity, but Slam Bolt Scrappers is loud, brash and brilliantly blocky. [May 2011, p.118]

Another half-hearted adventure to leave on the shelf. [May 2011, p.118]

There's not much depth, but plenty of eye candy, puzzling and cute. [May 2011, p.117]