Running around robbing ancient artefacts, desecrating temples and cracking intense puzzles is just as satisfying as ever, and feels like vintage Tomb Raider through and through. [Dec 2008, p.92]

A worthy companion piece to the film - against all odds the stealth is actually fun. [Feb 2009, p.100]

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]

Cars can be tricked out until they look like four-wheeled drag queens. [Christmas 2008, p.88]

Barge-like handing and joyless backgrounds. Pass. [Jan 2009, p.104]

The problem is, it's all a tiny bit unbalanced. [Christmas 2008, p.102]

A staccato, trick-land-trick-land experience. [Christmas 2008, p.118]

You've never played anything like Mirror's Edge. It's a genuine original. When it's good - like when you're soaring between two rooftop cranes, pigeons scattering and traffic thrumming below, or dashing between roaming sniper laser sights, breaking into an enormous needle-shaped skyscraper - it's a total rush. And even when it's not quite so good, when you can't work out how to get through a particularly tricky section, the compulsion to keep trying remains strong. [Dec 2008, p.84]

A no-frills fan favourite. [Christmas 2008, p.96]

Compared to Modern Warfare, World at War is loud and crass. [Christmas 2008, p.100]

It's a huge return to form. [Dec 2008, p.114]

If there's one reservation about Endwar it's that, offline and playing against AI opponents, victories will inevitably begin to feel a little hollow. Play against other people online, however, and Endwar's pleasures are only limited by teh callous deviousness of the human mind. [Dec 2008, p.108]

The undeniable charm of using automatic weaponry on magical monsters is just about enough to make it worth a look. [Christmas 2008, p.120]

Too little bang for your buck. [Feb 2009, p.103]

It's a lively way to breathe new life into RPG battles, which are often ugly and hard to follow. [Dec 2008, p.112]

The game is also lazily linear at times. [Christmas 2008, p.94]

Resistance 2 is fixed in all the ways we wanted--it's bigger, tighter, meaner--and the online is trying extraordinary new things. [Dec 2008, p.78]

Everything from the ideas to the backdrops feels rushed. [Feb 2009, p.100]

A worthy partner to the PS3 version. [Jan 2009, p.98]

A framerate that's juddery like a hand-cranked projector. [Feb 2009, p.103]

A miserable cash-in...A poorly conceived and clumsily executed waste of time and money. [Mar 2009, p.101]

The map is smaller than Oblivion's but it's more tightly packed with action and rounded characters. [Christmas 2008, p.90]

As ever, what it comes down to is the track list - and Vol 2 is a belter. [July 2008, p.99]

Not fussy like GT or exhaustively varied like Grid, just simple, metal-crunching competition that delivers tons of reckless fun. [Dec 2008, p.96]

We'd be happier of the frame rate didn't stutter like a cartoon pig on busier corners. [Christmas 2008, p.115]

There simply isn't anything else like LBP on any system, anywhere. It's a beautifully elegant and powerful creative tool that puts unlimited potential in the palm of your hand. [Nov 2008, p.92]

Like LittleBigPlanet the scope is there to make just about anything, and you can fully expect to see some amazing versions of familiar songs, but you'll need to put the hours in. [Christmas 2008, p.108]

Classic is still worth the 7.99 entry fee. Just. [Jan 2009, p.95]