At its most fluent, you feel like you're piloting the track itself, not just the craft, such is the sweet feeling when you master the sinuous pinches and folds of courses. [Dec 2007, p.110]

This isn't as cinematic or exciting as "Call of Duty 4," but for people who want to clear rooms instead of triggering events, there's a lot to enjoy. For bullet-junkies jonesing for a fix, it's a perfectly decent form of violent methadone. [Mar 2008, p.110]

Another of Sony's bite-sized attempts to make motion control work, and although skydiving's a better idea than skiiing (seek out "Feel Ski" for proof - or rather, don't), it still isn't much fun. [Mar 2008, p.113]

A little good, a little bad, and an occasional flash of atmospheric design. [Mar 2008, p.106]

From one angle, you've seen much of it before, but it's never looked so searingly brilliant, or felt so surging. [Mar 2008, p.94]

Combat is totally hit and miss thanks to a crippling camera. [Apr 2008, p.112]

Extreme Justice works though, because it delivers simple, primitive thrills with absolute clarity. [Dec 2007, p.103]

We just can't help but feel incredibly bored by it. [May 2008, p.115]

Everything's been needlessly fiddled with so that it no longer makes sense. [March 2007, p.120]

Lemmings in reverse. [Mar 2008, p.108]

Scarily deep. It demands you play it: there's so much to find it's incredible. [Jan 2008, p.88]

The only redeemeing feature is that you don't have to deal with the AI's incompetence as much when playing against a mate. [Apr 2008, p.104]

Most people will be put off by the shallow gameplay. [Apr 2008, p.106]

It takes a decent idea, then tries to compensate for its unpredictable framerate with grinding and shooting and powerslides that just make it a confusing mess. [Apr 2008, p.112]

The tech might be impressive, but for long-term fun we'll take "Super Stardust" any day. [Nov 2007, p.111]

Note to Sony: next time, just make us a game where we can chuckle at our distended faces. It's funnier. [Dec 2007, p.113]

Downloadable fun at its finest. [Feb 2008, p.98]

It's a cheap way to show off your sexy new HDTV. [Christmas 2007, p.112]

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

Despite solid work, it looks and feels a generation behind "Flatout [Head On]", and never matches the sweet thrill of "GTA: LCS's" wild bike rides. [Apr 2008, p.105]

A technically accomplished, visually impressive game that you'll struggle to work up an appetite for. [Feb 2008, p.82]

Innovative, imaginative and extraordinarily playable. [Jan 2008, p.110]

The shooting at the core of the game is pretty solid, but that doesn't count for much when every complex set-piece cripples its engine. [Apr 2008, p.102]

An essential addition to the Elder Scrolls universe. [Feb 2008, p.94]

A lot of fun if you've got mates round and fancy something light-hearted as a warm-up to your next Singstar/Rock Band/Guitar Hero III sesh. [Mar 2008, p.112]

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

Playing as either character simply isn't much fun. [Jan 2008, p.114]

It makes experimenting with cartoonish ultra-violence so, well, painless. [Feb 2008, p.90]