Great graphics aren't enough to save endless jumping game Volcano Escape from floaty controls.

With oceanic depth, honed controls and absorbing missions, this is the epitome of bad, meaning good.

You should play Rising Board. How else are you going to witness a penguin on a surfboard flipping tricks like there's no tomorrow?

Without a compelling story or multiplayer it's hard to find a reason worth sticking with the plain strategy gameplay of Hills and Rivers Remain.

Sound Ride's unique graphics and music-building hook add a bit of spice to what's otherwise a relatively vanilla running game.

A tough, violent, strategic card battler, Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is a sharp-edged love letter to the grim vision of the future.

A little more polished than your average button masher, Wraithborne will appeal to some, but it's a little too generic to really set the world aflame.

Playing it doesn't make you feel like a superhero or a supervillian, and the game makes unsatisfying use of the DS' technology. Lack of variety and an insistence on turgid fetch-and-carry missions seals this as one to avoid.

In many ways a very simple game, the tactile pleasure of flicking basketballs into a hoops makes NBA Hotshot a joyous experience.

With a few tweaks, Gear Jack could be a wonderful game. As it is, it's nearly crushed under a pile of frustrations.

If you know your Stan Lee from your Stanley Carter, there's a lot to like in the collection of these beautiful cards, and the math grinding will appeal to the Excel-obsessed. But those looking for an accessible battler will be best served elsewhere.

There's a decent puzzle-platformer in here, but it takes too long to grind out the game's currency to unlock later level sets and see it all.

War. What is it good for? A pretty decent builder / battler that will appeal to the more domineering fans of freemium strategy on mobile.

A good tennis game for the dedicated player looking for a sim-like gaming experience. But for most, Virtua Tennis 3 is more appealing, accessible and, ultimately, fun.

A tough puzzler that lacks immediate charm, but offers a lasting challenge for those who persevere.

A physics puzzler that twangs sharply off the string and adds a fun, if macabre, time mechanic into familiar gameplay.

Move over Candy Crush Saga, the crown for fast-paced puzzling crown now rightfully belongs to Papa Pear.

Pick up the game if you’re a fan of the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, but stay away if you’re looking for a solid strategy RPG.

TwinBee is a fun little shooter, but rather quickly its lack of depth is exposed.

Death, Jr II inches its way closer to being a very good game but, too often, its action fails to match the creative promise of its scenario, character and art design.

While it's not without its merits, a clumsy control system and some badly thought-out levels mean Rocket Fox doesn't quite reach the heights it's aiming for.

There's potential here but it's sadly squandered thanks to a frustrating control system and needlessly repetitive game modes. One for hardcore WWE fans only.

While Dead Nation is showing signs of age, there's still life in the old girl yet.

The Last Ranger is more of the same, with none of the original's main flaws really attended to at all.

While combat needs fine-tuning, the exploration and platform side of Shadow Guardian make it an enjoyable play.

A game that only six months ago would have justifiably been a full price title is an unmissable and highly entertaining bargain at four quid. That's a lot of rotten meat for your money.

A very good version of a great game, the 3DS outing of Swap Force is the portable port fans have deserved for a long time

While it has occasional bright moments, Smash Bandits just isn't interesting enough to hold your attention for long.