A bright and challenging twitch arcade game with a pair of compromised control systems that damage its long-term appeal.

There are some interesting moments in Episode 2, but it doesn't feel like Republique has really grown in the time it's been away.

A bold, bright, and brilliant point-and-click adventure, Botanicula is an experience to be savoured.

Spy Wars is an interesting idea for a real-time strategy game, though like most free-to-play games, you can expect a lot of waiting around.

Starlight Inception aims for the stars, but thanks to a barrage of issues, never really makes it past lift-off.

Despite solid controls and presentation, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 lacks any sort of heart and soul, and its repetitive missions lend this open-world adventure a pervading sense of dullness and drudgery.

Maybe if it were possible to figure out what's going on this game could reveal its hidden depths. As it is, it simply strikes out.

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

An honourable homage to platform games of the past, and what it lacks in originality it makes up for in charm.

FarmVille 2: Country Escape is a true time waster. Despite plenty of content that could last weeks, it boils down to watching progress bars fill up.

An initially quite nice one-thumb balancing game that rides too close to the edge and then repeatedly smacks its face into a wall.

A bright footy management game that sacrifices a little too much tactical depth and involvement for a spread-out social freemium model.

A broken and buggy mess of a game, On The Lam: Fugitive Simulator should be avoided.

A tightly packed roguelike adventure, Not Quite Red is as much about maths as it is mashing skulls.

Kind of Soccer is the kind of casual coffee time gaming that we bought an iPhone for. Easy, fun, and forgettable.

A platform-puzzler featuring a couple of unique ideas that don't quite translate into memorable gameplay mechanics.

A perfectly playable light strategy game, but the underlying engine is starting to feel very old and repetitive.

A surprisingly involved and polished arcade experience that's as deft as it is daft.

It might not fully live up to its promise, but Third Eye Crime is good enough that you'll find something to enjoy.

Whether or not confusion can be considered a viable gameplay mechanic is debatable, but we salute double drop for its impressive efforts to find out.

This is a tremendous golf game with a smart balance between realism and zaniness. But a short campaign and spotty online play can let it down.

A game this beautiful deserves a lot more than the rambling plot and uninspired gameplay that brings it to an almost immediate halt.

MLB 14 looks great and has a host of cool features, but strikes out when it comes to gameplay.

If you're happy to play by its rules, Word Monsters is a polished puzzler packed with content that'll keep you busy for a week or two.

An unusual and engaging strategy game that loses just a little vitality played online.

An engaging platformer that misses a few steps, Leo's Fortune is still well worth a look.

So long as you're prepared to push through the frustrations, David. is surprisingly deep and incredibly rewarding.

Full of edgy humour, but the designers forgot to add an actual game.