Everything we expected and less. Duke should have stayed dead. [Aug 2011, p.88]

We've done this dozens of times before and replacing bearded Chinese men with robots doesn't change a thing. [Dec 2007, p.82]

The exploding levels are a barely-veiled, needlessly complicated, rip-off of Mortal Kombat's hotspots, while fighting lacks imagination and characters blur into one. We'd have settled for a shinier version of Def Jam: FFNY - complete with Blazin' moves (inexplicably taken out here) - instead of this disappointing effort.

What a terrible shame, then, that a game with such weird possibilities really does end up being well...typical. [Jan 2007, p.84]

Hugely samey and mostly joyless. [Nov 2007, p.84]

Imitates better fantasy RPGs poorly. It's interesting concept is buried under poor story-telling, a lifeless world, and dull combat. [Christmas 2012, p.89]

Lacks a strong identity and any real thrills. [June 2012, p.111]

The problem is that it's just too easy. [Jan 2007, p.83]

There are a wealth of better options available - pick up "Burnout" or "Wipeout Pure", instead. [Issue#174, p.83]

Massively ordinary shooter with a bizarre plot and rubbish AI. [Oct 2009, p.78]

The puzzles are repetitive, loading times are neverending and with only 40 levels, FS is far too short. [June 2008, p.84]

Why didn't they make it better? [Christmas 2010, p.89]

Do yourself a favor and steer clear of this one. [Oct 2007, p.84]

Sadly there's little to capture the imagination of modern day gamers. [Jan 2008, p.80]

Not realistic, and not much fun. [Apr 2011, p.90]

This is one tour that should definitely have been cancelled. [Apr 2008, p.82]

By the end you'll want to unbuckle CID's seatbelt and drive him into the nearest brick wall. [July 2009, p.76]

It's still wonky like a broken seesaw. [May 2008, p.79]

This really very attractive game is hand-wringingly dull. Here's why: the handling is terrible. In fact, it's so flawed there's simply never a time when it's fun, or even satisfying, to drive these cars.

While it would be easy to dismiss this game as being completely worthless we've played much, much worse. [Feb 2007, p.79]

Being a superhero should be exciting, not a drab slog through a series of boring corridors, right? [Christmas 2006, p.76]

The actual amount of fun you'll have playing is as miniscule as the Invisibles themselves. An adult-difficulty kids game that makes you swear like an OAP? No, thanks.

Merely a disappointing and lightweight FPS. [Christmas 2008, p.86]

There's some fun to be had with friends, but none without them. [Oct 2008, p.72]

Boring environments, repetitive gameplay and poor combat mean this is considerably worse than its predecessor. [Christmas 2011, p.105]

It's just relentless button mashing with no variation. [Oct 2006, p.86]

Dull, fuzzy graphics, poor camera control and repetitive gameplay spoil both the single and multiplayer game. It's basically no fun whatsoever. [Christmas 2006, p.98]

It's all a bit dull. [Dec 2007, p.82]

A technical mess, ridden with slowdown and glitches. [Mar 2009, p.74]

It is worth a rent, however, just to savour the few good bits, laugh at all the glitches... and to start crying when you remember what Sonic games used to be like in the '90s. Sob.

Tedious gameplay with stitched-on flying bits? You've got yourself another drab Star Wars adventure. Rubbish. [Jan 2007, p.68]

Technically competent, but a woeful simulation of a sport consistently ignored by gaming. This won't help... [Nov 2011, p.107]

Tired, inconsistent and just plain ugly. [Sept 2008, p.78]

The one-note level design fails to inspire. [Mar 2011, p.96]

The slowest, most arthritic shooter in the West. [July 2009, p.76]

Let down by enormous technical failings and a plot that's riddled with lazy, confusing cliches and poorly translated dialogue. [Oct 2011, p.104]

Every slasher on PS3 is better than this, even "Genji." A ropey "God of War" tribute act. [Dec 2007, p.80]

Looks new and feels old, a game good in its own time but not in ours. Now it's starting to look as old and creaky as some of its skaters. [Oct 2012, p.102]

An unsatisfying mix of psychedelic visuals and gameplay. [Christmas 2009, p.93]

A potentially interesting idea with inherent problems, which NeverDead completely fails to identify or acknowledge, let alone solve. [March 2012, p.112]

Getting from one point on the map to another uses about six brain cells, leaving the rest to bitch about the boring weapons and enemies. [Nov 2007, p.83]

A crushing disappointment for fans of the book and film. Oh, and gamers generally, too. [Jan 2008, p.76]

It's 2010's most uninspired shooter. Only with Bond in it. [Jan 2011, p.86]

Bomberman Land just blows. [May 2008, p.78]

Unless you're desperate for more DW action, leave this alone. [Aug 2009, p.77]

Frustrating camera. [Jan 2008, p.76]

Despite the variety and potential, at its core Zero Gravity is glitchy and little fun. [Apr 2008, p.82]

The gaming equivalent of rocking in a corner sucking your thumb - comforting at first, but repetitive and the behaviour of those who are soft in the head. [June 2008, p.85]

Uninspiring, repetitive and dull. [Sept 2011, p.104]

A dreadful camera. [Oct 2006, p.86]

The 'hardcore' tag can't excuse this. Even fans of King of Fighters will feel short-changed. [Nov 2006, p.68]

A rushed, conceptual mess. Even as a kid-pleasing movie tie-in, it's barely acceptable stuff. [Mar 2009, p.74]

There's no real fun to be had. [Oct 2007, p.85]

LGEC works, just, but there's really 'neigh' ponit in playing it. [Sept 2007, p.80]

You could suffer in the hope of a smirk or you could just buy the DVDs. Giggity-goo! Etc. [Christmas 2006, p.80]

Unfortunately, the game's biggest strength is also its downfall. It stays true to the pace and mechanics of the real game. [Nov 2008, p.84]

It has a certain nostalgia, but this fails to entertain long enough to demand a purchase. [Feb 2008, p.72]

The real problem is that this is half-decent action meets seriously sub-par presentation. [Sept 2009, p.76]

The game is slow-moving and badly lacks atmosphere. [Mar 2007, p.78]

The gameplay is about as much fun as parading your plums through a blender. [Nov 2008, p.85]

What should be a romp turns out to be a tedious affair. [Christmas 2011, p.94]

The controls are sticky, the animation is staggered and lumpy, and overall it's not worth playing at all. [Christmas 2009, p.95]

THQ's platformer handles infuriatingly enough to make you hate - arguably - Pixar's most likeable character yet. [Sept 2008, p.79]

It ends up feeling dreary. [Aug 2010, p.97]

Worst of all, Via Domus fails to work as a decent game - thanks to its refusal to let you explore, dull puzzling and an appalling ending that was already cheesy when "Dallas" did it 20 years ago. [Apr 2008, p.78]

A listless, pointless misfire of a game. [Nov 2011, p.106]

Consistently miserable. [Aug 2010, p.96]

Play it for the trophies, if you must. [Jan 2010, p.94]

Dreadful graphics and poor fighting mechanics. [Apr 2008, p.83]

Kazook is like "Ape Academy", but without the apes. Oh, and the fun. [Dec 2006, p.95]

Ugly, buggy and mostly boring to play. A decent peripheral wasted. [Feb 2010, p.90]

An unavoidably bad game with shoddy design and a lame, thankless combat system. [Christmas 2007, p.68]

The band don't appear on stage at all, replaced by a bunch of misfits for each song. [Feb 2009, p.85]

You know how when you're going through a traumatic experience, time seems to slow down as you take in the full horror of what's happening? [May 2008, p.78]

Dark, confusing. [Jan 2011, p.96]

It's old. It's lame. Kill it. Now. [May 2008, p.78]

Hellacious. [Apr 2012, p.107]

Decent combat, but 40 quid is a fairytale price for this sub-PSN effort. [Christmas 2009, p.88]

Very few people need this product. [Nov 2012, p.98]

Fans will squeeze out some fun but this is the laziest GH yet. [Mar 2010, p.88]

On Dreamcast and PS2 it was slick and colourful. On PSP it's blocky and slow. [Oct 2007, p.84]

Feels like it's been hiding in the bushes for years, growing old as it waits to spring out on stealth fans. [March 2012, p.92]

Firing an Uzi is like squeezing off a spongy Nerf gun round. [Christmas 2012, p.96]

Everything about Supremacy MMA feels rushed. [Dec 2011, p.107]

It feels like a clone of "The Godfather," but nowhere near on the same level in terms of depth and enjoyment. [Jan 2007, p.81]

A mess of a shooter-cum-driver. We can smell what the Rock is cooking, and, frankly, it stinks. [Dec 2006, p.90]

Just far too slow. [June 2011, p.92]

A wasted opportunity to show off Move control. [Sept 2011, p.102]

This lacks imagination, with infernally basic playability. Avoid. [Oct 2008, p.76]

Even if it wasn't buggy and ugly, this would still be a chore to slog through. Dead Island's zombie plague is the stuff of nightmares in all the wrong ways. [Nov 2011, p.98]

It's very old-fashioned, very familiar and very frustrating - much like it ever was, then - but at least you can still enjoy blowing up all the lemmings for fun. [May 2007, p.76]

An interesting gaming artifact, and very lovable...but essentially rubbish. [May 2008, p.79]

There's humour and effort here, but not much in the way of fun. [Christmas 2009, p.94]

The background tries so hard to be next generation it simply ends up putting you off or making the numbers too hard to read. [May 2007, p.77]

A dull, uninspired car crash of a game. A complete waste of PlayStation 3's power. [Aug 2007, p.74]

A slow, ugly, repetitive descent into block boredom. [Sept 2010, p.94]

Enjoy "Super Puzzle Fighter" - it's ace. Just a shame the rest of CPW is such balls. [Mar 2007, p.78]

Clunky, poorly animated, mostly unexplained, dreadfully written, utterly bland and archaic. [Aug 2011, p.92]