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.

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

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

The rosiest-tinted specs in the world can't save Gunstar Heroes from showing its age. [Sept 2009, 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]

Without PS2's power, MoH is tiresome and dull. [Christmas 2006, p.98]

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

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.

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

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

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

It's a budget PlayStation 2 game wearing its big sister's high-definition make-up. It's abominable, and just thinking about it makes the veins in our forehead bulge. [Feb 2007, p.64]

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.

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

In 2009, portable King of Fighters seems far from magic. [Apr 2009, p.78]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

One of PSP's worst games. [Christmas 2006, p.98]

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

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

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]

A terrible experience, years behind the competition. [Aug 2011, p.92]

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

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

You'd get better interactivity in general from buying his Greatest Hits album and tapping your foot. [Apr 2012, p.109]

Hellacious. [Apr 2012, p.107]

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

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

Traveller's Tales have no excuse for serving up this steaming pile of Minotaur dung. [Nov 2008, p.84]

It's more bad karaoke compilation than game. [Christmas 2007, p.82]

Timewarp RPG sends us to sleep. [May 2008, p.81]

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

A cynical, sterile attempt to ? og cash out of Ski Sunday fans.

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

With horribly repetitive gameplay and awful graphics the choice between this and armageddon is still a close one. [Oct 2008, p.78]

Hugely samey and mostly joyless. [Nov 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]

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

Clumsy and uninspired. Avoid this like a mugging. [May 2009, p.64]

Avoid like Sauron. A shameless hack-and-cash in. [Mar 2009, p.62]

It's actively irritating having to press the same buttons and complete the missions over and over again. [Apr 2009, p.78]

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]

The only thing less desirable than a 2D Star Trek strategy game in this day and age is a Jethro DVD covered in poo. [May 2008, p.79]

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

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

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

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

A truly wretched game. [July 2011, p.94]

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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]

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

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

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

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

Such a total misfire, it's difficult to see how even the most committed of Trekkers will have any fun. [Feb 2007, p.70]

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

It's racing for small children, imcompetents, or owners of 2004-era Nokias. Everyone else should ignore it. [Apr 2012, p.109]

Frustrating camera. [Jan 2008, p.76]

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

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

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

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

Courses so unmemorable your'e still looking for turns on the third or fourth lap. [May 2008, p.81]

There's no depth or substance, just acres of mindless combat punctuated with the odd lockpick mini-game. [Oct 2009, p.82]

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