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]