A blasphemous non-canon story that kills off key players will tickle franchise fans, but it's mostly hollow shooting trading on the Resi name. [May 2012, p.102]

A stylish title, but one that falls down on its unimpressive controls and repetition. Damn it. [Oct 2006, p.66]

While the sword-slashing provies a bit of fun, glitchy graphics and repetitive action sever any lasting appeal. [Sept 2006, p.68]

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

It's not an incredible game, but one that surprises because it's not completely terrible. [Sept 2006, p.85]

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]

Ideal for youngsters old enough to shoot things but too young for blood and guts. Fun, but flawed. [Christmas 2006, p.96]

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]

A likeable shooter with character and some solid mechanics. [May 2009, p.76]

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

Smarter than the average console RTS but not quite brilliant. [Apr 2009, p.70]

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

A disastrous entry for a previously well-regarded franchise. Not even for "Conflict" nuts. [Mar 2008, p.74]

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]

There's nothing particularly special or exciting in this game. [Jan 2007, p.81]

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]

Looks fantastic, sounds fantastic and plays...well, not quite so fantastically, but it's still fun. [Nov 2006, p.70]

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]

Ignore the gore and this is an average shooter. [Feb 2008, p.78]

PS Eye functions add novelty to this otherwise solid PSN game. [Feb 2011, p.100]

SWAT is criminally start/stop. [Dec 2007, p.85]

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

Solid, playable and enjoyable - but its world is just a bit too hackneyed to care about. [Apr 2012, p.107]

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

The duck-related puns ("Quacked it" and "Billiant", anyone?) soon start to lose their appeal, much like the rest of the game. [May 2007, p.76]

Even at their hardest, however, they're as easy as wetting yourself. [Christmas 2006, p.95]

Unusually, the PSP version of Ghost Rider actually has a little more to it than its PS2 counterpart. [Mar 2007, p.60]

Frustrating camera. [Jan 2008, p.76]

Predictable, weary, soulless, money-for-old-rope fodder. [Sept 2006, p.85]

We'd still recommend getting a cheap copy of one of the various "Conflict" games instead. [Feb 2007, p.78]

It's all perfectly playable and decent to look at, but it's not the slickest or most appealing of sports games, and it's hardly massively different to last year's outing either. [Mar 2008, p.80]

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]

The concept is imaginative, and not many RPGs are set in Venice, but the ideas are nearly always let down by the execution. [Feb 2011, p.100]

BB Evolution requires a lot of legwork for very little reward and it won't keep you entertained for long. [Nov 2006, p.86]

Love the pirate setting, but Risen 2 is a cold RPG experience that lacks decent combat, rewarding exploration or a satisfying plot. [Oct 2012, p.104]

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

Fun but short single player, let down by poor online play. [Sept 2009, p.76]

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]

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

If only the gameplay was better. [Aug 2010, p.96]

There are some brains here; why waste them by splattering them all against the wall?

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

A real dog of a historical slasher. [Christmas 2011, p.107]

Essentially an empty and futile game. [Mar 2009, p.74]

Predictable and uninspiring. Best leave it well alone. [Dec 2006, p.96]

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

It's just perverted. [Apr 2011, p.91]

Sadly, it's awful. [Mar 2011, p.96]

The combat system is clever. [Mar 2010, p.89]

It's descended into a dismally unimaginative hack-and-slash affair. [Christmas 2008, p.86]

Easily one of the worst games we've played on current consoles. You'll be hard-pressed to find anything funny about this tired joke. [Christmas 2012, p.97]

A shallow demo with minimal functionality outside Wi-Fi access, this just isn't an appealing offer. If the core game was a free download, things could be different. [March 2012, p.91]

Poor balancing. [Mar 2011, p.96]

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

One of 2009's worst movie tie-ins proves boring beyond salvation. [July 2009, p.72]

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

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]

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

Slow-witted camera, idiotic targeting system and abysmal vehicle sections. [Oct 2009, p.82]

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.

A decent enough wand-shooter that represents a wasted opportunity for both Move and the Harry Potter series. [Oct 2011, p.103]

The worst Star Wars game ever, and that's really saying something. [Christmas 2009, p.84]

Technically inept and morally desolate. [Sept 2010, p.94]

Overall Flying is sometimes a joy, but Iron Man is basically repetitive, confusing and graceless.

Completely lame. [June 2011, p.92]

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]

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

Dumb AI, stupidly linear, crap guns... a disaster. [May 2008, p.79]

It would have benefited from a better structure and more unlockables. [Mar 2008, p.81]

A sub-par stealth game. [May 2010, p.96]

Basically this is a hugely simplified, pointless and weird version of "Power Stone." So get that instead. [Feb 2007, p.78]

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

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

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

Consistently miserable. [Aug 2010, p.96]

Avoid. [July 2010, p.96]

Just an offensive disgrace. [Jan 2013, p.105]

The ugliest game on PS3 can be entertaining, but it's mostly a mess. [Feb 2009, p.78]

Thor is one of the worst superhero games ever made, which is really saying something, and it's a truly epic travesty. [July 2011, p.95]

Fun, deceptively deep, but the 'globe' physics fail to distract from a lack of variation.

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

Faithful for fans, low on thrills for everyone else. [July 2007, p.84]

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

It manages to distract you from how pointless it actually is for, ooh, at least half an hour. [July 2008, p.78]

Curiously, the real stars of the show - the blokes at West Coast Customs - aren't here. Instead, you drive around the fictional city in unresponsive cars. [May 2007, p.78]