Another great PSN title. [Oct 2009, p.83]

It's a lot of fun to be commanding corpses rather than running from them. [Mar 2010, p.88]

Get through the steep learning curve and there's an addictive strategy game underneath. [May 2010, p.96]

If you're looking for a challenge and have the patience, this is well getting on your bike for. [Dec 2006, p.96]

Genuinely exhilarating dogfights. [Dec 2011, p.97]

At a few measly quid on the Store, it's essential stuff. [Feb 2008, p.79]

Too simplistic to compete with "DiRT," but this is still an enjoyable, pure arcade racer. [Nov 2007, p.66]

A gimmick, yes, but a good one. While it lasts it's fun, but it needs more game modes. [Dec 2007, p.72]

The big shifts in the series have already come and gone. [Nov 2009, p.92]

A smart conversion. [Christmas 2009, p.93]

The odd-ball humour is as feisty as ever. [Feb 2012, p.107]

It's less flashy but more suited to PSP. [Aug 2010, p.97]

The story is great, the characters are likeable and it's utterly unique on PS3. It's just a great shame the core mechanics here are so disappointing.

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

Only a slight lack of personality and a few motion sickness issues stop this [from] scoring higher. [Apr 2007, p.86]

Still fun and still addictive, but the new grapple styles add little and the old flaws remain. [Dec 2007, p.68]

Not a showcase for Vita's visual powers, but hard proof it can handle full-fledged first-person shooters - another solidly rousing slice of Resistance. [July 2012, p.108]

A touch repetitive, but a confident, high speed, return to form for Need for Speed. [Christmas 2007, p.62]

Makes the most of its simple mechanics. [June 2010, p.98]

An acquired taste, but more rewarding than 'VT3" over the long term. [Aug 2008, p.70]

Is Mortal Kombat going to take Super Street Fighter IV's crown? No. It lacks the nuance and depth of Capcom's champ; but by adding balance to its own familiar shtick, and giving us the ace Tower mode MK has made itself a real alternative.

Some of the collision detection is a bit off and it doesn't have the big-budget heavyweight feel of "GTA," but it's an enjoyable, robust crime yarn. [Oct 2006, p.70]

Great online, but disappointing single-player. [Christmas 2008, p.72]

Overall A puzzler that's more demanding than Lumines, but is engaging and satisfying if you can hack the pace.

A fanboy production through and through. As a straight-up fighter it has depths both visible and invisible. But it feels without focus: there's so much going on that there's no core, nothing for anyone below expert level to latch on to. All the best moves are here, but where's the heart? [Mar 2011, p.84]

A rare retro game that's improved with age. [Oct 2008, p.79]

It's limited, sure, but this absurd wrestling parody is more WWE than the actual WWE itself. [May 2011, p.93]

It can get a bit hard to see where you're going with so much happening, and progression doesn't feel as though it's entirely in your hands, but for enjoyment, sparkle and that 'one more go' factor, this is a hard one to turn down. [July 2007, p.85]

Hit and miss action in some moody settings. [May 2009, p.60]

A weak, aimless story and limited freedom to explore betray the fun, varied and creative combat in this beautiful post-apocalyptic wasteland. [Christmas 2011, p.104]

A refreshing love letter to the Wild West, but its variety is part curse. [Aug 2009, p.70]

Still class, but more or less the same as last year. [Jan 2008, p.79]

Excellent in terms of quality and quantity. [Christmas 2006, p.90]

A beautiful and OTT retro title, but one where depth is obscured by effects. [Sept 2009, p.68]

If the controls were completely reliable rather than "reliable most of the time", Escape Plan would be a classic. [Apr 2012, p.109]

Learn its language and you'll find unnerving depth. [Nov 2012, p.98]

Ugly, but addictive. [Christmas 2009, p.94]

It does make for some great Guitar Hero tracks. [Sept 2008, p.78]

It genuinely doesn't age. [Christmas 2009, p.94]

An epic Lego adventure spoiled only by a lack of guidance. [Jan 2010, p.90]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Once you're over the cosmetic gloss, you might wander back to Madden for your gridiron fix, especially if you own one of the older "NFL Streets." Worth a look, however. [Mar 2007, p.77]

Not quite the game its big brother is, but it's not far behind. It straddles the fun/sim divide well with fast, fluid racing. [March 2012, p.92]

Amalur is a brisk action blast that just happens to last upwards of 50 hours. Not the best world ever built, but a fun place to spend a few weeks. [March 2012, p.110]

Surprisingly relaxing. [Dec 2011, p.111]

Challenging, weird and wonderful, Gitaroo Man is unlike anything else on the PSP. Finally, a worthwhile PS2 port. [Sept 2006, p.78]

Combat is still a swingfest and puzzles can be frustrating. [June 2012, p.108]

Great fun - and pretty much essential if you're a Marvel fan - but never truly 'super.' [Feb 2007, p.72]

A natural fit with the Move controller's abilities. It comes at the cost of polish though - this level of visuals and combat wouldn't stand in a regular blockbuster. [July 2012, p.102]

Look past some of the randomness and you'll find hours of racing entertainment. [July 2012, p.106]

Worth checking out for online and the sci-fi novelty value alone. [Jan 2013, p.95]

Fundamentally no different to the PS2 game, though still worth playing if you're new to Round 3. [Feb 2007, p.56]

You'll be hard pressed to find a beat-'em-up that feels as frenetic as this. [Dec 2007, p.82]

The idea of having the custom-character system working across the entire gme is a solid one, and the improvement in team-mate behaviour makes the single-player mode easier to digest. But as a sequel, Vegas 2 fails to deliver. [Apr 2008, p.58]

It's a tactical treat and a rather more accessible experience than previous games. [Christmas 2007, p.82]

It's the perfect pick up and play title for strategically minded PSP owners. [Dec 2009, p.78]

Actual strategy may be negligible, but there's a slick arcade title waiting for anyone wishing to drop anchor. [Feb 2009, p.84]

An excellent history lesson for anyone who's finished AC Brotherhood. [Jan 2011, p.88]

A perfect example of a generic J-RPG. [July 2008, p.78]

Fast and frantic, and great fun with friends. The price irons out the flaws. Get it. [July 2007, p.82]

More challenging and rewarding than many PS3 titles, the only alarm triggered here is Ubi's lack of effort with the update. [Nov 2011, p.101]

More intuitive controls. [May 2011, p.92]

A frustrating mix of the brilliant and the deeply average. [Nov 2006, p.64]

The gunplay is astonishingly entertaining, but Stranglehold sorely lacks any variety. [Nov 2007, p.70]

The puzzles are fun and inventive. [Dec 2009, p.102]

Ranked matches in particular will supply wonderfully tense rounds. [June 2009, p.76]

Good fun, but we long for a proper PS3 sequel. [Oct 2010, p.96]

Smart Lego puzzler only held back by sometimes lacklustre films. [July 2011, p.84]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

DQ and FF do things better than Rogue Galaxy but if you've finished both this will fill a hole. [June 2007, p.74]

But this hardly matters, because this is time well spent, being gently humoured and greatly entertained. Like a candy-induced sugar rush, it's short but sweet, and liable to induce lots of hysterical giggling.

Web Rushing makes you feel full-on super-powered. Although clumsy interior sections shatter the illusion, this is almost Spider-Man's Arkham. [Sept 2012, p.98]

Few titles on the PSP can match its online content. [Apr 2010, p.96]

Overall Fun, but Darksiders fails to carve out an original identity of its own.

The fighting's solid but hamstrung by dodgy controls and a terrible career mode. [July 2009, p.66]

Crude, simple, and really good fun to boot. [Dec 2009, p.102]

Feels great in co-op, but it's hit and miss when playing alone. [Dec 2011, p.105]

Customisation options make this the best AC yet, but it's not very user-friendly. [July 2007, p.76]

There are a good number of levels, as well as leaderboards but the lack of multi-player is disappointing. [Feb 2009, p.85]

Prince Ash's underworld is a sadistic delight. [Christmas 2012, p.97]

An intriguing time-hopping concept hamstrung by substandard combat and unrefined level replays. Good, but not good enough. [March 2012, p.102]

The cast of characters are forgettable, and the story is hokey, but you'll be happy to play the puzzle game and grind your character through the levels indefinitely. [Aug 2009, p.77]

For a full-price title there's lots of reused material here, but the bottom line is this is the definitive Katamari on PlayStation. [Nov 2009, p.85]

There's even bullet time. We kid you not. [Jan 2007, p.84]

There's a solid season mode, but "NHL 09" offers all this and more. [Dec 2008, p.87]

Trimmed down, but still excellent - the gameplay experience is intact, even if the character roster isn't. [Jan 2007, p.80]

The control system is the game's biggest success. [Nov 2007, p.83]

Mixes superb visuals, a solid fighting system and some heart breaking drama. [Jan 2008, p.78]

Pure, brilliant fan service - and if you've never sampled the delights of Naruto, this game might even get you into it. A must for fans. [Mar 2007, p.78]

The best golf game you can buy, but - as before - not significantly different from the last game. [Nov 2006, p.82]

Heavy on nostalgia, light on content. [Christmas 2008, p.86]

Its simplicity is the key. [May 2011, p.92]

With some improvements to the camera control, pushing a blob of mercury around is as fun as ever. [Christmas 2006, p.98]

It's not the giant leap we expected after Dark Mirror, but it's still beautiful and definitely worth checking out. [Jan 2008, p.64]

A very big, deep 2D scrapper. Not stunning, but worthy. [Aug 2007, p.78]

The Warriors retains its inherent "coolness" and remains more than decent fun. [Apr 2007, p.86]

A good effort. [June 2007, p.82]

Still compelling, but it was more suited to PSP. [June 2008, p.84]