This is a stunning technical achievement, a dark horse, a must-rent and almost a must buy, but it lacks the variety, pacing or innovation to make it truly essential. [Apr 2008, p.18]

A thoughtful shooter that works well within the limitations of the license. [Nov 2012, p.100]

A deeply personal story created with love and imagination. [Nov 2012, p.105]

Dip in and out, go deep and follow a career, knock about with friends online or in the same room - the Vita version has its sense of fun back. And that's just 'ace'. [March 2012, p.90]

A unique physics-based spin on a tired genre. Great. [July 2009, p.76]

If you're passionate about basketball, this is as comprehensive a sim as you could hope for. [Nov 2007, p.84]

Money well spent for a few hours of fun. [Nov 2008, p.84]

Loads of customisation options and integrated clan support too. [May 2009, p.77]

It still feels clunky and rather robotic. [Dec 2006, p.96]

Technically weak and slightly scrappy but tons of simple fun. [Nov 2008, p.83]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Drier than a slice of unbuttered toast. [Jan 2010, p.95]

An excellent sim let down by too-strong defenders. [Jan 2008, p.80]

A fine, methodical shooter. If you work for it, you'll find a pot of gold at the end of this Rainbow. [Aug 2007, p.70]

Portable perfection on the track, but uncharacteristically formless away from it. [Nov 2009, p.76]

It drips atmosphere and style, with great characters and story to boot. [Christmas 2008, p.85]

An absolute steal. [Oct 2010, p.96]

Pure comedy, if not quite as fun as we'd expected. [Mar 2008, p.80]

Comprehensive? Damn yes. [Christmas 2010, p.90]

Enormous fun, but let down by poor AI and single-player brevity. [Oct 2009, p.68]

Vita's controls give newfound oomph and the content system is compelling, but a lack of identity tempers things. [Apr 2012, p.105]

Simple, limited, but executed well. A bright spark. [Apr 2012, p.107]

A sweet taste of next-gen NFL, soured somewhat by the fact that the game hates you. [Oct 2007, p.78]

Great, awful, exhilarating and painful, all in one. You'll weep with joy, or just plain weep. [Oct 2007, p.74]

Delivers thick, hearty, face-pummeling hub-based action and exploration with lots to see and do. Not all of it, however, is worth seeing. [Oct 2012, p.94]

You'll love it at first but Pure soon becomes far too familiar. [Nov 2008, p.78]

An impressive port that will satisfy seasoned fighters, though it concedes to newbies in the worst way possible. [March 2012, p.92]

As deep as a puddle, but a riot nonetheless. One for when the junior family members need a drubbing. [Sept 2006, p.74]

A decent game stymied by the setting. [Christmas 2012, p.86]

It's a class act, but it trades complexity for charm. [Aug 2012, p.104]

A stiff camera and fiddly paltforming frustrate, but this still proves to be a unique, fun experience. [Nov 2007, p.84]

Really should have been included in the original game, but at least it's free to download. [Dec 2011, p.110]

Cheap but not cheap enough, EA Sports have smartly ditched the discs - and also much of the content. To boot, the gameplay is identical to '12. [June 2012, p.106]

Decent, if lightweight and gleefully comic fan-pleasing brawler. [Christmas 2008, p.68]

Captures everything about the films but their pace. Each five-hour episode, though, offers undeniable value. [July 2012, p.103]

Do your homework and Absence of Detention rewards with unrivalled depth. Skive off, and you'll flunk the class. [July 2012, p.111]

Cute, accessible and fun, but lacking oomph. [May 2007, p.78]

A FY71 assault rifle that's perfect for popping heads at long distances. [Sept 2011, p.110]

The controls are excellent and instinctive and the graphics are really rather stunning, although they're just too dark to enjoy fully. [Jan 2007, p.85]

Mental acrobats will get a good workout. [Oct 2011, p.105]

You'd be hard-pushed to call it a great platformer, but it's certainly a distinctive one. [Oct 2011, p.111]

A decent update to a solid game. [June 2007, p.70]

An enjoyable but derivative shooter with lots of Fiddy. [Apr 2009, p.68]

All the maps look superb. [Nov 2011, p.110]

An otherwise ordinary shooter redeemed with that game-changing Overdive idea. [May 2011, p.90]

Not much new here, and by no means consistently good, but it still remains the pinnacle of vehicular combat. [May 2012, p.111]

A fantastic game, but a short, limited one. Not really worth the asking price, and not as good as "Gitaroo Man." [May 2007, p.66]

It's a fun game and the graphics are far from - ahem - wack, with impressive detail (especially the funfair on the pier), destructible scenery and progressive vehicle damage, all in solid, smooth 3D. [Jan 2007, p.83]

It's far from groundbreaking no matter what way you look at it, but offers a solid premise with strong, Roswell UFO-themed graphical stylings. [Christmas 2011, p.111]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Competent. [Mar 2010, p.88]

Not terrible, but not as good as racers like GT Prologue. [Oct 2009, p.82]

A group of mates will have a good time, as ever.

The writing is as sharp as ever, but doesn't feel as fresh. [Aug 2010, p.96]

Visually, it's considerably worse [than the PS3 version], but quite decent for PS2 and retains the core gameplay. [Jan 2007, p.63]

Dumb action shooter elevated by solid man-punching and smart dog-play. [June 2010, p.96]

Beats "Madden," but looks ugly doing it. [Dec 2007, p.84]

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

A steep learning curve, but the satisfaction on offer is immense. [Oct 2008, p.78]

The writing is as sharp as ever, but doesn't feel as fresh. [Aug 2010, p.96]

Polished, and fun to play, but this is lagging behind more creative racers. [Apr 2010, p.94]

Still the best golf sim around, but in need of an overhaul. [May 2011, p.93]

The game seems to have been made with a rushed hand. [Christmas 2008, p.85]

The real genius behind SNATWE comes in the creation of your battleunits. [July 2008, p.78]

Solid and captivating for old MMO hands. For new comers, not so much. [Mar 2011, p.90]

A hugely enjoyable sim. [Oct 2006, p.87]

Overall Can't ride a bike? This is the next best thing. Can ride a bike? Guess what, it still is.

Clank's first starring role stops short of brilliance because of niggly problems. [Sept 2008, p.72]

Suffocatingly familiar. Excellent if you haven't played the original, disappointing if you have. [Christmas 2006, p.78]

An ordinary shooty adventure, dressed up in a bizarre plot. With knob gags. [Aug 2011, p.82]

Keeps things simple. [Jan 2010, p.95]

Overall Technically audacious, but the huge map means FUEL loses focus.

A brilliant, and occasionally very funny, strategy title. [June 2010, p.98]

While the racing is good fun, the series' sense of adventure is lacking. [Christmas 2012, p.101]

Brash and bloody, Relic's action-centric take on Warhammer does nothing extraordinary but delivers more fun and quality than the average shooter.

A good old-fashioned FPS. It looks scrappy and it's short on innovation, but the combat makes up for it. [May 2007, p.74]

Good workouts, but you need a 40ish Move controller to take part and motion detection is erratic. Otherwise, top stuff. [Sept 2011, p.102]

Technically impressive but MAG is too scattershot to universally appeal. [Mar 2010, p.84]

Conservative, messy and patchily designed, GT5 only intermittently excites. [Jan 2011, p.79]

Addictive minigames, great arcade tennis and sunny visuals. But a bit basic at its core. [Apr 2008, p.68]

Incredible polish, great visuals and slick combat eclipse the random battle wheel and repetitive environments. Just. [June 2008, p.82]

Sometimes thrilling online, but with only average gunplay and a duff story. [July 2011, p.82]

It can be compelling, in short bursts at least. [Christmas 2010, p.89]

There's enough action here to distract, but compared to its peers TimeShift feels outdated. [Jan 2008, p.74]

The Club is pretty ballsy, and tears up the shooters' rule book to provide something unique. The arcade-style blasting is instantly fun and it looks and feels meaty, but the enjoyment quickly wears thin due ot a lack of variety. [Feb 2008, p.74]

It's entertaining, amusing and its screen-filling boss battles are impressive, but it's completely throwaway. [Dec 2006, p.96]

Looks brilliant for a downloadable game and there's tons to unlock too. [Mar 2008, p.80]

A great driving game if you're new to the Need for Speed series, otherwise it's a bit same old, same old. [Christmas 2006, p.95]

It doesn't do too much to suggest it's anything more than a Costcutter GTA, but it's a fun nostalgia-soaked affair. [July 2007, p.80]

Not bad for 3 quid 19, but don't expect hours of entertainment. [May 2009, p.76]

More things to do than the original but its similarity means it's lacking in novelty. [Mar 2009, p.68]

Not just for Rugby experts. [Oct 2007, p.76]

It's aged badly. The PS3 version looks like the PC version running on low detail...It's a fair attempt, but in no way essential. [Apr 2007, p.79]

Suitably atmospheric psycho-horror with a couple of flaws. [Dec 2008, p.72]

A buffed-up Central Park can't distract from some upsetting gameplay blunders. [July 2007, p.72]

Pushes PS2 about as far as a toast making sim, but Iris 2 is an endearing adventure nevertheless. [Oct 2006, p.82]

Not essential, but if you're mid-playthrough, it's a decent bet for 8 quid. [Oct 2011, p.110]

A rip-roaring ride, but it's a shame it feels so familiar. [Dec 2007, p.83]