All too often it feels like you're playing nanny to a thick, elephant-sized child. [Christmas 2010, p.91]

Amusing in a sick kind of way, but too repetitive and unwieldy. [Aug 2009, p.74]

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

Perfectly decent, but an all-too-familiar outing. For raging/insatiable J-RPG addicts only. [Mar 2008, 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]

Bouts also feel genuinely three dimensional. [Aug 2008, p.81]

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

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]

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

Patchy fun, but lack of polish and predictability betray its lack of reach. [June 2009, p.68]

The new direction is bafflingly generic: a huge disappointment. [Aug 2011, p.90]

There's very little for bike-sim fans to complain about, but equally little to win over new comers to this niche genre. [July 2009, p.76]

Shockingly light on gameplay, but eclipses competitors in scale, cinematics and design. [Apr 2012, p.95]

Flimsy platforming and lame combat, but so funny it's hard to care. Fans will go nuts. [Christmas 2007, p.70]

A quality driving game disguised as child fodder. [Sept 2006, p.84]

We've come to expect big things from full-priced racers and this is just a fair racing sim. [Sept 2008, p.74]

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

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

Surprisingly good fun. A tad easy and simplistic to play, but with loads of variety. [Dec 2007, p.78]

Simply one long fetch quest. [Christmas 2007, p.82]

Not terrible, but there are many better dungeon-crawlers out there. [Aug 2011, p.86]

At 10 quid, this'd probably score in the mid 70s. Shame. [Jan 2011, p.96]

Mesmerising and beautiful. Just excellent. [May 2007, p.77]

Just make sure the folk you get to play this with you are both young and undemanding. [Jan 2008, p.78]

Competent but doesn't rectify the criticisms of Ace Combat X. [Oct 2010, p.96]

There's plenty here to excite action-orien[]ted RPG fans. [Apr 2011, p.90]

Swarm has a nice idea it screws up. [June 2011, p.93]

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

This is just another mundane Star Wars game to throw on the pile. [Nov 2008, p.74]

Cute, original puzzler with masses of replay value for a bargain price. [June 2009, p.74]

Hasty. [Oct 2010, p.96]

A pricey, dumbed-down follow-up. [Christmas 2011, p.107]

Rough edges aside, it's a genuine portable blockbuster. [Christmas 2012, p.98]

A great use of PS Eye. Has plenty of appeal for kids and adults. [Dec 2009, p.90]

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

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

Smart, funny, charming and beautiful. Needs a strategic brain, and requires patience, but otherwise great. [Dec 2012, p.99]

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

Laced with enough ingenuity to be worth downloading. [Jan 2008, p.79]

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]

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

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

Impressively busy action is let down by repetitious combat and overlarge stages. Mind numbing to all but the diehards. [June 2012, p.109]

A solid Bourne reworking, with so-so combat and flawed design. [Aug 2008, p.66]

The truly patient may find satisfaction in meticulous planning, but it's too easy for those plans to go wrong. When they do, this is just a simplistic shooter. [July 2012, p.100]

A pure old fashioned score-attack hit. [Aug 2011, p.92]

More kiddie button-bash than pub-quiz. [Nov 2006, p.86]

At least the level grinding is semi-entertaining. [July 2009, p.76]

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

A lovely flashback for fans, but the insipid action wears thin. [May 2009, p.72]

Basic stuff, plus some monster riding. Ho hum. [Christmas 2007, p.82]

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]

If you've got even a passing interest in aircraft this is definitely worth a look. [Feb 2008, p.78]

The price tag is too high. [July 2010, p.97]

A bit of a stinker. [Oct 2010, p.96]

This is the best MotoGP game by far. [Apr 2010, p.96]

Accessible, fast and deceptively deep - the ultimate tennis game on PS3. [July 2009, p.74]

It's oddly enjoyable in places. [Oct 2011, p.105]

A game that's as easy to refuse as the Playstation 2 version was. [Apr 2007, p.86]

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

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

Energetic but shallow. [Nov 2009, p.88]

It all gets a bit dull. [Christmas 2007, p.82]

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

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

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

As a five-hour solo-player game, it's clearly rental only. For online players the value is far greater - a solid, varied, Call of Duty rival, with fresher weapon load outs, plus vehicles and drones... Shocking but short, this is an intense shooter with a lack of finesse. [Apr 2011, p.66]

More like a third-person shooter and this works to its benefit. [Nov 2007, p.83]

Nasty controls and clumsy visuals mask a truly entertaining game. [Apr 2011, p.76]

Works well with Move, for what it's worth. [Aug 2012, p.105]

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

Not bad, but not essential. [Mar 2009, p.75]

Will only captivate the very young. [Jan 2010, p.94]

It's simple yet rewarding stuff. [Christmas 2009, p.90]

Despite the dodgy tunes and questionable hair styles it's worth the cash for fans, if only to keep your strum skills strong until "Legends of Rock." [Oct 2007, p.85]

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

As a solo game, it's very repetitive. [Apr 2012, p.103]

Even the "fixed" PS3 version can't atone for the game's flaws. [Christmas 2008, p.86]

Fans might feel confused at first, but they won't be disappointed. [Feb 2008, p.78]

It's nothing you haven't seen before, though, and, placed next to the stylish brilliance of "Everyday Shooter," this ultimately lacks the character or variety to make its challenge worth enduring. [Aug 2008, p.81]

None of it's quite enough to stop the repetition getting you in the end. [Feb 2011, p.100]

A solid update: the only things missing are the lack of team talks and crowd sounds. [Christmas 2009, p.90]

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

It's a bit simple, but the addictive minigames save it. [Jan 2007, p.84]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Insipidly competent but, sadly, just a bit of a yawn to play. [Aug 2011, p.84]

Far better than the recent PSP and iOS versions, this is Katamari's most fun portable outing to date. More new stuff would have been nice, though. [March 2012, p.91]

A big let-down. [Dec 2011, p.107]

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

This is an action game with lots to get your teeth into, but you always feel reigned back by the fiddly controls. [Jan 2008, p.80]

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

A hobbled World Tour mode and repetitive action kill the fun. [June 2011, p.80]

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

Fun for the first few hours, but ultimately pricey and repetitive. [Christmas 2009, p.82]

Like the last Sims game, but with pets pooing on your sofa. It really feels too much like hard work. [Dec 2006, p.94]

This is just as competent in its execution of a very niche idea as any other FF thus far. [Jan 2012, p.109]

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