It's essentially a nine-hour film that you nudge along by following on-screen button prompts, although you feel more connected with the action than this might suggest. [March 2010]

The battle system is surprisingly accessible and doesn't suffer from that modern over-eagerness to hold your hand...Great stuff. [Mar 2011, p.96]

DMC3, but easier. If you don't have the original, get it. [Oct 2006, p.87]

Immaculately designed and an absolute joy to play through. The best game of the year so far. [Dec 2006, p.22]

Ultimately, MGS: PO is like eating a platter of finely crafted hors d'oeuvres - easy to digest, but compromised and repetitive. It's just less satisfying than a set menu of balanced textures and flavours - and, simply, why "MGS: Snake Eater is still Kojima's tastiest dish. [Feb 2007, p.60]

A fantastic rally game wrapped up in extreme sports presentation. [Oct 2009, p.62]

One of the most polished, deep RPGs ever made, and on PSP it's better than ever. [Dec 2007, p.84]

Origins is so concerned with trying to create something complex and epic, it forgets all the basics and ends up a mess. [Christmas 2009, p.76]

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

If cost isn't a concern, this is one of the best games the PSN has to offer. [Dec 2008, p.86]

Great value online; offline, it's a solid FPS with a lack of new ideas. [Christmas 2008, p.56]

Half art installation, half game, but exquisitely done. [Mar 2009, p.60]

A great PSP port. The level editor is intact, and the only real omission is multi-player. [Jan 2010, p.88]

Another superb PSN offering from the Pixeljunk team. [Feb 2010, p.92]

The comat is smoother, slicker, more responsive, more streamlined, more fun and more exciting than ever, the visuals and voices are of such a high quality, it's like an actual Disney film. [Nov 2006, p.86]

Overall Sexy, epic and wonderfully ridiculous - a slick action game.

Massive, rewarding, funny - all you'd expect, plus some cute new twists. [Nov 2009, p.66]

A genuinely funny and endlessly quotable game. [Sept 2010, p.94]

Polished, completely original and as good as a lot of things that Square Enix have ever done. [May 2008, p.76]

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

Not one for loners, but a technical tour de force - one of the sharpest shooters on PS3. [Feb 2008, p.56]

The tracks are still awesome. [Christmas 2010, p.90]

Simulates brutality so every blow feels heavy and real. [Apr 2012, p.100]

Beautiful, a tad self-indulgent, but packed with tactical warfare. [Dec 2008, p.74]

Too hard at times, but this beautiful vision of an alien-infested Britain makes for a great shooter. [Jan 2007, p.52]

Fun to play and a fitting homage. The best 'artist' spinoff yet. [June 2009, p.72]

Yes, it's monotonous at times but you've never experienced anything like this. Completely unique. [Mar 2008, p.70]

A minor story told in the most major of ways. This is as big and ballsy as PSP can be. [Christmas 2010, p.82]