Overall polished to near-perfection, this is the next step in music games. [Dec 2009, p.84]

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

Not a reinvention but the most thorough and polished GH yet. [Nov 2009, p.90]

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]

Excellent value and another step forward. [Oct 2009, p.82]

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

Brilliantly brutal fighting, but there's still room for series improvement. [July 2010, p.86]

Would be PSN's best strategy game - but not at this price. [Apr 2011, p.90]

There's more quality sports action here than you'll ever need. [Oct 2008, p.74]

A steal at 30 quid. [Jan 2011, p.94]

Fit-to-bursting with fun, Castle Crashers is a rare PSN treat. [Jan 2011, p.96]

A phenomenal multiplayer FPS with a polished campaign and smart co-op. Looks and sounds great, but - next to the PC - exposes the limits of the PS3 hardware. [Christmas 2011, p.90]

A cleverly designed, brilliantly executed open-world shooter. [July 2009, p.54]

A slightly improved, gleeful and irresistible triumph only tempered by familiarity. [Issue#174, p.76]

A decent, if repetitive, shooter with incredible looks and set-pieces. [May 2011, p.78]

Not quite the technical equal of "Virtua Fighter" but still brilliant. [Sept 2008, p.64]

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 gargantuan, lavish historical epic that pushes PS3 to its limits, only to be led down by linear missions and a clunky interface. [Christmas 2012, p.82]

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

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]

Challenging, immersive safari shooter with liberating tactical freedom. [Dec 2008, p.66]

If Castlevania wasn't on your radar before, you need to get it on there now. In truth, it does little to innovate a genre dominated by games like God Of War 3 and Bayonetta, but it executes all its ideas with surgical precision, wrapping them up in a presentation so polished - yet so tastefully understated - it could easily have been crafted by Kojima himself; all the more credit to Dave Cox and Mercury Steam.

Best scrapper ever? Perhaps, but VF5 is <I>such</I> an acquired taste. Great, but not one for all. [Mar 2007, p.64]

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

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

Brutally compelling despite its limitations. [July 2012, p.110]

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

About as challenging as sitting in a ball pool, but still pretty fun. [Issue#174, p.66]