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

Striking and confident compared to Origins' drab brownness. [Apr 2011, p.86]

Grabs you by the collar and keeps delivering. Up there with "Killzone" and "Black" for best FPS on PS2. [Christmas 2006, p.64]

Gorgeous visuals, tough hand-to-hand combat and insanely creepy. Shame it's so damn dreary. [Apr 2008, p.64]

New Vegas is disappointingly similar to Fallout 3, but the improved story and wealth of new content and features makes up for it - just.

Tweaked in all the right places, 2013 is the finest PES of the PS3 generation, delightfully recreating the ebb and flow of the modern game. [Nov 2012, p.102]

A superb - and pleasantly cheap - HD update of a criminally ignored, highly-original old action platformer. [Feb 2012, p.107]

An odd fit for PSP, but manages both staggering depth and accessibility. [Oct 2010, p.92]

There's loads to do, and if you've enough mates there's a four-player Wi-Fi mode to get to grips with as well. [Apr 2007, p.87]

A perfect compliment to the original. [July 2010, p.96]

"Burnout"'s more 'Hollywood', but MC:LA's the purer arcade racer. [Dec 2008, p.76]

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

The best Dragon Age expansion to date. [Christmas 2011, p.110]

Simple, smart editing tools and sound racing make this the king of kart racers. [June 2010, p.90]

It's not a huge departure from the original but you'll be hard pressed to find a game that delivers such frantic pace, diverse courses and realistic AI as effortlessly as Pacific Rift.

A GTA clone to a large extent, only fun's the number one priority. [Dec 2008, p.80]

The depth and variety on offer in this deluxe editon of Tekken 5 is superb. [May 2007, p.76]

A kinetic, fast and tactical arcade racer that's best sampled online. [July 2010, p.90]

Control issues hamper this otherwise excellent side-story to the Resistance series. [Apr 2009, p.74]

With a wealth of options and modes and this is one of the best value titles on PSN. [Jan 2010, p.94]

Cute, sweet and massively entertaining. [May 2008, p.80]

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

Great stuff. [Christmas 2009, p.94]

It's not perfect, but this ingenious joy is original, surprising and charming. [Jan 2012, p.109]

Games like this are what your PSP was made for. Hypnotic puzzle action that you'll play for ages. Just great. [Christmas 2006, p.94]

Load up MH: FU alone and the grind becomes far less enjoyable. [Aug 2009, p.76]

A superior basketball simulation. [Jan 2007, p.84]

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]