The world is enormous and devoid of loading screens, allowing the player to uncover its large amount of content without interruption. But this impressive detail comes at a price. Boiling Point is crawling with glitches in both the graphics engine and the game mechanics, so going online for the latest patch is a necessity if you're up to the challenge of testing the game's depths.

Most will find life at Cook County General Hospital surprisingly dull and too much like hard work.

Artfully designed for a young audience, Madagascar will keep kids constantly entertained by serving up a wide variety of fun activities. The amusing movie characters and dialogue also ensure plenty of giggles.

Adults will breeze through the game in a few hours, but youngsters should be content replaying the adventure many times.

Artfully designed for a young audience, Madagascar will keep kids constantly entertained by serving up a wide variety of fun activities. The amusing movie characters and dialogue also ensure plenty of giggles.

Artfully designed for a young audience, Madagascar will keep kids constantly entertained by serving up a wide variety of fun activities. The amusing movie characters and dialogue also ensure plenty of giggles.

The bizarre and intense assortment of mini-games require both deft precision and manic arm flailing.

An abundance of multi-player options adds depth, and 30 weapons ensure battles are exciting.

But, strangely, you must spend your entire career playing the same type of game rather than choosing between different varieties.

Obstacles prove satisfying to overcome, but enduring a lengthy Benny Hill-style pursuit is frustrating. Patience is required.

The best inclusion is a compulsive Platform mode requiring death-defying leaps. Trial and error repetition can frustrate but improving your scores by performing perfect jumps is addictive.

Unfortunately the offensive moves cannot stop the game from feeling repetitive. Shield door "puzzles" are recycled, while brief turret-blasting interludes are dull.

The deceptively cute presentation belies a comprehensive golf simulation with terrific depth. As the title suggests, anyone can tee off and have a ball, but expert command of the golf ball is possible.

Shooters need to be special to stand out, particularly on Halo's home turf, but Pariah fails to excite or innovate.

Car handling is demanding, but beginners can instantly have fun, thanks to helpful driving assists and generous early prizes.

This ambitious game spans half a million years of human history and is so vast it could take months to explore all it has to offer.

More frustrating than fun.

More variety in the dozen multi-levelled chapters would have been welcome.

Lacking any innovation, the best this game offers has already been done.

Lacking any innovation, the best this game offers has already been done.

Frequent gags, sharp dialogue and attention to detail richly reward those willing to explore and experiment.

It may be the best-looking wrestling game to date, but the action is too linear and, before too long, predictable and repetitive.

Sadly, where the game fails to excite most is behind the wheel, due to poor physics and handling. Drivers will rarely find the need to take their finger off the throttle or cease driving recklessly, as cars never suffer damage.

Sadly, where the game fails to excite most is behind the wheel, due to poor physics and handling. Drivers will rarely find the need to take their finger off the throttle or cease driving recklessly, as cars never suffer damage.

Despite its frustrating flaws, there is still an authentic and challenging military games experience to be had.

Not as ground-breaking as the original, but still a rewarding experience.

Presentation is stark and uninviting but few games are this mentally taxing.

While too many are dull head-to-head encounters, the solo missions sharpen your skills.