In PES6 you can make a sliding tackle and come up with the ball, and the AI has been greatly improved. The passing and shooting have been made harder to master and the players’ movement off the ball is better.

The game contains scores of puzzles, requiring a mixture of logic, observation and luck. What’s great is that it gives you time to solve them, rather than placing you under constant pressure from grisly baddies. There’s also a plot-twist or two.

The characters are just as brilliantly executed, with a range of facial expressions, voices and movements that would do any animator proud.

The fun to be had derives from the game’s simplicity of play, its wildly colourful backgrounds, and the dexterity required to get it right.

An exceptional game that brings history alive with enormous flair and clarity.

There’s not much left to do in games after this.

The graphics are top-notch and the sound helps immerse you in the wonderfully rendered action.

This eighth instalment in the hugely popular skateboarding series, and the first built specially for the Xbox 360, is the best and most realistic by far.

A simple but effective upgrade.

It’s rollicking good fun all the way, let down by the short, repetitive nature of individual levels and the fact that only Michael Madsen of the original cast appears in the game.

It’s rollicking good fun all the way, let down by the short, repetitive nature of individual levels and the fact that only Michael Madsen of the original cast appears in the game.

This time around there are more units to build as well as new traps and siege equipment to help out on the battlefield.

Given the subject matter, the game deserves its 15 rating but not a parliamentary debate.

The result is sweaty-palmed fun, teaming the adult joys of a well-paced thriller with the childish delight of playing hide-and-seek in the dark.

Beautifully crafted, Sid Meier’s Railroads! is a masterful experience — as you would expect from the master himself.

The tone is jocular, the script humorous and well acted by, among others, Little Britain’s Anthony Head.

Fasten your seatbelt, and prepare for an awesome flight. [Deluxe Edition]

The tone is jocular, the script humorous and well acted by, among others, Little Britain's Anthony Head.

Forget storylines, or any pretence at one: this game is simply about quick reflexes and lightning-fast button- pounding.

Forget storylines, or any pretence at one: this game is simply about quick reflexes and lightning-fast button- pounding.

One brilliantly thought out package.

As in the film, every other word is a four-letter one, and although the graphics can be a little choppy, the game is at least engrossing, with levels short enough to demand that they be replayed.

As in the film, every other word is a four-letter one, and although the graphics can be a little choppy, the game is at least engrossing, with levels short enough to demand that they be replayed.

An endlessly inventive and incredibly addictive game.

Fans of the Nintendo SNES classic "Pilotwings" will literally jump at the chance to parachute from any of the aircraft for spectacular views of the vast landscape below. There is bound to be a sequel, because this original is so good.

Fans of the Nintendo SNES classic "Pilotwings" will literally jump at the chance to parachute from any of the aircraft for spectacular views of the vast landscape below. There is bound to be a sequel, because this original is so good.

Fans of the Nintendo SNES classic "Pilotwings" will literally jump at the chance to parachute from any of the aircraft for spectacular views of the vast landscape below. There is bound to be a sequel, because this original is so good.

Fans of the Nintendo SNES classic "Pilotwings" will literally jump at the chance to parachute from any of the aircraft for spectacular views of the vast landscape below. There is bound to be a sequel, because this original is so good.