Shocking, chaotic and uberviolent. For those who can take it, there's a fine game lurking despite the flaws. [Issue#14, p.45]

We hope you've saved the mighnight oil, you won't be getting much sleep after this. [Issue#28, p.9]

Our American cousins will really enjoy this and, begrudgingly, so will we. [Issue#12, p.60]

Saved from relative mediocrity and propelled into the limelight by incredibly realised physics. [Issue#24, p.52]

Charming, gorgeous and fun - though too stale for strategy hardcores. [Issue#23, p.59]

Impressive in size, but the lack of multiplayer might turn some strategists off. [Issue#14, p.60]

Accessible and addictive mass management entertainment, if a little ugly and ungainly.

Nothing revolutionary, but Red Alert 3 is a colourful, stylish and unabashedly old-school RTS nevertheless. [Issue#13, p.47]

An excellent flight combat sim, with a lack of polish in key areas.

A gorgeous, if uneventful platform game to some - Sands of Time with its brains kicked out to others. [Issue#15, p.60]

A game that expertly treads the thin line between frustration and satisfaction. [Issue#31, p.52]

The series hinges on a great ending, and Chapter 5 delivers. [Issue#30, p.52]

Moody, deep and gripping Metro is flawed, but what made it lack[ing] in consistency is made up for in atmosphere. [Issue#31, p.31]

An excellent FPS/MMO hybrid with great combat and the most multiplayer fun we've had in ages. [Issue#26, p.40]

A fun-filled if not quite essential addition to the Total War series. [Issue#31, p.44]

A cortisol-inducing, insane trip into almost certain death. You'll love it. [Issue#26, p.57]

A brave but ultimately flawed game that only delivers on all that was promised in very short bursts. [Issue#16, p.58]

Moving water across a semi-permeable membrane wasn't this fun in biology. [Issue#26, p.56]

Not in any way groundbreaking, but two games in one and hugely entertaining nonetheless. [Issue#18, p.52]

Entertaining in short doses, but severely lacking in variation. [Issue#14, p.56]

A return to form with epic set-pieces. However, there are a few frustrating puzzles and camera issues. [Issue#14, p.58]

A charming and excellently executed platform game. [Issue#22, p.57]

Tactical and highly entertaining but seriously lacking polish.

80 percent of it you've seen before, but Lego Batman is still as fun as you'd hope. [Issue#13, p.62]

Tough but satisfying, and made all the more enjoyable by the cute presentation. [Issue#31, p.53]

Improves on GSC's winning formula, ensuring STALKER is still the de facto hardcore FPS RPG. [Issue#30, p.50]

Hell's Highway is held back by tunnel-vision solo play, but that shouldn't put you off. [Issue#12, p.55]

Not a mandatory purchase for EU Rome fans, but a reasonably priced expansion. [Issue#16, p.64]