It’s hard not to enjoy No One Lives Forever, it’s difficult not to laugh and need to see the next colourful level. But once you stop, it’s very hard to get excited by what is an essentially a very shallow, but fun game.

We never thought we’d reach a day where we would say this but, after playing Crash Bandicoot, we’re actually looking forward to "Rayman 3."

We can't help feeling that this needed an extra couple of months' work to iron out the rough edges and implement some real strategy to the gameplay.

One thing that seemingly remains the same is the steep learning curve...If you are new to RTS games, you may want to bear in mind that Cossacks is exceptionally unforgiving in a way that say, "Age of Empires II" is not.

Admittedly, it’s fairly simplistic, but there is something satisfying about the whole thing.

Despite lacking in the depth found in more established fighters, Bloody Roar: Primal Fury is a complete blast to play.

This is aimed at the younger player so don’t expect too much, but it remains a solid introduction to the genre that’s easy to get into and fun to play.

It's very complicated yet highly accessible and features the kind of attention to detail that consoles just have never witnessed before.

We can’t help feeling that this half-hearted PS2 port has no place on the Xbox.

When it comes down to it all, the game plays true to the film. Boring, clichéd, sometimes grimace inducing and deeply, deeply average.

Kings Field – a name that has been emblazoned upon our minds by virtue of its sheer incompetence.

A great game, created with style and care, that will be a crucial part of any Britney collection.

The fact that there is nothing to separate this from earlier versions doesn’t help its cause either and, as such, it will keep you entertained for only a little while before boredom sets in.

This is a fairly average title with no fresh direction and without a real challenge it won’t keep many Gameboy fanatics busy for long.

Whilst the game might handle like a superlative arcade racer from each dynamic moment to the next, it neither looks nor behaves like one in any real, wider sense...it's far too concerned with vainly struggling to be a simulation.

So while this may not offer the same level of ingenuity as the original Blood Omen, it’s certainly more varied than the Soul Reaver games.

At a tenner this would have been okay, but for a penny under £20 this just can’t be recommended.

Some clumsy colouring on the USA courts also means the ball can often get lost on screen making returns a gamble. Add in waif-like character models and it can often become a chore to keep an eye on the action.

A PlayStation2 game that seems to have taken the whole Pixar production ethic to one side and then beaten it to a pulp, gagged it with electrical tape and left it crying in a corner with a sign hanging round its neck that says 'Spit on me.'

With almost no exception, it is the worst game ever to be reviewed in these pages. It’s simply the most cynically created, idly designed and unbelievably unenjoyable title yet made for the Game Boy Advance.

While it doesn’t do anything new, it’s nice enough if you’re desperate for something in the colourful platform adventure genre. Sadly, it’s difficult for all the wrong reasons.

Despite this heinous gameplay, the game is remarkably easy to get through (even if it does make you sporadically scream out in anger).

If you can adjust to the tricky controls and the shockingly hard difficulty setting, then you'll find a fun, original title that mixes current 3D game design with the style and atmosphere of a retro classic.

It’s fast, furious and above all, a whole lot of fun.

There's quite literally nothing else about Virtua Fighter 4 which comes close to disappointing as much as the graphics – and considering that the game still looks marvellous, that's the best bad-news-good-news we've ever had to tell anyone, you lucky people!

Serious gamers may want to sit this one out, but Mary-Kate & Ashely fans will dance with delight at this GBA offering.

The carefully crafted original is better than this half-baked piece of crapped-out garbage’ type arrangement.

Despite the obvious simplicity of such basic controls, Mad Maestro manages to play fairly convincingly.