Lacking the intensity and lavish budget of a "Need for Speed." [Issue#25, p.101]

Innovative controls, fantastic physics, seamless animation and pretty darn sweet visuals. Take a breath, retune your brain and learn how to sakte - you'll be glad you did! [Issue#25, p.84]

Another highly competent sports sim from EA. We've obviously gone back in time without noticing. [Issue#25, p.102]

Find a comfy armchair, arm yourself with fizzy sweets and pretend you're eight again. [Issue 26, p.116]

Blimey, it's been a while since we've played something so awful. It really makes you wonder how this got past quality control. [Issue 27, p.98]

The second-best ice hockey game on the 360. You know what the best one is, so go buy it. [Issue 26, p.99]

Apart from its brevity, it's damn good fun. [Issue#25, p.98]

A real mess of ideas that tries hard but just doesn't have what it takes. [Issue 26, p.118]

A surprisingly stable online mode. [Issue 26, p.118]

It's easy to forget the most important aspect of any game should be thta it's entertaining, and Medal of Honor is. Sit back, warm up your trigger-finger and enjoy - that is the point after all. [Issue#24, p.70]

Nail-biting brinkmanship fought with stones, its counterattacking system is pure, liquid genius. [Issue 26, p.116]

Combat that is about as deep as could possibly be managed with only one standard attack button. [Issue 26, p.117]

Beautiful to look at, enjoyable to play, but marred by disappointing aspects that do some harm. Nontheless, Sakaguchi has laid the foundations for an immense RPG franchise. [Issue 23, p.76]

A little short-lived, but with more than enough scope and motivation to improve your scores, Stuntman: Ignition is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. [Issue#24, p.74]

There's something very addictive about taking a mech and doing the Dynasty Warriors thing. [Issue 26, p.98]

It's addictive, it's finely tuned. [Issue#24, p.82]

Harcore sums Moto GP 07 up in a nutshell. We imagine fans clearing all, if any, of their other 360 games out of the way to make space for this one, making their 360 a dedicated Moto GP console. [Issue #22, p.74]

Tiresome gameplay, Unusuable maps, Broken combat. [Issue#24, p.78]

A piece of crap. [Issue 26, p.118]

Feels amazingly fresh and new. [Issue 26, p.118]

BioSchock is amazing. Not only are its visuals, music, sound, gameplay and plot superb, but it's highly polished and runs beautifully on the 360 without any noticeable drop in frame rate. [Issue 23, p.70]

It's certainly not seven quid more entertaining than what came before. [Issue#25, p.119]

It's looking a bit on the tired side. Great music though. [Issue#25, p.118]

A clear improvement over last year's effort. [Issue#24, p.83]

For three quid, though, you could do a lot worse. [Issue#25, p.118]

Word. [Issue#25, p.118]

Its use will result in two separate emotions - boredom and a desire to play something else. [Issue#25, p.118]

Rubbish. [Issue#24, p.101]

Insanely hard. [Issue#24, p.101]

Enough of the old charm shines through for the eight online or local players to have a blast. [Issue#24, p.100]

Something about playing Yie Ar Kung Fu makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. [Issue#24, p.101]

There's online co-op available too, but, unlike Sonic's outing, we feel it would be hard pushed to attract many beyond-nostalgia hunters. [Issue#24, p.100]

This is platform bliss, pure and simple. [Issue#24, p.100]

It's just a shame that the left analogue stick is no substitution for the original arcade trackball. [Issue#24, p.101]

Virtually nothing works as it should, and what does owes an enormous debt to a few evergreen classics. Disappointing. [Issue 23, p.79]

The complexity of it all stinks up the mix. [Issue#23, p.98]

Not for fans of videogames. [Issue 23, p.78]

Overlord is charming, satisfying and pure evil all at the same time. In a good way, of course. [July 2007, p.87]

The Darkness delivers on every level. A great FPS with a captivating atmosphere, it boasts intriguing characters, an intense plot and has a heap of depth to boot. It's undeniably impressive. [Issue 21, p.76]

Hilariously bad. [Issue #22, p.82]

As a game though, it's far too uninspiring. [Issue #22, p.88]

As far as strategy goes, it's pretty simplistic stuff. [Issue#23, p.98]

Not quite enough variety twinned with not quite enough freedom leaves DIRT as merely a snack between Gothams and Forzas. But then we all eat badly, once in a while. [Issue 21, p.82]

As cynical as it is terrible, this pushes "Fuzion Frenzy 2" hard for the title of worst game on the Xbox 360 to date. [Issue #22, p.89]

There's never been a better time to sample one of the greats. Fact. [Issue#23, p.98]

That price tag is the modern-day equivalent of hari-kiri, minus the blood and honour. Which is a real shame because, given how much fun Monster Madness proves to be when four of you are carving up critters, it deserves so much better. An extra mark when the price drops. [Issue 19, p.84]

Appalling AI. [Issue #22, p.86]

Incredible atmosphere. [Issue #22, p.84]

Filing stuff. [Issue#23, p.98]

Two quid too expensive, seven years late and lacking the 'aw' factor if its predecessor. [Issue #22, p.114]

The perfect racing game for all levels of ability, Forza Motorsport 2's deep customisation options give it an unrivalled lifespan among its genre stablemates. An essential purchase. [Issue#20, p.80]

It's fun while it lasts, but you'll complete it quickly. [Issue 21, p.90]

A piece of crap. [Issue#23, p.98]

Simply doesn't have what it takes to survive in today's cut-and-thrust market. [Issue #22, p.115]

It's average. [Issue 21, p.91]

A classic waste of time, in more than one sense. [Issue#23, p.96]

The levels that you fly through have all been seen a hundred times before. [Issue 28, p.118]

Unlike other coin-op conversions on Live, the online experience is virtually flawless and lag-free. [Issue 21, p.116]

Tactic fiends may fiend it slightly lacking; everyone else will go bonkers. [Issue#20, p.86]

A few good missions ultimately wrecked by lame and/or pointless missions. [Issue#20, p.90]

A superb strategy title. [Issue 21, p.116]

A worthy download if you love hardcore shooters. [Issue#23, p.97]

A special little number. [Issue #22, p.114]

The total of three available tables is just a shade below acceptable. [Issue #22, p.114]

Tired, completely lacking in variety and without any substatial replay value to speak of, Rayman Raving Rabbid breaks all three golden rules of the successful party game. [Issue#20, p.88]

Just make sure you turn the bloody sound off. [Issue#20, p.116]

Just a superb blaster that will test your reflexes to the limit and make you realise that sometimes ancient arcade games can still be a lot of fun. [Issue#20, p.116]

You'll certainly enjoy it, but unlike a gobstopper, it's not going to last you forever. [Issue#20, p.116]

There are far better ways to spend 800 Points. [Issue#20, p.116]

Trying disgracefully to squeeze every last penny out of 360 gamers, but nonetheless close to the most fun you can have by playing a videogame. [Issue 18, p.90]

Button mashing is boring. [Issue#20, p.93]

It's more of the same, which is both the strength and weakness of Shivering Isles. [Issue 19, p.82]

Beautifully paced and with the sort of gothic visuals that would scare Marilyn Manson. [Issue 19, p.116]

There is no other sports sim out there that can beat Virtua Tennis 3 for entertainment value. [Issue 18, p.86]

The customisation is dense, providing a far greater subjective feel and hte action and simulation comes thick and fast. [Issue 21, p.88]

So steeped in wacky old-school charm that any flaws are promptly washed away in a sea of explosions and giant ants. [Issue 18, p.97]

It feels a good deal more complete than you might initially expect. [Issue 18, p.82]

With some engaging platforming and strong gameplay, TMNT could have been Surprise Of The Year had it been...oh, quadruple the length or so. [Issue 19, p.88]

Yes, it should have been a Live Arcade release, but its price, plethora of game modes and the fact that the original tune is included, means puzzle fans should definitely give it a whirl. [Issue#20, p.92]

A laggy mess online. [Issue#23, p.96]

A genius concept thanks to exploding sheep, homing missiles, air strikes and Street Fighter special moves. [Issue 19, p.116]

It's just about throwing people at stuff. And it's dull. [Issue 18, p.78]

While GRAW 2 is a good game, it doesn't make for a great game of 'spot the difference' with its predecessor. No advancements as such, just more of the same. But shorter. Whoops. [Issue 18, p.74]

The mini-games are plentiful and brilliant (and allow online play), the levels are extremely well designed. [Issue 18, p.116]

You either love shaking your booty on a dance mat or you don't. [Issue 26, p.99]

Flawed, dull and not much to look at, Bullet Witch is an exercise in tedium that own't enrich your life at all. [Issue 18, p.96]

It's bad...Even the Achievements suck. [Issue 18, p.85]

A solid success story for Realtime Worlds. Crackdown initially offers all kinds of wonders, but skim off the top and it becomes a teaser of what could've been or is possible. [Issue 17, p.85]

Lacking in variety and depressingly fixed, Homecourt never develops into anything more than a multiplayer-only option. Once you've seen every gravity-defying leap, the fun is largely over. [Issue 18, p.92]

The single-player mode is fantastic and more fun than licking honey off Scrubs' Sarah Chalke. [Issue 18, p.116]

Mind-numbingly boring. [Issue#23, p.97]

Gripes about PES prove a modern-day "Princess and the Pea" story. The general excellence of the game's simulation serves to unduly highlight one measly kilobite of pure devil's armpit. [Issue 13, p.96]

While it can be commended for a bold mix of strategy and action, Midway doesn't really pull of either with much conviction, leaving a somewhat unsatisfying experienice. [Issue 17, p.90]

Poor mini-games mixed with horrible controls and the worst 'host' ever - the best way to describe Fuzion Frenzy 2. [Issue 18, p.95]

We're so incensed with yet another Xbox Live Arcade game using "Robotron"-style controls. [Issue 17, p.116]

Majestic boss battles are marred by ill-suited (and occasionally unfair) controls. If you like your boss battles epic, this is for you, otherwise, "Gears of War" should be your next port of call. [Issue 15, p.78]

An entertaining game caught in the somewhat unusual position of having no absolutely satisfactory control method. [Issue 15, p.88]

Unline its predecessor Ms. Pac-Man presents a decent challenge, everything plays at a far nippier pace. [Issue 17, p.116]