Spectra's a fine little racer that'll help kill time while you wait for a download. If just a couple of niggles had been ironed out and changed however, this could have been much better. [Issue#127, p.82]

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]

Probably not the worst tower defence game anywhere ever, but certainly the worst we recall playing on Live Arcade. [Issue#84, p.104]

Even if you're a fan of the TV series, the dullness just isn't worth it. [Issue#87, p.86]

Poor dialogue and slightly dated graphics are made up for by thumping combat and comic battles. [Issue#30, p.92]

The main problem is the fact that there's just not much to it. A complete lack of depth means after just an hour or two of play, you'll be done with it. [Issue#72, p.101]

This would be embarrassing on a Dreamcast, let alone the hulking next-gen monster console we call Xbox 360. This is not a next-gen game and it's not fun either. [Issue 8, p.98]

More fun than being tortured and killed, but still not really much of an advertisement for 13th Century living. [Issue#73, p.87]

It suffers greatly from frustrating puzzle design. The jokes don't often land, either. [Issue#128, p.78]

A great concept with potential, torn to pieces by bland shooting, horrid dialogue and frustrating design. Swordplay can be fun but there's little else to enjoy. [Issue#82, p.88]

A depressingly mundane FPS, never once striving for greatness and seemingly happy to settle for faceless mediocrity. Another letdown when we hoped for so much more. [Apr 2008, p.86]

There are good ideas here, but too much bogging them down. [Issue#97, p.66]

Ultimately fairly soulless. [Issue#68, p.101]

Shame there's no paddle, though. [Issue#36, p.114]

Unresponsive and inaccurate. [Issue#72, p.101]

It never raises its excitement levels above 'pleasant' or 'slightly dull," but Where The Wild Things Are remains a solid enough movie game. [Issue#55, p.93]

It can't hide its budget nature, presenting strategy fans with irksome gameplay, ugly visuals and an overall lack of polish or thought. This is a mess. [Issue#97, p.76]

Fun and accessible, Sacred 3 is an action-RPG for those that haven't yet delved into the genre. It's not perfect, but it's deep, tactical and extremely stabby. [Issue#115, p.81]

Despite the abysmal demo, this actually turned out okay. Unfortunately it gets very repetitive and difficult later on. [Issue 15, p.90]

It's basically four buttons, used in the same way each time. Fun. [Issue#36, p.115]

A short-lived blast that doesn't quite get to grips with Microsoft's Kinect sensor. [Issue#87, p.89]

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

Wonky motion controls, repetitive gameplay, poor visuals and misguided humour combine in Blue Estate for a short, sour dose of shooter action. [Issue#122, p.83]

The violence and humour grate after a while, but this is still diverting enough stuff. [Issue#52, p.88]

A bit of a disappointment, then, and for easily avoidable reasons. [Issue#55, p.105]

There's much to enjoy and Ubisoft does incorporate one or two nifty ideas. Sadly, though, we've seen it all before. [Issue 27, p.97]

Rubbish. [Issue#24, p.101]

It’s certainly rough around the edges but Murdered’s quirky charm and engaging story will have you playing till its too-quick conclusion.

The bugs overshadow what is a generally poor update of a classic game. [Issue#103, p.86]

You're left roaming the virtual landscape, hoping opposition might come your way. [Issue#33, p.117]

X-Blades fails to excite on any level and falls flat in everything it attempts. Probably best to ignore this and pretend it doesn’t exist.

This is Xbox Live Arcade at its very worst. [Issue#25, p.118]

Rich in ideas yet terrible at executing them, Yaiba picks up all the things people hated about recent Ninja Gaiden games and just runs with them.

It’s a very kid-friendly game, but to the point where there’s very little actual game to enjoy, and what there is is incredibly ugly. Simple, really easy and one that even five-year-olds will get bored of.

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

A great concept with plenty of content that will have you and your friends in stitches while it lasts, but the technology is a bit ropey and the initial charm wears off pretty quickly. [Issue#71, p.82]

Small kids might like it, but will need supervision to solve some of hte later puzzles. Adults beware. [Issue#36, p.96]

Quite short. [Issue#74, p.89]

A contender for one of the dirtiest games of the year, Payback is two parts uninspired garbage and three parts loading screen. [Issue 28, p.98]

If you're an oldie who remembers Voltron, do yourself a favor and don't soil those memories with this. [Issue #81, p.103]

Frustration and grind are the most prominent attributes. [Issue#69, p.84]

A game that can't decide what it is and should never really have been released; something that Ubisoft clearly realises given the amount of effort that hasn't gone into promoting it. [Issue 10, p.86]

The control system completely alters the game. This might disappoint fans, but we prefer it. [Issue#92, p.86]

A choppy, piecemeal shooter. [Issue#123, p.82]

Aficionados will want to stay well clear. [Issue#78, p.86]

Not even worth it for fans of either series. [Issue#44, p.85]

Korra isn't broken by any means, it's just mediocre in almost every area. This is for diehard Avatar fans only. [Issue#118, p.80]

Boring offence, terrible defence and a poor substitute for a series that could've taken a huge step forward on the 360. [Issue#30, p.93]

Stupid, stupid game. [Issue#35]

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

An 18-rated game made for 13-year-olds, and yet it is the gameplay that is the biggest disappointment. [Issue#74, p.82]

Shrek is now dead to us, which is a shame; it all started so well. [Issue#29, p.117]

This game could send the blood pressure of a Buddhist monk into the stratosphere. [Issue#90, p.78]

You'll wonder why you didn't just stick with multiplayer greats like Bomberman. [May 2013, p.89]

Zombie Wranglers sucks. Especially the 'comedy' names they've given each level. They really suck. [Issue#35]

This was a terrible, terrible idea. [Issue#35]

A game this short and shallow should really be ignored. There is nothing original, compelling or even that new and it will join the ever-growing pile of rubbish movie tie-ins.

Represents its sport well, but it's just too mundane to ever be something of note. One for the fans and very few others. [Issue#127, p.83]

Basic wrestling action made all the better by deep customisation and accessible grappling. [Issue#91, p.86]

Lococycle is full of Twisted Pixel’s wacky brand of humour and is animated excellently, but the limited gameplay just holds it back from being a must-have.

It’s not all bad. Through the slow-boil of falling standards, sometimes we found ourselves not hating it as much we probably should have and, occasionally, there were glimpses of what Aliens: Colonial Marines could have been, should have been. It’s best at being an intense shooter, but sadly that intensity is all too rare.

With so many better RTSs to play there’s no need to even look at Stormrise.

You'll find more action at a sports day for coma patients. Still, it has a bizarre appeal, just don't blame us for feeling guilty afterwards. [Issue 15, p.93]

Ugly, limited and significantly worse than previous games in the series. [Issue#118, p.86]

Yes it's a typical movie license, but that's not to say that Eragon won't appeal to gamers that like simple gameplay. [Issue 15, p.91]

A title revered for its looks in the years gone by both ages badly and succumbs to design logic issues... [Issue#65, p.105]

Very few redeeming features can pull SA back from the brink of feeling more like a half finished game with unforgiving controls. It will leave you with blisters, but not the good kind.

Menus, options and over-designed mechanics prevent you from ever getting into it. [Issue#123, p.83]

A good idea in principle, and one that could have made for a great game, but its execution is so poor that it ends up looking like a complete mess. [Issue#75, p.76]

This game is a fossilised turd that never deserved to be excavated. [Issue#93, p.85]

So many cliches, so little time. [Issue#40, p.103]

Certainly not high art, but Saw II has its moments, and could be worth a look for someone after a couple of nights worth of fairly brainless entertainment. [Issue#65, p.89]

When it comes down to it, Crashed Ice isn't much more than an extra bit of advertising for Red Bull's own tournament. [Issue#94, p.82]

A messy control system. [Issue#67, p.88]

This game's destiny? The bargain bin. [Issue#78, p.84]

It's just boring. [Issue 12, p.116]

Just don't play that bloody enhanced version, you'll never forgive yourself. [Issue#29, p.118]

Pales next to the likes of Torchlight and the DeathSpank games. [Issue#74, p.102]

Trouble is, it all controls a little too crisply for our liking. [Issue#37, p.117]

Controls that are either to broken or too difficult to use. [Issue#54, p.84]

An impossible sell when you repress the action, screw the controls and forget to include AI. [Issue#91, p.88]

Everything's just so interminably dull. [Issue#60, p.106]

Some truly horrendous loading times. [Issue#58, p.94]

So technical that it might as well be a manual. [Issue#75, p.85]

Sonic's latest adventure fails yet again to live up to the delight and fast-paced action we grew with, mostly due to the structure of the challenges. Silver's pretty cool, though. [Issue 14, p.82]

It ranges from boring and stupid to totally incomprehensible, and neither end of the spectrum amounts to any fun at all. [Issue#80, p.87]

In short, it's a stinker. [Issue#61, p.104]

It's a bad game compromised further by awkward monetisation. [Issue#101, p.84]

He's rubbish at flying and all his weapons are completely unbalanced. [Issue#33, p.92]

Sadly, War World holds your attention about as long as a paperclip and a Post-It note. [Issue#39]

Ace Combat or HAWX 2 do this better, but if you love your planes that much, you could do a lot worse. [Issue#83, p.89]

This is clearly for fans of the television creation. [Issue#77, p.103]

We've seen all of Sniper: Ghost Warrior's tricks before, and in far superior games. [Issue#62,p.88]

Too few varieties of enemy are included, sporting little variance of attack approach, to entertain anything other than your base reflexes. [Issue#71, p.102]

Playing Interpol is like reading a "Where's Wally?" book, only without Wally. Or Woof. Or even Wenda. [Issue#37, p.117]

While you may enjoy the combat and beasts, the whole game is just far too tedious and it’s missing everything that made the original great.

An uninspired, cheap-looking Trials HD rip-off, plastered with the Red Bull logo. [Issue#78, p.103]

Somehow better with a second overpowered character by your side. [Issue#63, p.88]