Blackwater is a better use of Kinect controls than most, but ultimately there are too many rough edges, and not enough of a game here. [Issue#79, p.88]

Little has changed. [Issue#79, p.87]

Despite its simplicity, Tintin feels like it's telling you an engaging story. [Issue#79, p.87]

Made with the hardcore in mind. [Issue#79, p.86]

Boring and repetitive. [Issue#79, p.86]

Just above average at best and has nothing you won't have seen before. [Issue#79, p.85]

The presentation is stellar but the gameplay is shallow. [Issue#79, p.83]

The focus on repetition means while it's great for kids, adults are likely to lose interest. [Issue#79, p.83]

If you're under ten, go ahead and buy this. You'll probably only feel slightly disappointed at worst. [Issue#79, p.82]

The best kinect game yet. [Issue#79, p.82]

Feels haphazardly designed and inferior to Hot Pursuit in every way. [Issue#79, p.80]

This gorgeous game takes a little too long to crank up the difficulty for our liking. [Issue#79, p.79]

Our favourite little blue hedgehog's sneakers don't have quite the traction they used to. [Issue#79, p.78]

As fun as ever. [Issue#79, p.77]

Yuke's has the talent and ideas to do much more with the WWE license if it would just reset its template. [Issue#79, p.76]

While BF3's multiplayer will speak for itself, very rough scripting and level design mean its single-player campaign is good, but far from great. [Issue#79, p.74]

A dedicated homage to one of the greatest games ever. [Issue#79, p.72]

This is easily the best Call of Duty campaign in quite some time. [Issue#79, p.68]

Easily in line for a game of the year nod and one of the finest adventures this generation has seen. [Issue#79, p.64]

Feels like the game we worried that Brotherhood would be. [Issue#79, p.60]

Rather charming. [Issue#78, p.103]

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

An addictive, impressive-looking and fun shooter. [Issue#78, p.102]

There's little doubting the charm. [Issue#78, p.101]

The steep ramping of difficulty makes for a game that never feels as effortlessly addictive as titles like Angry Birds. [Issue#78, p.101]

Download it, but keep your expectations somewhat calm. [Issue#78, p.100]

Open, satisfying and playful. [Issue#78, p.99]

It's horribly dated. [Issue#78, p.98]

Broken, overly repetitive and frustrating to play. [Issue#78, p.89]

Basketball done right. [Issue#78, p.89]

Clearly an inferior product to Kinectimals. [Issue#78, p.88]

It's actually quite fun this time. [Issue#78, p.87]

A fun novelty. [Issue#78, p.86]

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

The first real Kinect classic. [Issue#78, p.85]

It's very much let down by repetitive play. [Issue#78, p.85]

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

Just good. [Issue#78, p.82]

A Batman game like never before. Fans will feel like they're dreaming, whereas everyone else has an incredibly large and in-depth world to enjoy and engage with. It doesn't get much better. [Issue#78, p.80]

Dark Souls' world is dense with something new around every corner. [Issue#78, p.76]

About as close to the pinnacle of the racing simulation genre as you could reasonable expect to get. [Issue#78, p.72]

Technically the best game in the series so far, but not as refreshing as Saints Row 2 due to a slight shortage of new ideas. Remains a fun alternative to GTA, though. [Issue#78, p.67]

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

The game we always knew it wanted to be. [Issue#77, p.103]

Not quite as outstanding as it once was, but still a benchmark release. [Issue#77, p.102]

It's just so uninspired in so many ways. [Issue#77, p.101]

If you love fighting games, you must get it. [Issue#77, p.100]

It's quickly frustrating. [Issue#77, p.91]

A frustrating affair. [Issue#77, p.91]

Some control and physics tweaks are needed, but to remedy distractions rather than critical errors. [Issue#77, p.90]

The best Dead Rising game do date, but its core gameplay remains much the same. [Issue#77, p.89]

Caught somewhere between being a score attack shooter and one that tries to tell a story, Bodycount is left wandering the middle ground aimlessly. [Issue#77, p.88]

Unfortunately marred by some poorly designed mechanics, gameplay choices and a chunky feel. [Issue#77, p.87]

What F1 2011 really needs is some drama and a touch of glamour. [Issue#77, p.86]

The simple act of controlling your player is fraught with issues. [Issue#77, p.85]

The major additions show real promise, but right now they're doing more harm than good. [Issue#77, p.84]

While its other elements hep create atmosphere, they aren't as polished as its peerless gunplay. [Issue#77, p.82]

Right now, it doesn't get any better. [Issue#77, p.78]

That isn't to say that ITSP isn't brilliantly designed or fun, but it eventually suffers from lacking an incentive to tackle its puzzles. [Issue#76, p.103]

As a handheld game, Fruit Ninja worked fine, but as a 360 title it's a briefly fun but very shallow affair that will leave most hungry for something more. [Issue#76, p.103]

Solid, and even better when enjoyed with company. [Issue#76, p.102]

Couldn't feel much more dated if it tried. [Issue#76, p.102]

A classic example of a developer polishing a great idea until it's virtually gleaming. Go get it now. [Issue#76, p.101]

The way the levels unfold, literally paving the way out before your feet, removes any sense of exploration. [Issue#76, p.100]

Anyone with a passing interest will find a lot to like. [Issue#76, p.90]

Not the return to glories we were hoping for, but not quite a total disaster either. It's a by-the-numbers open-world racer with a few cursory nods to the franchise's history, and that's about it. [Issue#76, p.88]

Gorgeous, enjoyable and absolutely nutty, El Shaddai is full of ideas. However, it doesn't put them all to good use, and its beautiful world is merely a facade to dress up the repetitive combat. [Issue#76, p.86]

Atmospheric, mature, detailed, classy and intriguing, but let down sorely by short-sighted design and sloppy mechanics, the worst of which is the feeble AI. [Issue#76, p.84]

A mix of highs and lows that shows flashes of brilliance but needs more variety, more polish and a genuinely open game world. [Issue#76, p.82]

A great concept that works for the most part, but poor ideas like the introduction of trees and play that can sometimes feel wearisome rather than empowering keep it from being great. [Issue#75, p.103]

Let down by a minimal budget and lack of innovation. [Issue#75, p.102]

If you put in the time, or if you're already proficient with the rules and ways of Magic, there's a lot of fun to be had. [Issue#75, p.101]

Generally speaking, Lucha Fury is a complete waste of time and Microsoft Points. [Issue#75, p.101]

Quite spectacularly varied, though not necessarily all that inventive, The Adventures of Shuggy excels as a brain-teasing platformer almost in spite of its sadistic design. [Issue#75, p.100]

The inherent ropey nature of this tie-in can't be ignored. [Issue#75, p.85]

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

Simply too boring to even consider a rental. [Issue#75, p.84]

Seriously decent. [Issue#75, p.83]

Painfully dull gameplay. [Issue#75, p.82]

Put aside your natural suspicion over a kids' game based on a Disney movie and you'll be pleasantly surprised. [Issue#75, p.81]

What FEAR 3 lacks as a horror game it makes up for as a solid shooter. [Issue#75, p.80]

It's a sad indictment of the brand that the most important point to be made here is that Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 isn't a sloppy shambles, but there you go. [Issue#75, p.79]

It's all just very basic and uninspiring. [Issue#75, p.78]

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]

It's mildly entertaining in the short term, though expect to see pretty much everything it has to offer in the first 15 minutes. [Issue#74, p.102]

Hard not to love. [Issue#74, p.103]

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

We can think of no reason for anyone to buy this. [Issue#74, p.101]

The experience is rather decent, even if its unforgiving nature can grate on occasion. [Issue#74, p.101]

It's one original offering. [Issue#74, p.100]

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

God of War minus the imagination, plus inordinate amounts of the colour green. [Issue#74, p.89]

In short bursts it's about as fun as games can possibly get. [Issue#74, p.88]

It's good fun. [Issue#74, p.87]

You'll need a room as big as a rock venue. [Issue#74, p.86]

It'll never hit a home run, but it does an all right job of passing the time between better games. [Issue#74, p.85]

Does nothing for the franchise whatsoever. [Issue#74, p.84]

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