Minecraft fans will adore it, Telltale fans will love it, those who like neither might find something to enjoy, and those who like both will literally explode with joy. [Issue#130, p.74]

There’s so much to like here and so much to hate that it’s just a matter of personal preference. We like it, we don’t love it, but we also know there’s plenty of folk out there who definitely will. [Issue#33]

A compelling recreation of war, and its bugs fail to take anything away. [Issue#52, p.90]

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

A novel idea and clever piece of kit, but indecision on whether it's a videogame or learning tool is a downfall, along with its confusing bespoke notation method. [Issue#91, p.82]

Sooner or later you're going to be angered by options you can see but can't actually play. [Issue#23, p.97]

Plenty of strategic meat on its 3D bone. [Issue#5, p.120]

Harmonix once again proves that it's the best at what it does. [Issue#118, p.85]

Crazy acting, crazy units and a crazy story but the gameplay is solid and the visuals are highly stylised. A great edition to the Red Alert series.

A bit more imagination would have been preferable, but you're more than getting your money's worth. [Issue#80, p.85]

Lacks the replayability of its predecessor. [Issue 28, p.118]

A distant yet thoroughly tangible sense of being "the man." [Issue#61, p.105]

Apart from the customisation, the wild choice of races, the territory slant and the team-mates, this is bloody good fun. Everyone from casual racers to hardcore petrolheads should try it. [Issue 13, p.86]

Another lovely instalment to Telltale's noir thriller, though cracks in the studio's model and/or ambition are starting to show. [Issue#111, p.80]

Strangely it’s not the voice recognition that limits EndWar but the RTS and tactical choices that are overlooked. The single-player is left wanting in favour of a strong multiplayer.

In terms of gameplay, this is verging on the depressingly average. [Issue#58, p.88]

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

Certainly not a bad game but this is very much a last-gen title, with a few bells and whistles tacked on. [Issue 13, p.92]

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

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

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]

If you've got the original, keep your virtual wallet firmly shut. If you haven't, just buy the original Uno. [Issue#46, p.101]

This year's effort comprises a lot of recycled, poorly implemented and buggy content, some of which is locked behind a pay-to-bypass grind wall. You can't charge 50 quid for that. [Issue#97, p.68]

It’s great to see a developer building on its original game with such love and care. One of our favourite shooters in living memory.

The fighting is surprisingly fun and insanely deep - this is not a game to be taken lightly. [Issue#49, p.103]

It's simply a bit of fun. [Issue#91, p.77]

An oddity with rare charm. [Issue#70, p.87]

Endearing and satisfying. [Issue#107, p.70]

A bit boring to play online. [Issue#71, p.101]

Fun in short bursts, but ultimately lacking in polish, balance and a clear idea of what it even is in the first place. [Issue#83, p.80]

Beware the temperamental difficulty. [Issue#84, p.83]

Hard is cool these days, but Volgarr simply isn't all that much fun. [Issue#119, p.73]

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]

Being enormous fans of the Crysis series to this point, we came at this wanting to love it. But repetitive scenarios and a lack of challenge steadily dried our fan shorts. [May 2013, p.81]

D4 has some problems, but it’s absolutely worth a play if you’re after a game unlike anything else on the Xbox One. Bloody crazy, but charming as well.

A festival of both passing and movement, which is probably appreciated best by fans of the series. Pro Evo just - and we mean just - manages to trump "FIFA." [Issue 26, p.80]

A great license but a hugely impressive game. War For Cybertron is best avoided by shooter fans and serious gamers - it's casual gaming through-and-through. [Issue#61, p.90]

This core mechanic proves sound. [Issue#67, p.101]

A decent tactical shooter, but the campaign is too short and too average to provide anything more than a weekend's distraction. [Issue#87, p.76]

While a number of the mechanics will feel familiar, The Bridge still feels like a slick perception puzzler that fans of brain ticklers will no doubt warm to.

Saved somewhat by its excellent puzzles and incessant inventiveness. [Issue#88, p.86]

At long last, a Live Arcade release that is actually a videogame rather than some stupid parlour game your granny wouldn't swap her pen and newspaper for. [Issue#43, p.115]

Bizarre, bonkers but not quite brilliant. [Issue#74, p.78]

It's not worth getting for single-player. The AI is broken in a way that it will react and counter your moves by having the instant reaction times only an unthinking machine can have. [Issue #7, p.120]

Band Hero will tick every box for the audience it's intended for. [Issue#54, p.91]

The design flaws that held DMC4 back on release frustrate even more today, and even a raft of new content can't boost this to SSS status. [Issue#127, p.86]

Looks stunning, handles well – but the level design and combat will leave you wanting more.

A fighting game for those who aren't into fighting games, offering plenty of shallow thrills and gorgeous visuals but little beyond that if you want to go deeper. [Issue#90, p.88]

Fun for everyone, fans or not. [Issue#49, p.91]

Still a great fighter even without all the bells and whistles that have been bolted on in recent years - it’s more accessible and balanced than later ones, too.

There's a laser-like focus on gunplay here that strips away much of the fluff. [Issue#99, p.81]

It’s diminishing returns for the Lego series anyway, now amplified by an uninspiring Batman get-up. After this we can’t really get excited about any future Lego games short of one called Lego: Your Childhood.

Infinite has squeezed far more than it has a right to out of simple geometric shapes. [Issue#46, p.101]

Sadly, Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway looks destined to become yet another also-ran in the great yuletide arms race of 2008. It may hold your attention for a while but don’t get your hopes up.

A practically endless set of challenges has also been included. [Issue#30, p.118]

One for devoted aficionados of "bullet hell" only. [Issue#69, p.88]

The humour is as good as anything you'll see on their website. [Issue#35, p.115]

Too easy, too short and too luck-based. [Issue#88, p.87]

It's fun, free and a great way to make it through the summer drought. [Issue#127, p.76]

Can feel a little by the numbers. [Issue#62,p.86]

An invigorating blast of pure gameplay and an impressive addition to Bizarre Creation's track record. Definitely a fun way to pass the time. [Issue#29, p.80]

The vehicle sections really drag this latest Skylanders down. It's a disappointing addition to the series. [Issue#130, p.77]

A high-end conversion of a PC stalwart, marking the first time the Sims formula has migrated intact to a console. [Issue#66, p.89]

The open world's fun and the story missions are playable and totally action-packed. [Issue#62,p.90]

Reliable fun. [Issue#46, p.101]

Way better than the original game, this offers some more than solid online FPS action. [Issue#72, p.85]

It's sadly spoilt by a lack of content and too much repetition. [Issue#83, p.98]

As pure fan service, it hits all the right notes. [Issue#64, p.88]

If only the single player campaign was more entertaining. [Issue#29, p.117]

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

Outstanding fun for the first few weeks thanks to the OTT carnage but Garden Warfare trails off a little too quickly to leave a lasting impression. [Issue#109, p.76]

Penis-shaped arenas ahoy! [Issue#39]

As good as we always expected it to be – no more, no less. Battlestations: Pacific is well worth the heavy time investment needed to fully master it, but that’s quite an investment.

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

Beautiful, funny, a mite easy but lots of fun. [Issue#116, p.82]

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

Every bit as fun as the last Scene It?, Box Office Smash adds online multiplayer and an energetic interface that elevates this year’s outing above all other similar games.

Ground Zeroes feels a little lean, but the game remains an invigorating, intelligent and interesting return to a series that feels as if it is heading in the right direction.

With further add-ons and weapons to play around with, such as hover guns, tractor beams and point-to-point gravity pull, there's a lot of fun to be had. [Issue # 16, p.114]

One of the finest adventure games you're likely to find on the 360. [Issue#39]

Only a few niggles and some insane physics pull the experience down. [Issue#56, p.89]

30 Years of Wrestlemania is brilliant but that aside, this is exactly the same WWE sequel you would have expected from the house of THQ. [Issue#105, p.86]

Just don't spend much time on your own, as those cheating AI bastards will make your blood boil. [Issue#6, p.98]

Lacks its predecessor's smarts and class. [Issue#125, p.81]

A worthwhile strategy jolly. [Issue#53, p.105]

Sitting uncomfortably between at least three genres, yet saves the day with some epic set pieces and a little old-fashioned British wit. What ho! [Issue#47, p.78]

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

The puzzles lack inspiration. [Issue#53, p.105]

Has plenty of good ideas: it just fails to make any of them work properly. [Issue#85, p.86]

You're going to have to go a long way to find an Xbox Live Arcade title as funny as this. [Issue#40, p.114]

Rivals has managed to slip neatly into the middle ground between hardcore and arcade, offering brilliant gameplay mechanics and shameless thrills.

You wouldn't know that this used to be a 3DS game. [Issue#99, p.73]

Each ruckus ends by attributing your loyal companion with experience points, and it's this part of the game that really drives you to continue on your journey. [Issue#54, p.105]

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]

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

A poor start, cheating middle and so-so end lead only to disappointment, and confusion over what should have been the primary gimmick. [Issue#56, p.84]

A steep learning curve and a complex play style stop it from succeeding. [Issue#53, p.90]

In need of stronger incentives for those who play alone. [Issue#71, p.76]