A beyond-solid karaoke title and one that should have some staying power thanks to the world of DLC. Near essential if you like pop music, but it does have Duffy in it.

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]

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]

It's literally just a case of run in, kill a bunch of things and find the exit. [Issue#116, p.76]

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

It's an improvement on the distinctly triangular original for sure. [Issue 27, p.90]

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

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]

Don't expect EA levels of dedication. [Issue#52, p.93]

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 top pinball game to play with friends, but on your own it can get boring. [Issue#116, p.80]

Decent fantasy fare with loads going on an loot drops aplenty. [Issue#91, p.80]

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

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]

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]

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]

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

Liberation won’t blow either long term fans, or Assassin’s Creed’s sceptics, out of the water. It does, however, have some original ideas.

Another good episode, but the QTEs need to go - this is a game you play for the story, so scenes like the one below just don't need to be interactive. [Issue#110, p.74]

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

The best motocross game in years. [Issue#110, p.76]

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

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]

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]

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

With competent gameplay and a great concept, if it had had more investment behind it and a bit of a polish, this game could have been excellent. [Issue#111, p.84]

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

Relies heavily on the work of its arguably better predecessors. [Issue#128, p.79]

A videogame that, though potentially excellent, doesn't have much reason to exist, and scuppers itself time and again through silly design decisions. [Issue#64, p.84]

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]

It's hard to justify it as a full release due to its repeating material and its short length. [Issue#51, p.76]

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]

A good effort at bringing the OTT planet of Pandora down to earth for a game that's less about guns and more about characters and conversion. [Issue#120, p.74]

An average overall experience. [Issue#95, p.86]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Novel, different and full of personality, Divekick will appeal to anyone who likes fun (which is all of you) but its quirkiness wears off a little too soon. [Issue#120, p.78]

A soothing distraction. [Issue#34, p.116]

A decent, though expensive, tool for those interested in a neater way to get some painting and drawing done. But it has its issues. [Issue#80, p.86]

A fine attempt at bringing a 20 year-old game back into the public consciousness, but Pier Solar HD doesn't pack in enough unique elements. [Issue#120, p.83]

We were pleasantly surprised by Crash. The ability to take over creatures lifts the standard linear platforming from banality. [Issue 26, p.97]

An enjoyable slice of vintage magic. [Issue#23, p.97]

It simply isn't polished enough to wow casual fans. [Issue#83, p.78]

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]

Its largely frivolous and feels a little empty, but Chivalry is quite a lot of fun. With a bit more money behind it, this could have been excellent. [Issue#120, p.84]

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

A definite backward step from IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. [Issue#83, p.86]

It has its gimmick of two people being an army but it's not a very good one and quickly becomes tiresome. [Issue#31, p.78]

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

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]

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

This is an unexpected game. Everything points to the fact that by all accounts it should be awful. Licenses like this hardly ever work, but amazingly it comes off feeling like a fun, throwaway shooter with a workable shooting mechanic and some quite enjoyable moments that, while strictly not very Bond in nature, make the game well worth a look if you’re either a Bond fan or even just enjoy a good shooter.

It isn't quite as polished or diverse as it should be. [Issue#83, p.102]

The problem is, once you’ve played each event a few times they become drained of any further interest. It’s great for a quick laugh, but there’s a serious lack of charm that fails to motivate in coming back for more.

The biggest problem is that there really isn't anything you haven't seen before. [Issue#83, p.105]

Standing just a little too still, which in the face of "Skate" ain't very good we're afraid. Though they cater for different markets, we know which one we'd rather be playing. [Issue 26, p.78]

At 400 points, we'd call it a steal, and online co-op is a very nice bonus. At 800, though, we're just not that fussed. [Issue#83, p.105]

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

Good in the short term, somewhat tedious in the long. [Issue#30, p.88]

What just about saves the day for the yellow cancerous blob, though, is the one modern addition it does have - Achievements. [Issue 9, p.106]

Fans of the books will love it, and we wouldn't dissuade anyone else either. [Issue#54, p.89]

A warm-hearted parody but pretty repetitive game, Eat Lead may sometimes be the victim of its own jokes, yet few titles have ever sent up our hobby in such a passionate and enjoyable way.

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

It's never bland, but it is so bland it's impossible to recommend. [Issue#99, p.74]

Too damn short. [Issue#99, p.78]

A little too simplistic. [Issue#46, p.100]

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

A valiant attempt at doing something different with a revered franchise, but one that doesn't fulfill all of its goals or early promise. One for FF fans only. [Issue#123, p.74]

Masks untold layers of depth. [Issue#62,p.103]

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

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

Eight games in as many years, and Ubisoft has finally perfected the art of making a highly skilled and super badass assassin feel totally, entirely boring.

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

While not doing anything completely wrong, Baja fails to inspire and races tend to descend into lonely, boring slogs to the finish line. Realism doesn’t always make exciting gameplay.

The tech largely works and the games range from great to average. It's certainly not amazing and lacks longevity, but it's still a good indication of the Kinect goodness to come.

What Wanted does well, it does well enough to warrant a look, if it wasn’t so short we’d be raving about it. But no game should last a few hours, it doesn’t matter how good their gameplay is.

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

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

If you were looking for something a little more evolved, you'll come away disappointed. [Issue#88, p.76]

The lack of bonus content, or a meaningful game structure, really lets the collection down. [Issue#56, p.88]

Another faithful, funny play on a popular movie license, marred by persistent problems that, for some years now, Traveller's Tales hasn't remedied. And it probably won't happen at this point. [Issue#72, p.84]

MotoGP 2015 has evolved, but it isn't the step up in class we were hoping for. [Issue#127, p.85]

As childhood shattering as it may be, the whole package is likely to leave you rather cold. [Issue#61, p.105]

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

Without the Ferrari license, Test Drive's latest does the bare minimum that a racing game should do, but it still gives you access to some stunning cars and fun races. [Issue#88, p.79]

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

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]

Not enough new. [Issue#79, p.88]

The same retro person, crying in the corner, wishing it was more popular and that more people would talk to it. [Issue#5, p.120]

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

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]

Not something you're likely to get your money's worth from. [Issue#79, p.89]

It’s double-hard to make such harsh criticisms of a game into which such a tremendous amount of care has been poured – obvious by its looks, and obvious by that token that a great many of those who worked on it cared.

If you've got the original, you don't really need to bother. [Issue#79, p.101]

Just feels like it's missing something fairly vital and simply doesn't have a lot of depth. [Issue#79, p.101]

The execution doesn’t quite manage to do justice to the concept, but for fans of the puzzle genre there’s still a lot to like about Pneuma.

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

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]

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