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

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

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]

Just don't expect to be blown away by its competent but uniformly forgettable local multiplayer component. [Issue#130, p.83]

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

You can throw poison sausages at people and dress up as a clown. [May 2013, p.85]

For those who played and loved its debut, this simply insn't as good.. [Issue#31, p.74]

Despite the irritating 'cute' dialogue, the script is super funny, while the presentation is sweet enough and the platforming is still very playable. [Issue#47, p.100]

A solid stealth genre game. If you’re after an action-packed slaughterfest, look elsewhere – Thief will appeal to long-term fans and gamers that prefer to take a more cerebral approach with their anarchy.

Hardline is a successful spin out from the expected Battlefield experience, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that Visceral could have done more with a better engine and the freedom of a new IP.

It manages to capture that game show sheen remarkably accurately for a small game. [Issue#42, p.113]

A rare breed of game that anyone can pick up and play. [Issue#6, p.120]

The gameplay could still use a few tweaks. [Issue#53, p.94]

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

It’d be unfair to criticise Ryse too much since, at least Crytek is trying something new. The combat could be better, but the Roman setting does feel fresh.

The weak pseudo-jazz music would embarrass a grot movie director, but apart from that, this is good stuff. [Issue#5, p.120]

Yes, it feels disappointing when compared directly to "Street Fighter IV," but the fighting feels fresh and exciting, while the new characters will please fans of the arcade original. [Issue#49, p.86]

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

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]

Single-player is exceptional, but the lacklustre multiplayer kills the longevity. [Issue#50, p.88]

For a single designer, though, a cracking effort. [Issue#40]

A relatively cheap distraction. [Issue#59, p.105]

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]

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]

It's a comprehensive celebration of Naruto in which fans will delight. [Issue#84, p.88]

There's no denying thta Duke's level design was pioneering at the time, however, its humour is just as open to chauvinistic interpretation as it always was. [Issue#39]

A wildly ambitious kids' title whose signposting marginally can't keep up. More of this but clearer, please! [Issue#71, p.84]

The only thing we can definitively say is that if publishers are going to begin overcharging for slight next-gen upgrades, then this is going to be one hell of a long generation.