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]