What is there is so compelling that the lack of additional stages can't help but feel like a disappointment. The game's strengths are a double-edged sword. Regardless, this is still one of the best games of this year. With a bit of work, a potential sequel could be one of the best games of any year.

If the awful premise wasn't bad enough, the gameplay you're presented with really makes the whole experience feel like an enormous waste of time.

Horizon sacrifices purity for spectacle, trades tuning depth for racing equality and shifts to an open road setting where once were trackside barriers and preset circuits, though none of this detracts from the glorious driving mechanics that Playground Games has superbly re-created under the watchful eye of Turn 10.

Definitely better teamed with friends. [Issue#90, p.91]

Bloody brilliant. [Issue#90, p.90]

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]

Playing The Expendables 2 is like playing a port of Cannon Fodder coded by a dog while the entire population of America shouts at you. It's horrible. [Issue#90, p.87]

A rich and varied score attack game of surprising depth. [Issue#90, p.86]

A good game, but a familiar game. [Issue#90, p.84]

There's work to be done, unquestionably, but for the first time, FIFA feels like it's going to capture the essence of football along with the mechanics. [Issue#90, p.82]

A wonderful return to form. [Issue#90, p.80]

There are enough major improvements to the mechanics to appease your average pucker on the street, but fans of the series' casual roots will be left out in the cold. [Issue#90, p.79]

This game could send the blood pressure of a Buddhist monk into the stratosphere. [Issue#90, p.78]

It's probably one of the best co-op games you'll ever play. [Issue#90, p.72]

High Moon has put its soul into this one, and it shows. [Issue#90, p.70]

RE6 has something for pretty much everyone. [Issue#90, p.66]

You'll get bored before the end, but Dust's fantastic characters, brilliant combat, engaging platforming and beautiful visuals will keep you smiling for the majority. [Issue#89,p.89]

Kinect actually works. [Issue#89,p.88]

It might be better than Risen, but Dark Waters is constrained by its PC roots and hampered by inconsistent design and a truly awful engine. [Issue#89,p.84]

Like tuna salad in the sun, Hybrid is decent while we write, but it's definitely a case of eat it now or eat it never. [Issue#89,p.83]

Frustrating. [Issue#89,p.82]

As much as it may lack polish and finesse, Sleeping Dogs makes up for its minor shortcomings with pure entertainment. [Issue#89,p.78]

This kind of purity is exactly what's been missing from the series for years. [Issue#89,p.77]

Tekken games seldom disappoint, but TTT2 is the best in years. [Issue#89,p.73]

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

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

Captures some of the brilliance of its setting, but fails to take advantage of it with gameplay, which is a real shame. [Issue#88, p.84]

Gets very repetitive. [Issue#88, p.83]