If anything, the fighting is more frustrating than ever. [Dec 2011, p.111]

With very little progress since the last Narnia, even huge fans will want a price cut. [Sept 2008, p.83]

A big disappointment. [Christmas 2011, p.113]

The world needs more risk-takers like Wideload. But this gamble didn't pay off. [Dec 2008, p.83]

Certainly faithful to the fiction but inferior to the last game in almost every single way.

Fleetingly daft fun but this is too expansive, too charmless and too hard. [Nov 2009, p.91]

If you need to satisfy your perverted cravings for dwarf tossing, go and play Oblivion (yet) again. But, please, don't buy this. [March 2011, p.100]

Bang for your buck - but the bang of a party popper rather than a nuke. [Mar 2009, p.79]

Perversely, and in spite of its difficulty, Facebreaker can still be completed with just two buttons.

Lack of imagination and repetitive combat send this hurtling into Mount Doom. [Feb 2012, p.96]

Some fun to be had, but not for long. [Feb 2011, p.108]

Could have done something really worthwhile with the genre, but... didn't. Nazi stuff.

Not the worst FPS on 360, but it's a clear second place. Nowhere near good enough. [Apr 2008, p.68]

Pretty, vacant. How 18 months' development could result in a game so trite is beyond us. [May 2011, p.101]

A semi-decent racer hidden behind layers of bad design and presentation. [Christmas 2008, p.72]

A curio piece lacking enough quality games to justify the price tag. [July 2009, p.83]

We appreciate that mini-games must be simple and intuitive, but that doesn't mean they can't be imaginative, or hide subtle depths and plenty of replayability, or at least pretend they're doing something exciting. Party Animals does none of these.

In a genre overlaoded with turds this one floats to somewhere near the top of the pile. [June 2011, p.98]

Ambitious but flimsy, and on 360 it lacks the one Tiger-beating weapon in its arsenal. [Issue#98, p.90]

When you make Michael "Bayhem" look smart, something's gone very wrong. [Oct 2009, p.94]

Utterly rubbish, but bizarrely addictive. [March 2011, p.102]

Another 'classic' Sega franchise turns to bum gravy. Sonic, eat your heart out. [Jan 2009, p.67]

Enjoyable nothingness. [May 2011, p.99]

Fancy time with Scofield, Sucre, Abruzzi and co? Buy the first season on DVD; it's much more fun.

It's a shame, as what initially looked promising all those months ago when we first saw it, is in fact one of the worst games on Live Arcade. Avoid.

A dull, dreary game. [Dec 2009, p.88]

Should be put out of its misery. [Christmas 2009, p.98]

Great music, but this is prime DLC material and definitely not worth 30 quid. [Mar 2009, p.82]