A slick port of still-great gameplay and distinctive visuals. [Feb 2012, p.111]

It's a sprinkling of glitter rather than an overhaul. [Feb 2012, p.109]

Richer than most kiddie Kinect options. [Feb 2012, p.107]

Bond's Ops are crude, overlong slogs - padding, pure and simple. [Feb 2012, p.104]

Some amazing moments, some truly abysmal. Saints Row is wildly imaginative but the lack of technical polish and the weak combat mar the creativity. [Feb 2012, p.100]

It would score higher if it was a quid. [Dec 2011, p.112]

The brainy who apply will find a lot to like in the conundrums. [Dec 2011, p.112]

It's an arse-ugly game to watch, but not without charm. [Dec 2011, p.]

It's a game of two halves, but the good half carries the bad. [Dec 2011, p.103]

It eventually becomes too much of a grind. [Dec 2011, p.101]

A wasted opportunity - frustrating to play and too ugly to love. [Dec 2011, p.98]

Unfairly difficult platforming lumbered with controls that aren't up to task. Fight against both for a rewarding experience, or climb back into your coffin.

We'd be happier with a full rebuild of the original game. [Christmas 2011, p.110]

Still manages to crawl under your skin. [Christmas 2011, p.109]

Not enough depth for the purist, but on the cheap it's a simple brawler packing an enjoyable, no-nonsense punch. [Christmas 2011, p.106]

Distinctly underwhelming. [Christmas 2011, p.106]

Vision of the future, relic of the past - after such a long wait, Rage turns out to be both a triumph and a tragedy. In 2011, this just doesn't cut it. [Christmas 2011, p.104]

Moon is a clever zombie map fraught with panic and drama - something which CoDBLOPS already has in ample supply. Bluntly put, a rip-off.

Marbling madness epitomised, but Rock of Ages' rough mechanics could have done with more smoothing. Top marks for sheer oddness, nonetheless.

A mostly decent stand-off. [Nov 2011, p.113]

Functional but bland. [Nov 2011, p.112]

Generous blast of DLC. [Nov 2011, p.112]

Not perfect. But it's a welcome way to fill time between real games once the tournament kicks off Down Under. [Nov 2011, p.107]

A competent knock-off of Arkham Asylum which stands head and shoulders above Sega's other Marvel tie-ins. [Nov 2011, p.107]

An enjoyable but brief rundown of the events of the film. As missable as a Decepticon attack. [Oct 2011, p.89]

As much as we love EDF's template, the sequel needed to impress more than this. [Oct 2011, p.88]

The best Cars game yet, but it fails to dazzle on the tarmac. [Oct 2011, p.88]

MLB-standard presentation can't cover up for junior league gameplay. [Oct 2011, p.85]

It's still cheaper than a month at Fitness First. [Oct 2011, p.85]

Workmanlike design scuppers rock solid shooting. Not great FEAR, but not all awful. [Oct 2011, p.81]

A pretty good recycling of a braingougingly boring gameplay template.

A bit of fun, a lot of violence. Despite the cheapo presentation, we give it a nod. [Sept 2011, p.92]

Fails to make any great strides after a decade away, but for a 360 platformer, it's a wonder. [Sept 2011, p.90]

Fantasy co-op for the desperately bored. Tip: never compare your game to Gears... [Sept 2011, p.88]

A defiantly old school shooter that bleeds imagination, but feels stuck in the past. [Sept 2011, p.81]

A bit hamstrung by its need to tease. [Aug 2011, p.101]

Not as accomplished as Top Spin 4, not as much fun as Sega Superstars Tennis. New balls please. [July 2011, p.103]

Satisfyingly vacuous. [July 2011, p.102]

Faint praise = damned. [July 2011, p.97]

Cheap and cheerful. [July 2011, p.97]

A hard one to mark if you're a Jackson fan. [July 2011, p.96]

It's a smarter, more tactical shooter than most, but not worthy of the Flashpoint name. [July 2011, p.94]

Lego games are still charming but this is too bitty, and too familiar, for our tastes. [June 2011, p.103]

More immersive than Kinectimals, with more freedom - but shabby around the edges. [June 2011, p.101]

Good for a few laughs with some mates (and some DLC), but it's still a bit of a turkey. [June 2011, p.100]

A superb technical showcase, but the engine will be put to bolder use in time. [June 2011, p.85]

With no improvements since MotoGP 09/10, GP 10/11's flaws show themselves even more. [May 2011, p.98]

Top quality grinworthy action only slightly marred by haste. Not just for the kids. [May 2011, p.90]

A beautiful and brilliant game that needed a bit less punishment and lots more...funishment. [Apr 2011, p.120]

You'll feel frustration nearly as much as exhilaration, but the concept shines through. [Apr 2011, p.96]

The front-end, sporting an excruciatingly bargain-basement 'extreme sports' vibe, sums Nail'd up quite beautifully.

A piss-poor port. [Feb 2011, p.121]

Should've followed 3-on-3 NHL Arcade's XBLA lead. [Feb 2011, p.108]

A refreshing change from the norm for the Xbox 360, but it's no LittleBigPlanet. [Feb 2011, p.106]

Should have been this good the first time out. [Feb 2011, p.104]

Repetitive, confusing and bland fare that takes PoP's template and messes it up. [Feb 2011, p.100]

A short campaign which is never spectacular and never very clever, but always solid enough. [Feb 2011, p.99]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Quirky. It's the best racer of a pretty bad bunch. [Jan 2011]

Impressively complete. [Jan 2011]

A whole lot of average. [Feb 2011, p.105]

A solid debut, though the package will be a little over reliant on the community for many. [Jan 2011, p.88]

A solid and well-implemented offering, but also shallow and lacking in variety. [Jan 2011, p.85]

A significantly better showing, but still not a patch on the classic Hawk offerings of old. [Jan 2011, p.83]

A very decent update of a game that's sadly years - no, generations - past its prime. [Jan 2011, p.81]

A total non-event throughout. [Jan 2011, p.80]

Technically messy but definitely likeable. It's fun, satisfying, and silly schlock-horror.

Of the three Naruto games on Xbox 360, this definitely gets the bronze. [Issue#98, p.89]

An uninspired slog with weak characters and messy action. But mech fans are masochists. [Issue#98, p.92]

An acquired taste, and horribly aged, but the ultra camp bloodletting isn't especially poor. [Issue#98, p99]

Shaun White's foray into defrosted gameplay is silly, lacking depth, but frequently fun. [Issue#98, p.69]

Switch off your critical faculties and there's a decent enough weekend rental here. [Issue#98, p.104]

Decent but hackneyed hack-and-slashery, and still a way off feeling comfortable on Xbox.

Black Bean has secured the licence for three years and we're sure they'll make the most of it eventually. This is just a foundation from which they can build. Little more.

The Blazing Angels' boys best game yet but IL-2 Sturmovik still has the edge. [Nov 2010, p.88]

It's honest fun for a while. [Nov 2010, p.121]

A by-the-numbers sequel elevated to almost-play status by its terrific multiplayer. [Nov 2010, p.97]

Almost unique gaming for the 360, but the one-note gameplay soon becomes routine. [Aug 2010, p.90]

The best Transformers game for ages - but it's still a one-dimensional shooter, lacking guile.

One of the best kids games on 360 but, unusually for Pixar, with little grown-up appeal. [Oct 2010, p.99]

Jim has aged gracefully but was never as good as everyone thought it was back in 1994. [Sept 2010, p.121]

Another great Rock Band outing - but half of Green Day's classic content is missing. Uh? [Sept 2010, p.101]

Starts off crap, gets a bit better, ends up disappointing. It's a rollercoaser, for sure - but no Diddy Kong Racing. [Aug 2010, p.121]

Nice animation - shame we can't always tell what's happening on the rest of the field. [Aug 2010, p.98]

This needed to be 80% faster and 150% slicker. [Sept 2010, p.104]

It's good, but not good enough - proving the loudest car on the grid is rarely the healthiest. [July 2010, p.88]

Has little reason to exist beyond nostalgia. [July 2010, p.121]

We simply can't stress this enough; if you're planning to play this game on your lonesome, STAY AWAY; if you're all about the human co-op and the multiplayer modes go ahead and jump right in. This is undoubtedly some gamers' idea of blasting heaven; it just isn't quite ours.

Comfortable in its saggy skin, and really quite good at what it does. A bargain bin gem. [July 2010, p.94]

Quite easily the best not-very-good game we've played in a while. [July 2010, p.96]

Surprisingly compelling fare. [Feb 2010, p.90]

Popcorn arcade action that's far more exciting to watch than it is to play. [July 2010, p.120]

Another tortuously brutal NES-styled slice of gaming masochism for the hardest of the hardcore. [July 2010, p.121]

The 360 already has its share of top-grade fighters, making this instantly obsolete. [June 2010, p.99]

A charming gameworld. [July 2010, p.92]

A sad step back in the quest to get a deep RTS to work well on the Xbox 360. [June 2010, p.89]

A nostalgia-fest which hasn't aged well - but it will still bring a massive smile to the faces of old blokes. [June 2010, p.118]

Too much streamlining has blunted FFXIII's hooks. This isn't epic, it's arduous. [May 2010, p.67]