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

A very decent kart racer with plenty of Sega goodness and a solid multiplayer offering. [Apr 2010, p.98]

A challenging city builder. Shame it doesn't like you ruling with an iron fist. [Jan 2010, p.87]

An arcade triumph, betrayed a little by a slim choice of modes and match types. [June 2011, p.96]

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

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

Your grin will be as wide as the maw's. Get it. [Apr 2009, p.104]

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

Finally a lag-free online shooter! A shame it comes at the expense of the Campaign.

We don't care what the film's like, this is one of the brightest kiddie romps ever. [Sept 2008, p.73]

Annoying, frustrating; even Mr ESC couldn't rescue this game from complete disaster. [Jan 2008, p.94]

A crazy, constantly surprising switch of gaming styles. [Nov 2011, p.106]

A 2D fighter with a 3D combo system; The Dishwasher is a huge chunk of game for a small price. [Apr 2009, p.102]

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

Three hours of classy content for a classy game and the franchise's best take on multiplayer yet. [June 2011, p.119]

An entertaining expansion, but it needs to be gack to the drawing board. [Sept 2008, p.74]

This pedestrian offering is a little too sterile, a little too similar, a little too short yet somehow a little too long. [Aug 2008, p.99]

Ponderous and lightweight racing atop near-vaporous water. Go and have a bath instead. [Oct 2010, p.121]

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

Forget the censored movies, this is the real Wolverine: gore, guts, blood and huge great sideburns.

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

Bland story mode meets sensational multiplayer. If you're not online, you can safely deduct 20%. [Issue#98, p.77]

A confident and oddly fresh-feeling adventure, packed with oodles of unusual charm.

Excellent value standalone game - best played by Dead Rising fans (new and old) in co-op. [Apr 2011, p.121]

Revolutionary battle and overworld systems held back by repetitive dungeons and toughness. [May 2010, p.74]

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

A puzzle shooter that gets better with every play. [Oct 2011, p.105]

Nothing wrong with a game of cards, but this one doesn't warrant the expense. [Feb 2008, p.84]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Terrific entertainment for kids the right age. [Feb 2011, p.76]

Several hours of unforgettable oddness. This is no Hollywood blockbuster, but we like it for that. [Aug 2010, p.120]

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

Linearity and middling mechanics let the side down, but this is still a cracking sequel. [Nov 2010, p.83]

Inventive fun, just not the pure twitch shoot-'em-up that the name suggests. [Dec 2008, p.102]

With solid platforming and tricky puzzles it's a long-awaited return to form for the Prince. [Aug 2010, p.92]

It's still great, though it could (and should) have been so much better. [Christmas 2008, p.60]

EA have upped the game when it comes to sports this year. A huge improvement. [Dec 2007, p.85]

Not the most glamorous of titles, but one of the most well-rounded. [Jan 2011]

A decent idea that falls short for a variety of eminently fixable reasons. [Feb 2010, p.80]

An enjoyable and solidly designed Nati-fragger, but one with a series of small niggles. [Nov 2007, p.82]

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

Satisfyingly vacuous. [July 2011, p.102]

When Battlestations Midway is good, it's really good.

A slow burner which eventually grows into entertaining smaxploitation. [Christmas 2009, p.88]

A thoroughly tedious adventure with weak jokes and puzzles made hard through length not smarts. [July 2009, p.103]

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

Old fashioned to look at, but packed with invention and things to do. [Christmas 2007, p.77]

The Force Unleashed is more of a highly impressive tech demo with a great narrative tagged on, with any actual game present inserted only as an afterthought.

A short, hard, occasionally clumsy niche game. [Aug 2009, p.104]

One for shoot-'em-up experts. [Dec 2010, p.98]

A morbidly obese platformer from a developer which just didn't know when to stop. [July 2009, p.104]

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

A solid romp, but Dante's Inferno fails to live up to its promise as EA's Next Big Thing. [Apr 2010, p.87]

Something for everyone. [Jan 2011]

Bonkers beyond belief, it's not the best in the series, but it's certainly good enough. [Apr 2008, p.74]

A beautiful little game; just a shame that everything is so overly familiar.

A gimmicky Ace Combat homage made by people who think you might be stupid. [May 2009, p.72]

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

Though it's brevity itslef, you'll be able to busy yourself chasing scores and unlockables for a long time to come. [Mar 2008, p.93]

A drab but accomplished simulator, and one that will be relished online.

Lacks the fine-tuning of the "Advance Wars" series, but at 800 points it's a passable clone. [May 2008, p.98]

An essential for any 2D fighting fan, even with the fairly bare-boned Neo Geo port. [Dec 2008, p.103]

It's unbelievably refreshing, liberating even, to jump into a world free from the laws of gravity after being tied down by Skate's restrictive utopia.

Top game. [Mar 2008, p.94]

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

Shabby around the edges - but that only adds to the charm of this daft playground. [Dec 2008, p.86]

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

Enjoyable and silly, but if you want a fighter to go the distance, wait for SFIV. [Jan 2009, p.86]

Marginally superior to the original but too many rough edges remain. [Nov 2007, p.85]

Like a reversed Lost Odyssey: loads of ideas, totally dump story. A chore. [July 2009, p.84]

The bold change of direction is to be applauded, but everything feels too bitty. [Jan 2008, p.70]

Too much Ball Z and not enough brawl. If you know what we're Saiyan. [Aug 2008, p.85]

It's not terrible by any stretch but it is utterly forgettable and, even though its belated release comes at a time when most shooters have packed their bags and headed for the safety of 2010, simply doesn't pack near enough pizzazz to stand out from the throng. Fans of BJs everywhere wail as one as another once-proud franchise bites the dust.

Better by degrees. Tiny, incremental degrees, barely worth noting. Give it a wide berth. [May 2011, p.99]

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

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

The gamiest music game to date by some distance, it'll probably put the 'casuals' off.

Not big, but reasonably clever, and like so much else in life, best enjoyed with friends. [Sept 2011, p.94]

A splendid slice of silliness. [Jan 2010, p.121]

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

Hexic 2 isn't quite as good as the original, but if you missed out on the first game, you can't go wrong with the sequel. [Nov 2007, p.96]

Brilliant in 2003, Call of Duty is an old man in a young man's world. [Christmas 2009, p.118]

Flawed in places, abysmal in others - but it's hard to hate it as much as you should. [May 2008, p.74]

Lacks the punch or variety to be a serious contender in the crowded shooter genre. [May 2008, p.86]

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

There's too many options and too much going on for a console controller to handle. [Christmas 2009, p.119]

It's fundamentally the same game, fourth time round at least, but it has enough new content to warrant a return to Fortune City. The best of Dead Rising.

A solid attempt to do Diablo without Too Human's annoying consolifications.

Don't expect it to last longer than a good book. [Nov 2010, p.121]

More of the same, but with far less reason to exist. A bit like the last movie, really.

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

Other on-rail shooters are a lesson in design Aces of the Galaxy must have skipped. [Sept 2008, p.95]

A good concept ruined by clunky mechanics and a poor progression system. On a par with Midway's "TNA Impact." [June 2009, p.80]

When it's bad, it's not too bad. When it's good, it rules. A great Western with a few niggles.

Brainless, brash and brave: a decent shooter, that can't quite sustain the thrills. [May 2009, p.68]

A great bit of old-fashioned block busting fun marred slightly by the sluggish controls. [Mar 2009, p.94]

Inadequate next to EA's title. [Jan 2008, p.79]

A truly fantastic surprise. [Feb 2010, p.86]