The garish look is off-putting, but this sure plays a mean 8-ball. [Oct 2009, p.103]

A good, but flawed game. [June 2009, p.84]

By yanking the dragon's latest into adolescence, both kids and adults will be disappointed. [Jan 2009, p.75]

Mediocre - not through technical incompetence but simply an absence of enthusiasm. [Sept 2009, p.88]

Occasionally innovative, but not nearly hard or fast enough for the game's dedicated fanbase. [Mar 2009, p.95]

No more than a tech demo for the next game - "Smackdown 2009" preview code is twice the game this is. [Dec 2008, p.90]

A blast from the past that should have stayed unblasted. Play the free version if you must. [Nov 2007, p.94]

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

A well-made revival of a rotten formula, Bionic Commando is better in your head than on your screen. [Apr 2011, p.121]

Tornadoes suck, blow, annoy and upset. Tornado Outbreak nails all of that. [Jan 2010, p.74]

Grab a shovel. [Feb 2010, p.91]

Balls indeed. [Christmas 2009, p.89]

Were it not for the technical faults Blacksite would be a just-about-half-decent FPS, albeit one with an identity crisis. The graphics aren't all that bad, but you can never really see them because of the staggeringly arse-flavoured frame rate.

Not outrageous enough to mark itself out as a must-have arcade WWII flight game. [Dec 2009, p.82]

They stopped making Shrek games. And we all lived happily ever after. The end. [Oct 2010, p.98]

Unleash this on an unsuspecting child and social services could very well come knocking. [Feb 2009, p.81]

The actual racing is sluggish and generally skill-free, but the mini games are top fun. [Sept 2007, p.96]

You'll learn plenty, and it's nicely put together - but it's a wildlife quiz that costs 40 POUNDS. [Sept 2010, p.105]

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

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

A deluxe compendium of cliche, worth a tenner to be fans of the film. [Jan 2010, p.90]

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

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

A big chunk of new game and a chance to play as one of Mafia's best characters. [Jan 2011, p.113]

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

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

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

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