The first full-fat Sims experience on consoles. [Jan 2011, p.78]

Very solid, if slightly unspectacular. [Jan 2011, p.81]

Too arcadey to match "Links," but still plays a cracking round of golf. [Nov 2007, p.81]

A stripped-down game that gets it right and makes it look easy. [Oct 2007, p.94]

As a remake it holds up better than any other shooter from the same era. [Feb 2012, p.90]

Riotously good value for the money. [Jan 2011, p.112]

With a bit more refinemente this could have been superb. Instead, it's very good. [Sept 2007, p.68]

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

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

Needed to feel more brutal, but still a very accessible fighter made by fans of the sport. [Issue#98, p.86]

To fans? The biggest Potter playground they've ever seen. To everyone else? A riot. [Sept 2010, p.103]

A solid, thrilling but aimless racer, given firm direction thanks to the genius of Autolog.

One of the best fighting games ever, but it's a series that's been even better since. [Feb 2009, p.102]

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

The single and multiplayer demos are both great examples of what this game can achieve when it gets things right. Sadly, they don't prepare you for the immensely frustrating, teeth-grinding periods of shooting-by-numbers and dreadful platforming that spoil an otherwise great idea.

Lacks the sheen of "FIFA 08," but plays it off the park. A good placebo for "PES." [June 2008, p.76]

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

A more arcade-like play and much better than last year. Still a distant second to FIFA, though. [Dec 2010, p.85]

Unremarkable, but it's puerile charm makes it more than the sum of its (body) parts. [July 2011, p.87]

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

The chopper and bomber bits just end up getting in the way. [Christmas 2011, p.107]

Not totally slick but crammed full of ideas, and the best Western we've played. [Sept 2009, p.82]

If you want a game to show off your HDTV and impress your mates go and buy Gears. But if you want a sports game that's deep, rewarding and absorbing then World Snooker Championship 2007 sinks the pink.

Even the most hardened Brothers In Arms fanboys out there will more than likely get the feeling that this belated entry should have strived for so much more than this.

A disappointing 24/7 mode and huge repetition betray superb new mechanics. [Christmas 2007, p.70]

An energetic brawler with deceptive depth. [Feb 2012, p.107]

If Oblivion is the equivalent of a month-long trek across the Serengeti, then Sonata's like being chauffer-driven through Tuscany on a Sunday afternoon.

The best new fighting engine around, with a very sparse game wrapped round it.