Simply, one of the most fun games on 360. Defy those who say it won't sell! [Aug 2007, p.74]

We loved her when she was young and tasty, but now this old bird's, er, old. [Aug 2007, p.92]

This is why kids should respect their elders. We were as hard as nails back then. [Aug 2007, p.92]

Lots for fans, little for everyone else. You've played this one before and it was better last time. [Aug 2007, p.70]

This is a very basic, very rubbish side-scrolling shooter with some knobs on. [Aug 2007, p.92]

It's certainly a good game, but we want to wage war against Sawyer from Lost, not our 360 controller.

Spidey 3 certainly has its problems in abundance, but they're far outweighed by its wealth of content. [July 2007, p.86]

One of the best board games of recent decades, translated perfectly to Live. [Aug 2007, p.91]

It's a great addition to XBLA and one that stands out amongst the crowd thanks to a level of quality that would support a full price game in itself.

At 35 quid this is pretty good value for money - even if it does star the worst character in videogames. [July 2007, p.97]

There's plenty of diversity here, but not so much in the songs. If you like heavy rock, you're well catered for. Otherwise you won't recognise half the tracks.

Easy and irritating. [July 2007, p.96]

Fighting giant robots on giant maps never felt so slow, boring and grey. [Sept 2007, p.79]

No one does war like Clancy does, and this could be his finest hour yet... if it wasn't just a little bit too short.

The emo-tastically tasty Ms Witch can flip and twirl like an ant-infested Lara Croft, but there's rarely ever any handy platform for her to clamber onto. The levels are as flat and one-dimensional as the gameplay - but despite its problems, you're quite likely to find it, well, a bit of a blast.

A wonderful sandbox title that branches off from the "GTA" tree rather than feeding off it; when you set off a huge chain reaction of barrels, you’ll see the game "Saints Row" wished it was. When you climb to the top of the Agency HQ and peer down at the world, you’ll see the game "Just Cause" could never be. And every so often, you’ll see another moment of brilliance; a reminder of the game you want GTA IV to be.

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

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.

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.

As blotchy as it is, it still remains as pure an arcade sports title as you can hope to find.

Single player's alright then, is the conclusion we've come to. But this is a game that was either going to live and die on its Live play, and while it is better than the slightly buggy Arcade title Texas Hold 'Em, it's not quite the definitive poker game we'd have asked for.

This would be a nice (if distasteful) stalk-'em-up, but it's so wretchedly broken in places.

It's a bad version of a bad way to replicate playing poker, badly pieced together. [Aug 2007, p.75]

Lacklustre gunplay is helped by an efficient, albeit simple, bird's-eye view. [Nov 2009, p.88]

As long as people insist on buying them, they'll keep on making them. [Dec 2008, p.92]

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