A fascinating multiplayer experiment, but also a really solid, streamlined single player 'vania. [Nov 2010, p.120]

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

Cruddy game of cruddy movie non-shocker. The greatest legends of humanity, shat upon. [Aug 2010, p.99]

A haunting puzzler brimming with ideas, Limbo is easily the platform's greatest successor to Braid. [Oct 2010, p.118]

A masterful blend of genres, but with many ideas of its own. Worth the low, low asking price. [Oct 2010, p.120]

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

One of the best adventures ever for the price of a paperback? [Oct 2010, p.121]

Undisputedly dazzling - but there's an overly familiar vibe. Deserved to be better than this. [Sept 2010, p.94]

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

Little imagination, endless repetition and incredible frustration. [Oct 2010, p.90]

Rotten sniper slop with flimsy Call of Duty-esque levels glued onto the side. [Oct 2010, p.94]

A decent shooter with smart time powers and enough atmos to hook you for the duration. [Oct 2010, p.101]

A decent enough idea, but one bolted onto a mess of a game. Very naughty indeed. [Oct 2010, p.96]

Needlessly goofy presentation hurts a game which works well with friends and on a controller. [Sept 2010, p.121]

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

A budget effort which has been created with little effort to please military buffs or gamers. [Oct 2010, p.97]

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]

Still a great game - but a game treading water for years now. [Sept 2010, p.100]

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]

Terrific, original action-RPG that shines despite its ugliness. We're as surprised as you are. [Aug 2010, p.96]

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

A rollicking online racer, but the marriage of fantasy and reality doesn't sit comfortably. [Aug 2010, p.100]

Busting semi-famous faces has never been so much fun. Essential viewing for fight fans. [Aug 2010, p.86]

This is the birth of a special franchise, end even with its teething problems the beginning has been well worth waiting for. [July 2010, p.77]

Everything that we loved about GTA IV but with its own voice. A gaming goldmine. [Aug 2010, p.81]