Virtua Tennis 3

Pros

• Challenging AI
• Complex story mode
• Many mini games
• Great local multiplayer

Cons

• Average graphics
• Annoying music

Score

• 7/10

Uncharted 2 Among Thieves

Pros

• Stunning graphics
• Great cutscenes
• Smooth shoot and cover system
• Huge replay value
• Fantastic puzzles

Cons

• None

Score

• 10/10

Turok

Pros

• Fast paced gameplay
• Explosive arrows
• Dinosaurs

Cons

• Terrible story
• Annoying characters
• Repetitive gameplay
• Poor cutscenes

Score

• 4/10

UFC 2009 Undisputed

Pros

• Realistic injury
• Hits feel solid
• Career mode is well made
• Great graphics
• Presentation strongly mirrors the real show

Cons

• Grappling is basically button bashing

Score

• 9/10

Skate 2

Pros

• Can get off board
• Bigger move set
• More skaters

Cons

• Walking is really horrible to use
• X Games is gone

Score

• 8/10

Skate

Pros

• Redefines the skateboarding genre
• Intuitive controls
• Realistic physics
• Take part in the X Games

Cons

• Can't get off the board

Score

• 9/10

Saints Row 2

Pros

• Car customisation
• Many vehicles to choose from
• Some of the craziest easter eggs ever
• Wide range of weapons

Cons

• Stereotypical characters
• Comical voice acting
• Poor graphics

Score

• 7/10

Red Dead Redemption

Pros

• Authentic western setting
• Well designed shoot and cover mechanic
• Great choice of weapons
• Fantastic DLC on the way

Cons

• Gameplay isn't as much fun after the end
• Prepare to wear away the x button

Score

• 9/10

Pain

Pros

• It's cheap than buying on the PSN
• Great fun for multiplayer

Cons

• Many loading times
• Gets repetitive quickly

Score

• 7/10

The Orange Box

Pros

• 5 games in 1
• Portal is worth the price tag alone
• Games are still as great as when they were released
• Amazing value for money
• Many hours of gameplay

Cons

• Half life looks a bit dated

Score

• 10/10

Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising

Pros

• As realistic as shooters get
• Many vehicles to find

Cons

• Has some problems with glitches
• Crushingly difficult

Score

• 8/10

Oblivion

Pros

• Massive environment
• Long DLC
• Fantastic story
• Many hours of side quests
• Interesting characters
• Littered with easter eggs

Cons

• Archery is very difficult to use

Score

• 8/10

NHL 10

Pros

• Great local multiplayer
• Ability to start fights is fun
• Tackles feel solid
• Smooth animation

Cons

• Very difficult to score
• Be a pro mode is very poor

Score

• 7/10

Modnation Racers

Pros

• Detailed kart customisation
• Great range of tracks to race on
• Split screen is brilliant

Cons

• Not enough items to customise track
• Very long loading times
• Rubber banding AI

Score

• 7/10

Motorstorm

Pros

• Well balanced tracks
• Huge variety of vehicles
• Many tracks to choose from
• Challenging AI
• Fantastic soundtrack

Cons

• Steep difficulty curve
• Not able to choose vehicle type
• Cars blow up when hitting tiny rocks 

Score

• 8/10

Mirrors Edge

Pros

• Smooth gameplay
• Beautiful visual style
• Intuitive control system

Cons

• Too short
• No multiplayer
• Time trial mode is poor
• Guns are poorly implemented

Score

• 7/10

Metal Gear Solid 4

Pros

• Can be played with stealth or guns blazing
• Great story
• Huge replay value
• Realistic graphics
• Fantastic conclusion to the Snake saga
• Still as crazy as ever

Cons

• Large install

Score

• 10/10

Need for Speed Shift

Pros

• Realistic first person view
• Many cars to choose from
• Great range from muscle to tuner
• Licensed cars
• Detailed car damage

Cons

• Very limited car customisation

Score

• 8/10

Heavy Rain

Pros

• Life like graphics
• Stunning story
• Intuitive controls
• High replay value

Cons

• Child voice acting is appalling
• Launched with some heavy glitching

Score

• 10/10

Medal of Honor Airborne

Pros

• Weapon upgrade system
• Peek cover system
• Parachuting offers great opportunities
• Snipers controls are fantastic

Cons

• Historical accuracy disappears on the last level
• Graphics are average

Score

• 7/10

Madden 10

Pros

• High tension local multiplayer and co-op
• Full team and stadium customisation
• Difficulty system ranging from novice to expert

Cons

• New game each year

Score

• 9/10

Little Big Planet

Pros

• Online/offline 4 player
• Customisation beyond anything else
• Level creator that redefines user created content
• New features constantly being added

Cons

• None

Score

• 10/10

Lego Harry Potter

Pros

• Split screen co-op
• Many characters to choose from

Cons

• Very little gameplay between cutscenes
• Extremely repetitive
• Over complicated spell system

Score

• 3/10

Haze

Pros

• AI bots in local multiplayer
• Co-op campaign

Cons

• Poor AI
• Terrible voice work and cutscenes
• Bad graphics
• Ridiculous story
• Horrific vehicle physics

Score

• 4/10

Racedriver Grid

Pros

• Great physics
• Fantastic graphics and damage system
• Replay system works really well

Cons

• Team mate system needs work

Score

• 9/10

Fallout 3

Pros

• Massive environment to explore
• Interesting characters
• Karma system implemented well
• Your choices make a difference
• Great customisation options

Cons

• Frequently freezes when DLC is installed

Score

• 10/10

Colin McRae Dirt 2

Pros

• Fantastic visual style
• The best replay system to be in a racing game
• One of the best soundtracks ever
• Perfect balance between realism and arcade driving

Cons

• Split screen would have been fantastic

Score

• 10/10

Modern Warfare 2

Pros

• More guns to choose from
• Offline class customisation
• Spec-ops is great fun

Cons

• Maps contain many camping spots
• Ridiculous DLC pricing
• Hackers and glitchers online

Score

• 9/10

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

Pros

• Fantastic gameplay
• Target for all shooters since
• Great local multiplayer
• Stunning single player campaign
• Well designed maps

Cons

• Hackers online

Score

• 10/10

Burnout Paradise

Pros

• Fantastic damage system
• Fun driving physics
• Great environment to explore
• Huge choice of vehicles
• Free extra content (bikes, restart etc)

Cons

• Stunt runs are difficult to get used to
• Crash slo-mo gets irritating

Score

• 9/10

Battlefield Bad Company

Pros

• Environment destruction
• Well designed vehicles

Cons

• Grenades don't damages buildings
• AI team mates are useless
• Single player is too short
• Stereotypical characters

Score

• 6/10

Assassins Creed 2

Pros

• Looks slightly better
• Can finally swim

Cons

• Very little improvement
• Still as repetitive
• Feels like one giant tutorial

Score

• 4/10

Assassins Creed

Pros

• Great graphics

Cons

• Controls too simple
• Can't lose fights
• Very repetitive
• Way too easy
• Modern day gameplay sections

Score

• 4/10

Touch Hockey Extreme

Pros

• Smooth animation
• Addictive local multiplayer
• AI settings
• Theme options

Cons

• None

Score

• 8/10

Flight Control HD

Pros

• Lots of levels to choose from
• Addictive gameplay
• Challenging gameplay
• Local multiplayer
• Great controls

Cons

• A bit too expensive

Score

• 8/10

Labyrinth 2 HD

Pros

• Many levels to choose from
• Hundreds of user created levels
• Level creator
• Challenging puzzles
• Many new features

Cons

• Some packs are almost impossible

Score

• 10/10

Touchgrind HD

Pros

• Customisable boards
• Different modes
• Local multiplayer
• Smooth animation
• Great menus

Cons

• Can get boring

Score

• 7/10

X-Plane 9

Pros

• Constantly being updated with new features
• Many planes to choose from
• Extremely realistic physics
• Range of locations to choose from
• Numerous camera angles

Cons

• Lanscapes are flat with some 3D objects
• Locations only in America

Score

• 9/10

Zen Bound 2

Pros

• Great soundtrack
• Calming gameplay
• Difficult puzzles
• Fantastic graphics
• Detailed textures

Cons

• Gets repetitive

Score

• 8/10

Space Invaders HD

Pros

• Remake of classic game
• Original display
• Multiplayer
• Control scheme options

Cons

• Controls schemes are very poor

Score

• 5/10

Pac Man

Pros

• Classic game
• Original display

Cons

• Control system is poor
• Gets boring quickly

Score

• 4/10

Fruit Ninja HD

Pros

• Local multiplayer is great fun
• Simple control system
• Smooth animation
• Unlock reward system
• Great menus

Cons

• Limited modes

Score

• 10/10

Geometry Wars Touch

Pros

• Nice design
• Fast gameplay
• Simple control system
• Works well on touch-screen

Cons

• Limited modes

Score

• 8/10

Scrabble

Pros

• Local multiplayer
• Well laid out interface
• iTouch add on app is good

Cons

• Won't accept some real words
• Accepts some made up words

Score

• 6/10

Tetris

Pros

• It's Tetris
• Different control system options
• Well designed interface

Cons

• Limited modes
• No multiplayer

Score

• 8/10

Red Alert

Pros

• Retains original features and modes
• Includes DLC

Cons

• Controls are too complicated
• Poor tutorials
• Graphics look dated

Score

• 6/10

NFS Shift

Pros

• Great graphics
• Car customisation
• Responsive controls
• Well designed menus
• Lots of options for control systems

Cons

• Not many tracks
• Can't spin out other cars

Score

• 8/10

MGSTouch

Pros

• It's Metal Gear
• Awesome wallpapers as rewards
• Retains MGS4 story

Cons

• Not really suited for a large screen
• Simple gameplay
• Very repetitive

Score

• 5/10

Worms HD

Pros

• A true classic remade well
• Local multiplayer is great fun
• Retains original features
• Control system works great
• Practice mode added

Cons

• Lacks tutorials

Score

• 9/10

COD Zombies

Pros

• Great graphics
• Smooth animation
• Two levels

Cons

• Too expensive
• Controls feel clumsy
• On screen sticks don't work well
• Buttons are too far away

Score

• 3/10

Galcon Fusion

Pros

• Well ported game
• Controls well suited for touchscreen
• Many modes

Cons

• Menus are too small
• Repetitive
• Different modes feel exactly the same

Score

• 5/10

Plants vs Zombies HD

Pros

• Decent story mode
• Loads of replay value
• Many different modes
• Great visuals
• Addictive gameplay

Cons

• None

Score

• 10/10

Angry Birds HD

Pros

• Lots of levels
• Good physics
• Complicated challenges

Cons

• Difficulty curve can be steep

Score

• 8/10

Tap Tap Radiation

Pros

• New controls
• Difficult gameplay
• Lots of free songs
• It's free

Cons

• Prone to crashes
• View switching is disorientating
• Not many mainstream artists
• Only pop or electro songs

Score

• 6/10

Osmos HD

Pros

• Great control scheme
• Smooth animation
• Fantastic soundtrack
• Beautiful design

Cons

• Repetitive gameplay

Score

• 9/10