I Want
Batman: Arkham City (PS3)

How do you improve on the best superhero game of all time? Like this. Batman: Arkham City is bigger and better than its already-brilliant predecessor, Arkham Asylum - a dark, gritty ...

I'm playing
Batman (NES)

Inexplicably good tie-in to the 1989 Batman film. What a soundtrack!

I've Beaten
Bayonetta (Xbox 360)

It’s an almost flawless exhibition of gaming greatness, which can effortlessly make even the most ham-fisted of gamers feel like they’ve got elite skills. Bayonetta is already an ...

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition (PS2)
Absolutely essential if you've not played the previous Devil May Cry 3. The same game at heart - just not as ridiculously difficult
Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360)
The reins get passed to a new hero named Nero in this slash-bang sequel.
Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360)

Has just enough changes, including the amazing online co-op, to keep this feeling new while drawing heavily on all the good in RE4. A Gold Edition that includes DLC content ...

Collecting Dust
Metro 2033 (Xbox 360)

This post-apocalyptic, survival-horror, real-fantasy setting, first-person-shooter may be high concept (and full of hyphens), but it looks frighteningly promising.

MadWorld (Wii)
Take any old side-scrolling beat 'em-up, blanch it black and white like Sin City, dump gallons of bright red blood on it, and make it so violent it becomes funny ...
I Love
No More Heroes (Wii)
This action-driven, lightsaber-whirling game steals liberally from the best of other genres. Even with its less-than-perfect presentation, it works wonderfully on the Wii.
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3)

This third-person action game takes Batman inside the iconic, ultra-creepy Arkham Asylum, and this stellar release raises the bar quite high for all future comic book games.

Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
A remarkable adventure in a melancholy world unlike any you've seen before
ICO (PS2)
Soft, slow and slightly soppy, there are few finer, moodier adventures around.
BioShock (Xbox 360)
Dive beneath the ocean's surface for a dark masterpiece of gameplay design. Scaring you is just the first of many, many things BioShock does spectacularly right.
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition (PS2)
Absolutely essential if you've not played the previous Devil May Cry 3. The same game at heart - just not as ridiculously difficult