Shaky cameras, gnarly character actors, gritty storylines and grisly crime scenes. You could mistake Battlefield Hardline's opening scenes for a reboot of the late, great cop show NYPD Blue.

Oldies tours make big money on the concert circuit, and gaming oldies can go the same way when they're done well.

We know what you're thinking, because everyone's thinking it: platform games are so over.

Do you love the feel of wind whipping through your hair while you tear around a roller coaster listening to badly dated dubstep?

It's good - and it's also bad. For The Order: 1886, a game that promises so much, that's a painful thing to say. But the evidence is irrefutable.

How do you like to kill your zombies? These days, there's an answer for everyone. Arcade splatter fest?

Back in 1998, there was one game that ruled them all. With its stellar storytelling and twisted sense of humour, Grim Fandango soon overpowered Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Day of the Tentacle as every budding adventurer's game of choice.

Some things in life need not be messed with. Fairy bread was perfected ages ago and kids are probably happier for it, the developed world knows what happened when Coca-Cola went "New", and Pokemon's still Pokemon.