Buying games can be an exasperating business, especially when something you've spent upwards of £40 on falls far short of your expectations. And, let's face it, when you're feeling exasperated there's few better ways to make yourself feel better than to vent your spleen on the internet.

With this in mind, and inspired partly by this (which, in fairness, was probably inspired by this), I thought I'd collect a few of the more amusing one-star reviews you can find for some classic games on Amazon.co.uk. It is a bank holiday after all.

Half-Life 2: "Gave me a migraine ... if you are patient (boring and lazy) then I'm sure you will enjoy the game, but you never feel tension or drama which left me feeling bored. For those of you who like fast, thrilling gameplay .... I would strongly recommend that you DO NOT BUY."

Fallout 3: "This is without a doubt one of the worst games I have ever played. You die instantly. The map is far too big with not a great deal in it. Dull, dull , dull. Overrated and overhyped."

Super Mario Galaxy: "People with a brain and some objectivity will gain nothing from playing this game. Super Mario Galaxy is one of the worst platformers I have ever played. I suggest trying Spyro the Dragon for PS1 instead."

Grand Theft Auto 4: "There are good games, there are bad games, there are terrible games and then there is the monumentally awful type of game. This is at least ten times worse than that ... the whole thing is just complete embarrassment to the franchise ... save yourself from this misery."

Fifa 10: "Painful is what springs to mind when playing this game! The gameplay is just awful and about as much fun as cleaning the toilet! What's with the midfield molestation?"

Final Fantasy 7: "Not only are the graphics completely flawed, but the characters are shallow. There is one and only one good thing about the game, and that is that during the game a main character dies."

Red Dead Redemption: "I wanted to love this game, and went out of my way to pre-order it. But it's an over-hyped, under-designed, turgid mess."

Portal: "Simply ridiculous. Unless you have copious amounts of patience (and I am a patient man), you will not still be playing after five minutes. A rubik's cube would be a simpler and funner investment than this 'game'."

Bioshock: "The game fails in every sector; the graphics are below average, the gameplay is boring, repetitive and unoriginal, the controls are clunky, confusing and unresponsive, the voice acting is abysmal, there is no replay value."

Batman: Arkham Asylum: "This game feels like a PS2 game and I became bored with it very quickly. The graphics aren't great, it's very linear and most importantly, the gameplay is nowhere near next-gen!"

Uncharted 2: "Absolute trash ... this game is pure garbage, the only good thing about this pathetic excuse of game is the graphics. The gameplay is dull and boring."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: "If I could give 0 stars I would ... the game is a massive disappointment. I was a huge fan of the other COD games but this game sucks. Multiplayer sucks as well."

Deus Ex: "I was overwhelmed by a feeling of pointlessness very early on, and I felt so cheated that I actually threw the CD in in the bin."

Did you agree with any of these exasperated critics? Or found a one-star review of your own? If only there was an appropriate space where such things could be shared ...