As uniquely unnerving as its predecessor. [Holiday 2004, p.92]

From the moment you enter CDV Software's postacoptalyptic online world, you'll be confused, bored...and lonely. Which is shame, because as far as concepts go, Neocron has promise. [Apr 2003, p.118]

NHL 2005's real merit lies in its online play and the new Free4All mode; the raw power and speed of the single-player game is way overdone. [Jan 2005, p.107]

A good-looking shooter that's only fun for the first few hours.

Good for Potter addicts, but bad controls bog it down. [Jan 2005, p.103]

The dearth of vital economic information, lack of a true economy, and repetitiveness make this a tedious exercise at best. [Oct 2003, p.119]

Fight boredom and micromanagement by avoiding this lame stand-alone expansion.

A great scenario editor can't lift this average grand-tactical war game above "Korsun Pocket." [Nov 2003, p.142]

The graphics engine has the thick, slow feeling of dragging through syrup, and the interface looks surprisingly chintzy. [Mar 2002, p.83]

Like Buddy's Casino, the first business you manage in the game: solid and full of promise, but ultimately unable to knock off the big boys further up the street. [Jan 2003, p.125]

Fun, but it doesn't do anything groundbreaking. [Apr 2004, p.93]

Tactical freaks won't find much here to really challenge them, but Legion Arena might serve as a good introduction for players unfamiliar with this type of strategy game. [Mar 2006, p.85]

I used to really love adventure games, but after playing this one, I can't remember why. [Aug 2004, p.79]

Even more than Anna Kournikova, US Open 2002 makes me more interested in tennis. [Nov 2002, p.130]

The A.I. on both sides of the conflict is awesome; as the leader of the counter-terrorists, your A.I. pals will follow you and, in some cases, "take the point:" You can give them orders via the chat feature and they'll do things like camp on a bomb site or guard the bomb.

You won’t lack for things to fiddle with in this game, and at times you may feel a bit besieged by how much you need to manage. [Jan 2002, p.102]

If you can get past the unresponsive controls and don't mind the overall tasteless but campless tone, Bloodrayne still offers only a few hours of moderately entertaining carnage. [July 2003, p.85]

If you’re a Harry Potter fan, this is a surprisingly fun title. The 7-year-old gives [it] four stars. [Mar 2002, p.88]

Throw in the occasional bugs that cause your soldiers to get stuck in corners or run in place, and you may think twice before signing on for this tour of duty. [Feb 2004, p.85]

The new campaigns take advantage of a larger supported map size, allowing for longer and more complicated scenarios. [Oct 2003, p.117]

A.I. is A-crappy. I have rarely encountered a game that evinces more clearly the rigid, stimulus-response nature of algorithmic thought. [Jan 2005, p.100]

I don't think I've ever seen worse pathfinding in a game. [May 2002, p.75]

Numerous bugs and missing features indicate Strike Fighters was pushed out the door a few months before its time. Again. [Mar 2003, p.105]

A clumsy, series-ending combo of real-time and strategy...You must kind of hang out and gawk at numbers and icons. [July 2004, p.72]

Sure, it has loads of snazzy graphic features like persistent footprints on clay courts and nice shadow effects, but all they do is slow the game down to a brain-twisting crawl. [Jan 2002, p.119]

A game that mostly excels at being better than you think it'll be. [June 2002, p.86]

The overwhelming masses of numbers and options make MOO3 harder to comprehend than its more intuitive predecessors. [May 2003, p.88]

It's a lot more of the same - the same grinding disenchantment. [Feb 2003, p.80]