A chunky mix of features from other titles in a fully 3D bladder that has some merit, but will probably leave most gamers why on earth they should take a bite. [May 2003, p.91]

Ultimately, Starsky & Hutch simply comes off as a poor man's Vice City. A very poor man living off sub-grade, government cheese.

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]

If the VC don't kill you, the pesky game-crashing bugs will. [Feb 2006, p.81]

Yet another attempt at "Europa Universalis Lite" - one that tries to reduce the depth of EU into a mind-numbing series of repetitive tasks. [June 2004, p.86]

The only time the game comes close to evoking WWII is in the cleverly done faux-newsreel footage that is a backdrop to the game credits. [Mar 2003, p.104]

Atmospheric graphics are about all The Final Cut has going for it. [July 2002, p.81]

Slow. Frustrating. Not the best idea for an escape. [July 2002, p.81]

I've birthed children in less time than it takes the game CDs to fire up. [Aug 2004, p.83]

Poorly designed controls make this pallid Indiana Jones clone unplayable. [July 2003, p.83]

Alpha Black Zero may not be the worst game ever made, but it may be the most tedious. [Dec 2004, p.93]

Lame story, lame racing, lame A.I. - lame game. [July 2003, p.86]

You never quite get past the feeling that there are a half-dozen better shooters you could be playing...There's just no reason to play a shooter with this many problems. [Oct 2004, p.80]

I prefer to spend my time playing games on my computer, not getting them to run. If that also describes you, stay away from Conflict Zone. [Mar 2002, p.92]

Unbalanced, tedious, buggy, and lacking in imagination - and those are its good points. [Nov 2003, p.134]

And thus gaming's highest-profile franchise is run into the ground and kicked repeatedly in the head. [Oct 2003, p.118]

An example of mediocrity dragged much further downward by sheer ineptitude. It could have been another so-so tactical stealth shooter, but the saves, the idiots, the cliches, and the crashes shove it into coaster territory. [July 2003, p.72]

Twenty to 30 hours of gameplay, and not a single one of them worth a damn. [July 2003, p.84]

From start to finish, it is a poorly conceived, ill-executed, and time-wasting piece of coasterware designed to suck money away from both fans of the much-lauded series and unsuspecting newcomers. [Nov 2003, p.138]

Long stretches of boredom punctuated by brief moments of implausibility. [Feb 2005, p.84]

No, you never, ever get a weapon. All you do is creep around avoiding conflict. This is supposed to be suspenseful. It's not. It's tedious. [Jan 2003, p.102]

A lot like "Freelancer," only boring and with a monthly fee. [May 2005, p.94]

Exhausting, repetitious gameplay. [Feb 2002, p.100]

You'll frequently dodge the oafish enemies instead of fighting. [Mar 2004, p.84]

What am I afraid of? Bad games, and Nosferatu seriously scares me. [Feb 2004, p.90]

Confusion and frustration are your only companions in Revolution. [June 2003, p.87]

The game plays a lot like "Sims 2" - just without the charm, animation, possibilities, freedom and, and ability to generate a desire to keep it installed. [Apr 2005, p.84]

It looks and plays like it was made by two guys in a basement - which, in fact, it was. [Oct 2005, p.78]