A rare combination of frustration and boredom. [Feb 2004, p.85]

The gameplay is not only less sophisticated but also far less soccer-like than either of the two serious alternatives on the market. [Feb 2005, p.89]

Great if you like beautifully rendered landscapes, not so great if you like good A.I. and usuable controls. [Sept 2004, p.72]

System-wide bugs, which range from the entertaining (my character did a jumping jack each time he left his office) to the annoying (pathfinding issues) to the aggravating (frequent desktop crashes). [Jan 2005, p.106]

A triple-Advil-migraine-inducing trip to the very bowels of hell. [August 2002, p.77]

Boss battles are so routine as to be laughable, and that's about all the laughter you'll be doing, as NOLF's great comedic dialogue is noticeably absent. The entire game feels slapped together. [Feb 2004, p.79]

Winning battles is more a result of mass and aggression than tactical coordination. [March 2005, p.76]

All enemies are deaf and have the attention span of a spider monkey on crack. [Apr 2004, p.82]

Primal Hunt is going to take the Best Blueballs award for not delivering on what could have been a great expansion. [Nov 2002, p.118]

So maybe I'm uncool, maybe not, but I'm old enough to recognize a bad game with a weak hook and no heart. [July 2003, p.89]

The gameplay, already uninspired and annoying on the consoles, is an uncontrollable mess on PC and not even worth it for fanboys. [Sept 2003, p.100]

A good adaptation of the movie, but the controls could be easier. [Sept 2004, p.76]

Outbreak should get recognition for having one of the most bizarre weapons in any shooter. [May 2002, p.88]

About the only thing the inept MMIX does well is confirming its irrelevance. The game is damned boring. [August 2002, p.70]

The best game ever for gamers without the energy to move their thumbs from the A button to the B button on their gamepads. [May 2004, p.89]

It's idiosyncratic but exciting in a way games like "EverQuest" aren't, and it's getting better... Shockingly good when you consider it was developed by a team of three people. [Oct 2003, p.124]

Dredd-fully underwhelming. [July 2004, p.75]

The controls can be semiclunky, both for issuing orders and for things like manual aiming. [Jan 2005, p.98]

For those of you who crave endless realism in your war games, it's probably as realistic a military simulation as you'll get without risking being exposed to IEDs and insurgent attacks. For the rest of us, it simply fails as a game. [Apr 2005, p.87]

As dry and inviting as the Arabian Desert. [Nov 2003, p.146]

Just barely enought to satisfy true Shadowbane fans. [Apr 2004, p.90]

The A.I. is far superior to the original, having gone from pathetic to passable. [Feb 2003, p.97]

Makes me never want to see the movie again for fear it will remind me of the game. [August 2002, p.76]

I've kept every game that I've ever reviewed for CGW. Space Horse is going into the trash. [Dec 2002, p.135]

For anyone who doesn't share Dr. Smart's very specific obsessions, however, Universal Combat is an exhausting, impenetrable bore. [Oct 2004, p.82]

The game's biggest annoyance - the finite nuber of saves allowed during each mission. [Nov 2003, p.140]

While other games try to improve upon the genre, RuneSword II just wants to be a fun role-playing game. [Jan 2002, p.117]

With a poor presentation and poor gameplay, War Times feels like an overpriced piece of budgetware that's destined to languish in bargain bins until its desiccated corpse turns to powder and is blown from our memory. [Aug 2004, p.82]