Like its brethren, it is good - but without being amazing or breathtakingly original. [Aug 2003, p.72]

Play it for the movies, don't play it for the play. [Aug 2003, p.84]

Perhaps the best part of living the life of a celebrity is the luxuries--spa treatments, sushi dinners, and a butler await you in Superstar. [Aug 2003, p.87]

Delivers the best World War II real-time gaming experience to date. [Aug 2003, p.88]

Vice City doesn't improve much on the few shortcomings of its predecessor. Fortunately, it doesn't have to. [Aug 2003, p.74]

It adds some window dressing and a smattering of new scenarios to a game well past its prime. [Aug 2003, p.81]

The brand-new Dark Age campaign, lots of new units, and plenty of new gameplay make Viking Invasion a must for Total War fans. [Aug 2003, p.80]

This stunning mood is crushed by an interface that has all the charm and convenience of a TPS report. [Sept 2003, p.95]

The newly redone character models are quite detailed, and the sound, with whizzing bullets and explosions adding real tension, is fantastic. [Aug 2003, p.76]

An odd duck of an RPG, Empire of Magic both entertains and annoys. [Aug 2003, p.82]

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

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]

Until someone boxes up syphilis and tries to sell it at retail, Postal 2 is the worst product ever foisted upon consumers. [July 2003, p.90]

A competently done city building game with nothing to set it apart from the crowd. [July 2003, p.80]

Further compounding the game into sheer mediocrity is the downward spiral of the A.I. [Sept 2003, p.102]

All tension drains away as the game turns into the equivalent of a deathmatch against sheep. [July 2003, p.74]

The problem here isn't so much with the game's content, which remains as ambitious and poignant as ever, but rather with Konami's sloppy porting efforts to the PC. [Aug 2003, p.78]

The A.I. in this game is capable of some remarkably human-like behavior. [June 2003, p.99]

If you're a big fan of the show, not a big computer gamer, and not that bright, then this game is well worth your time and money. [Aug 2003, p.90]

I can also forgive the fact that at times, it's just too damn hard, even at the lowest difficulty level. For $20, though, you can get a lot of bang for your buck. [Aug 2003, p.77]

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]

While it delivers a much better Vietnam combat experience than you might expect, the graphics can be problematic. [July 2003, p.76]

Once things are set in motion, there's not much to do aside from the occasional tweak. [June 2003, p.85]

Provides solid 3D platforming action with some panache - and the occasional little graphics glitch. [June 2003, p.94]

Shadowbane has jolted much-needed new life into the massively multiplayer genre - a genre that was showing every sign of being drowned in a flood of derivative games. It's a brave attempt at something new, and it succeeds. [July 2003, p.70]

EA Sports delivers an unprecedented level of control and innovation to PC baseball. [June 2003, p.105]

The dated visuals won't grab you, but the game's depth keeps things interesting if not addicting. [June 2003, p.98]

If you're a military sim gamer who's looking for endless hours of action devoid of strategy or tactics, then this is your game. [June 2003, p.84]