Guerrilla is fun, until you make a terrible discovery: it’s pretty easy.

Anno 1404 is the best Anno yet and one of the best strategy games in a long time. Tons of games are addictive, very few of them for the right reasons – but this game is both.

Reality 2.0 is easily the best of the episodes released to date.

A fun game with a very high level of polish but not a great deal of depth. It’ll cast its spell on you early with its beautiful visuals and agile main character, and it’s a fantastic experience while it lasts, which isn’t nearly long enough.

Still, when distilled down to its core, I did enjoy Awakening a little bit more than I did Origins.

Online drift mode is very popular, and if you happen to find someone in there with the name RedStarAcura behind an Impreza, he will not back down to any challenge!

Unlike most such games Sunrise is packed full of features and what you get with it--besides a unique solo experience--are tools to effortlessly create custom content and share it and enjoy it together with everyone else. It is less than a year old and the community has already made an incredible amount of tracks and vehicles, and Nadeo released a free expansion pack.

For a rushed product that is still battling bugs, the currently offered product still provides 40 hours of challenging and engaging gameplay. This combines to provide a good, but not great gaming experience.

This game is about the best game I’ve ever played for the PC.

It’s a good game that has many bugs and doesn’t seem to be appropriately optimized.

Bulletstorm is a real looker through and through.

This is an amazingly strong start to the second season.

Even though it is better looking and easier to grasp than any flight sim to date, X-Plane feels unfinished. Serious fans of flight sims will enjoy X-Plane, while casual fans may want to wait for a more streamlined interface, hopefully in "X-Plane 9."

It’s the multiplayer portion that is worth your money.

One of the finest-looking games this year.

There’s very little luck to the missions, and a skilled hit man can beat any level efficiently on the very first try. Anyone up to that challenge should get this game.

Raven took all the good things first person shooters have been doing since Half-Life and Unreal...it works--sort of--but the end result is a bit messy nonetheless.

It offers a quick adrenaline rush and beautifully detailed levels running on the spectacular Havok2.0 physics engine and, I must say, this game is one of a kind.

The intensity is there right at the beginning.

If you’re looking for a RPG that has most of the same components as other games but with a deep and intriguing storyline, then I would highly recommend this game to you.

Fast-paced as it may be, the fighting in Empire is not exactly cerebral.

Technically splendid, but lacks the soul and the focus that made its previous games such powerful experiences.

For all the things that don't work well, the exciting combat and deep world make KAR a very worthy game to play. It's a shame Electronic Arts is doing such a poor job of promoting it, as there is enough here to make the foundation of a very solid franchise.

Borderlands has more weaknesses than strengths, but the few strengths it has absolutely overwhelm most of the problems the game has.

Even with its smaller scope and its similarities to its year-old predecessor, Napoleon is a better, more polished game.

I absolutely love the attention Tripwire has given to the small details in the game.

I was pleased to find that SME1 contains all of the humor, atmosphere, and genuine fun of the previous game.

Mirror’s Edge delightfully tickled my auditory senses.

Graphics could be better.

This kind of depth hurls Dungeon Defenders far past the typical tower defense game.

Another reason I like this game is because there is a number of ways to go about playing it. You can be aggressive and pick the soldiers for that, or you can be stealthy and snipe through your missions.

I do have to admit that this episode appeared more focused, better paced, and almost felt like it had a bit more of a challenge/content level than the previous episodes.

Dead Island is absolutely a fun and very playable game and worth the money, even if it lacks the incredible detail and more serious challenge of Dead Rising 2. Dead Island may lack new ideas, but it makes up for it with simple playability, and often that's all anyone wants in a game.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has a lot of content to shuffle through, especially if you’ve never played Escape, so it’s totally worth getting.

What I didn’t love was the mediocre multiplayer component, which was purely a deathmatch fest with a single game mode.

At its best, it can compete with the best, offering gorgeous vistas and jaw-dropping scenery.

This game contains more explosions than any game I can remember playing in recent history.

Graphics are easily the standout element in Trine.

I think the new DoD has done the best job of utilizing the Source physics engine.

My only issue with it, honestly, is that DICE hasn’t really made an effort to change anything substantial about the game in five years.

It's easily the best single player PC RPG this year with one of the most engaging atmospheres you will find in any game.

When it comes to being Panzer General, Panzer Corps beats the pants off the competition.

It has morphed from a wide-open, somewhat abstract tactical simulation to a linear action game with squad elements tacked on. It's a sad symptom of a franchise that used to be focused on providing entertaining white-knuckle tactical shooters and is now focused on providing whatever sells best.

This, to me, is the pinnacle of arcade racing on the PC, and I honestly don’t have the interest or will to play anything else, and I doubt I can find a finer product. I think Nadeo have done what they could with the series, and other developers should take note: this is how you make a game.

For ten dollars this is a no-brainer; simple as that.

If for some reason I were to live in another world that had to be designed by humans, I wouldn't have a problem if Cyan created it.

A few years ago, Empire Earth II might have made the cut for fresh and innovative gameplay. Sadly, today it's simply a retread--and a poorly executed, tedious one at that.

Clocking in at around 10 hours, Hell’s Highway provides tons of drama but brings with it some new gameplay elements that don’t mesh with the series philosophy.

Any fan of the genre will be surprised at just how much Depths of Peril has to offer.

Tropico 3 is not only a faithful adaptation of a classic idea, it’s also the best game Haemimont has ever made.

The textures and color vibrancy will blow you away.

Dungeons of Dredmor makes you respect death, where many games simply laugh in its face.

The presentation of AC may feature some of the best graphics and sound effects seen in a PC game in some time.

Situation Comedy seems to suffer from the "more of the same" syndrome.

Not bad for a project that started out in a college dorm.

Everything seemed a bit too familiar.

All in all, Survivor is not big step forward, actually it’s hardly even a step, but it’s more Shadowgrounds, which is enough of a reason to go and get it. I don’t know of any other top-down shooters for the PC which are done as well, or look as good or cost $20.

Even factoring in the (token) multiplayer, Rage is a brief game in a small world, with two small towns and not much else. Despite my criticisms, the fact that I really want more says that ultimately this is a pretty good game, just with much unrealized potential.

The Myst games are not for everyone. I have always enjoyed them so I kind of know what to expect and how things work. I thought this game was fantastic.

Graphically, F.E.A.R. 2 looks leaps and bounds better than its predecessor.

If you’re a fan of the series and are able to swallow Ubisoft’s fulsome addition to Blue Byte’s game, I’d definitely recommend The Settlers 7.

The single player campaign is very enjoyable, and no DOOM 3 fan should leave it on the store shelves just because a few levels aren’t as good as the standard set early on in the game.

It is when it tries to do something else other than combat that the game stumbles.

The skirmishes usually don’t last very long, making this an excellent game to play for a quick fix.

A major overhaul, crisper graphics, and a new passing system that needs more development. All in all, it's fun, addictive in a way football games haven't been recently, and worth the reduced price to pick up this edition.

Excellent voice acting and sound effects/score.

It properly addresses criticisms from Overture and ties up the story arc rather well.

While Open for Business adds new places and new objects, its true value is in adding another huge gameplay element to an already outstanding title. As an expansion pack, it includes more new content and better gameplay than several other stand-alone games.

A surprisingly solid product, and gamers that have waited long for a decent sci-fi MMO should check it out. If you’re already into another MMO, however, I don’t see this pulling you away from it unless you’re a big Garriott fan (Ultima fans will find nothing here of interest). On the other hand, there is no harm in spending at least a month or two in the world of Tabula Rasa because this game will likely influence others for years to come.

If you're a Tropico nut, then the idea of a few new buildings and a lengthy, engrossing campaign probably has you interested already. The only ones who might want to stay back are those who felt like they'd had enough one, or two, or three Tropicos ago.

Boasting over 30 hours of play time, multiple difficulty levels and an online component, Titan Quest offers enough gameplay content to make it worth a look.

While that may be one thousand words of criticism, overall I would recommend Mafia II. It's hard to deeply explain the positives because I'd hate to give away some of the more jaw-dropping ain't-that-cool aspects to the game.

The multiplayer component is designed perfectly.

The total effect of the expansion pack is still positive (multiplayer is still fun; even the single-player has its uses) but there are a few worrying signs – the introduction of hero units and special abilities and the inward-looking nature of the entire game (SP as preparation for MP).

The game is immensely playable and re-playable, guaranteeing the player a new experience each time the game is played. [Gold Ed.]

The highlight of the game by far is exploitation.

There is something about the visual style of the game that makes it look a lot more real than other racers which compared to it seem fake and outdated. I guess it's the combination of a potent engine with a few skilled artists, or maybe it's my imagination, fact is that CRC is among the best looking games out now.

Easily the best in-planet RTS title I have played since "Starcraft", and it definitely gives me hope for the future of the RTS genre as a whole.

The Darkness II is a decent shooter, but there is nothing in it that is amazing; it's respectable but mostly predictable.

Gameplay is pedestrian, ultimately annoying and not as replayable as a Sims title should be.

What the game does – a single-player campaign – it does very well, and if you enjoyed the rich scenarios of previous games in the series you probably own this game already. If you don't, and if you're looking for an entry point into the phenomenon, this is as stellar a place to start as any.

Despite some graphical setbacks, Singularity overcomes its inadequacies to present a solid and worthwhile experience for fans of story-driven gaming.

This game frustrates where it should rejuvenate.

The content is in abundance, the gameplay is mostly solid, and the child-like humor is all there, but it just feels like something is missing to make the whole experience great.

The episode should clock in somewhere around four hours depending on how often you use the hint system. I think people of all ages could really enjoy The Great Cow Race, especially the fans of the comics.

OpFlash 2 actually tries realism and gets the basics right.

The bottom line is that Gun could have, and probably should have, been great. It's got some very good ideas, a good storyline, and excellent voice acting and characterizations. The gameplay and level design is miserable.

Multiwinia is, in a two words, chaotically fun.

The needs system may very well be the make-or-break point for several players.

The basic fact is that Red Orchestra 2 spoils you. Playing any other shooter, especially one that claims to be realistic, after going through a few rounds in RO2 is bound to be a disappointment.

The game is really little more than a glorified browser game for which you have to shell out $6.

This is as replayable as it gets. Nightlife--as is the Sims 2--is completely open-ended.

Saying that it stands head-and-shoulders above all of the scant competition for grand-strategy kingship almost goes without saying.

Despite the many warts, Eschalon is not without charm, as this game would have been an award-winning achievement in 1986 or so. Everything is done well, for that era, but, much like steam locomotives, I’m just not convinced this style really works nowadays.

A must buy to those that enjoyed the original. Hardcore fans should already own it, and everyone else will miss out on another great game yet again.

Its biggest issue may be its release date: there are simply better games competing for your dollar in the marketplace right now.

Movement and controls seem so crisp and fluid that it just makes for an extremely enjoyable experience.

The Next Big Thing however is not half decent; it's only the best adventure game I've played in the past few years.