It's time for Mortal Kombat to go. [Dec. 2006, p.126]

What's challenging in hitting home runs with every other hitter? [June 2001, p.99]

It has more of the same clunky controls and general lack of fun for which the series is known. [Oct 2004, p.92]

While the battle system is solid, the battles themselves are dreadfully boring.

Mere diversions that don't have much lasting appeal. [Feb 2002, p.116]

Falls flat on its face on just about every level. [June 2001, p.98]

It's nice that Pandemic attempted to improve "Full Spectrum Warrior", trying to make it feel more like a game and less like something based on military theory. But the host of said improvements take FSW from and interesting if tame combat simulator to an irritating way to spend an afternoon. [July 2006, p.76]

The jumping puzzles combined with the overt racism combined with the semiwonky controls combined wtih the unctuousness of the protagonist add up to a game that is decidedly unfun. [May 2004, p.101]

Full unadulterated boredom. [Oct 2002, p.147]

Having long since outlived its usefulness, the Wild Arms series has gone, with this entry, from merely banal to actively irritating. With such a wealth of RPGs getting translated nowadays and more companies than ever eager to get into the act, it's about time this appendix was removed.

Save your money for a PS2 and a copy of Thunder for that system. It's worth it. [Jan 2002, p.146]

Its boring tracks make you feel more like you're racing around a generic airport terminal with fancy backdrops than actually IN the exotic locales. [June 2002, p.97]

The only thing eJay has on its competitors is the Scratch mode, a fairly solid (and, as far as I can tell, reasonably realistic) dual-turntable simulator. [Oct 2003, p.116]

Getting 29 games for $20 shouldn't be a terrible deal, but aside from two or three gems, the selection totally blows - especially when compared to the Japanese releases. [Jan 2006, p.91]

The graphics here are subpar for PS2, the animation is choppy, the level design is awful, and the controls and interface are almost impressively awkward. [June 2002, p.99]

This game is so stupid. It also lacks any kind of cool. What a combo! [Aug 2003, p.99]

Do your part and make sure the Just Cause revolucion will not be televised. [Nov. 2006, p.117]

I can't help feeling like this game was designed by sadists, for masochists. It's that frustrating. [Nov 2002, p.183]

Why would I want to play a game that consists mostly of <I>waiting</I>? [Apr 2003, p.87]

A shallow racer spread thinly over other game styles. [Jan 2006, p.101]

Apparently, it never occurred to anyone at Cavia that using a first-person shooter setup to control a game seen in the third person is a little like putting "Resident Evil"-style controls in a "Mario" game: technically possible but deeply stupid. [Dec 2004, p.102]

"SSX" looked better two years ago, and the water comes nowhere near equaling that in last year's "Splashdown." [Dec 2002, p.160]

Surely, I thought, the challenge level has a setting other than "stupid easy" or "mind-bogglingly confusing because the mutant aiming system bites." I thought wrong. Encounters in Space is just that bad. [Dec 2003, p.164]

What's not so impressive is that actual combat is pretty sucky. The combos themselves are simplistic. [Jun 2006, p.94]

Most of the Atari 2600's great titles had little to do with Atari.[Feb 2005, p.91]

If tweaking out on robo-parts is your thing, proceed. If serious robo-combat is your thing, abort. [Nov 2005, p.90]

Two games in one: both are bland and tedious. [Jan 2006, p.99]

Somehow, the PSP version makes Frogger's already-confusing mechanics even more frustrating. [Jan 2006, p.100]