I still think a music-customizable rhythm game could be amazing, but Dance Factory falls short of the ideal. [Jun 2006, p.94]

Welcome to Sonic Hell, where it feels like you're stuck in Rome and some gladiator prisoner that is being forced to compete mercilessly non-stop with other combatants. [Jan. 2007, p.91]

Let's hope that Namco Bandai issues an "oops" and ships the real game soon. [Jan. 2007, p.72]

Too simple for strategy fans and too complex for fighting fans. The occasionally interesting creature design and accompanying animation can't save this one from its cliched premise, uninteresting gameplay, and interminable load times. [Mar 2004, p.103]

Utterly unremarkable in every way possible. [Mar 2002, p.105]

It's neither run nor funny - you're better off spending $20 on something else. [Jan 2004, p.125]

Why can't you have more than six players at a table? [March 2005, p.95]

There's no feeling of the weight or power of the real thing, and precious little sense of speed. [Jan 2004, p.130]

After that brief spasm of historical insight, the charm rapidly wears off, mostly due to clumsy programming. [March 2005, p.95]

This was a great game...15 years ago. The new Micro Machines fails to offer anything new or exciting to an already stale series. [Sept 2006, p.79]

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]

This game stinks. [Jan 2002, p.132]

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

The graphics certainly don't help any. Really, for a PS2 game, they're an embarrassment. [Dec 2001, p.161]

It is, thankfully, a roughly four-hour affair, but that time is probably better spent actually watching the two excellent (and one decent) Terminator movies. [Feb 2004, p.104]

Easily the worst modern game of its genre. [Oct 2001, p.134]

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.

Defending myself from a shark attack would be more entertaining. [Aug 2006, p.77]

The real-time battle system is such a mess that you’ll get either incredibly bored or overwhelmed in no time. [Mar 2002, p.108]

Other than that, Miami Vice is the most unremarkable eight hours you'll sppend en route to a lousy concclusion this year! [Oct. 2006, p.91]

Did I mention the shooting interface itself? Picture the annoying timing of the triple-tap Hot Shots model combined with the occasional imprecision of the analog Tiger model, and you'll have some idea of what we're talking about here: It's the worst of all possible worlds!

My advice to the developers is next time, skip the shaking, the timers, and the laughable cinemas and spend more time polishing and testing. [June 2005, p.101]

A sad, painfully executed experience that can't hold a candle to the former glory. [Nov 2002, p.192]

But most unbelievable is the fact that there's almost nothing here I would classify as fun. [Jan 2004, p.118]

The Micro Machines games have stayed the same over the last decade for the most part, so fans of the series will have a general idea of what they're getting into here. Newcomers can consider themselves warned. [Oct. 2006, p.92]

The gameplay is just short of completely unredeemable. [Jan 2003, p.132]

The gun battles that account for 99 percent of the game are extremely flawed. Bulletproof's aiming controls--no matter which configuration or sensitivity settings you choose--are as sloppy as they come.

It's a sloppy, rushed port of a game that deserved better. [July 2006, p.77]