Superlative urban combat, held back by poor AI and some grinding levels. [June 2006, p.80]

If we're going to have Sims add-on packs, let's have them like this. [Apr 2005, p.106]

There are many reasons to dislike Diesel, this isn't one of them. [May 2009, p.92]

A brilliant introduction if you haven't played before. [Dec 2006, p.108]

A blast from the past, getting away with it this time, but possibly not a third. [Sept 2005, p.96]

Provided you have the necessary levels of patience, Gothic 2 inexorably draws you in. It’s resolutely old-fashioned without being tired, and credits you with, gasp, some intelligence instead of handing over every little thing on a plate. Now if just one single MMORPG could be this good.

Traditional FPS, but it still feels fresh - only the WWII setting and theme tune reveals this is another Medal of Honor game. [Nov 2007, p.46]

Unfortunately, there’s still the irritating third-person camera and chugging graphics to remind you of BGE’s console origins, and it never comes remotely close to justifying the pretentiousness of the title – at a mere 12 hours or so it’s undoubtedly far too short.

An intelligent update that gives you just enough to make it worthwhile. [Mar 2006, p.96]

Tense, drawn-out battles ahoy! Combat at sea has never been such fun. [Sept 2006, p.96]

Frightening and utterly absorbing in equal measure.

There are moments that let Butcher Bay down - the melee combat, cack-handed first-person boxing, feels radom and ridiculous; there's some irritating mystical babble; and it's too short - but overall, the game's a gem. [Jan 2005, p.86]

The amount of content, features and the fact it's still free of subscriptions makes Guild Wars Nightfall a great MMORPG title. [Jan 2007, p.69]

I'm rather impressed. [July 2010, p.101]

Cute, weird, and very addictive. [Aug 2006, p.105]

When it does get going it's a crateworth of time-control fun. [Sept 2010, p.102]

A tremendous value. [Aug 2007, p.61]

Not the advance you may have hoped, but the co-op mode deserves medals. [Dec 2005, p.98]

Doesn't broaden Civ IV's appeal any, but a must-have if you have any Sid Meier love in you. [Oct 2007, p.80]

Yes, to the casual user it feels little different – and not that much faster – to the original game; but frankly, no one can criticise Firaxis for giving Civ junkies the multiplayer hit they’ve been demanding for the last year.

While it may be all kinds of multiplayer fun, either in deathmatch or co-op, it does get pretty old pretty quickly. [Aug 2007, p.62]

Ignore the media furore, and enjoy this as a standalone puzzler. [July 2006, p.97]

A good game, but a little slight. [Jan 2010, p.93]

There are still bugs and little really new on offer here. [Feb 2011, p.108]

It puts up a brave fight, but can't quite defeat the champion of war games ("Rome: Total War"). After all, Rome wasn't beat in a day. [July 2005, p.96]

If you can haul a high spec rig into the living room, then go for it. Otherwise, this may not inspire that vital spirit of rocking out. [Feb 2008, p.104]

The problem is that the more you play it the more you realise just how slight and limited it is as an experience. The tracks are pleasingly long, but once you've got them figured out they don't represent anything of a challenge.

The best golfing sim on the market. [Dec 2007, p.62]