The best version of FIFA Manager I've played and has a level of depth I've not seen before from EA. [Jan 2010, p.93]

Gory and pointless – just one more tedious stealth game.

A bad trip down memory lane - this is the FPS circa 1996 incarnate. [July 2006, p.95]

It is engaging, interesting, and definitely a little bit of a break from the norm. [July 2007, p.71]

A competent shooter that makes the best of its license. Those early 80s cartoons have been suitably honoured. [Sept 2010, p.100]

The challenge of maintaining your reputation in the face of a weak Nile, defending the city from attack and completing the scenarios is gratifying, but there's not really enough here to justify long-term play. [March 2005, p.99]

This is a flawed game, but it's getting better. [Feb 2010, p.95]

The most interesting part of the episode is how it plays with the characters. [Sept 2010, p.104]

A waste of time for all involved, go watch paint dry instead. [Aug 2005, p.97]

An example of British resilience, striving on against daft AI.

A difficult prospect when you're playing with a pad that has different mapping than the game it's set up for. [Nov 2007, p.57]

JC isn't perfect. There are some stolid, on-rails bits, the missions get repetitive, and did we mention the physics is crap? But there's abundant pleasure to be found. [Dec 2006, p.116]

Despite its fantastic visualisation of Wonderland, repetitive gameplay means it fails to muster a chortle. [Sept 2011, p.100]

The quests are interesting. [May 2009, p.97]

So, there are short bursts of charm, interspersed with long sections of tedium. [Dec 2005 p.89]

If you're after something laid-back but enjoyable you could do far, far worse. [June 2010, p.101]

Unfortunately, sheer numbers alone are just not enough to set this apart from the competition. [Nov 2005, p.90]

An almost-perfect war game that manages to deliver just enough for real-time strategy and sim fans alike. [July 2009, p.90]

Offers great weapons, a great destruction model...and not enough ways to have fun with them. [July 2011, p.94]

The idea is excellent, but overall a weaker expansion than the first and not as exciting. [July 2010, p.98]

Ultimately, the lack of a convincing "feel," combined with a predictable and rather uninspired selection of weapons mean War World is never going to grasp you by the imagination and shake you with a hydraulic arm until you lie limp and broken. [Oct 2005, p.98]

It may be unoriginal, but it's got the atmosphere. [May 2006, p.90]

Unfinished and unrewarding, the game's gorgeous artwork is not matched by the plot or the nonsensical puzzles. [Feb 2009, p.98]

Rather too over-familiar, but still a very entertaining stealth experience.

Vietcong is everything Platoon should’ve been: realistic, immersive, tense, reasonably flexible, and thoroughly addictive. How ironic that two Czech developers should be the first to create a truly brilliant Vietnam game.

A cumbersome and confusing affair. Order a full retreat. [June 2006, p.86]

It's not going to keep you up late for months on end. [Dec 2007, p.58]

Wears its simplicity on its sleeve and is certainly a different slant on the genre. [Oct 2007, p.66]