An atmospheric online version of D&D. Best with friends - but what isn't? [Apr 2006, p.86]

Fans should definitely indulge but more frugal souls who choose to meet Monica for the first time via a budget copy of the original game are certainly no fools.

There are times when this can be offensively unimaginative, but the combat and co-op are too good to ignore. [Sept 2011, p.96]

Engaging, turret-waving fun that unfortunately lacks "Battlefield 2's" variety. [Oct 2005, p.92]

Neither disastrous nor memorable, which is certainly a disservice to a once-proud Nazi-bashing legacy. [Nov 2009, p.92]

Stuff the storyline and just play the game.

The world of Lumines isn't always a pretty place, but it looks much better in motion. Try it. Hey, it's free. [Mar 2008, p.110]

A real shot in the arm for what is becoming a dull genre.

Far from flawless, but you have to admire the sheer ambition and scale of the game. I'll be playing this at home for years. [Mar 2007, p.58]

A visual and aural feast. [Dec 2009, p.98]

The naval combat and countryside levels make a change from the urban warfare that ran through the original, but it's the engaging, conspiracy-fuelled storyline that keeps this feeling fresh. [June 2006, p.96]

Not as complex, but more focused than "CivCity." For resource geeks only. [Dec 2006, p.112]

It's a fresh idea, more than worth a few of your Earth lunchtimes. [Feb 2009, p.101]

It's a good golf game, admittedly, but it's also unnecessarily ugly. [Dec 2006, p.108]

Competent but underwhelming - like a good spy this never stands out. Its parts are somehow more than its total. [Oct 2009, p.94]

Maybe a great sandbox toy, but selling itself as a named campaign expansion is a work of great fail. [Aug 2010, p.100]

Tired-looking. [Christmas 2009, p.88]

The different location means that it's more than the usual tat. [May 2008, p.112]

It's designed to be more cerebral than current RTS war titles, and can't match the visceral thrill of "Rome" or even "Medieval Total War." [May 2005, p.102]

Occasionally veers on gimmickery, but it's genuinely a smart, novel strategy game. Well worth a turn on your rig. [Sept 2008, p.112]

So nearly entertaining, but the controls are just too crummy. [March 2005, p.96]

Not awful, but there's not enough crack in the world to choose it over "GTA." [Christmas 2006, p.101]

Lack of sparkling originality aside, Warfront is an enjoyable game. [May 2007, p.62]

As before, there's nothing here that's massively wrong, but nothing exactly right either, and in particular, nothing that "Diablo" didn't do just as well. [July 2005, p.99]

Mark of Chaos is a colourful and reassuringly manly semi-strategy effort. Full of brawn as it undoubtedly is, it's also lacking in brains. [Jan 2007, p.62]

It's just not as 'hilarious' as perhaps it seems in its native land and, although it's sometimes a pleasing adventure, at 30 quid, I'd struggle to recommend it. [June 2009, p.101]

Functional WWII strategy! Again! Gah! [Feb 2005, p.93]

Fun for video nasty fans, but move along gamers, there's nothing to see here. [Christmas 2005, p.92]