Fans of hardcore strategy sims are sure to lap it up, but for everyone else it's a tedious walk in very familiar territory. [Aug 2009, p.99]

If you were hoping, like I was, for some old fashioned, arcade dogfighting action, then look elsewhere. [Sept 2007, p.63]

A spectacularly simplistic game, and bears no relation to the logistics of city building at all. [Jan 2008, p.73]

The game is incredibly awkward to play. [Oct 2004, p.99]

Could this ever have been anything but an utter disappointment? This misses the mark so much... it hurts. [Feb 2008, p.112]

Quickly gets as dull as a three-hour wait in A&E. With a saucepan on your head. [Sept 2005, p.95]

In spite of the suitably grubby atmosphere, you always feel as if you're being kept at arm's length from the slimeys. [Aug 2010, p.101]

Only the inherent fun of multiplayer dogfighting saves it. [Dec 2005, p.92]

Another dreary RTS to avoid. Ho hum. [July 2006, p.102]

Can't decide whether it's a single player game, a co-op game or a tech demo. [Christmas 2010, p.102]

Does little to enliven the usual trail of hacking, slashing and opening boxes. We're pretty sure it shows the world's worst character creation screen: you can change your hairstyle and, er, your clothing. [Christmas 2004, p.122]

Achingly mediocre and its lack of innovation is frustrating. [Christmas 2005, p.96]

The format of these games gets more and more tired with each new franchise, too. [Sept 2010, p.104]

A comprehensive lesson in how to make a mediocre "GTA" clone. [Oct 2007, p.62]

Mediocre "Close Combat" update, two years old already. [Christmas 2005, p.102]

It's a pretty decent port of the 360 version that unfortunately brings with it all the frustrating flaws of the original. [Oct 2009, p.97]

In short, just don't. [Oct 2007, p.64]

A less than appealing rehash of an uninspiring game. [Christmas 2006, p.104]

It's just a deeply undeveloped game. [Aug 2004, p.90]

Currently it's flawed, and despite glimmers of competence, the imbalanced combat, terrible connection problems, and lack of reason to play leave the score far lower than a properly finished game might have achieved. [Dec 2004, p.97]

Rough enough around the edges to replace sandpaper. [Jan 2009, p.100]

Nothing new or genre-shaking on show here, in what is basically a port that's far too short. Give this cold planet the could shoulder. [Sept 2007, p.50]

Sadly, those stand-out courses occur far too infrequently. [Apr 2009, p.98]

The dullest and most befuddling AAA Hollywood-endorsed title I've ever played. [Apr 2010, p.94]

It's the kind of game that makes "FlatOut 2" look state of the art. [Oct 2008, p.115]

In an age when intelligent, engrossing first person shooters rule the roost, Legendary feels positively ancient. [Jan 2009, p.100]

As a distraction, it's passable enough, at least at this price. [June 2008, p.112]

The necessity to move between labs to drop off every single new clue and pick up results is more than a little tiresome. [Feb 2005, p.92]