The only steering you'll be doing is steering clear. [Feb 2008, p.113]

Pointless in the xtreme, unless you're interested in war game archaeoogy. [July 2005, p.97]

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

It's almost as if not enough time has been spent on either this or the Combat Upgrade, making it impossible to accept RoTW as it stands. [July 2005, p.95]

The driving model is so bad, it makes you wonder if anyone involved has ever been in a car. [Sept 2008, p.117]

More boring than watching gravel. [July 2006, p.102]

Quotation forthcoming. [Jan 2008]

Quickly repetitive actin, with ultra-violence that soon becomes mundane. [March 2005, p.100]

Generic online gaming with a single, barely attainable good idea. [Christmas 2006, p.100]

Eragon bored me almost to tears, and the limp plot utterly failed to keep me pushing on through the pain barrier. [Feb 2007, p.68]

Predictably poor. Proof that every gaming franchise has its limits.

Appealing alterna-stealth undone by trying to be all things to all men. Specifically, the sexually frustrated teenage ones. [July 2009, p.93]

You're left with Commodore-era finger bruises and PS2-quality graphics, and you don't even get the full complement of Olympic sports. Rubbish. [Christmas 2004, p.122]

Perfect for people who hate helicopters and simulations. [Dec 2004, p.104]

Ridiculously fast, under-developed and frustrating to control. [Christmas 2004, p.119]

The frustration of RTS interrupting RPG is maddening beyond belief, but you won't understand what's going on anyway, so it's not worth the worry. [Christmas 2005, p.102]

Web of Shadows aims for a sandbox GTA-style open environment, but has neither the verve, nor the technical ability to pull it off. [Jan 2009, p.101]

A textbook - not to mention chastening - exercise in making something inherently fun no fun whatsoever. [Sept 2007, p.60]

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

Messy, clumsy, and deeply unsatisfying beat-'em-up combat. Surpised? Catwoman is a poorly made tie-in game for a rubbish movie. Someone find me a bag and a brick. [Oct 2004, p.96]

Five years ago it might have been average. [June 2009, p.100]

With too much emphasis on the factory insteady of the beauty, this is a game that really is skin-deep. [Sept 2008, p.117]

Dull, dated, and deeply dim-witted. Let's snore together. [Dec 2004, p.104]

Basically it's not a game, it's still just a tech demo, and a pretty unsuccessful one at that. [July 2007, p.64]

Yet another unnecessary and unwarranted poker game. Avoid. [May 2007, p.69]

An Xbox port that looks a little green around the gills. [Sept 2006, p.99]

As an alternative to "The Sims," only the abundance of nipples saves it. [Apr 2005, p.104]

It barely raises a smile, reducing most gamers to a grim comatose zomebie-state, the only sign a life now a dull flicker of hate in their glazed, cold eyes. [Christmas 2004, p.107]