Just more of the same beautiful game, but will remind you why you loved Oblivion like your own family in the first place. [Jan 2007, p.60]

Worth every one of your 680 pennies for a bit more Fallout 3 and the lack of a proper ending to put a stop to your fun. [July 2009, p.92]

Evolution doesn't happen, according to this particular history book. [Dec 2005, p.98]

At heart, this is hands down the best theme park building game to date. [Christmas 2004, p.112]

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

Remarkably polished for something so infant-friendly. [Aug 2004, p.91]

Its duffer solo moments are masked by imaginative and visual whizz-band-fizz. [Jan 2011, p.100]

Fantasy RTS with a very level head.

Inevitably anticlimactic. But there are a few smiles within. [Dec 2006, p.115]

A thrillingly kinetic scramble through gaming's prettiest Orwellian dystopia. It has the feeblest fight sequences, yet its greatness shines through. [Feb 2009, p.94]

It's a simple, short thing, but the truly masterful handling of the lightsaber(s) this time around means it's also perhaps the most genuinely Star Warsy game in a long, long time.

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

Depth, detail and cars galore, but lacking the spark to be truly essential.

Defense Grid is fun while it lasts, but won't last you very long. [Feb 2009, p.101]

It’s interesting enough, but it’s lacking any real innovation. At all.

The puzzle elements are more like extremely simple exercises that you have to complete, rather than challenging problems that need solving, and the same is sadly true for the strategy.

Every bit as ambitious as it is visually stunning. A little more polish, and WoW could finally have serious competition on its hands. [Aug 2008, p.92]

There are no real uprisings to be found in THe Warchiefs' colonies. [Christmas 2006, p.102]

The simplicity of the design is where the game really shines. [Oct 2011, p.105]

The main problem though is that this one features too much aimless wandering, and nothing like enough danger or excitement. [Mar 2008, p.109]

Exhilarating stripped down action-RPG. Repetitive, but compulsive. [Oct 2005, p.86]

Had Deus Ex 1 not existed this would’ve been a godsend. But…

The stealth adventure genre doesn't get any better than this. [Christmas 2006, p.95]

Treads frequently to the brink of greatness, only to be tripped by its obsession with repetitive setpieces. [Christmas 2004, p.104]

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

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

This game is most definitely not one for the faint-hearted; the sheer scale of the beast is truly something to behold. [May 2006, p.97]

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