Football Manager 2011 isn't likely to draw in any new players, but it's also not going to lose any either. There are other new features, but essentially it's still that footie RPG with the addictiveness only FM and free-base cocaine can offer.

A well-rendered world, with a well-realised story, though without as much actual gaming as we'd hoped there'd be. [Issue#244, p.81]

Bluntly, the problem with EA's Create is in the title. It suggests you'll be creating things, with all the imagination and excitement that implies. Instead, Create feels like Little Big Planet, as copied by a robot that one day hopes to know what love is.

It may take a while to find them, but delve into PES 2011 and you'll discover its great - if unfortunately hidden - depths. [Nov 2010, p.100]

It's not a painful experience by any means; it just feels like it's little more than extended Fallout 3 DLC.

There's so much wrong here, from the Matrix rip-off storyline and painful attempts at imitating "Deus Ex," to the lack of textures and dull levels. [July 2006, p.102]

Newbie friendly from the outset and tons of quests on hand, but misses the vital spark to make it a must-play. [June 2010, p.99]

It makes Doom 3 look like a masterpiece. [Christmas 2009, p.94]

The jokes are tired. [Mar 2010, p.95]

It's still a fantastic game. [Sept 2010, p.102]

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

Half a game. [Sept 2010, p.96]

When it does get going it's a crateworth of time-control fun. [Sept 2010, p.102]

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

Many other games do this better. Play them. [Sept 2010, p.98]

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

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

A decent game. [Sept 2010, p.105]

A welcome return to the Prince we all know and love, but we feel that now we know him just a little too well. [Aug 2010, p.92]

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]

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

Watch a Bourne movie instead. [Aug 2010, p.95]

It's smarter and faster than its Ubisoft competition, but it's still the same sort of racer you've played many times. [Aug 2010, p.96]

When blowing up a car by dropping a boat on it becomes boring, you know there's something fundamentally wrong. [July 2010, p.94]

I'm rather impressed. [July 2010, p.101]

A new, simpler breed of Splinter Cell action, though with enough of its hardcore gaming roots showing to please us all. [July 2010, p.90]

Bad translation... If you can speak German, get the native version. [July 2010, p.100]

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