With a tasty main game and moreish extra levels, Eets is a gaming snack to recommend. [June 2007, p.91]

Eugen Systems put the "real" back into RTS. The result is spacious, subtle, deeply satisfying tactical gaming. [June 2012, p.84]

A good idea that allows for some fun co-operative strategising, but too often the mechanics or technical issues get in the way. [Christmas 2011, p.100]

Too fiddly and unforgiving for the popular palate, but those after reality-rooted WWII challenges should clearly investigate. [Aug 2011, p.94]

A labour of love, and as a result, it's a pure pleasure to play. [Sept 2012, p.98]

One for hardcore online fans only. [Christmas 2007, p.95]

Age of Conan is beautiful, but it's not bold enough. [Aug 2008, p.80]

Age of Empires III just hasn't aged all that well. [Feb 2007, p.91]

A fresh, fun idea, beautifully and expertly made. Any game this inventive and clever is worth your £9.

Better, but eight episodes in, it needs to be even better still. [Mar 2008, p.87]

A preposterous pleasure. [Oct 2012, p.97]

Largely the same as ever. Good if that works for you, bad if not. [May 2007, p.83]

A sluggish interface, weak guns and a few dull sewers can't slow this game down. Dead Island is huge, bloody and beautiful.

A smooth operator. [Christmas 2006, p.86]

This Swedish smorgasbord doesn't have enough meat. [June 2006, p.93]

Excellent space strategy. [Nov 2009, p.90]

You can't help but get the impression that this was a sequel made out of obligation, rather than creative drive. [Apr 2006, p.95]

The remarkable architectural vision, coupled with ultra-smart level design, all produced on such a huge scale, makes this as good as Tomb Raider has ever seen. [Christmas 2008, p.74]

The new areas are the standout feature and shine in a way the original Titan Quest's levels never did.

The large-scale RTS combat can be fun and the game flourishes aesthetically in some of the bigger areas, but life is too short to spend our time on games lacking spirit, spunk and novelty. [June 2006, p.94]

A disappointingly uneven offering. [June 2013, p.96]

The change of theme makes it all feel fresh again, the new mode adds special moments of its own, and the technological streamlining makes it approximately 15 minutes easier to jump into a game. [Dec 2006, p.106]

It's a delight, a near-perfect example of a populist combat sim. It's a rare battle passes some nailbiting duel or pulse-propelling advance. [June 2011, p.96]

Exactly what Dawn of War 2 needed: a generous dose of variety, options, and vicious silliness. play through it at least twice.

It's Panzer General in a new greatcoat. A perfect introduction to the wonderful world of wargaming. [Oct 2011, p.80]

A virtuoso display of strategy game creation, and a splendid experience for gamers with a modicum of patience. [Apr 2009, p.72]

This DLC passes the fun test in a way the previous games didn't. [Sept 2013, p.97]

A few too many flaws in the basic design to ever by anything more than a waypoint to the next soldier sim. [July 2006, p.88]

The best Lego game yet. Utter fun. [Dec 2008, p.90]

Short but sweet - a relentlessly imaginative adventure from Double Fine that never wears out its welcome. [June 2012, p.98]

Watch out EA, 2K have turned up and shattered the backboard. [Jan 2009, p.91]

Incredible value. [May 2010, p.85]

RoboBlitz is an R2-D2 of a game: resourceful, charming, with plenty of personality, somewhat quirky, and short. Luckily, it's priced correctly, too. [Jan 2007, p.76]

Lovingly drawn New York backdrops go some way towards rescuing the painful puzzles. [July 2007, p.90]

The speed of TrackMania is truly ridiculous: you might think the idea of subtlety is lost when you're hitting about a gagillion miles an hour, but the faster the car, the better the handling. [Apr 2007, p.74]

A great sticky glob of gaming goodness.

The astounding realisation of this environment covers any mechanical cracks. [Mar 2010, p.90]

It packs an emotional punch when it counts. [Nov 2014, p.92]

An intense and beautifully designed action-physics platformer, which also happens to be dirt cheap.

All in all, it's the finest selection of planes ever to ship with a commercial non-combat flight sim. [Dec 2006, p.86]

A thoroughly enjoyable, hardcore platforming challenge to tackle. [Apr 2012, p.120]

TDU's MMO elements are slight compared to quest-and-kill fare, but it's still the greatest advancement of the driving-a-pretend-car concept in years... A car fancier's wish-dream. [Feb 2007, p.74]

Flawed, intriguing art-game. [May 2009, p.70]

Good, excellent, tip-top, neat, sound, and indeed marvelous. A casual adventure for even the most hardcore word geek. [Oct 2009, p.86]

It's simple, well executed and, so long as you're not bothered by a little trial and error with your research, good fun.

Grippnig small scale stories of WWII. [Nov 2008, p.84]

Silent Hunter 4's awesome intro movie demands immediate wordage. [May 2007, p.84]

If you can relax into the game, get past the learning curve and ignore being hit on by an ugly Scottish man, there's a mass of strategy here. [Dec 2006, p.110]

Pro Evolution Soccer is still the game to beat. [Dec 2008, p.85]

If "Hellgate" left you with deep wounds of despair, this is the healing potion for you. [June 2008, p.80]

Wormed its way back into our hearts, but don't expect the relationship to be any different.

As much fun as a day at the beach, but Tropico 3 misses a big boat by not showing you the results of your presidential labours. [Dec 2009, p.108]

More fun than a barrel of monkeys, and a fine follow-up to at least the last couple of Monkey Island sequels. [Sept 2009, p.73]

A steep learning curve and lack of starting characters will turn many away from Bloodline's fun and frenzied arena battles.

It's a fun, polished platformer, but a limited one. [May 2003, p.83]

It's a cute and pacey game. [June 2012, p.105]

Stealth and free-running are jettisoned: all that is left is a constant barrage of swordfights. It's a disaster, a betrayal of everything the player has learnt so far. It abandons even the slim veneer of choice that the very best games offer us, turning into Double Dragon in a monk's robe.

Stability issues notwithstanding, this explosive new arcade racer is just about as compulsive as they come. [July 2010, p.102]

More lands to conquer, new challenges, and a chance to star in one of the greatest stories of all time. [Aug 2006, p.86]

Decent puzzles with hilarious jokes. Surely I'm dreaming? [Christmas 2008, p.99]

S&M mistakes 'wackiness' for comedy, alliteration for timing, and cliche for characterisation...Telltale just need to realise that writing funny is hard work, and they're not yet doing nearly enough. [Feb 2007, p.70]

Aimless and unfunny - a terrible way to end the series. [July 2007, p.79]

Exactly the kind of playfulness I expect from Tropico. [Sept 2010, p.93]

This imaginative, thrillingly fast racer is better than it has any right to be. [Apr 2013, p.107]

This is better (and easier) than last month's "Maoi Better Blues," but nowhere near as good as "Abe Lincoln Must Die." [Apr 2008, p.83]

FlatOut is the kind of game that's fun to win, but the charm quickly peels off when frustration sets in - and it will. [Oct 2008, p.82]

Why on Earth would you learn to play real guitar when you can play this? [Jan 2008, p.72]

A technical improvement on past efforts, let down by a lack of atmosphere and irritating AI flaws. [Nov 2010, p.92]

Mindless violence in all the right ways. [Feb 2008, p.82]

Singlehandedly saves fantasy 4X. [Christmas 2008, p.68]

Devilishly tricky. [July 2010, p.95]

In short, not bad for a game where you still can't jump. And you don't need to. So there.

An original take on the arcade time-trial formula. [Dec 2013, p.95]

Set to doom a generation of pony-mad girls. Perfect if you have love in your heart and Sims 3 on your Steam account.

Dazzling, vicious fighting extravaganza, with tons of replay value. But you have to work hard to find out what's going on, or to care. [Aug 2009, p.68]

Visit for the mini-games and fairy dust, but stay for the opportunity to spend 2 quid on a pair of magic pants. [Aug 2009, p.78]

This crueller sequel is bursting with evil potential, but the fun is dragged down by clumsy execution. [Aug 2009, p.80]

Ultimately, this flipping from scary to stupid, from harrowing to humdrum, leaves FEAR 2: Project Origin a competent but slightly unsatisfying experience. [Mar 2009, p.72]

Plainly the best plane-centric shooter on a 2D plane. Stick through the slow start and enjoy the view later on. [Jan 2010, p.94]

A joyous and addictive action puzzler. [Sept 2010, p.102]

Lovely, if a little drawn out. [Mar 2009, p.70]

A surprising treat. [Dec 2009, p.109]

An impressive game, but not one that will be to everyone's tastes, especially not those after a quick thrill. [Sept 2010, p.88]

PopCap charm permeates the experience - the dialogue and tool tops are hilarious - but the halfway mark signals a massive surge in difficulty, and you'll frequently get pinned for hours on a single stage. [Dec 2009, p.117]

Despite the criticisms, it's as good as the last couple of Lego outings; slightly better, actually. It just lacks the novelty value. [July 2008, p.76]

Less adventurous heroes might be scared off, but if more is merrier, LoL is perfect for your advanced tower defending fix. [Christmas 2009, p.112]

No singleplayer game I know offers more scope for creativity, more surrealism, or a more original commercial model. [Aug 2006, p.82]

With or without others to play with it's a lot of fun. It's just not something to should about from the rooftops. [May 2008, p.82]

Deal with all these niggles and there's an undeniably fun core of stupidly acrobatic, combo-heavy fighting. DMC4 doesn't move the series on, but when it's firing on all cylinders it's still enough to make you snigger with glee.

It may feel somewhat underdeveloped, but it is an intriguing experience. [May 2006, p.90]

The new scenarios are enlivened by the fantastic timeline system. [June 2012, p.97]

FIFA 07 is still entertaining, but it's about as workaday as it gets. It goes through the motions of offering team updates and a smattering of new features, but fails to address core problems or significantly innovate in its approach to football. [Nov 2006, p.96]

Modern Warfare 3 is linear, badly written and one note. It's still, from a certain angle, regressive. It's also fun.

As an indie release, it's exactly the kind of thing we like to see - something writing its own rules, and leaving us excited to see just where its ideas go next. [Mar 2008, p.84]

A rare sim triumph, although it's forced to make a ton of compromises to appease two distinct audiences. [Mar 2010, p.86]

Ultimately, Rise is meant for the BFME hardcore. [Christmas 2006, p.74]

While everything works, there are a few odd quirks which don't exactly break the game but do make it a little bizarre. [May 2006, p.89]

Still playable, but coasting on a years-old reputation that needs to be renewed sharpish if Pro Evo is to stay relevant. [Dec 2009, p.82]