Tense, if limited fun. [Apr 2010, p.107]

Behind the name, there's solid hack and slash with some decent enemies. But Sacred? Not to anyone, it seems. [Oct 2014, p.94]

A solid, squishy eyeful of Germanic RPG charm. [Apr 2009, p.81]

A parody that's funny throughout. [Jan 2011, p.94]

A short but sweet adventure game. Bears the wrinkles of age but it's still with spending your time on. [Feb 2014, p.90]

It's not a great leap forward, but growing bananas and rigging elections remains remarkably entertaining. [Oct 2011, p.84]

Like the series itself, there's satisfaction to be had in sticking to the well-worm path. [June 2014, p.91]

Multiplayer is a fun aside, but be prepared for your PC to struggle with the choking throng of units on screen. [Aug 2006, p.92]

Vietnam's story mission is pants, but the new weapons and survival map will please devoted Magicka fans.

A novel use of fluids, but sometimes scuppered by cumbersome platforming and the annoyingly happenstance physics. [May 2012, p.104]

Solid, workman-like zombie slaughter, with a strong hint of amateur mod-making love and enthusiasm. [Aug 2009, p.72]

Carbon manages to look uniformly bland. [Christmas 2006, p.82]

Technically creaky but ultimately fun. [Nov 2008, p.82]

The pattern of play - building a base, waging war - has ended up as middle-of-the-road as a Tiger on a country lane. [June 2007, p.88]

It's so fundamentally flawed that most gamers are going to simply bounce right off it. [Mar 2008, p.72]

Thankfully, the designers chose to drive down a more unusual route. For the price of the ride, especially, it's worth a spin... Team-based racing with a difference. [Apr 2006, p.92]

Turn-based strategy made accessible with a casual philosophy. [Feb 2007, p.90]

Imperfect spaceship engineering and asynchronous online dueling combine to deliver a flawed star. [Dec 2009, p.94]

Too fiddly for a casual player and not rigorous enough for those used to Football Manager's depth. [Christmas 2007, p.86]

Flashes of brilliance and masses of bugs. Cliffs of Dover needed at least another six months in the hangar. [June 2011, p.84]

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

By far one of the funniest S&M episodes for dialogue. [June 2008, p.89]

Sadly, regular combat again proves Stronghold's downfall. Units require extreme babysitting. [Dec 2006, p.100]

It's fun while it lasts. [Christmas 2009, p.106]

A great game system, a lack of levels. [Aug 2007, p.66]

A fairly arcane design and an unfriendly community make for difficult entry barriers. [July 2010, p.98]

Like Origins, this lacks notable additions to the Arkham canon, but the shorter form is a better fit for Warner Montreal. [July 2014, p.96]

The most hardcore space-based 4X in years. [Jan 2007, p.88]