Fine skating action and fearsomely addictive to boot. [Apr 2006, p.79]

Snail-paced frozen nonsense. [Apr 2009, p.66]

There's too little vim and variety to rival the great online shooters, but Battlefield Heroes is definitely worth a look. [Oct 2009, p.80]

Stylish street art, but lacks substance. [Apr 2006, p.90]

Just like a cheesy action flick, Bionic Commando is a satisfying rollercoaster of explosions, profanity and bizarre plot twists. [Sept 2009, p.82]

Cute but confusing physicsy puzzles for you. [Feb 2009, p.74]

Disappointment. [Sept 2010, p.103]

Order of war is irrefutable proof pretty Panzers are no longer enough. [Dec 2009, p.91]

The loose control means the precise movement required to traverse even some of the most basic levels just isn't there. [Apr 2007, p.50]

The Indiana Jones adventure that spent too much time at IKEA. [Apr 2008, p.86]

Comprehensive enough, but the laughable inconsistencies make FIFA Manager 13 impossible to take seriously as a sim. [Christmas 2012, p.102]

An average slice of Borderlands. [Christmas 2010, p.103]

Fun. There's nothing else like it available on PC, either. [Apr 2008, p.86]

When half a battalion decides to leave your borders undefended while they wage their own private suicide-o-war, it's more than a little galling. [May 2006, p.96]

The lack of online play is a shame. [Christmas 2013, p.93]

An agonisingly unimaginative adventure game acting as a gateway to a puzzle game based purely on cracking safes. [Aug 2007, p.92]

A braver studio would have developed C2's stunted naval dimension, or shifted the campaign focus to a novel location like the Caribbean or North America. [Sept 2006, p.102]

Enjoyable city planning but a timid foray into MMO territory. [Christmas 2009, p.100]

I suspect that somewhere in Joint Task Force there's a 90% game dying to break out. But at the moment, it's pinned down under enemy fire. [Nov 2006, p.88]

Voice control redeems a simple RTS. [Apr 2009, p.80]

A very flat, slow series of mouse clicks, only interrupted by the unlpleasant appearance of test papers based on what you've just played. [May 2006, p.97]

Ambitious, but too flaky and cold. [Apr 2007, p.70]

This quirky menu-driven life simulator from ex-Elixir/Lionhead/Maxis coder Cliff Harris is seasoned with penty of wry humour. [Oct 2006, p.92]

It's got decent spaceship sections and charmingly bad dialogue, but don't expect quality or compelling action. [Apr 2011, p.96]

An idea tangled in shoddy design. [Oct 2006, p.86]

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

Far too shallow to hold your attention for long. [March 2015, p.92]

Even with the silly-alien theme, Zeta is utterly humourless. [Oct 2009, p.79]