Neither the need or the speed. [Jan 2009, p.82]

What starts out unforgettable, ends up feeling disposable. [June 2012, p.111]

Uninspired campaign approach. [Christmas 2010, p.103]

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]

It has grown in scale and scope, and become a worse game a result. [Dec 2013, p.83]

Vestigial mechanics wrapped around a dated tactical shooter. Play this for the VIP Car Escort mode. [July 2013, p.86]

It's sweet and simple enough, but with that, remarkably shallow. [Oct 2007, p.87]

Competent swords-and-sorcery excursion minus vital soul. [Mar 2009, p.69]

Technically a step backwards, but solid enough to scratch the itch of those desperate for another Neverwinter night. [Aug 2009, p.82]

Much like roast dormouse: moreish but unsatisfying. [Apr 2008, p.79]

While offering tough, sometimes entertaining miniature races, it fails to match its own past. [Aug 2006, p.94]

Sam and Max's twisted world is captured near-perfectly in the art, which makes the disappointments in the dialogue and puzzles all the more acute. [Dec 2006, p.92]

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

There is a certain charm to Anno 1404's dinky people going about their business, and a lot of pretty detail to revel in, but this familiar collection of well-worn elements only preaches to the converted, offering little to attract new believers.

It's Product Football. And in that order. Maybe next year, eh? [Christmas 2008, p.70]

Broken World feels cheerless and sloppy compared to its glossier parent, and the fact that it even exists, so long after DSII and so resolutely aimed only at folk who've played that to death, is something of a mystery. [Nov 2006, p.92]

Cheap, brief, hard-to-control thrills. [Feb 2008, p.74]

Throw in flaky pathfinding and a frustratingly close-up camera and EE3 took me dangerously close to angry letter-writing. [Jan 2008, p.78]

This is actually technically inferior to the console versions, and it badly hurts the experience. Just because it works on the PC doesn't make it a PC game - ask for your fiver back, Capcom. [Apr 2007, p.84]

Not smart or sleek enough to shine. [Sept 2008, p.90]

It's a worthy and handsome effort, but frustratingly badly explained, making it hard to play.

All of which leaves this expansion pack as probably the least essential yet. It won't disappoint any fans, sure, but there's little to make lapsed devotees come in from the cold. [May 2007, p.89]

Remains a pretty and obscure artifact of narrow gaming tastes. [Jan 2007, p.92]

A shadow of the awesome original. [Nov 2008, p.70]

Inventive, but ultimately overshadowed by the big boys. [May 2006, p.81]

Unless you're already wrung every last drop of fun out of the outstanding "Combat Mission" trilogy (unlikely), I wouldn't bother braving this Winter Storm. [Oct 2006, p.87]

Another uninteresting slog around the World of Wehrmacht. [Jan 2007, p.104]

It's fun, and a treat for the JCB-obsessed little-ones. [Jan 2011, p.99]