This is good news for the strategy-is-serious-business crowd, but it makes for a game without much character. [June 2008, p.89]

The artists are on form, even if the writers are coasting. [June 2008, p.89]

X3: TC's inability to progress beyond its series template is painfully clear [Dec 2008, p.82]

Does absolutely nothing with this age-old genre. [Mar 2012, p.113]

The shallow mechanics and technical problems make this one to avoid at full price. [Mar 2011, p.97]

Modern Tactics reminds me why I loved the series, but also reminds me why I moved on to rivals such as "Combat Mission" (slower, smarter) and "Firefight" (sleeker, smarter). [Feb 2008, p.79]

Late, and lacklustre in key areas. [July 2007, p.78]

Nothing more than a merely adequate shooter. [Christmas 2007, p.66]

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]

A charming physics puzzler that's ultimately too lightweight for grown-ups. [Feb 2011, p.106]

A pretty shell for a game that's pretty lacking. Not much fun. [Aug 2007, p.92]

Painfully clunky and predictable, but put another way, it's also nostalgic and deeply charming. [July 2007, p.90]

Grossly predictable. [June 2007, p.84]

The MoW formula still satisfies, but familiar units and a stale setting leave this swansong feeling superfluous. [June 2012, p.94]

Wherever you look, something is missing. [Oct 2007, p.74]

With a bit more seasoning, it could have been delicious. [Apr 2014, p.83]

A genuinely beautiful place crawling with magnificent beasts, host to interminable hours of mindless, soulless grind. [Dec 2009, p.110]

Wacky before funny, showing no signs of progress. [Jan 2008, p.81]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

A bountiful adventure game with a lot of personality, but one that suffers from its own ambition. [June 2013, p.82]

Right up to date - the date being 2002. [Jan 2009, p.77]

All you expect from a film tie-in, if ever so slightly better. [June 2008, p.81]

Feels like a showcase of a brilliant game mechanic, but that doesn't excuse the sparseness of the game around it. [Feb 2012, p.99]

You can rip off a 7-year-old game and still fall short of your ambition. [Oct 2007, p.87]

Intellectually barren space RPG. [Oct 2008, p.80]

A different take on tower defence, but one that needed more thought before being released on an unsuspecting public. [June 2012, p.110]

Enough Car Goes Bang, but not enough basic bang for your buck. [Apr 2006, p.78]

Essentially, this is "Strike Fighters" in hotpants and platform heels. [Dec 2006, p.95]