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

Defcon is an equation that looks simple but can never quite be solved, and it always leaves you scratching your chin, your mind bristling with ideas for new atrocities to engineer. [Nov 2006, p.70]

The bravest, most futuristic survival horror game since "System Shock 2"...A singularity in the landscape of PC games, it deserves careful exploration. [Apr 2007, p.90]

A splendid puzzle made glorious on PC. [Apr 2008, p.70]

Nothing else is this slick, this viscerally impressive, this overwhelmingly addictive.

The sick filth you've been looking for. [Mar 2009, p.64]

An excellent balancing act between arcade racing and simulated driving, with shudderingly fast cars. [Dec 2009, p.102]

A gem of a game on a par with the type of shiny jewels that Lara herself might travel all over the world to acquire.

An excellent action-horror sequel. Dead Space 2 doesn't try to innovate, but it's a highly polished alien-rending experience.

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

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]

Despite providing three well-balanced, distinctive races, a host of spectacular units and powers, and some novel play factors like national borders and peaceful expansion, away from the rationale of the story of RoL can feel a tad generic. [June 2006, p.76]

It's the best add-on so far, playing to all the series' strengths. [Sept 2013, p.97]

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]

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

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]

How free-to-play gaming should be done, in a superhero MMO that's yet to be beaten for fun. More like this please!

Elegant and refreshing. [Apr 2007, p.76]

A good FPS and a good RPG come together to make an excellent game. Or FPSRPG if you're being fancy. [Dec 2009, p.86]

One expansion to rule them all. [Jan 2009, p.72]

Dead Space is solid, but it's not entirely smooth. [Dec 2008, p.74]

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

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 platforming evolution that turns the genre upside down. Has its own intriguing and original art style, too. [June 2009, p.98]

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

Standard quests and a throwaway story can't dent the thrill of Rift's invasions, or the depth of its soul system. [May 2011, p.92]

It might well be more twitch than tactics, but Vegas is the fun, modernised version of its own predecessors and FPS cousin "Brothers in Arms." I reckon that right now you're itching for a shooter with a brain at the top of that jittery reptilian nervous system, and this is it - if you have God's own PC. [Feb 2007, p.84]

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