It straddles the abyss between simulation and arcade, and it does it seemingly effortlessly. [May 2007, p.78]

Lasting only two hours (but costing 2.50 pounds), and occasionally frustratingly obtuse, it's a gentle, bite-sized memory of the better days of adventuring. [May 2007, p.90]

Offline tedium, online repetition. [Apr 2008, p.82]

Not as bad as you'd fear, not as good as you'd secretly hope. [May 2008, p.90]

Completely broken and utterly idiotic in almost every way. [Aug 2007, p.91]

It's only really good for two or three novelty-endowed playthroughs. [Aug 2007, p.72]

Not pretty, plump, or progressive, CaW succeeds in spite of itself. The gripping subject matter, the refreshing absence of turns, and the fact that victory and defeat are often just a couple of bomb or torpedo hits away, combine to produce pace and levels of excitement you don't often find in hardcore wargames.

You'll smile at the logic of the solution. [Oct 2007, p.86]

It reeks of lazy Xbox conversion from the flat graphics and poor physics to the lack of explanation as to what to do. [Aug 2008, p.89]

I'd like to have seen more impressive rendering of the incredible geography of the continent, but nevertheless: 18 Wheels of Steel, you are weird and brave. We salute you. [Apr 2008, p.79]

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]

If you're going to ask someone to continuously pay money to be able to play your game, you're going to have to provide one hell of a decent shooter. And not, let's say, something that looks and feels like a weak "Quake II" clone. Yeah, you read that right. "Quake II." [Mar 2008, p.82]

With the cumbersome camera controls, you end up just wishing they'd hurry up and escape already. [Apr 2008, p.71]

What could have been an exercise in heart-pounding stealth is just dreary and mechanical. [Apr 2008, p.83]

Same old niche, now with less freedom. [July 2008, p.74]

Goodness and gimmickry. [June 2008, p.88]

You're just here for the Swayze puns, you filthy slut. [July 2008, p.89]

CMSF is fit for duty at last. Roll on the Brit module. [Apr 2009, p.69]

It's a case of Where's Wally meets Hercule Poirot. On a boat. [Jan 2009, p.79]

More rebel yelp than rebel yell. [Jan 2009, p.88]

A cracked and original masterpiece. [Feb 2009, p.60]

Another middle-of-the-road glimpse of the future. [Feb 2009, p.71]

A sound WWI naval wargame saddled with a sorry interface and unpleasant DRM. For hardcore wargamers. [June 2009, p.88]

The result is the entire game feeling like a tutorial, with only one proper level to play at the end. [June 2009, p.93]

It is the eerie absence of fun. [July 2009, p.89]

It's good to have a sim like RailWorks forging ahead. [Sept 2009, p.79]

If you can play it without yearning for "PlanetSide" or "ArmA 2", you're a better/weirder man than I. [Nov 2009, p.100]

For the price, it's easy to recommend. [Sept 2009, p.89]