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

Only WRC fans will persevere here. [Christmas 2010, p.97]

A mean pricing system and lack of strategic control hamstring an otherwise promising management sim. [Christmas 2010, p.88]

Wonky visuals, but this is as close to The Da Vinci Code meets Monkey Island as we'll get. Did I mention the hot French accent?

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.

Takes a dangling plot thread and ties it up, but unsatisfyingly and with a lot of repetitious combat.

Demands more work than its predecessors. Get it right and there's little as satisfying, but it's easier than ever to get it wrong.

Fun in the purest sense of the word, Lego Universe is a delightful MMO that involves your imagination but ends much too soon.

The visual dazzle and cinematic set-pieces are let down by bad scripting, glitchy multiplayer and increasingly dull firefights.

A visually impressive shooter, fine with friends, but avoid this if you're going to be on your own or reliant on randoms.

A clever music based puzzler, that is unfortunatley restricted by the small amount on offer.

A delightfully challenging platformer, and the most fun you'll have by dying repeatedly. [Feb 2011, p.98]

A triumph. Competitors beware: this is the best MMO in the world. Once you're hooked it's impossible to stop playing. [Feb 2011, p.91]

How DLC should be done. A chunk of game almost as substantial as the full release for a third of the price. [Feb 2011, p.94]

A complex and wellbalanced sim that's troubled by a severe lack of long-term objectives and dearth of character.

MoH's inventive and thoughtful sections are undermined by its desire to mimic other games it just can't beat.

A technical improvement on past efforts, let down by a lack of atmosphere and irritating AI flaws. [Nov 2010, p.92]

A shallow but entertaining adventure. The world is wonderful to explore, but a lack of depth keeps this from achieving greatness.

Perhaps the dev team just asked the pizza delivery boy to do the job to save some pennies for the sequel. [Aug 2006, p.95]

With diplomacy and more resourceful units, Hegemony could have been great rather than good. [Aug 2010, p.102]

A smooth, reactive game, FIFA is the best option for PC footballers, even with some niggles in the updated code.

Codemasters manage the near-impossible - delivering a fresh, approachable, and (largely) credible F1 game.

Rich in atmosphere and big on scares, Amnesia: The Dark Descent goes where survival-horror fears to tread.

The worst thing is that you can't skip the dialogue. [July 2010, p.91]

Wormed its way back into our hearts, but don't expect the relationship to be any different.

In ten hours of criminality, 2K Czech have made the perfect elegy to the mafia movie. Could have been more of a game, though.

Better than the first game, and an amazing technical achievement, but the shooting needs work to fully realise its potential.

Strong naval combat is marred by shallow trade and town management. [Oct 2010, p.86]