Competent combat and visuals are slightly marred by online irritations. [Oct 2010, p.94]

Stunning graphics and excellent voice acting. [Sept 2010, p.86]

The humour, too, is a little underplayed. [Sept 2010, p.95]

Confused and weightless, APB doesn't satisfy on any front: the shooting, driving, story and objectives are all sub-par.

The most realistic wargame simulation available today, albeit burdened by poor performance. [Aug 2010, p.100]

A confused mess of promising but inconsistent mechanics. Hilarious, maddening, stupid and occasionally fun. [Sept 2010, p.79]

A joyous and addictive action puzzler. [Sept 2010, p.102]

Great sniping, great sneaking, and several grueling missions where you can do neither. [Sept 2010, p.104]

War for Cybertron is a respectable action game with a generous coating of awesome robots who turn into cars. [Sept 2010, p.92]

The puzzles are excellent. [Sept 2010, p.105]

Impossible to recommend in its present (v1.07) condition. [Sept 2010, p.94]

Disappointment. [Sept 2010, p.103]

Button-mashing combat and new powers aren't particularly inspiring, but the large-scale level puzzles are rock solid. [Aug 2010, p.96]

Irritating level design and a poor story are somewhat redeemed by explosive action and a challenging co-op mode. [Sept 2010, p.82]

The combat and final mission are weak, but the story strands that bind it all together are excitingly unique to each other. [July 2010, p.87]

Showing Sims at work gives us more simple but enjoyable ways to play, though it still needs help from our imaginations. [July 2010, p.92]

Interesting locations, all well made, but five quid for four maps is a bit steep. [Sept 2010, p.105]

Serious military strategy games don't come any better, or pricier, than this. [Sept 2010, p.96]

The sweetest car combat game in years. [Aug 2010, p.94]

Stability issues notwithstanding, this explosive new arcade racer is just about as compulsive as they come. [July 2010, p.102]

Better than previous seasons, but far weaker than episode one. [Aug 2010, p.99]

Exactly the kind of playfulness I expect from Tropico. [Sept 2010, p.93]

A fairly arcane design and an unfriendly community make for difficult entry barriers. [July 2010, p.98]

A mammoth update that caters for mid to high level players. [Aug 2010, p.90]

When blowing things up, more is generally merrier. Second Encounter offers way, way more. [July 2010, p.96]

Excellent espionage, with superb cooperative play. But we can't recommend you buy this game with the current DRM. [May 2010, p.73]

What you're doing isn't terribly interesting. [July 2010, p.97]

Becomes obscure and irritating. [July 2010, p.54]