A stingy and unexciting offering. [May 2006, p.92]

Dated, mediocre babble, from those who should know better. [July 2006, p.90]

Distinguishing between friend and foe is the most brutally realistic touch of all, and the first thing you'll hve trouble with. [May 2006, p.82]

A brave and courageous publisher would have let the sublime source material dictate the design rather than reach for the nearest proven formula. [Apr 2006, p.80]

For those involved in fighting, and those attempting to avoid it, the game's particular brand of 'real-time' combat is eventually effective. [Apr 2006, p.84]

While everything works, there are a few odd quirks which don't exactly break the game but do make it a little bizarre. [May 2006, p.89]

Woefully dated and underwritten sub-"Diablo" hack-slashery. [June 2006, p.81]

It might sound trivial to criticise the lack of a good in-game tutorial, but when each game takes hours to play out, discovering which technologies are most useful by trial and error can be a painful and tedious process. [Apr 2006, p.76]

Fodder for EQ lovers but suffers from a lack of variety. [June 2006, p.82]

You've no reason to buy this. [May 2006, p.88]

Stylish street art, but lacks substance. [Apr 2006, p.90]

The older games, while classics, are woefully dated. And the more recent titles, themselves more than two years old, don't justify the hefty price. [Apr 2006, p.95]

A hopeless, pathetic rip-off of everything that's gone before it, devoid of inspiration or entertainment of any kind. [Jan 2007, p.82]

Fine skating action and fearsomely addictive to boot. [Apr 2006, p.79]

Fine selection of game types, but outdated and lacking in soul. [May 2007, p.80]

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

When half a battalion decides to leave your borders undefended while they wage their own private suicide-o-war, it's more than a little galling. [May 2006, p.96]

[July 2005]

Big punchy man action, with a surprising amount of brain. [Apr 2006, p.94]

The combat is a bit rubbish. [June 2006, p.96]

And now, dressed up in this sorry state, trying to excuse itself like a dad in a night club, there's not even that to defend it. [May 2006, p.97]

A sturdy sense of humour, and canny logic to its proceedings, raise Evil Genius above a noisy crowd. [Apr 2006, p.95]

A very flat, slow series of mouse clicks, only interrupted by the unlpleasant appearance of test papers based on what you've just played. [May 2006, p.97]

A great sticky glob of gaming goodness.

Decent fun, easy to pick up, but a little too old to pass into legend. [Sept 2008, p.66]

The tidier interface is certainly welcome. [June 2006, p.97]

You can't help but get the impression that this was a sequel made out of obligation, rather than creative drive. [Apr 2006, p.95]

Entertaining online war, in the shadow of beastly "Battlefield 2." [May 2006, p.96]