There's half of an amazing game in Broken Roads. Trouble is you have to play the other half.

A mediocre romp through a muddied story, with acceptable breaks for engaging combat. [Nov 2002, p.140]

This game was just meant to be single-player. [Feb 2003, p.75]

Still, if EA Sports wants to release yearly updates to its sports games, that's all well and good, but it had better make sure the new versions are worth the "new release" price or more gamers will wise up and just pick up an older model at a fraction of the cost. [Dec. 2006, p.126]

Look elsewhere. [July 2008, p.63]

It’s Left 4 Dead with aliens down to the very core, but a flattering rendition of the formula that’s worth playing with friends.

The resource management is deep, but the city itself never quite feels like a city.

An unsatisfying, forced march through the source material.

Lacking the tension of jungle warfare and adding deathmatch multiplay that's utterly bland, Vietcong 2 ends up being just another passable effort that neither flops nor inspires. [Mar 2006, p.51]

Some omissions and flaws, but balanced by excellent alien races and ship design. A welcome addition to the crew.

Fighting bugs on Mars is a repetitive exercise only enlivened by the presence of your chatty pal Hurk.

The ambition of Signal Ops is admirable, but playing it is like trying to paint your hallway through the mailbox. [Aug 2013, p.73]

Ryse: Son of Rome's combat and incredible graphics are entertaining, but it's too narrow and repetitive, even for a short game.

A conspicuously mediocre chapter in a perpetually flaccid series of arcade-racing games. [Apr 2003, p.95]

Once you learn the ins and outs of the complex menu-driven tactical situation, the battles are absolutely breathtaking. [Mar 2002, p.78]

The online option has potential, but fighting human opponents doesn't improve the core gameplay, which hasn't evolved since I was talking all that college smack 10 years ago. [Mar 2004, p.74]

Sound fun? It is, though monotony may set in for some about halfway through. There just aren't enough roads or storylines to keep the journey captivating over the long haul. [Nov 2003, p.112]

There's nothing here gameplay-wise that's new or original, or even competitive, given the season...The lag in online bouts is atrocious. [Holiday 2004, p.34]

Getting from point A to point B doesn't get any more wearisome. [Aug 2008, p.74]

The basic combat is fine, but WWE 2K17 botches everything, from performance to presentation.

Unless it receives some extreme patching, don't bother with this game. [Sept 2005, p.64]

A wonderful art style and interesting setting can’t make Traverser’s shallow puzzles and exasperating stealth sequences acceptable.

With its fundamentals unchanged and last year’s foray into classic cars removed, F1 2014 provides very little beyond a perfunctory car and track.

To underestimate this lively RTS game would be a mis-step for fans of the genre. [Mar 2002, p.78]

A game that really is unlike any other, in both good ways and bad ways. [Oct 2000, p.134]

Perhaps an online community would provide a spark, but as it is, it’s pretty rusty.

Beautiful, polished and painfully hollow. Ravenlok’s bones are immaculate, but lack meat or connective tissue.

Relaxing exploration and some lovely scenery coupled with repetitive systems, frustrating menus, and a lack of real discovery.