The very definition of style over substance. Great art, but boring levels, lightweight combat, and dubious minigames sour the experience.

Redfall's empty open world, flimsy shooting, and siloed systems make for a flat, dull experience.

The problem with Apocalypse Weekend is that it lacks the cleverness and thoughtful execution that made the original worth laughs. [Oct 2005, p.72]

MOBA genre conventions are much better executed by Dota 2 and League of Legends. Dragons and Titans just isn’t a worthwhile alternative.

Repetitive gameplay and an inability to communicate with your co-op teammates will keep Guns of Icarus grounded. [Sept 2010, p.82]

A miserable blend of flawed game mechanics that's a giant leap backwards from its predecessor.

A tiny bit of truly awful combat has been thrown in when it should have been thrown out, and this may be the last third-person game in existence that doesn’t support the mouse in any way.

Tharsis is well made, but not well designed—an attractive, interesting board game idea, but only the first draft.

Garshasp falls short of genre standards in nearly every way, and its shortcomings are too numerous to compensate for. [Sept 2011, p.75]

Running around 3D urban locales such as a mall or a corporate office building in the midst of a full-blow riot is sure to hook a few people, but flat gameplay and god-awful controls will make them turn away in disgust. [Dec 2003, p.132]

A work of sulky blandness that does itself no favors by latching onto better games and cooler vampires. [ Nov 2013, p.68]

It's far outshined by older flight sims that are available at the same price. [Jan 2004, p.110]

Unfortunately, the gameplay grows stale real quick, and any joyful fantasies about dropping smoke-jumping firefighters into an inferno are quickly put to rest. [Jan 2005, p.75]

The control scheme is horrifically oversensitive to any analog input: it's often a huge struggle just to keep the car tracking in a straight line. [June 2003, p.86]

We suggest you play the original, free, Flash version instead – the full explanation isn’t worth the outlay.

In summary, 'wrath' was an apt choice of name. [Feb 2015, p.77]

A collection of fun hacking minigames attached to a bland metroidvania.

Even $12 is too much to ask for what feels like a half-hearted community mod. [Apr 2012, p.79]

It's a poor follow-up: the biggest puzzle is how, with the Layton games to steal ideas from, it gets the basics so wrong. [Oct 2011. p.76]

The sandbox play that makes up the bulk of Superpower 2 is alternately tedium and lunacy. [Feb 2005, p.70]

Frustratingly uncooperative controls. [Jun 2006, p.105]

A beautiful but baffling space strategy game. Bugs and bewildering menus make for a frustrating and very missable experience.

You can’t just chuck players in a maze with a ghost and tell them to be scared. Unfortunately this is exactly what Daylight does.

For what it is, The Incredible Hulk isn't too bad. The problem is, it's still bad. [Oct 2008, p.68]

Awful enough. [Jan 2010, p.80]

Unfortunately, despite offering an eclectic mix of turn-based strategy and RPG elements, the Night Watch game is a clunky mess. [Oct. 2006, p.88]

This is one monster mash that leaves me mortified. [Oct 2007, p.57]

Disaster. Despite a beefy visual upgrade, this insultingly short add-on plays like a skanky collection of deleted scenes from the original game. [Feb 2005, p.68]