Poor execution and lack of content. [May 2010, p.82]

Future Wars takes a well-worn template and executes it with little more than mediocrity. [Nov 2010, p.83]

The only downside to this excellent new content is that you still have to play it using ArmA II's awkward command interface, which, sadly, this DLC does not attempt to improve. [Nov 2010, p.83]

Quake Live may be a 10-year-old shooter, but it's still a rush. [Nov 2010, p.85]

It's slow at first and may get a little repetitive, but Bronze is one of the purest strategy games of the year. [Feb 2011, p.74]

This crappy collection of minigames, in which you play as House and his team of diagnosticians, doesn't come close to the TV show's soap operatic magnificence. [Feb 2011, p.77]

The lackluster porting job doesn't ruin this beloved game outright, just cripples it. [April 2011, p.73]

Normally, I'd never suggest that a classic be tampered with, but in this case, it's a shame that Munch's Oddysee wasn't tweaked. [April 2011, p.73]

The promise of giving content to the battles never really comes together. [April 2011, p.79]

An impressive accomplishment whose size and depth is a testament to wargaming's ability to bring history to life. [April 2011, p.76]

Mytheon is just shy of being a really good venue for inexpensive adventuring. [June 2011, p.79]

There's only one good co-op map and a few middling deathmatch ones. The price is obscene for what you get.

It's not fancy, but Drakensang: The River of Time is a well-made RPG in the tradition of the genre's classics. [July 2011, p.64]

The challenge RUS presents is well worth your time if you can deal with its no-frills presentation. [Aug 2011, p.79]

Occasional thrilling battles can;t make up for the fact that a majority of the time spent in BSG Online is just plain dull. [Sept 2011, p.72]

I quickly tired of War Inc.'s incredibly limited map selection. [Nov 2011, p.74]

A challenge mode extends the shelf life of this strategy snack, but its appeal is likely wear thin after a few days of happy hooliganism. [Holiday 2011, p.79]

However, it's telling that the best of the Black Ops DLC packs is 80 percent recycled material. [Holiday 2011, p.75]

Stylish and obscure, this is a fascination exploration of abstract puzzle design. No idea where the name comes from though. [Mar 2012, p.76]

As a parody of Lovecraft, The Stars Are Left is a deeply under-baked adventure, and only the most hardcore need apply to take on this single-player campaign. [Mar 2012, p.77]

The Sonic Pulse Grenade that makes Zombie heads explode is a satisfying reward, but the new environments simply just aren't enough to justify the $10 price tag. [Mar 2012, p.81]

The game's still a bit too repetitive for its own good, but its single-minded agenda makes it easy to fall for in brief, concentrated bursts. [Mar 2012, p.81]

Plenty of progress, especially in the areas of graphics and air traffic control, but don't toss aside Microsoft's FSX yet. [Apr 2012, p.69]

To be clear MLB 2K12 is hardly a terrible game. It simply lives the worst fate imaginable for gamers: It's never fantastic, but it also perennially avoids being too terrible to merit blowing up and rebuilding from scratch. [June 2012, p.81]

Right now Moon Breakers suffers: its ships handle like HGVs and it's a multiplayer game that doesn't actually require you to work with other players at all. [Sept 2012, p.61]

Sit through seemingly countless deaths, and you'll either break through the system, and master the stats--or bounce off the game and never go back. [Sept 2012, p.71]

It's a diverting racer that will keep you occupied longer than you might expect, but remains eminently disposable. [Sept 2012, p.77]

The challenges don't always delight as they might, but there's always another to try--a prospect that's hard to resist once Shuggy's manic sense of invention sinks its teeth into you. [Oct 2012, p.71]