Invigorating arcade racing let down by lightweight multiplayer and campaign modes.

Relaxing and brisk, but lacking in the substance needed to please genre fans and live up to the SteamWorld name.

At launch, SFV is merely serviceable for the seasoned online warrior. For the beginner, it is simply abysmal.

A potentially solid game design desperately in need of a good patch-up job. TalonSoft, are you listening? [Nov 1999, p.180]

Proof that the "kill...reward" paradigm still works. [June 2001, p.78]

Definitely an RTS for cerebral types, but it's a welcome change from tank rushes. [May 2003, p.76]

The result is an endearing, intelligent little game that's sadly a bit wobbly at the knees. [Feb 2013, p.79]

Wattam is a fun colourful playground for players to goof around in, even though it's controls have a few screws loose.

An excellently-crafted shooter, especially with friends. Just don’t expect much in the way of brains.

FIFA 21 fixes some on-pitch issues, though it stops short of giving the series the meaningful overhaul it needs.

An entertaining roguelike deckbuilder held back by irritating design decisions. Frustrating, but far from a bust.

A game all about gliding and exploring trips over its own feet.

Unmechanical dazzles with its gorgeous artwork and smart physics-based puzzle, but its ending is ultimately unsatisfactory. [Dec 2012, p.66]

An established D&D group may love transitioning from paper to monitor for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach; casual players, however, will be left holding the dice bag. [Jun 2006, p.86]

Fuser feels like a natural evolution for Harmonix and, scoring system aside, lets players take control of the music more than ever before.

An inventive puzzler with rapid-fire gags that'll make you groan as much as guffaw.

Delivers the most engaging interpretation of grassroots dirt track racing on the PC. [Jan 2003, p.90]

Long story short, if you own the first RCT and its two expansions, then you already own about 80 percent of RCT 2. [Holiday 2002, p.97]

FEAR 3 spends too much time being a mediocre horror game and not enough innovating, but it's still a wild shooter.

HighFleet has appealing vision, but breaks down due to opaque systems and lack of difficulty options.

Scott Pilgrim EX is a palatable fresh helping of retro beatdown goodness, but it's too brief and easygoing to deliver more fun than its inspirations or its best contemporaries.

Snapshot is a charming, challenging platformer with innovative puzzles and a generous helping of good ideas. [Holiday 2012, p.72]

Familiar, lightweight but almost impossible to dislike, this is an effortlessly enjoyable action RPG.

Not a classic, but it's a desperately overdue addition to the tank-sim library. [Sept 2005, p.58]

Cris Tales never manages to build its curious premise into an entertaining tool.

A promising setting and clever systems are let down by simple enemies, simpler characters, and strange balancing.

The weak combat and MMO padding hurt the experience, but The Secret World has innovation, atmosphere and charm.

Though Warhammer 40K: Darktide needs more time to develop, its core gameplay is the best Fatshark has ever created.