I was pleasantly surprised at the simplicity of the hunt. [Holiday 2003, p.105]

Galaxies has a few annoying aspects that seem endemic to MMORPGs - with tedious cross-country treks and features that are broken upon initial release - but it still delivers a lot of varied and innovative gameplay. [Oct 2003, p.92]

Heretic's innovative design deserves applause. [July 2005, p.73]

Rise of the Hutt Cartel is decent in its own right, but ultimately too little too late for all but the most dedicated fans.

An exciting concept begging for structural refinements and more meat on its robot bones.

We've always been major supporters of this series, but it's time for the developers to inject some new life into it. [July 2004, p.75]

Aside from the newly balanced weapons, you won't find many tweaks or fixes to the tried-and-true BF2 formula--long load times and the red nametag bug still hinder the game. [Jun 2006, p.52]

Between the scares, your interactions with living characters are hampered by poor voice acting, an inability to skip conversations, and constant dialogue sync issues. [June 2008, p.71]

What gives Legacy its old school charm though is that as much as it's weighed down by an obviously low budget and the mechanical sacrifices of jumping back a decade, there's a love for its style underpinning the action. The result isn't likely to do much for anyone raised on a diet of The Elder Scrolls, and even at its best is a nostalgia trip rather than call for revolution.

A few well-designed systems struggle to overcome lifeless presentation. Capable, but ultimately hard to recommend.

It’s not just cashing in on a fad—there’s a genuine love for everything '80s that seeps into every fuzz-filtered sound and every crunchy pixel. But there are so many games like this around right now. They’re doing fantastic things with the genre, to boot. Unless you’re screaming for a synth-tracked adventure, it’s hard to recommend Rad over its more contemporary counterparts.

A plodding and predictable 4X strategy game that's relaxing in its own way, but rarely challenging.

Squanch's FPS sequel has more creativity in its left shoe than most entire games, but High on Life 2 falls short of excellence.

Occasionally clunky, and sporting an unremarkable combat core, but offers an irresistible slice of stealthy co-op coordination. [Oct 2012, p.62]

A hard campaign (if you play on the hardest mode) and breakneck multiplayer are a good time, if often infuriating.

Resurgence is the perfect mash-up of dramatic Star Trek storytelling and Telltale-style decision making, but with too many QTEs.

This series is suffering from terminal welschmertz. Time to put this warhorse out to pasture. [Dec 2000, p.167]

All you get is a well-polished strategic wargame that offers a ton of depth, unique scenarios, and historical accuracy.

One of D&D's best adventures gets an endearing, if not spellbinding, rendition. [Nov 2003, p.138]

Our advice: check out the game, skip the movie. [Mar 2006, p.102]

There's a good story here, but it's marred by carelessness. [May 2017, p.89]

A gorgeous game with frustrating combat and glitchy exploration, Trek to Yomi is the definition of style over substance.

With only a couple of minor decisions to be made and just a short shootout section there's no significant replay value to KSM, but you do get a marginally improved SMG, a stealthy, lethal companion and a snazzy new casual outfit to strut around the Normandy in. [July 2010, p.79]

An efficient and well-designed galactic fighter. [March 2005, p.75]

An undeniably appealing treatment of cross-country "raid" rallying. [August 2002, p.73]

Forget about the Xbox version. Enclave is an action-packed joy to behold on the PC. [Apr 2003, p.98]

As empty-headed a treatment of modern conflict as you’re likely to find on store shelves. [Feb 2002, p.80]

Both Holmes and Lupin deserve better than this middling. [Aug 2008, p.71]