A lot of fun in the short term. It's just a shame Namco didn't put more work into the graphics and more creativity into the mission design to give it some legs. [July 2004, p.73]

Despite a clunky story and technical performance, there's a lot of fun to be found in dashing and dodging through a zombie-filled city.

Paper Beast's origami animals delight, but the resulting game is less than the sum of its parts.

Surgeon Simulator 2 is a clever, funny puzzle game that renders its "surgery" mechanics almost ancillary to the final product.

It's short and simple, which is just as well. [Mar 2010, p.83]

Some of the best first-person shooting on PC, but the rest of the game struggles to keep up with it.

An accessible, customisable off-road racer let down by a half-hearted career mode.

Rewards long-term play with interesting PvP combat. [Jan 2010, p.82]

Adorable, amusing, colorful and well-animated, but the combat is too simplistic and repetitive to remain interesting throughout the game.

Lack of depth and variety, and some platforming missteps, stain an otherwise great, oppressive experience.

Another beef: no tutorial levels, which would have been a good idea, given the cryptic story. [Holiday 2006, p.78]

Poker Night is weak on the fundamentals of card playing, but it's worthwhile for several hours of comedy dialog. [Feb 2011, p.78]

A good value-priced game saddled with a clumsy interface. [Mar 2002, p.72]

Both land and space combat lack punch, but there's a fun if predictable 4X game waiting underneath.

Brevity is the main drawback here: you can beat the whole game in just a few hours. But it's funny while it lasts. [Nov 2003, p.126]

Repetition and trial-and-error learning can be numbing. Only dedicated explorers will unearth its interesting gameplay. [Sept 2011, p.80]

Even with these improvements, it's held back by n incredibly small game world that too frequently revisits its few sets, and makes being stuck in the '20's for a second episode monotonous. [July 2011, p.77]

A solid game that feels like an add-on. This series needs a 3D overhaul. [Jan 2001, p.157]

The whole thing feels a bit bland. [March 2013, p.73]

There's the skeleton of a good Mortal Kombat here, but it's lacking in meat. Low on personality and half-baked in its attempt to reboot the story, it feels fated to be remembered as the least interesting of the modern MK games.

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

Some flaws in design, but playing heroes with a limited lifespan provides interesting decisions and choices.

Offers some definite innovation in terms of unit creation and resource management, but the wretched unit AI and lackluster missions left me wondering what we were waiting all this time for. [Feb 2002, p.78]

A clever yet frustratingly muddled follow-up to Monster Train.

True, few games let you play as a soldier, tank commander, and pilot in the same sitting, but in order to enjoy yourself you must be able to feel comfortable with your controls and navigate the in-game menus intuitively.

An otherwise strong season drops the ball at the death. Clementine deserved better.

It's a lot of fun. [August 2002, p.72]

Mooncrash feels like it was never intended for everyone to enjoy—instead it reaches out to a certain type of Prey player that will appreciate its systems in a purer form. For me, the slow progression holds it back a bit, but this is an innovative expansion that still captures much of what I enjoyed about the base game.