Clash’s brilliantly surreal world is hampered by uncompromising combat and level design.

With lovely graphics and great matchmaking stability, World of Warplanes remains entertaining even as its simplicity wears thin.

A fun and flexible swarm shooter that’s a little too reliant on being played alongside friends.

A charming watery theme park management game where fish are friends, not food. Until they eat each other or you forget to feed them.

A post apocalyptic road trip with more stops than starts.

A solid survival game vastly improved by putting the focus on people, not zombies.

Starts out funny, but quickly becomes frustrating. A wonderfully weird and original concept that falls flat like its jelly-limbed hero.

There's a lot to like in this expansion - but it's no replacement for "UO2." [July 2001, p.71]

The Matrix Online has done a rare thing: it's taken a movie license and made me feel like a contributor, not a spectator... Captures the feel of The Matrix and delivers a sharp massively multiplayer game. [June 2005]

A beautiful and difficult action-RPG that rewards risk-taking—the complex magic system makes up for the bits that just aren’t worth playing over and over.

Truly epic historical strategy. It's a good pick for RTS fans. [Aug 2005, p.60]

Multiplay is fun, but it's not THAT fun, especially since there are plenty of turn-based games with free multiplay. [June 2005, p.65]

Seems more like a cosmetic upgrade to a game we played to death two years ago rather than a truly new experience. [Holiday 2004, p.92]

Safecracker strips away all the narrative hoo-hah of traditional adventure games and tosses you into a labyrinth of mind-benders that range from simple sliding puzzles(requiring extreme patience)to code-breakers that throw you with unexpected twists. [Nov. 2006, p.120]

An ambitious game but one which exposes and compounds the weaknesses of solitaire.

Not the finest physics simulation ever, but good enough to convey a uniquely challenging discipline—plus, all the customisation items in the world.

Despite plenty of style and cheek, Keylocker can’t get past the repetitive grind of its battles.

Syndicate's confused story gives way to passable shooting with a pointless layer of hacking mechanics. [May 2012, p.68]

BFE is a worthwhile sim for those jonesing for military conflicts in the age before the bullet. [Oct. 2006, p.75]

An instantly likeable game hiding a brutal edge that demands mastery. Balance is concerning, but partially mitigated by an extensive roster.

Death to Spie's dry technical approach isn't for everybody, but its 10 challenging missions will still put sweat on your brow and a pounding pulse in your ears for under $30. [Jan 2008, p.90]

Gearbox has tried to match the pace and storytelling style of Telltale's Tales from the Borderlands but falls short with a rushed story and uninspiring characters.

Action hounds need not apply, but it you're into strategy, there's a lot to like here. [Oct 2000, p.132]

A frenetic, old fashioned monster blaster best played with friends. Creepy-crawlyphobes, look elsewhere.

A wonderfully detailed and terrifying sim. Expanded and slightly improved, but still an opaque and cruel game. [Apr 2012, p.78]

A well-made stealth game that becomes tedious before too long.

Spacebase Startopia is a missed opportunity to meaningfully build on a classic, but it's still an entertaining management sim.

Galactic Civilizations 4 is a vast and dependable grand space strategy. But there's little here that radical, and expect to meet it halfway.