Mindblowingly generic. [Nov 2006, p.86]

Heavy grind will rightly put people off, but make it to grouping and its combat shines. Some of the races are still creepy though.

Messy, varied and inadvertently hilarious: A Way Out is an unusual but uneven tandem ride.

Pretty, mindless action that only superficially resembles hockey. [Holiday 2004, p.98]

An average action game saved by a charming sense of humour and an intoxicating sense of fun.

Pretty visuals and fun multiplay aren't enough, though, and ultimately Zero Hour is cut off at the knees by a surprisingly long list of problems...There's simply no excuse for this expansion's bug-riddled state. [Holiday 2003, p.102]

The vintage jets are a delight for the eyes, and Wings over Europe can challenge your air combat maneuvering and bombing skills as well as many A-list flight sims do. [Aug 2006, p.90]

Relaxing exploration and some lovely scenery coupled with repetitive systems, frustrating menus, and a lack of real discovery.

To be brutally honest, you are as imaginative as dry, unbuttered toast. [July 2004, p.65]

Try though it might, <i>Blazing Angels</i> is no <i>Crimson Skies</i>. [July 2006, p.97]

A solid 4X that fails to capture the spirit of its colourful setting.

The Stronghold series isn't like Total War, doing a hundred different things; it just needs to get the castles and combat right. On the evidence of Stronghold Crusader 2, Firefly is moving in the right direction, but it still has a way to go.

Enjoyable enough, with an undeniably good design pedigree, but marked down for the rush feel and lack of polish. [Dec 2013, p.68]

A gritty Eastern Front soldier sim rushed to the front far too soon. Wait for patches if you're squeamish.

Still, successfully saving all survivors from a zone and turning the tide in the war against the great zombie menace is rewarding enough to keep m,e playing. [Jun 2011, p.74]

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

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

I had high hopes that Legacy would be the game that rejuvenates the dormant Star Trek franchise, but it's just another addition to my pile of disappointing Trek games. [Mar 2007, p.58]

LOJS is such an unapologetic console port that the enclosed instructions on keyboard commands elicit more of a sense of amusement--how sweet of them to pretend this is useful!--than education. [Nov. 2006, p.116]

Riding and maintaining your bike is great—the boring world, dull missions, and overly serious tone, not so much.

A solid, if thin puzzle game, with not quite as much to say as it thinks it has.

Cute, with a battle system that has more depth than it lets on, but the game's tone gets rather irritating.

A beautiful remaster of a game that tries to recreate the magic of the original Resident Evil, but repeatedly fails to do so.

The RTS layer is limited and repetitive, but the platforming levels are well-designed and challenging.

An endless font of bad jokes and cool guns in the series' most vapid story yet, Borderlands 3 skates by on watching numbers fly and goons explode.

Stodgy combat, two-dimensional characters, and technical hitches prevent this from living up to its lofty premise. [Feb 2014, p.58]

It's certainly impressive in its own over-the-top way, but if you're looking for depth and strategy in a basketball game, you'll be thoroughly disappointed. [Feb 2003, p.76]

The goings-on will keep you interested. Just don't expect anything too deep or innovative. [Nov 2002, p.129]