Remember Me is a third-person action-adventure teenager. It tries to act insouciant, and tells its story with the breathless zeal of a youngster flushed with first love. But ironically for a game that requires you to build ‘Focus’ in order to achieve great things, it feels greatly lacking in that department.

These offshoots are often rushed out in time for the opening of the film, designed to squeeze extra revenue from tired-eyed parents. They're rarely very good, and Arthur and the Invisibles fails to buck that trend. [Apr 2007, p.59]

Deadbeat Heroes' might sometimes be unintuitive, but emphasizing player experience, challenge, and aesthetics isn't a bad approach.

The crux of the problem is that it’s just plain dull. [Feb 2002, p.74]

While the concept is anything but original, the game is polished and enjoyable. [Holiday 2002, p.114]

Only for those who are starved for an arcade-style blaster on the PC. [Feb 2004, p.80]

Despite - or maybe because of - its stripped-down gameplay, RC Cars surges ahead as one of hte better recent miniature-car racing games. [Mar 2004, p.80]

Immortals of Aveum tells a dull tale in an extremely irritating way, but at least has some fun, engaging shooting. I just wish it had a few ideas of its own.

Beautifully detailed and atmospheric environments. [Holiday 2006, p.114]

Huge engagements that should run several times as long feel more like football downs, and you can easily swing a half-dozen matches in less time than it takes most NFL teams to inch forward 10 yards. [Mar 2006, p.63]

Torchlight 3 does a great job with its class design, but the world feels barren and unfinished.

Worth buying if you missed "West Front," but it's not the sequel fans were hoping for. [Dec 2005, p.85]

If you can turn off your brain, Enforcer can be fun for 20-minute sessions. [July 2001, p.73]

The downside is that Dark Motives regurgitates the static, "Myst"-style point-and-click gameplay and fuzzy backgrounds of last year's CSI game. [June 2004, p.77]

It's unfortunate, because this Groundhog Day game design significantly impairs what could have been a diverting and sentimental blast from the past. [Apr 2012, p.79]

Twin Mirror begins with an intriguing set-up but, disappointingly, ends up going nowhere.

A solid survival horror experience unfortunately plagued by bugs and control issues.

If you've been jonesing for a return to a huge, open-ended roleplaying world with a ton of depth and a rousing storyline, you'll find yourself right at home in at least one of these Two Worlds. [Dec 2007, p.78]

There's no camera control/But don't be so droll/You've still got a prayer/In head-to-head multiplayer. [Aug 2006, p.91]

Parts of Final Fantasy XIII are worth the absurd amount of time it takes to properly open up, but this port is a big letdown.

Turok is a shooter that never comes close to fulfilling its potential. [Aug 2008, p.68]

Tennis nuts will like it, but I'm still pining for a control-perfect "Virtua Tennis" port. [Nov 2002, p.132]

Even with its attractive $20 price, Journey offers more aggravation than enjoyment. [Holiday 2003, p.97b]

A challenging and atmospheric platformer with a remarkable sense of tension, occasionally.

For $25, the value proposition of this time-sink is impressive if you consider yourself more managerial material than on-field talent. [Sept 2008, p.67]

Black Ops 7 is Call of Duty at its most obnoxious and least enjoyable.

Underlying all the advances made in bot technology and the updated maps, Condition Zero is still fundamentally a five-year-old game...but this standalone package should satisfy both the Counter-Strike-curious and the broadband impaired. [Jan 2004, p.90]

A compelling story with many outcomes, but the game itself is a little too rough around the edges.