Little more than a two-year-old repackaging job that fixes little and adds even less. [Jan 2004, p.107]

A useful learning aid for beginners, but you can find better alternatives for free. [Nov 2004, p.90]

Sublime combat can only do so much to carry a flawed building system, too few monsters and terrible performance.

A glacial pace and abundance of busywork make My Time At Portia a tough recommendation.

The best fan experience for the series by far, but cut corners and poor design choices bog down an otherwise fun beat-em up.

With no career options to choose from - and only 30 unconnected missions up for grabs in the single-player menu - the entire Operation Iraqi Freedom experience is a remarkably fleeting and sterile exercise for experienced simmers. [Oct 2003, p.114]

Beautiful as you could ask for, especially in VR, but exhaustingly repetitive. [Partially tested with VR]

Sadly, in addition to the crap voice acting, the game’s phat/phunky Euro-trash techno beats will have you either tapping your toes or (like me) turning off the music altogether. [Feb 2002, p.80]

What saves the game is the hilarious commentary, peformed by a loudmouth parrot. [Aug 2003, p.70]

A lightweight distraction, but adding a competitive ladder or some more singleplayer content would've been welcome.

Hey may look a lot nicer, but this terrifying toad is still breaking balls in the same old way. [Nov 2009, p.82]

Fun, but too short and shallow to be a full-priced expansion pack. [Jan 2004, p.104]

A must-have for hardcore fans of the show (both of them). But for anyone else, it'll just be a very boring extra-long episode. [Nov 2002, p.122]

Although dripping with atmosphere and loaded with great gags, Sir, You Are Being Hunted’s survival elements feel unnecessary and its stealth bores.

Enjoyable writing cloaked in layers of problematic navigation, tonal inconsistency and pressing A and D not to die.

The new routes are familiar, and the new features are flimsy. Train Simulator 2104 feels like it’s freewheeling.

It took me lengthy experimentation before I learned how to even throw a grenade or use a med-kit - the game's manual offered little help. [Feb 2004, p.79]

The zones look fantastic - SOE's art department deserves serious kudos for what it's done with the aging engine - but with so many unusued zones in EverQuest as it is, do we really need more? [Holiday 2006, p.88]

EEIII aims high, but falls victime to over-ambition--there's a lot going on here, but not enough of it has been effectively refined into an entertaining gaming experience. [Jan 2008, p.84]

A spectacular, occasionally very fun tour of Star Wars battles that disappoints with a boring story, crappy progression system, and endless grenade spam.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams may provide a few hours of polished puzzle-platforming, but don't be surprised if you ultimately end up estranged.[March 2013, p.65]

Citizen Brown's story is predictable, its dialog lacks Telltale's usual subtlety, and it takes far too long to ramp up the action. [July 2011, p.77]

Buried by an unsatisfying combat loop and bad campaign, Outriders is a forgettable loot game that ends right as it's getting started.

Strikers walks and talks like Persona 5, but no social game and bland combat make it one strictly for gigafans.

But if you aren't a "Heroes" diehard, you probably don't need Hammers of Fate. [Feb. 2007, p.64]

There's no knocking the stellar visuals, solid storyline, and unrelenting blood-spilling. But the overall design is weak, and you'll have to slog through a lot of frustration to get to the good stuff. [Apr 2004, p.82]

Never has the vast expanse of outer space felt quite so limited. [Jan 2010, p.76]

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