Bloated and hubristic, Assassin's Creed III is a shocking disappointment. If you adored Assassin's Creed II, you would be better served replaying that and forgetting this even exists. [Jan 2013, p.77]

Big Brother may be watching, but if I was him I would have switched off from boredom. [Issue#257, p.65]

If you will play literally anything featuring Total War and Rome in the same title and don't value your time, this is for you. [Nov 2013, p.80]

Dying Light should showcase everything Techland learned from Dead Island. Instead, it showcases everything they haven't. [March 2015, p.57]

Medal of Honor is just following the crowd, with no true identity to call its own. [Issue#185, p.70]

Terrible pings, no servers and a tiny player base. [July 2010, p.58]

Look, there is nothing wrong with Halo Wars 2... as a bonus game that comes free with Halo 6 or whatever. But as a premium, full-priced title? No. No, we deserve more than this. A franchise like Halo, with its rich fictional universe, its cool unit design, its super-clear mix of human and alien factions, deserves more than this.

Try again after a few months of patches. Maybe. [Mar 2011, p.67]

Like finding out your happy childhood home was full of asbestos. [Sept 2012, p.60]

Scant new features of gameplay are unsatisfying and unbalanced. Suitable for the stalwart fan, who doesn't mind repetitive tasks. [May 2012, p.60]

Dull combat, pointless dialogue wheel, overly scripted and plagued with connection issues. Avoid. [Jan 2012, p.64]

I may be alive, but I am completely dead inside. [Nov 2012, p.82]

Proof that gleeful surrealism does not automatically indicate arthouse brilliance. [Aug 2011, p.74]

Bland and basic chopper sim which may destroy your PC. [Mar 2011, p.70]

An intriguing exercise in interactive fiction, let down by shaky writing and a major lack of emotional engagement. [Apr 2012, p.50]

Looking for the greatest pick-up-and-play top-down car-combat game ever? This isn't it. [Oct 2012, p.80]

Buy it if you want to see Six Days in Fallujah someday. Though donating to Atomic Games directly would be less painful. [Apr 2011, p.71]

Codemasters should be ashamed for this brazen cash-in, made with the least possible effort. [Feb 2015, p.18]

So while the basics for a solid sneak-'em-up are here, a lack of polish makes for a dismal experience. [Sept 2009, p.69]

Look, just play Magicka. Because it at least makes some kind of sense. [July 2011, p.65]

Should never have been released in its current state - simple as that. [July 2011, p.72]

Flawed and monotonous. [Mar 2010, p.75]

There are flashes of brilliance in this game that are simply wasted. [Jan 2010, p.58]

Charming and child-like yet frustrating and flawed. [Christmas 2009, p.64]

The world is gorgeous; the gameplay dull and generic. A disappointing waste of potential. [Feb 2010, p.60]

Takes two great ideas and merges them into a half-baked mess of poor controls and monotony. [Issue#254, p.59]

Starts with so much promise, but eventually becomes an experience as barren as the desert it's set in. [Issue#256, p.61]

Developer with bad track record wants you to pay big for uninspiring loot-em-up. Choices is yours. [Issue#254, p.61]