The guiltiest of pleasures. Indulge yourself and a few friends, but go read a book afterwards or something. [March 2012, p.62]

With insane stunts and explosions in a huge game world, this is pure adrenaline-fuelled action to the point of repetition. [June 2010, p.60]

Haemimont's third Tropico game brings welcome changes while not diverging too much from the well worn path. [July 2014, p.60]

A beautiful, melancholy, emotional sports RPG visual novel thing. [Issue#265, p.51]

Evolution is a fantastic expansion to an already amazing race sim. [Oct 2008, p.64]

Despite some concerns, the game is certainly not a bad one; it's no Call of Duty 3, by any stretch of the imagination – and Treyarch is definitely back in good form. The action is top notch, and the multiplayer will certainly keep people occupied for some time. [Christmas 2008, p.75]

Accomplished, amusing city-builder sequel that's more evolution than revolution. [Nov 2011, p.64]

Still the pick of the manager sims for this year, but the distance is shrinking. Reliability on match day crucial in the end. [Jan 2010, p.84]

Solid gameplay helps you stick around for more soccer jokes. [Issue#265, p.64]

Play this game like a hack-n-slash violence festival and it just doesn’t work. Play it according to the Creed, and it’s sublime – in the strictest sense of the word. [May 2008, p.53]

The game is really quite brutal, but individual runs quite short. It’s a perfect palate-cleaner game – quick to load, easy to switch to from other applications, and over pretty fast. Unless you’re good at it, which, you know… I’m pretty much not. But it’s also just wonderfully silly fun. Bright, chaotic in the all the best ways, and always surprising.

They cut the crap, made the good stuff better and here we have the best arcade racer you can buy today. [Aug 2014, p.48]

Manages to make the XCOM gameplay feel more polished than ever before, while adding a fresh new take on saving the world from alien domination. [Issue#248, p.55]

The Sims 3, while certainly not as comprehensive as The Sims 2, is a promising start to a new series. [Aug 2009, p.52]

You can't go wrong with sticking to Rocksteady's Bat-formula, however it is starting to feel a little played out. [December 2013, p.93]

A very different, beautifully constructed and compelling look at the horrors of war. [Aug 2014, p.58]

This is what Battlefield 2142 should have been. [Dec 2009, p.52]

Fun for a while, but less than the sum of its parts. [Issue#250, p.57]

Surprisingly deep city-building sim with lots of neat quirks. [Christmas 2009, p.62]

The movement in Mirror's Edge: Catalyst is still strong, but the unlikeable characters and clunky combat get in the way of complete enjoyment. [Issue#253, p.56]

At times too slavish a recreation of tabletop action, Armada is nonetheless entertaining and challenging. [Issue#250, p.68]

While the first few hours are incredible, sadly a lack of depth in handling and content leads to a game that needs a few more hours in the oven. [Issue#253, p.58]

Inoffensive, easy and relatively fun. [Sept 2010, p.60]

A promising start to an atmospheric series, ironically let down by its puzzles. [Sept 2010, p.63]

Anodyne falls between average and perfection, offering a strange, funny, horrifying few hours of old-school action-adventure. [June 2013, p.91]

While not exactly fun in the traditional sense, FS 17 can be a very satisfying way to pass the time. [Issue#258, p.64]

If you want to spend a night out with FreeSpace 2 in a slinky red dress, this is your game. Just don't expect thrilling dinner conversation. [March 2013, p.84]

Your typical Obsidian experience sans compelling companion characters. The foundation's there for a good sequel, at least. [Issue#258, p.70]