With some serious control patching, Impact Winter will be great. As it stands, it's almost unplayable. [Issue#263, p.73]

A golfing game with attitude; Vertiginous Golf currently offers little besides its single player, though it manages to be charming and fun nonetheless. [June 2015, p.60]

The story and characters are excellent and the game is enjoyable, but the open world detracts from the experience rather than adding to it.

A solid foundation for a street racing MMO, but one undermined by lack of local servers. [Oct 2010, p.66]

Fight through the performance issues to find that the heart of sub simulation's best franchise still beats strong. [May 2010, p.64]

Obtuse, ancient design and infuriating difficulty hides an addictive, oddly satisfying, well-translated hack-and-slash. [Nov 2011, p.66]

Dex has a lot of ideas and mechanics, but ultimately feels unfocussed as a result. [Oct 2015, p.64]

A frustrating experience. [Nov 2014, p.60]

Despite the quirky aesthetic and presentation, Redshirt is ultimately as disposable as the poor, easily-killed people it's named after. [Feb 2014, p.84]

Speedball 2 Tournament is not the second coming of Brutal Deluxe. It is an evolution that will provide entertainment for people who are yearning for simple, accessible arcade fun. [Apr 2008, p.67]

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

If you're really into a D&D style game, why not just get a bunch of friends together and play D&D? [Aug 2013, p.90]

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

The real-time combat isn't the problem; it's everything else, which was done with a depth and confidence 13 years ago that this reimagining lacks. [Apr 2012, p.54]

Conceptually interesting, visually stunning, but ultimately feels hollow in the gameplay department. [May 2014, p.62]

A gorgeous and creative spin on the arena shooter formula. [Feb 2011, p.60]

Perseus Mandate trumpets a bunch of “new, new, new!” with its parallel story and extra characters, yet it’s quite happy to sit back and rely on its textbook knowledge of how to scrape by on the bare minimum. [Jan 2008, p.56]

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]

A puzzling, polarising first-person-platformer that fails to live up to its potential, despite holding some promise. [July 2015, p.56]

An interesting story brought low by rote combat and a rather uninspiring graphics engine. [December 2013, p.92]

Despite its quirks, EYE's mind-boggling ambition evokes the best of PC gaming's past, while giving us a glimpse into its future. [Oct 2011, p.56]

Enjoyable new content, but strangled by enduringly small lots and an inability to save, load and experiment. [Jan 2014, p.92]

Worth more as a curiosity piece than as a complete and functioning game. This is what happens when you attempt too much. [June 2013, p.85]

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

Offering very little progression on Dead Island, this is one for the fans. Series newcomers should get the cheaper original instead. [June 2013, p.92]

It's partially broken, shallow, repetitive and aimless, but hang me, I still kind of love it. [Issue#255, p.56]

Everything in Sword Coast Legends works as intended, but that only serves to highlight that the games that inspired it are still better. [Dec 2015, p.56]

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]