The high price and lack of polish make this one to avoid for now. For art-deco die-hards only. [Jan 2014, p.93]

It’s the gaming equivalent of a made-for-TV SF movie in more ways than one, then. Your hoity-toity intellectual forebrain knows you’re too good for this candy floss, but your theme-park glands respond nevertheless. [Jan 2008, p.45]

Sadly, I immediately wished I’d left Carson for dead on the girders, saving myself the time and tedium of seeing things through to the bitter end. [Jun 2008, p.60]

Admirably essential in its space-tradingness, but should have stayed on the tablets. [Nov 2012, p.80]

Neither hardcore sim nor arcade fun, Take On Helicopters can't even get in the air. [Jan 2012, p.46]

If you own any previous COD, there's little reason to buy MW3. [Jan 2012, p.50]

For me, this was one of the most frustrating gaming experiences in recent memory. Most frustrating of all is the fact that this could have been a great game. Like a pack of half-starved zombies, the developers have simply bitten off more than they can chew. [Sept 2008, p.57]

What we have here is a slightly updated version of FIFA, with a couple of additions, and a sackful of seemingly new bugs. [Dec 2009, p.58]

Too muddled to be a good experiment, but it's still an interesting game. [Aug 2012, p.63]

A great premise hampered by a smirking script, repetitive combat and arbitrary questing. [Issue#252, p.64]

In a post-WIC world, it's hard to consider this much more than average. [Dec 2009, p.60]

When it's not going out of its way to be terrible, Syndicate is simply mediocre. [May 2012, p.54]

The presentation is great but the actual gameplay is firmly rooted in the early 90s. [Sept 2015, p.59]

Despite the weird controls, console nature and repetitive play, WOS almost becomes fun (in a kind of ridiculous way) once you get into the groove. Possibly better when drunk. [January 2009, p.60]

A buggy, ultimately dull recreation of a 90s classic. [May 2012, p.62]

This gets three bonus points for being less snooty than Agricultural Simulator 2012 which clearly has some kind of underdog issue. [Dec 2012, p.84]

Apart from that fairly strong central concept, everything else is distinctly bargain-bin quality. [May 2011, p.60]

An intriguing gimmick, but neither polished nor entertaining. A tech demo on stilts. [Oct 2011, p.54]

An acceptable solution for the time-poor, but unless you've played them to death, you're better off with the originals. [Sept 2013, p.90]

A scientific and psychological thriller, involving great characters you will go out of your way not to talk to, but it's over much too soon. [Oct 2011, p.62]

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]

Animal Gods is little more than a disappointing glimpse of what might have been. [Dec 2015, p.60]

A bold experiment in semi-interactive narrative that doesn't quite succeed. [Issue#249, p.58]

Stick to human-on-human multiplayer. There's simply no reason to engage with campaign mode or Skirmish at all. [May 2010, p.60]

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]

Despite its pretty engine and originality, RUSE's slow pace and tedious control makes it a game with little appeal. [Nov 2010, p.64]

An amateur effort that comes together well in places, but also one that gives no real incentive to buy it. If only the writing was a little funnier. [Apr 2012, p.67]

Perhaps the console kiddies might think this is tactical compared to Call of Duty, but no PC gamer will find this satisfying. [July 2011, p.69]