One of the most challenging and addictive city-builders we've played this year. [Jan 2007, p.70]

Dramatic, entertaining and charming in the way that every Fallout expansion should be from now on. [Nov 2009, p.72]

Puzzles aren't too hard, but they aren't too easy. [Feb 2009, p.80]

However, once you pass the infant stages of the game, play becomes all too familiar, all too repetitive and all too unpolished. I'm not saying avoid Age of Conan - feel free to give it a go and enjoy the early stages with your free 30 days of play.

Falls a little short of the bar set by the likes of "SimCity 4." [July 2006, p.80]

A good game, but it won't hit Peggle-esque heights of fame. [May 2010, p.87]

"Quotation Forthcoming"

Dark Corners is at its best when you can immerse yourself in the story and get to work solving the biting mysteries on offer. Unfortunately, by the end of the game everything succumbs to a bit of FPS butchery, putting you in shotgun shootouts rather than mysterious crime scenes.

The PC market should revel in the fact that it can do console games, and do them better than the consoles can. [Sept 2006, p.70]

Boss battles are explosive, brutal encounters, while some perfectly cast actors bring each character to life with genuine aplomb. If you leave your brain at the door, you just might find hours of mindless fun here.

Easy to pick up and strangely compelling. [Feb 2008, p.91]

Strategy gaming doesn't get much more hardcore than this. But if you, as I, have ever harboured ambitions of serving of quartermaster to a major military formation, this is for you. [Oct 2006, p.70]

Graphically dated. [Feb 2010, p.76]

While there's still a decent driving model underneath, it's hard to see RACE appealing to fans who've driven Simbin's other titles, and so, this time at least, the hare comes out on top. [Jan 2007, p.87]

Trine deserves recognition for bringing the Lost Vikings template back to our PCs, but it isn't a classic. [Oct 2009, p.66]

The balancing could do with some tweaking, with some enemies too hard to defeat and some bosses too easy. [Aug 2007, p.70]

It still doesn't address the simplistic combat. [Christmas 2006, p.77]

Wannabe "Age of Empires". [July 2007, p.82]

It might sound trite, but if you like god games there's nothing here you won't have seen before. [Sept 2009, p.70]

If I have a gripe, it's that the introduction of Hugh Bliss's magical talismans makes for some rather force puzzles. [July 2007, p.80]

Even though it feels so very wrong to say this, Open For Business is a Sims expansion worth buying.

Mad Doc needs to do the full makeover in the expansion. [Jan 2008, p.72]

So while it's a Sims 2 expansion, and while it's about pets, it's a wellmade, superbly polished addition to the original game.

The admirably innovative gameplay still feels like it's from Mars. [Feb 2007, p.80]

The spectacuar way in which the game is presented is enough to make the most players want to overlook the deep-running problems it harbors and plaudits must be paid to a setting this original and so excellently realized. [June 2008, p.64]

Surprisingly deep. [July 2009, p.66]

A flawed gem. [Jan 2010, p.79]

The Last resort is still enjoyable for fans of Wallace & Gromit, but seasoned adventurers will run through it like a summer breeze. [Aug 2009, p.74]