East India Company manages to whisk you on a sedate journey through teatime. [Nov 2009, p.75]

Something about Granado Espada is fiendishly addictive. What stops it from being truly great is the fact that it's both simple and rather boring at times. [Oct 2007, p.83]

It can be good fun when you've got the hang of things. [Feb 2009, p.81]

A vaguely comical arcade shooter in the clouds, and one that never pretends to be anything else. [June 2009, p.64]

It's for the patient. [Aug 2009, p.62]

With more ambition in the table design, Dream Pinball 3D has the potential to be great. As it stands, it's just good. [June 2008, p.82]

FreeTime isn't bad. Actually, it's very good. [June 2008, p.80]

Plenty of tactical depth and a wealth of historical information. [Nov 2006, p.73]

You'll be having Duke Nukem flashbacks and shouting "I've got balls of steel" in no time. [July 2010, p.84]

The plot is a bit of nonsense and the NPCs' AI is dumber than a bag of hair, but slashing up civilians with the Claw is always amusing. [Aug 2009, p.68]

A strangely satisfying and therapeutic experience. [Jan 2008, p.86]

Long-time fans will be pretty appalled by this effort. [Dec 2009, p.70]

There's not enough reason to come back after the initial wow factor from the visuals wears off. [July 2010, p.90]

Somehow it manages to be far more entertaining than you'd expect. [May 2007, p.72]

Finally though, kudos to the scriptwriters and actors for providing a stream of banter that never once made me want to pull my jaw off and mash my teeth against my forehead. Something so rare, I added two to the score.

There are only a handful of official maps to play , although each one is substantial in size. [Aug 2009, p.77]

This is one for gem completionists, but it won't be raising any bars or breaking any moulds. [Feb 2010, p.84]

While Extraction Point certainly does pick up towards the end, providing some absolutely sublime moments of action, ultimately it feels far too much like the worst bits of F.E.A.R. all over again, masquerading as something we love.

Arrowhead paints the most chilling picture of the horrors of war than any game has done yet. [Sept 2010, p.84]

If you have a lot of patience, follow The Path. If not, bugger off and pick up an FPS. [Aug 2009, p.75]

An unexpectedly and unpredictably decent point-and-click game. [Dec 2008, p.71]

Treat The Maw as a casual half hour game and you'll be well satisfied, but don't expect any maw than that. Sorry. [June 2009, p.75]

Part Age Of Empires and a dollop of Civ, what's missing is a memorable game experience. And as for the visuals - line it up against Total War or Rise Of Nations and it's almost laughable.

With patience and perseverance there's plenty of reward. [Oct 2008, p.72]

Having just reached HOMMV's end-game, I'd rather have waited a bit longer and received a bit more. [Jan 2007, p.83]

It's not terrible by any means, but it's just not very exciting either. [Apr 2007, p.76]

Nothing VVVVVV does is actually new or different. [May 2010, p.91]

To say that the game is shallow would be harsh, but it certainly doesn't plumb the potential depths of the period, and while it has multiplayer I can't see it having much longevity. [May 2009, p.77]