Compared to superior time-wasters like Peggle or Puzzle Quest, this game has little to recommend it. [Nov 2009, p.77]

A series of spectacularly presented levels. [Feb 2010, p.68]

An anorexic "Oblivion" set in a budget version of Tolkien's Rohan. [Nov 2008, p.65]

Ten years late. [Jan 2010, p.78]

This game fails to bring anything of any lasting substance to the standing-room only tactical shooter party. [Apr 2006, p.82]

The handling is fairly woolly and there's no real sense of speed, but there's probably 20 quid's worth of fun.

Still feels like watching Oh Dae-su slog his way through that goon-filled corridor. [Nov 2006, p.62]

Avoid combat and it remains an extremely smart adventure game with a lot to offer. [May 2007, p.82]

An above-average sci-fi adventure, but if you're fond of rollercoasters, join a different queue. [Aug 2008, p.71]

While it lacks the charm and cleverness of the "Broken Sword" games, it retains the compelling one-more-chapter allure of the novel. [Aug 2006, p.83]

A decent bit of strategy, but it's hardly treading new ground. [July 2007, p.84]

Hardcore fans of the series will no doubt love the additions; for the rest of us, the most fun you'll get out of this will be dropping your visitors into the shark tank. [Feb 2007, p.83]

Not that much more than meets the eye. [Oct 2007, p.78]

It's terribly inconsistent and feels like a shooter from the last century. [Aug 2008, p.74]

The Godfather II is an improvement over its predecessor, though that's hardly a gratuitous compliment. How about this - The Godfather II is surprisingly not as plain as you might have thought it would be, all things considered. [May 2009, p.70]

The combat is, despite flowing well, incredibly and utterly console. [June 2009, p.74]

There's an illusion of depth at play. [Jan 2008, p.74]

The dialogue is disappointing, being a case of exhausting the options rather than picking the right thing to say. [Apr 2007, p.68]

It's a good thing Ice Game Studios don't do bomb disposal because they clearly believe in learning through experience. [Sept 2010, p.89]

These animals are not that easy to deal with. [Jan 2008, p.87]

Typography aside, Battle of Europe is an enjoyable game that simply fails to distinguish itself as a particularly great one. [Oct 2006, p.65]

It's not a bad game, and if you're one of the aforementioned strategy fans, you will likely enjoy it. [Nov 2009, p.76]

A solid game, but one that suffers somewhat from stilted gameplay and a cliched plot. [May 2009, p.74]

Those not expecting too much, who may be pining for an uncomplicated spin through familiar territory will certainly enjoy Tarr Chronicles, but it's no substitute for replaying the utterly fantastic and cheap, "FreeSpace 2." [Christmas 2007, p.92]

A money sucking expansion whore. [Oct 2010, p.88]

The multiplayer is what you'd expect: solid, if generic, shooting action around the levels that bored you in single-player. [Nov 2006, p.84]

If it is indeed the last gasp of C&C as we know it, it's an incredibly sad way to go out. With a little more money, a little more time and a whole lot more reverence for what makes C&C C&C, the tiny exploding acorn underneath this confused, scrawny thing could have become a mighty oak of modern strategy.

This is a tale best told on paper, if only because the book doesn't have such awful music and voice acting, and it isn't shoe-horned into a generic RPG template. [May 2008, p.88]