The shallowness of the gameplay quickly starts to show through the cracks. [May 2007, p.69]

The very definition of average. [Nov 2008, p.64]

The script and the acting is great, but the imagination going into the levels is hugely lacking. [Oct 2006, p.78]

Sad to say, the lumbering combat, laborious controls, frankly bizarre collision detection and remarkably glitchy graphics really put a bit of a kibosh on things. Disengage. [Mar 2007, p.70]

Annoyingly, there's no way to change the controls and looks-wise, it won't win any medals. [Sept 2007, p.84]

Apart from the amount of content, things haven't moved on very much since the 2004 version. A few nips and tucks here and there, refined content controls, better tutorials and a slight expansion of the simulation 'rules' to make driving your choochoos a touch harder, but otherwise it all looks much the same as before.

It's strangely hypnotic. [Dec 2008, p.74]

The menu system is a confusing mess. [June 2009, p.73]

Blandly fun for a bit. [Aug 2009, p.73]

Looks and plays like a game from 1999. [Christmas 2006, p.93]

You'll be left scouring the floor for items no bigger than a gnat's nutsack. [Jan 2008, p.78]

So tough it's nearly impossible, and so it's almost unplayable. [Sept 2009, p.72]

It's leagues behind the subscription-based MMOs of the world. [July 2009, p.74]

Imagine "The Sims" sans animated characters, depth, humour and variety. [Dec 2006, p.104]

It's got too many issues to recommend it. [Oct 2010, p.]

Utterly, shabbily redundant. [Nov 2007, p.87]

It's nothing more than average, and occasionally nothing less than irritating. [May 2007, p.76]

It hangs together. [Oct 2008, p.63]

Damnation is so deeply generic and boring, so it gets the sort of mark that it deserves. [Aug 2009, p.71]

Handling is fiddly too, on both control pad and keys, and it doesn't feel as fun to play as Tony's series. [Apr 2009, p.70]

For 30 minutes of so, you'll be having a strange amount of fun. [Aug 2009, p.76]

The AI doesn't match up to the ambition. [Aug 2006, p.68]

Entirely average. [Feb 2009, p.83]

Overwhelmingly unremarkable. [Nov 2006, p.84]

Transparently not finished. [June 2010, p.80]

By peddling this sort of single-minded crud to children EA are creating a new generation of absolute morons who won't be able to think one step ahead of themselves. [May 2008, p.86]

At best, this DLC is thoughtless, unoriginal and for those who simply must have two extra skill points. At worst, it's a waste of time and money, and poor form by Gearbox. [Apr 2010, p.88]

The puzzles are the main problem. [May 2010, p.90]