A lazy game that makes no effort to be atmospheric or fun, leaving only a husk of ideas that could have, potentially, been fun. [Apr 2008, p.76]

While some elements are playable and, occasionally, fun, this mixture of Fisher-Price "Theme Park" and a bunch of Flash-esque minigames isn't recommendable in the slightest. [Jan 2008, p.73]

The problem's with the lack of inspiration or effort. [Christmas 2006, p.81]

The game is tedious from start to end. [Sept 2009, p.74]

This really is a game for completists only. [May 2010, p.88]

With some ropey PC controls, SAW's something of a gory stinkpot. [Apr 2010, p.90]

As fun as malaria. [Christmas 2007, p.74]

A headache. [Feb 2008, p.88]

It's a bit shit...Dialogue is laughably bad. [Christmas 2006, p.94]

An inferior, dated FPS mess, a poor man's "Quake III" that borrows heavily from the illustrious classic and copies it with shocking ineptitude. [Apr 2006, p.80]

Awful on-foot controls. [July 2009, p.72]

A very lacklustre package. [Sept 2006, p.72]

Phantasy Star Universe is nothing more than the laggy, repetitive tranvestite cousin of "Zelda." Avoid this like a Paris-Hilton-borne strain of bird flu. [Feb 2007, p.78]

Patently unrecommendable. [July 2008, p.87]

Tedious missions. [June 2010, p.88]

Matters are made worse by the pre-2003 3D models, the atrocious voice acting, and the shocking writing. [Sept 2008, p.77]

The turn-based action is a mixture of crippling boredom, mild frustration and a mild sensation of imminent doom - based on a huge, hexagonal board-game style map with gigantic pawns that you control scattered across it. [Apr 2008, p.77]

Controlling the horse is a rather troublesome thing on the keyboard, and there's no option to use a gamepad. [Mar 2008, p.82]

It's so lazily developed, so utterly devoid of creativity and verve, that it's not even worth giving half a chance. [Jan 2008, p.84]

There are bigger, better and cheaper RPGs out there. [Jan 2008, p.87]

Ridiculously short. [Mar 2010, p.76]

If you absolutely must play this game, and the wretched commercial system that chugged out this idiot child hasn't put you off the whole sorry shebang, then get a console version. Please don't buy this. [Oct 2006, p.74]

It's for kids and that's fine. But children deserve better. Get them a version they can actually control. Better still, get your beloved sprogs a game that won't decay their minds through dumb repetition. [June 2007, p.82]

Food poisoning. [Dec 2007, p.81]

If you want something to put on the box, Mr. Marketing Man, try this: "This is so bad, it is like beating old ladies to death with hammers." [May 2009, p.77]

It's the least fun I've had since I had a catheter fitted during a spell in the hospital. [May 2008, p.82]

I honestly feel like I should donate some money to charity after having paid for such a nasty little swindle of a game. [Mar 2008, p.76]

It's just a dull succession of (il)logic puzzles, stuck on an ugly, incomprehensible hub. [Dec 2007, p.80]