If, on the other hand, you truly do prefer meticulous tweaking, clunky controls, and no story to interfere with your mech combat, here you go. [Oct 2005, p.88]

State of War is still, at best, a mindless beat 'em up game, and it doesn't take very long at all before the repetitive missions lose their novelty. [Jun 2006, p.84]

I was also disappointed to see that BR4 is still lacking in the ever-important single-player experience. [Holiday 2003, p.44]

Isn't exactly a new game, [but] it is one of the coolest budget titles around. [Jan 2003, p.40]

Twitchy targeting and basic camera flaws hurt Future Tactics, but we have to admit the game has a certain charm - and it's cheap. [July 2004, p.27]

The game can often feel painfully slow. [Feb 2002, p.38]

The characters are designed to attempt coolness; instead, they just say unfunny one-liners to each other - that's inexcusable. [Holiday 2002, p.54]

Better, but it still can't compete with "NBA Live" and "ESPN Basketball." [Holiday 2003, p.44]

Make no mistake: this is a kiddie game. The difficulty level is super-low, and the gameplay within each area is quite repetitive and straightforward. [Aug 2005, p.82]

What P.T.O. IV really needed, however, was a heavier emphasis on enemy crunching rather than number crunching. [Mar 2003, p.38]

It's fun enough for a while, but even with a friend, the game gets repetitive before too long, so you're probably better off renting this one than buying it. [Nov. 2006, p.80]

Doesn't hold a candle to the fun-filled action of the Naruto anime or manga. [Oct 2007, p.84]

When the pickings are slim, you gotta take what you can get. [Jan 2006, p.80]

This is a much improved effort by Konami, but it's not going to out-"Tony Hawk" Neversoft. No way. [Dec 2002, p.42]

It doesn't offer anything that would make us recommend it over a better basketball game. [May 2002, p.26]

Replay value is low; better rent before you buy. [May 2005, p.76]

Feels quite derivative of a lot of other horror games. [Apr 2002]

Improved, but the AI is still ugly as hell. [Holiday 2003, p.48]

The average gameplay, long load times, and hitchy performance from last year's "Blitz: The League" is worse on the PSP, and Blitz: Overtime needs more than some ridiculously unnecessary roughness to make it a good game. [Mar 2007, p.87]

Production values are average, but digi-devotees should be satisfied. [Nov 2004, p.86]

It's a pretty short game, the story isn't all that engaging, and the story presentation could stand some polish. [Oct 2006, p.86]

Don't get us wrong - we like being a shark, but technical flaws and obtuse design sink what could otherwise have been a great game. [Sep 2006, p.88]

Controls are too sensitive even at the lowest setting, animal AI is set to "charge!" constantly, and collision detection is rugged. [Jan 2004, p.48]

If you're a Worms fan, Open Warfare will merely fill your need for a portable version. If you've never liked the series before, don't expect this game to change your mind. [Jun 2006, p.85]

There's still fun to be had, but we're hoping for more innovation and greater variety of gameplay. [Apr 2002]

The AI ranges from pretty good to downright lame. [Nov 2002, p.41]

Most will find the experience too juvenile. [Aug 2007, p.86]

Graphics are fairly nice, but the weapons themselves are typical. Even worse, enemies clip and shoot through walls, and being killed from an unavoidable RPG to the face gets old, fast. [Dec 2003, p.49]