Brings some innovations to the genre, but loses some strategic hear to become more accessible. [Issue#31, p.40]

Moody, deep and gripping Metro is flawed, but what made it lack[ing] in consistency is made up for in atmosphere. [Issue#31, p.31]

The best expansion we've played in ages. [Issue#31, p.36]

A prime example of the genre that is even better on PC and well worth waiting for. [Issue#31, p.48]

A fun-filled if not quite essential addition to the Total War series. [Issue#31, p.44]

It's infrequently fun but brainless run-and-gun. [Issue#31, p.46]

Stunning and emotionally engaging with a sadistic tactical combat system. As much fun as the original. [Issue#30, p.45]

Improves on GSC's winning formula, ensuring STALKER is still the de facto hardcore FPS RPG. [Issue#30, p.50]

Tough but satisfying, and made all the more enjoyable by the cute presentation. [Issue#31, p.53]

Polished, deep and utterly compelling - it's a contender for the best sci-fi sequel ever. [Issue#29, p.43]

Its disparate gameplay needed to blend together a bit smoother. [Issue#29, p.48]

The rose-tinted refresher combined with clever new features make Divinity II an RPG that's hard to put down. [Issue#29, p.50]

Hardcore fans may find it lacking but Wings of Prey is solid fighter fun. [Issue#30, p.8]

A beautifully presented game with engaging platform mechanics. [Issue#31, p.52]

A good game with some pretty outstanding aesthetic design. [Issue#29, p.52]

An outstanding achievement in non-sim driving. [Issue #27, p.46]

The series hinges on a great ending, and Chapter 5 delivers. [Issue#30, p.52]

Good fun until the novelty wears off. Which doesn't take that long, sadly. [Issue#30, p.56]

Clunky and uninspired. [Issue#29, p.55]

It's great to have Sam back, but it hasn't whet our appetite for Serious Sam 3. [Issue#28, p.57]

It's fun but too fiddly, and lacks the charm of the superior original. [Issue#29, p.53]

New modes and special infected have transformed the original into an especially gratifying experience. [Issue#28, p.48]

In which parallel universe does a stinking top-down shooter become the right choice? [Issue#28, p.56]

An impressive shooter with a high degree of polish, but as a PC game it has taken a step back. [Issue#28, p.45]

Stunning vision and bullet-proof delivery. [Issue #27, p.54]

Another classic in the making and a bloody beautiful smear on the BioWare name. [Issue #27, p.50]

Still the king of sheepskin coat and monogrammed training kit. [Issue #27, p.52]

Only casual types will enjoy up to its conclusion. [Issue#28, p.54]

An interesting story, but the overall package isn't engaging enough. [Issue#20, p.56]

Does little wrong, but efforts made to broaden its appeal may prove largely fruitless. [Issue#28, p.52]

We hope you've saved the mighnight oil, you won't be getting much sleep after this. [Issue#28, p.9]

An excellent FPS/MMO hybrid with great combat and the most multiplayer fun we've had in ages. [Issue#26, p.40]

Field of Glory struggles to match most strategy games from this Century. [Issue#30, p.52]

Improvements are there, but lean toward the superficial side of this prolific franchise. [Issue#26, p.53]

It's manifestly amusing and downright fun, and that's its real strength. [Issue#26, p.46]

Imaginative and memorable. It really blew us away! [Issue #27, p.56]

If you've got plenty of time to dig in the virtual earth, Cities XL will reward you. [Issue#26, p.52]

Dragon Rising offers compelling real-world combat with few disappointing omissions. [Issue#26, p.50]

Hardened racing fans need Race On, though there's little to tempt part-timers. [Issue #27, p.57]

Close to a new Elder Scrolls, but nowhere near as realised. [Issue#25, p.51]

A sweeping but imperfect RTS. One for casual gamers only. [Issue#26, p.47]

In a word: captivating. Majesty 2 is the perfect game for simulation and RPG fans. [Issue#25, p.48]

Saved from relative mediocrity and propelled into the limelight by incredibly realised physics. [Issue#24, p.52]

This is simply the best superhero game out there and a real treat that shouldn't be missed. [Issue#24, p.45]

Tense, scary and fun. [Issue#25, p.53]

Improvements and flourishes make Zuma's Revenge a lot of fun. [Issue#25, p.50]

Flying at an altitude combat flight sim aficionados will appreciate. [Issue#26, p.53]

A great concept gone to tragic waste through non-existent AI. [Issue#29, p.54]

A cortisol-inducing, insane trip into almost certain death. You'll love it. [Issue#26, p.57]

Raven Squad is a wasted idea that suffers from poor execution. [Issue#25, p.52]

A fun objective-focused shooter with a good premise and ideas, but less satisfying core combat. [Issue#25, p.46]

A comfortable and engaging follow-up to the first episode in a series well worth joining. [Issue#25, p.53]

It's not by any means an awful first-person shooter, just a Wolfenstein on the series' reputation. [Issue#25, p.43]

Moving water across a semi-permeable membrane wasn't this fun in biology. [Issue#26, p.56]

A deep, detailed strategy title occasionally mired in its own complexities. [Issue#24, p.56]

A charming, if not particularly exciting finale to a great little series. [Issue#24, p.56]

An enjoyable trading and strategy experience, let down by lacklustre combat. [Issue#23, p.56]

Surprisingly solid old-fashioned skill-based fun, limited by linear level design. [Issue#24, p.57]

A beloved classic freshly imagined, leaving you the choice of the original to play. [Issue#24, p.57]

Further patching could make it one of the most immersive shooters of the last decade…but not as is. [Issue#22, p.47]

A promising start and an engaging, enjoyable adventure in its own right. [Issue#23, p.58]

A charming and excellently executed platform game. [Issue#22, p.57]

Let us remind you of the prince of this gem: 2.99 quid. Buy it, you tight wad. [Issue#25, p.57]

The best fighting game on PC. [Issue#23, p.55]

An excellent FPS and is easily the best cowboy game on the range. [Issue#22, p.50]

It's not just for fans of the analogue edition either. [Issue#23, p.52]

As casual as a Saturday night dancefloor encounter. [Issue#23, p.49]

FUEL is a big world of promise, but sadly it can't deliver most of them. [Issue#23, p.54]

One of the few console ports we'd recommend this summer, especially to original Overlord fans. [Issue#22, p.52]

Charming, gorgeous and fun - though too stale for strategy hardcores. [Issue#23, p.59]

A decent online FPS - provided you can find a player slot, that is. [Issue#23, p.57]

A competent, entertaining single-player experience true to the franchise but marred by the shoddy port to PC. [Issue#26, p.48]

Short and simple, but Muzzled is ever so sweet while it lasts. [Issue#23, p.58]

A fun sandbox game in small doses, but it's ultimately far too limited to keep you hooked long term. [Issue#22, p.54]

A touching game we thought about long after its end. [Issue#23, p.62]

A stunning life simulator with a few gaping omissions. It will likely reach boiling point over the next year or so.

Damnation's good ideas are unfortunately never matched by its rough, unfinished and unsatisfying execution. [Issue#21, p.56]

It's too short and too undeveloped. [Issue#22, p.56]

NecroVisioN falls short of its own self-imposed mark, to rekindle the old-school shooter experience, but that was a particularly high bar to reach. So if you fancy a simple run-and-gun experience with a few twists, you’ll get your money’s worth.

We were already armpit-deep in the dead, but we've still found room for more slaughter on the Killing Floor. [Issue#24, p.50]

Many hands make fun work: shallow single-player is compensated for by some great multiplayer content.

Plants Vs Zombies is a simple but clever tower defence game, which uses its considerable charm to keep you coming back for more. It might not take you very long to see most of what it has to offer, but you're sure to have a laugh while you're at it.

Velvet Assassin showed a lot of promise, but a wasted premise and flawed stealth mechanics let it down.

The worst game we’ve ever reviewed, and that’s being generous.

Some original concepts let down by terrible repetition in look, feel and execution.

A rare and gripping indy experience that pulls no punches.

An interesting idea that doesn't work quite as well as we'd like. [Issue#23, p.63]

Fast-paced and handsomely presented with no two online sessions alike. The only hurdle is getting there. [Issue#20, p.50]

An excellent flight combat sim, with a lack of polish in key areas.

360 gamers were frothing at the mouth for good reason: it’s an instant indie classic.

Violence is of an unsightly and masochistic flavour and nothing here is a patch on the king of the genre.

Not in any way groundbreaking, but two games in one and hugely entertaining nonetheless. [Issue#18, p.52]

Elven Legacy’s main strength is its ability to be either a tactical or RPG-focused game, which both the campaign and single scenarios play to.

A great idea with some impressive physics, but soon becomes a chore.

A weak sandbox affair. [Issue#20, p.55]

Diesel-powered, but it’s lacking the turbo injection that we want.

It's a re-invented fifth wheel on a car driving the wrong way up a one-way street. [Issue#20, p.55]

Clearly there's still a market for this stuff - we're guessing in Japan? [Issue#19, p.58]