A spectacular exercise in cinematic excess, accessible gameplay, and bleeding-edge technology. [June 2005, p.87]

Somehow, Rockstar keeps the same old ingredients, adds a handful of new ones, and manages to create a great new recipe. [Feb 2005, p.NP-9]

One of the most in-depth strategy RPGs ever. [July 2004, p.6]

It's brilliantly structured and each step feels meaningful and important. [Nov 2004, p.NP9]

Simple and deep gameplay that sucks away hours of your life. [March 2005, p.74]

Blows away its established rival with outstanding controls and AI so lifelike that you feel like you've just stepped onto the pitch at Old Trafford. [Sept 2004, p.66]

The look of Guild Wars is magnificent. [Aug 2005, p.84]

It could stand alone as its own game, as it improves and expands the original game in every way possible, all in a positive manner. [Dec 2004, p.84]

One of the best character-action-platform games ever made - right alongside "Mario 64." [Feb 2005, p.9]

So good, it makes the rest of the series look downright mediocre. [July 2005, p.52]

Another great feature of Myth is the terrain: it's truly three-dimensional... The level design is excellent, and the different types of terrain require very different strategies.

Quotation forthcoming. [Mar 2006]

The soundtrack is inspired, with a heavy emphasis on late-'8s/early '90s rap and alternative rock. [Sept 2005, p.50]

Now, however, the game is here, the hype has receded...and we're left appreciating what might be the best role-playing game ever made. [Jun 2006, p.61]

Remove every frill and dump the gorgeous 3D graphics for barely animated stick figures and Fight Night Round 2 would still be a classic. [June 2005, p.89]

A brilliant game simulation that belongs on every gamer's shelf. [Sept 2005, p.52]

This is where we've been waiting Relic to take us, and with Company of Heroes, the company has confirmed what many folks suspected after "Dawn of War". This is a developer whose name belongs alongside Blizzard, Ensemble, and EALA(nee Westwood)when it comes to real-time strategy games. [Nov. 2006, p.71]

Quotation forthcoming. [Nov 2005]

Delightfully loopy. [Sept 2005, p.91]

If there was ever a game to hook a casual player on the charms of dungeon hacking, or absorb an old vet whose time has become a commodity, FATE is it. [Sept 2005, p.48]

Chromehounds isn't just the most exciting giant robot game since MechWarrior 2 opened with that famous Digital Domain cutscene; it's absolutely a reason to buy a 360 and a Live subscription. [Oct. 2006, p.81]

Guitar Hero is accessible to anyone that has a classic rock station programmed into his or her car stereo. [Mar 2006, p.93]

This is easily the best version of Civilization ever made. [Jan 2006, p.52]

Quotation forthcoming. [Mar 2006]

To get the most out of GTR 2, you have to be willing to invest a serious amount of time in becoming both a confident and a successful race driver. [Jan. 2007, p.64]

This is as good as gunplay has gotten in a videogame. [Mar 2007, p.60]

An adrenaline rush in a box...Everything about this game shouts quality.

It is probably one of the hardest action games in quite some time, and requires extremely quick reflexes and skillful gameplay. [Grade = A+; June 2004, p.12]