Mini-Review
Corsairs
PC	From: Microids

While we wait for Hot House's new take on the old MicroProse classic Pirates!, coming later in the year, we've got this French-developed swashbuckler to play with. The game runs to the usual brief - build up a fleet of ships by trading or plundering and take to the high seas in search of adventure. Well, in search of more gold anyway. There's a modicum of story direction in that you're given the occasional mission to undertake by your local governor. It's not the most user-friendly game in the world and although it's not actually dreadful It becomes tedious sooner rather than later and doesn't have enough hooks to keep you buccaneering for long.

FG verdict

60%

Mini-Review
Might And Magic VII
PC	From: 3DO

The Might and Magic series of RPGs have been immensely popular over the years and a couple of incarnations back they switched to a real-time 3D engine so you could explore the game's world in a first person perspective.

Sadly, they don't seem to have updated the engine yet and this latest addition to the range looks poor. The rest of the game's pretty much what you'd expect - lots of quests to undertake and a huge world to explore. But you'd have to be a real RPG nut to want to spend any significant length of time with this because it's dull and tedious and ultimately very boring. It doesn't even reach today's 'average' benchmark.

FG verdict

45%

Rugrats: Treasure Hunt / Wing Over 2