Mini-Review
Napoleon 1813
PC	From: Empire

Surely not another Battle of Waterloo game? Indeed not. This PC wargame covers Napoleon's Russian campaign after Waterloo, and it's not half bad. It uses an ordering system that blends real-time with turn-based methods of issuing instructions, and though it works well enough, it's not a revolution. The rest of the game's much as you'd expect it to be, except there's no multiplayer option. Sadly though, the game's AI isn't the best in the world and that's where Napolean 1813 falls down. It's not dreadful but with a less predictable opponent it could have been a whole lot better.

FG verdict

65%

Mini-Review
Space Bastards: Sudden Justice
PC	From: On Line

Oh dear. Here's a very poor 2D PC puzzle game that looks awful, sounds awful and plays even worse. You control a chap and use the mouse to make him move. Tasks generally revolve around moving crates and then blasting any baddies you come across, and though some of the missions are extremely difficult, they're all pretty much of a muchness. The game's got an 18 certificate because of some gratuitous sexual imagery and constant swearing, which does nothing to add to the piss-poor gameplay. Games that are supposed to be either shocking or 'funny-in-a-schoolboy-kind-of-way' rarely work and this is no exception. Don't waste your money

FG verdict

10%

Mario Golf / Evel Knievel