War Rock

Here's A Good idea - an online first-person shooter where players choose different classes of soldier and join opposing teams to fight it out over strategically important positions. That's just what the world of PC gaming is crying out for. Especially a really rough-edged, half-arsed one that's still bugged to buggery. Yeah, that's what we need.

This shameless online shooter clone is available for free, but considering you can't get your time back, it feels a little expensive at that. Besides, those who do stump up the monthly asking fee, or buy the boxed copy, get a bunch of advantages that make the experience even more wretched for those sensible enough to save their cash.

Give the developers credit, mind - at least they've copied the lot. There are different game modes, a variety of maps and clans - the whole kit and caboodle. Some of the maps are reasonably well designed, and there are vehicles and gun emplacements to add to the so-called fun. Saying that, the vehicles are sluggish and go down like nine-pins, and the environments and character models are functional at best, dire at worst.

Paying money for something this shameless and undercooked feels like shaking the hand of the guy who's shagging your wife. It'll no doubt get better as the developers scrub it up as the months go by, but right now, this suxxors.