With great gameplay comes a great game.

With just about every conceivable option for a basketball game available, Live 2001 is even better than last year's excellent effort.

A fine game from most perspectives, it's also excellent in ways that will raise the bar a little higher for others making the attempt in this genre.

Fits like a familiar old glove (or gauntlet), but smoother, better-fitting and lined in fine, Japanese, brocaded silk.

This is the type of game that mothers hate.

TDVR stands out for a being a fun driving game that places its emphasis on fast action rather than hardcore realism.

The tiny characters are vividly illustrated and animated with surprising aplomb, remaining remarkably expressive despite their diminutive stature.

Even provides an excellent FPS experience for those who may not wear their pointy rubber ears to bed at night like we do.

Dino Crisis 2 serves up two playable heroes in the form of military agents Regina and Dylan and, unfortunately, they're both rather stock and devoid of personality.

Gamers with a penchant for shooting, sneaking and protecting the free world will no doubt find plenty to love in this finely crafted, story-driven actioner.

This, as of right now, is the de facto standard in high-end golf games, and no golf-game fan should be without it.

With a ton of options, gorgeous graphics running at consistently high framerates and plenty of tracks to choose from, the few niggling problems (like online lag and touchy controls) seem to slip away into meaningless babble in the heat of a close race.

In short, Monkey Island has amazing production value, great graphics, good comedy, and a compelling story.

Two parts "Wipeout" and one part "Mario Kart", combined with a feel all its own, make the newest Rollcage a winner across the board.

If you like Tekken then you have to have this, the most, biggest, best bag of Tekken so far. A droolworthy launch title.

Inventive and exciting with its flaws safely buried in the adrenaline rush.

This is a good game with a lot of depth, variation in gameplay and fantastic visuals. It's got a funny story and likeable characters.

Coupled with the nearly perfect atmospheric music and sound, the game does have its moments of true fright.

It's got bottomless depth, good AI and everything we loved so much about the series. It just doesn't have much new stuff to talk about.

Although NHL 2001 is by no means perfect -- it lacks drop passes and give-and-goes, and is mysteriously missing the icon-based passing found in the PS1 version -- it is so visually spectacular and sound in fundamentals that we don't hesitate to recommend it.

For the devoted, F355 Challenge is the closest videogames have ever come to reproducing the experience of driving a single car.

Players who preferred last year's fast, arcade feel can boost up the speed in the options settings, but fans of more thoughtful, deliberate play will likely enjoy the challenge and pace of this year's iteration.

Alice as a whole isn't a perfect game, but many individual elements of the title are quite simply amazing, especially the level design.

Compared to the conservative Madden franchise, "Blitz 2000" is the flamboyant "Neon Deion Sanders of football games, and a hell of a lot of fun.

The framerate is blazingly fast, even in four-player splitscreen, and there are tons of new levels, new weapons and new characters -- that actually play differently -- to frag your friends with...This is one awesome FPS.

"Street Fighter III: Double Impact" doesn't have all the bells and whistles that other SF titles have, but its fighting engine is so clean and deep that it is a joy to play for old schoolers.

The in-game models, landscapes, lighting and explosions are all in keeping with the Star Wars galaxy, and the engine is no slouch either.

Despite some technical flaws and a difficult user interface, Shogun will please wargamers looking for a solid title.