A good one all around, getting as much gameplay in to the tiny little cartridge as it can. I even find it got the difficulty about right--not too had, not too easy.

Thanks to the expanded multiplayer, I have no trouble calling the Xbox version of The Clone Wars the best of the bunch.

Fans of Wolverine will love the story, which delves heavily into the character's history with references to Department H and Weapon X aplenty.

I don't listen to rap music and I know very little about it, but I am enthralled by this game's easy control; wild over-the-top moves; and enjoyable story mode.

It has a strong graphical kick, enough weapons to outfit a nutso right-wing militia group, and a solid multiplayer package. Just make sure you get the patch.

Just imagine what it could've been like if Capcom had put some effort into it.

The game's biggest problem though is its paltry length... In the end, CSI is lots of fun for fans of the TV show, and is a decent adventure game in its own right.

In the end, the word of the day is "detail." Restaurant Empire has it to spare, incorporating design, bean-counting, empire-building, and plenty of customization into its gameplay. And yet, it's not that tricky to learn.

I would not call Primal an innovative title, but it has lots to do and TONS of different powers, which the game doles out just about when you start wanting something new.

The style of the graphics however, does not appeal to me, technologically impressive though they are. It's the same way I don't like jazz music, but I know there is good and bad jazz, and that it requires talented musicians to perform it, but the genre of music just doesn't do it for me.

I wouldn't go so far as to call it quite the revolution it could have been, but it comes close. And in the world of action/stealth/strategy games, the series still has no equal.

I must say the game's emotional impact is undeniable, and it kept me filled with terror every time I turned on my PS2... Oh, and something else. This game has the most appallingly violent cutscenes you will ever see.

While the load times are not outrageously long, they do pile up, especially when there is a palatable pause just between flipping to the options screen!

Ubi Soft gives their mascot the star treatment and it pays off in a game that captures the real fun of platform hopping, environmental puzzle solving, and boss character combat. Rayman 3 is a treat.

Such a detailed game it really feels like a PC game first, console second. However, don't panic. It's still played with a gamepad and played well I might add.

But what made me put down the Dualshock in frustration is control... Base running is the primary offender... It's just too confusing and counterintuitive, especially if you're brave enough to try returning to bases.

If only more could have been done with the online, and that control smoothed out.

Repetitive missions are a strike against it, but the real damage is done by the annoying auto-aim and the slow to respond control.

The gameplay is truly a remarkable achievement... Aesthetically pleasing, lots to do, lots of options, lots of ships and weapons to buy, and a great story. Sounds good to me.

Nothing if not original.

And oh my brothers, does the red, red krovvy flow real horrorshow under Tenchu's ultraviolence. That's A Clockwork Orange speak for "there's a lot of blood, too."

It has problems keeping track of continuity... The attempts at adding some freedom and multiple approaches weren't quite pulled off, but points for effort.

Brilliant conceptually--it's a "Diablo"-like game in a science fiction setting.

An absolute blast to play through one time exactly and only. If you have to backtrack at all (which unfortunately you do) the fun rapidly diminishes, which adds up to zero replay value.

My copy of Emperor's Tomb had occasional moments of severe slowdown and music stuttering. These instances never occurred during a life or death situation, but they were aggravating all the same.

A game for people who want a nice, long haul game, not a game that lasts a few bowls of chips. Such games risk repetitiveness and boredom, but Dark Cloud 2 stared these dragons down.

With impressive graphics, a deep combat system, and control that lets you throw out the moves like a Disco dancer on Speed, fans of Mixed Martial Arts and Pride competition will find Pride FC a very accessible and transfixing game.

It is the desire to see the other environments, rather than the story, that will motivate you to continue playing. It presents almost every type of platform gameplay that you've ever seen, but there's nothing new or remarkable about it.

A truly brave, and hopeful germination of pertinence in the typically banal garden of videogames.

Long enough to last you a few intense game sessions, and you'll easily polish it off over the weekend.

The most enjoyable new aspects of the expansion are the vehicles, and nearly every side gets new ones.

Story and characters are excellent. Their personalities and motivations come through easily without a lot of overdone angst.

A title that still has camera faults, is far too easy in some of its boss battles, does little to increase the depth of Dante as a character, and little to freshen the formula that was so winning the first time around.

DOA XBV's laid back approach is refreshing. Like a real vacation, nothing is particularly urgent in the game, which is almost unheard of--almost every game out there is about WINNING or DYING.

Absolutely runs away with the title of most visually and technically impressive game for the PlayStation 2... Unfortunately, the developers shot themselves in the foot with the actual game.

The frustrations are enough to make me wroth enough to wall a Sim up in an exitless building and watch them slowly expire.

In any full 3D combat game, targeting can sometimes be a difficulty, and in War of the Monsters, that manifests as an irritating inability to switch cleanly between targets.

The game delivers everything you want in this kind of action game--great visuals, replayability, and enough button tapping action that I now have a green circle with a white A permanently tattooed on my thumb.

Is it addictive? Yes. I'm a "Bust-a-Move" junkie and I found that habit-forming gameplay in this game too.

You've seen these types of puzzles before, but they are decently difficult and varied enough to please most adventure gamers.

I especially like that the Army Builder screen has something to analyze your army, and tell you where it is strong and where it is lacking.

The two versions are identical in most ways, however the GC graphics are slightly better. The colours are sharper and more vibrant.

A truly Kaufmanesque moment occurs in Exhibition mode, when you can elect to face Andy Kaufman as Andy Kaufman. He would have loved that.

The game is a little bit tough to get into. The controls (mouse look and arrows keys to move) are a tad ungainly.

If you've got a top end PC I'd still say the PC version is the best choice, but the Xbox version is still well worth owning.

While the PC version of Jedi Outcast blows the GameCube version out of the water, this is still a very good shooter with a lot to offer Nintendophiles, despite the disappointments.

Minority Report does not capture the essence of the movie and ends up being a tiresome wade through piles of repetitive enemies.

It has strong characters and a story that's better plotted than the last movie, quite frankly. If only that camera was a little more tame.

Flying just never feels natural or precise, and considering how much of it Superman does, this is not a small failing.

The voice work in this game is awful and unprofessional.

A lot more difficult to learn and to play than it ought to be... [but] a great game.

A playable game with a some enjoyable moments. If you've got the patience to struggle with the less than perfect control, go ahead and rent this one.

While not the best first person shooter on the Xbox, Nightfire does an admirable job of capturing the essence of a Bond film and should please the majority of 007 fans.

Despite a few surprising shortcomings, most notably the save system, Splinter Cell delivers with the impact of a postcard from Hell.

While Metroid Prime engages on no level other than gameplay, that gameplay is so perfectly tuned and refined, so continuously evolving and clever that you'll keep playing and playing, even when you're frustrated, even when you're honestly just a little bored with the back-tracking, and even though you don't care about the character or story.

This is not the fighting game for the young nor the squeamish, but it is a truly excellent fighting game. Mortal Kombat is back in the ring.

It captures the environments of Hogwarts well and I had a blast knocking Draco Malfoy on his butt in the duel in Defence Against the Dark Arts class.

The sound in Robin Hood is also excellent. The music is fitting and I love the way the soldiers taunt, "Why that doesn't hurt at all" when you strike them ineffectually.

This is a hefty new multiplayer package, considering that this an expansion and you sometimes don't get 12 multiplayer maps in a regular full game. Frankly, it helps compensate for the fact that the single player campaign is so short.

I didn't find it very scary. Maybe after so many games we're on to its tricks, but there seem to be far less boo! moments than in other RE games.

It is the fight system that fails Kakuto Chojin... once you discover each AI fighter's weakness, you can defeat them effortlessly with any character.

It's graphically superior, and you'll feel like you've lost a few pounds after some of the more rigorous battles.

It actually hits a pretty good balance, being much more realistic, and yet still easy to control, like an arcade style game.

I don't think even the greatest purist will care for the save system.

The graphics are very high end, with insanely good lighting effects, detailed textures, huge monsters, trees that shred when blasted with gunfire, gorgeous reflective surfaces.

The graphics of FO 2003 aren't horrible, but they're definitely weak.

The graphics, the busy environments, the interactivity... every element taken by itself it pretty praiseworthy, stick 'em all on the same disk and they add up to good things.

Walking away from the simple addictive gameplay always proves difficult for me. I hate for a machine to ever get the better of me.

It's just so frickin' wild and cool. You can get whole forests to come to life and attack your enemies, build huge monsters like the Hydra (yes, it grows more heads as it takes damage), and pound the enemy city into a crater with meteor storms.

A combination of great audio and visual and an unusual but intense style of gameplay make Battle at Procyon a winner.

As wrestling games go it is probably the best total package.

Certainly not the best adventure game I've ever played, but fans of the genre will have some fun.

An excellent game, but needs some polish to catch up to "NBA 2K3" and "NBA Live 2003."

And of course, the true beauty of Vice City is total, absolute, glorious freedom...I guess what I am trying to say is this game is REALLY FRICKIN' GOOD.

Delivers what you'd expect. You want lots of explosions, and lots of things to shoot at, and they're on the disk.

The idea of having cannons and other things to deliberately impede your progress is an interesting idea, but the implementation still needs work.

I wish it had gone for more stuff, particularly given the power of the Xbox (like how about highly destructive environments, instead of blasting the odd box?), and given that House of the Dead II is probably the better game. But hey, why complain when you get two games in one?

Just isn't very much fun... There's no zen underneath the zaniness, no pith under the perkiness, and no meat beneath the mirth.

While it's a shame the Xbox Live stuff never materialized, Tony Hawk 4 still manages to top its previous outing on the Xbox.

Prime rental territory; it's one of those games that will be adored by some and abhorred by others, with hardly any middle ground.

I did manage to have some fun with Reign of Fire, but never got past the frustration with the controls.

Doesn't offer any changes to the gameplay--I think there could be a lot more creativity in the scenarios, but it will inject new life into your Zoo Tycoon gaming.

The shortness of the game is partially forgiven by the richness of its production.

Despite the repetitive combat and other shortcomings, I found Wild Arms 3 to be pretty engrossing.

Keep the kiddies away from this game, unless you want them to grow up to be Marilyn Manson.

With human opponents the games seemed much more lively and unpredictable, and of course, human opponents are more fun to beat on.

The joy in this game comes from the environments. Krome Studios has done a fantastic job of making the different locals feel alive.

For pick-up-and-play fun, NBA Live 2003 simply can not be beat.

This is the game for real basketball fans to get.

Godzilla can't compete with top fighting games like DOA3, but then you'd be foolish to expect it to. It's probably going to appeal more to people who like monster movies.

In addition to the plot straight out of an LSD hallucination, it has unique game mechanics that really spice up the platform gaming scene.

The biggest disappointment of Hot Pursuit 2 comes in the multiplayer. There is no way to have one player be the speeder and the other player be the cop. Either you're both racers, or you're both cops. This is a terrible omission.

The save game system and the control scheme add to the difficulty more than they should.

EA Sports continues to feel that this franchise mode is superfluous, and the ten-year franchise you can play in NHL 2003 is very rudimentary and poorly explained...[yet] you'll definitely have a lot of fun playing NHL 2003.

Controls take some getting used to, but they're not bad in the end.

If you go in expecting action as opposed to getting your socks scared off, you can have fun with it.

I like the new modes because each one puts the player on the defensive at some point, and I love being the centre of attention in a multiplayer game and facing overwhelming odds. Yeah, I'm a masochist, sue me.

The best thing about NBA ShootOut 2003 is the career mode that allows you to create a player and work your way into the NBA through good play in the summer leagues.