Where its online options are concerned, Ghost Recon is simply one of the best reasons to get Xbox Live.

Its only real flaw is that it becomes repetitious so quickly in multiplayer. Individual players' mileage may vary, but you can get just so much out of plain vanilla deathmatch before you crave something more.

Visually, the game has a rather muddy and faded look -- it just isn't up to snuff. Although car damage can affect driving, none of it shows up in the visuals.

Immediate enough to attract casual hockey fans, or even those who don't care for or know anything about the sport. It also provides a deep level of simulation and customization for those who know and love their hockey.

An exemplary model for anyone who misses the constant, uninterrupted gameplay that made great 8-bit and 16-bit games the classics they have become.

The most striking difference of the Xbox version is just how much the game has improved visually. It always looked good, but the polygon count is significantly higher, character models are far less blocky, the weapons look downright incredible, and the texture detail is noticeably more complex in some sections.

Fantastic gameplay.

The inclusion of online racing and the frenetic pace of the races will leave players with a dirt-eating grin.

The engine is a couple years old and not as cool-looking as contemporary games or even "MechAssault" for the Xbox... Also, the audio is unremarkable.

The campaigns are too dry, too random, and the combat too long and thoughtful by half.

While it is disappointing to see yet another rally game ignore most elements that makes rally racing great, the shallow, but exciting, racing is sure to deliver enough thrills for any driver.

The add-in combines a new and intriguing story with plenty of varied gameplay to steal forty or fifty more hours of your life.

The new units are not terribly exciting and the campaign, while well above average, is still far too short.

Textured well enough, suitably brutal, and sporting fairly evolved team-management options, it's too bad the gameplay experience weakens the overall score.

Check Six Studios has clearly designed this installment of the Spyro franchise for very young gamers, and with that demographic, the title works well. Unfortunately, this limited scope will bore anyone familiar with other platforming titles.

There's almost nothing to recommend here save for the novelty of doing a flipside grind into Frankenstein.

If you can get past the graphics and immerse yourself in the gameplay, you might be disappointed at the lack of depth.

Even with the weak campaign, O.R.B.'s compelling and interestingly paced skirmish mode more than make up for it.

A wonderful year-end treat that offers ingenious level design and a ton of gameplay.

If you can still hum the theme to "Gigantor" and the line "I'll form the head!" means anything to you, Robot Alchemic Drive was made for you.

An undeniably solid game... [but t]he lack of variety and the limited number of arenas make the premise wear prematurely thin.

Easily makes up for any shortcomings just by its sheer volume. The missions alone will take over twenty hours to complete. It's hard to argue with a release that features over 500 mini missions, a ton of unlockables, and a complete game that was one of last year's most acclaimed titles.

The developers' attempts to create a zany story, the game leaves you without a sense of purpose.

The balance between the powers, the factions, the troops, and the monsters lends the game tremendous depth and replay value.

Quick, responsive controls do well to round out the positives here, but the time spent refining the countering-a-grapple system make Shut Your Mouth considerably more balanced and playable than some previous installments.

A series of frustrating elements add up to an overall inferior experience.

It's not nearly as impressive now as it was way back then, but just the same, good dungeon crawls never go out of style.

A good and stylish mix of the factual and the fanciful.