The game tells a finely crafted and interesting story at its own pace, and those without the patience to appreciate it may not understand what all the fuss is about.

Not only a great game, but also a terrific online RPG that is an ideal ambassador for the GameCube's online hardware.

If you are an "Everquest" regular, you'll have a hard time not buying the latest and greatest.

A solid, fun addition to the extreme water sports genre. Borrowing liberally from "SSX's" winning bag of tricks, the game proves entertaining, if not innovative.

The big problem when playing Doom II, however, is just trying to see it.

The flaws in the single player missions are very disappointing, as The Clone Wars could easily have been a near-perfect "Star Wars" title with more imaginative level design. As it stands, the multiplayer is so good that it makes up for most of the shortcomings elsewhere in the title.

Controlling one gladiator is simple enough, but as soon as you add a few more, the game becomes almost impossible to manage.

A broken expansion pack for now, but even if everything worked it would still be a meager addition to such a large game.

Despite the beauty of CFS3 and its engaging campaign mode, the performance issues we experienced kept us from losing ourselves in the experience.

Sadly, true quality storytelling is extremely rare in this age of overblown and pretentious stories so commonly found in the "Final Fantasy" series and its imitators. Suikoden 3 is a welcome and finely-crafted exception.

What brings this game down is its completion time. Most players will finish the game in half an hour.

Quite simply the best skating game for handheld systems ever. Totally worthy.

The new career mode adds a considerable amount of depth to the overall game, while a quick session has more twitch factor than ever before.

Unlike those in the comparatively lively Tiger Woods titles, the Swingerz courses come off as disconcertingly quiet and bland, without so much as a visible audience.

The overall speed of the game slows down substantially when there's too much activity on screen.

It's a real treat to see footage of the original arcade Defender and listen to the thoughts of the man behind it and of the folks responsible for the new one.

The simplistic gameplay of the series is not lost but refined to create a challenge that is both undeniably fun and not entirely impossible.

Not since "Ullamalitzli," the ancient Aztec game where the losers were beheaded has violent sports been so much fun.

Beam Breakers could have been a fun, arcade-styled racing game, but the stop and start mission structure coupled with a distinct lack of depth really pulls its score down.

A top-quality production on every level, and is arguably the best hack-and-slash game since the original "Golden Axe."

Its strength is that it gives fans exactly what they expect. But the whole concept is getting a little long in the tooth.

The whole game is embarrassingly shoddy. From the glitch that prevents sound from playing during the opening cutscene, to the finger-cramping control scheme, Conflict Zone fails to ever become fun.

The scenario editor and coaster designer are nice, but don't expect an experience that looks or feels at all different from the first game because you won't find it here.

The story line is in-depth and the development of the characters is well thought out. But the flaws hold this title back from being a top contender in the RPG genre.

A solid story, sharp graphics, excellent audio, great gameplay, vehicles, super weapons, a variety of environments, and topnotch multiplayer action (not to mention the ability to blow up walls) all make this revolution something to shout about.

The lackluster presentation combined with the clunky and often frustrating gameplay makes Fellowship of the Ring more of a chore to play than anything else.

By far the best of the "Yu-Gi-Oh" games to make it to American shores. Fans of the card game will most likely love it.

It's a good premise but the game proves to be boring over the long haul... it's just too simplistic and easy to hold your attention for more than a couple days.