Not only does the commentary get old after a few games, but Ralph Lawler and Van Earl Wright, who provide the play-by-play commentary, sound eerily alike. The commentary may be accurate and colorful, but it'll be one of the first things you'll turn off when you want to concentrate on gameplay.

One of the freshest titles in recent memory in both concept and execution.

Another problem...is its incredibly jumpy sense of physics...It's far too easy for your boat to get battered around in the waves.

The level design is generally uninspired. It doesn't take full advantage of your Jedi powers.

Exquisite graphics and sublime gameplay...It's just a shame that not all the voice work is as good as it could have been. It's also too bad that the FF minigames have once again taken away any hope of fully appreciating the game's story.

While it may sound fun, the play control and physics in the game are rather loose, resulting in unresponsive vehicle controls and collision detection that has you occasionally hitting objects you aren't even touching as you drive.

The camera is sometimes unwieldy, and for some bizarre reason can only be rotated around Jak, not moved vertically, though there is a first-person view that lets you look around. Beyond that, however, Jak and Daxter is an excellent example of a 3D platformer.

A showcase of a game. There is so much to do and unlock, both in the single-player and multiplayer modes, that the title can easily eat up dozens of hours of your time.

At normal difficulty (which is actually quite easy) the game should take about eight to 10 hours to complete. There is replay value in the different characters, although the dungeons and quests remain identical.

It's one of the few singularly unique titles to find its way to shelves this year and is truly great fun.

With its unique setup and variety of multiplayer modes, Ecks vs. Sever is a title worth checking out.

It's unfortunate that the gameplay of Mojo Jojo-A-Go-Go is unbalanced, the graphics are subpar, and the audio fails to impress. With a classic gameplay setup such as the side-scrolling shooter, this GBA title had potential to be an above-average cartoon tie-in.

Dark Summit is rated H for half-baked...Though pretty, [it] manages to be both repetitive and too short.

Truly stunning visuals, excellent, non-linear map design, hours of playtime, and an innovative magic system help bring it up a notch above the competition. Unfortunately, the control problems, a few technical glitches, a slow start, and a lousy camera hamper the experience.

Even though there are minor pacing problems at times, RtCW delivers an amazing single-player and multiplayer game, and for first-person shooter fans, it's a must-own.

If you have a GeForce III or comparably advanced graphics card, the game might be worth picking up as a showcase, or as a simple and fun -- if slightly disappointing -- arcade-style shooter.

Amped isn't the most fun-filled snowboarding game you can buy, but it's easily the deepest and most satisfying.

In one stage, Imperial walkers are deployed into shallow water. You see the walkers' reflections in the water, and the sand beneath the water can be seen as well, with the walkers' feet crushing it as it lumbers up to the shore.

Madden NFL 2002 not only plays an incredibly deep and solid game of football, but it showcases the system's versatility for handling a fast-paced sports simulation.

if you're willing to take the time to get over the initial awkwardness of steering, you're in for one of the freshest and most rewarding water racing experiences since the original "Wave Race."

All the action in the game takes place in and around a single mansion. It may be a richly textured mansion with little visual surprises in every nook and cranny, but it's still just one house and can sometimes feel a little claustrophobic.

The extremely clean graphics, married to addictive, simple gameplay are enough to recommend this title.

This game is about jumping puzzles, timing puzzles, and exploration -- all very simple and not at all challenging.

Stunning. "Oddworld" is better than it's ever been, and everything about "Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee" is refined, polished, and utterly playable.

An excellent, sophisticated, and mature game that will appeal to sci-fi and action fans, and currently represents the best of what Xbox has to offer.

It's a shame, because this game, while merely good, does hint at the possibility of a truly great RPG, given another development cycle or two.

The game's soundtrack mix of classic football marches combined with hip-hop and drum loops...gets almost annoying by game two.

It's offbeat, diverse, and boisterous, and the cool graphics and variety of things to do give "Frenzy" a singular distinction in the Xbox library.