Multiplayer has been greatly improved, with characters' journal state now being saved, so playing through one of the campaigns with a friend or two is a much more satisfying.

The game has had a major overhaul of the FPS engine and a nice improvement on the "action dictates storyline" aspect.

If you’ve played or owned the Dreamcast version though, there isn’t much new to do.

The best game of its kind on the console, primarily due to its excellent free-roam career mode that adds extra realism and enjoyment, doing away with the standard menus that some other games still employ.

While not the most difficult or longest FPS game on the Xbox, or PS2 it is a competent shooter, and is worth checking out.

It provides intoxicating gaming on a tremendously large scale rarely seen before in the hack and slash war genre.

Its unique Hero system is fantastic and the gameplay is very addictive.

The atrocious frame rate and textures hurts the game play, almost making it at times unplayable. Max still has the charismatic way of dealing with his demons, which is dealing death with bitter coolness.

The battling is appealing for a while but soon becomes a bit repetitive. Fortunately the game’s graphics are nice-looking and crisp and the sound (especially the music) is excellent.

It’s not quite the free-range RPG that we’ve been hoping for where we can prance along the fields on horses playing as Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli permanently, but its close enough to make for a great game.

Chances are you’ll play this game for a maximum of 10 hours, unless you have a mate with the game as well, which could increase the gameplay value if you can put up with a slowed-down battle.

The intros and the voice-overs of the WWII veterans is what helps bring a sense of realism to this game.

There aren’t many puzzles in the game, which help to eliminate constant battling in RPGs, and therefore the game can become a repetitive - albeit enjoyable - hack and slash adventure, often leading to lower motivation to keep playing.

Although the water textures could have used a bit of work, the engine for the water makes it all look breathtaking as you watch the waves come in from offshore.

The sound is exceptional and sets the atmosphere and pace of the game.

The only things that make Sonic Heroes separate from other games are its really bad voice acting, camera issues, multiplayer frame rates and the amount of time it takes to complete the single-player mode.

Whats unfortunate is there is no real difference in graphics from Sega GT 2002, which is disappointing. I would have liked to have seen better car models, car damage and effects. Why is it that games which claim excellent realism, often the cars handling is poor?

An enjoyable thinking experience is what most will take from Bombastic, a game where rolling dice has never been so explosive or enjoyable.

Pac 'n' Roll proudly stands as the king of mediocrity. Not bad, not good, but just there anyway, pushed out of the door to keep the income coming.

Younger gamers will love it and will definitely be begging for it after seeing the movie, while older gamers will easily pick out its flaws such as its linearity and short lifespan.

This is exactly the kind of thing that the DS was created for. Excellent, unique, fun, you'll never have so much fun with fish (unless you want to play Seaman on the Dreamcast). [JPN Import]

If you can look paste the long loading times, then this is an awesome title and definitely recommended.

There’s a huge arsenal of weapons available for you to maul your enemies with and running over pedestrians to see the fantastic rag doll physics and, of course, the huge splatters of blood, is great fun.

Through its heavy use of cut scenes the game does a fantastic job of developing its storyline and characters. Though it is a little bit short at only ten chapters, the game features three difficulty modes and interesting unlockables to keep you busy.

If you can look paste the long loading times, then this is an awesome title and definitely recommended.

This game appears to be suited for the younger audience but not too young as some of the evil characters are freaky with their weird screams and looks they may scare the little ones.

X3 – Reunion is bigger, and visually more impressive than any of the X titles that preceded it. However the game play can be very repetitive and you can lose interest unless you are a dedicated player.

Once all is said and done, there’s next to no replayability factor for Pac-Pix. There’s really no need to go back and challenge a chapter you’ve already completed, and once beating the game, Pac-Pix may indeed grow a nice dust layer on top.

But the landscapes have opened up tremendously, the controls have been tightened, and the graphics have improved and the game play is classic.

The attempt at injecting a strategy theme into the series just doesn’t seem to fit in with the game’s arcade feel and the battling is repetitive and generally bland.

While it does lack in certain graphical aspects and contains some fairly linear worlds, the game's concept is unique and the transformation feature really adds a lot of variety to the gameplay.

If you're getting a few mates around and don't have enough controllers for them, give Worms 3D a rent as you only need one controller to play the multiplayer.

There isn't a lot that stands out except the obvious online features a good level design, and decent stealth action.

The fact that they deliberately ensured that you can't pick up items until you need them is just a lame attempt to lengthen what is already a short game.

Gates of Troy, like "Spartan," could use some graphical improvements during battle sequences, but overall is an enjoyable Strategy game and a worthy expansion to its predecessor.

Eventually you’ll find yourself getting fed up with the repetitiveness of each track.

Unfortunately it only has about 5-7 hours of gameplay without much lastability.

Levels are often linear and heavily scripted.

With the lack luster graphics, textures, lighting, and shadows being stripped from the port, the game suffers and doesn’t allow the full gaming experience of a Clancy title that we know in titles like "Ghost Recon Jungle Storm."

A unique and interesting concept for a game, but unfortunately some ideas were put forward early in to the development of the game which finalized in a title that seems unfinished and thrown together by amateurs.

Overall we gave it a 6.5 because it does have a fair bit of life in it, but there’s a few things about the game that are just too annoying to put up with for very long.

Features the backbone and potential of a great first-person shooter: lush graphics, great music and ambience, massive, well-designed environments and a unique storyline. When it comes down to it, though, the story is told poorly and the gameplay is incredibly repetitive, bland and hardly innovative.

The new innovations to the genre are likely to be copied by other games. Ultimately Driver Parallel Lines is definitely worth trying out.

More boomerangs, much more diverse gameplay.

The short sessions ensure you grab as many pedestrians as you can, but, like an arcade game, you get bored of it quickly, and wouldn't play more than 15 minutes at a time after the novelty has worn off.

It’s very enjoyable the whole way through and the puzzles are extremely well designed and varied, some being simple and some requiring quite a bit of thinking.

Shark Tale does a fantastic job of representing the film authentically as a whole, but it’s its very basic, mini-game style levels and side-scrolling gameplay that let it down.

A bad thing about the enemies though is that while they do change from world to world, they are still limited with the total number of 14 enemies being seen and there also being a few types of enemies that are seen in every world.

Designing your maps and heading online has never been easier than it is in Pariah, but you may have trouble spreading your map around in the public when every other man and his dog has designed a map that they want to show off too.

It just lacks some of the special elements that other Survival Horror and Action Adventure games have that make the game immensely fun, and therefore you won’t pick this over "Resident Evil or "Silent Hill."

Unfortunately, it can grow a little bit repetitive and is a bit too easy.

If you don’t intend to play with friends or family that much don’t bother with the title unless you haven’t played a Mario Party title before.

If you can put up with annoying controls, stupid team mates, and what simply feels like a rushed title, then there are some moments in Close Combat: First to Fight which are rewarding, but overall the game really isn't worth the trouble.

A good solid game, as it should be considering it’s the fifth in the series. Being released around the same time as "Tekken 5" though, it’s incredibly noticeable how one series can progress and develop new modes of gameplay, while another can simply try to release the same old.

Kya’s fantastic and diverse gameplay makes the standing block for a successful start in the gaming industry, Visuals and sound could have been a lot better but by and large Kya is fun.

Demon Stone deserves 75% because it’s not the best hack and slash game out there, probably because it’s a measly port that they probably threw together at the last minute.

A good example how top quality motion capture can be used within a game. Unfortunately the "revolutionary" control system hurts an otherwise solid game.

The gameplay is solid and enjoyable. The visuals fit the atmosphere wonderfully, the sound is suitably heroic and epic and the gameplay gets rid of some of the tired conventions of the genre and in their place introduces new ideas that help move it forward.

The game is visually appealing but does also suffer a few problems such as poor AI for your team mates, this is alleviated in multiplayer mode.

It's solid gameplay along with the comical and loveable characters make Tak an overriding success. Outstanding graphics and a splendid voice acting dialogue are all apart of a package that appeals to the masses.

A seasoned gamer may just feel that it is a little bit too easy for them, but its worth a look with outstanding graphics and decent sound.

If you’re a Punisher fan, you’ll most likely love this game. It offers a good solid campaign that will last around six to ten hours depending on how fast you cruise through it.

A pretty good street racing game.

The game follows the movie closely and looks superb.

Has a great character and car building system and the graphics are nice in places. Unfortunately the frame-rate is below average, the sound effects and music are often horrible and the racing, the biggest part of the game, has not been executed well.

The best Terminator game yet, but its arcade-style gameplay, extreme difficulty and minor flaws let it down a bit.

When troops become mentally broken and stop obeying orders they often get themselves killed and there’s nothing that you can do about it, and this becomes quite annoying and frustrating.

The graphics looked washed out and lacked textures and seemed dated.

The Arwing levels improved from Dinosaur Planet, while the on-foot ones worsened.

UFO: Aftermath will give you about 15 hours of solid gameplay, at which stage you may choose to go again and take a different path to victory.

What I didn't expect was that the areas themselves would take up so much space on the overall map and that one victory would take over multiple states. I also didn't expect that the units would be so incredibly limited.

Unfortunately, the technical flaws are too obvious to ignore and play a hand in keeping gamers from enjoying a fun adventure and one of Lady Croft’s finest moments.

Unfortunately experienced FPS players may find they aren’t being offered anything new in the game.

If you can get past the slightly annoying controls while swinging around and the short length of the game, then pick this title up.

It tries to offer a few unique features that sets it apart and they are good but it does not propel the title in the same league of recent racing titles.

There is a wide and varied range of modes, which will keep you playing for ages. This also adds to the replay factor which will also be very high.

An ambitious and subsequently innovative title that brings a number of refreshing changes to the survival horror genre.

Not as good as its Xbox cousin but still an enjoyable title with lots to do and will keep a tennis fan happy for ages.

If you've played "Crazy Taxi" before leave Road Rage on the shelf, everyone else who isn't a Simpsons fan, should invest their money in something else because there is really only lasting appeal for the fans and even then it's cutting it close.

A fun yet repetitive and slow-paced romp through the history of the Caribbean.

Featuring little to no employment of special effects or lighting, some blocky character models, terrible lip-synch and a whole lot of flat, messy textures, Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo is rarely anything special in terms of graphics.

And, of course, you can't go past the amazingly destructible environments - they'll blow you away.

It's challenging, fun, genuinely hilarious, and sets the benchmark for future PSP games in this genre - the likes of Daxter and Prince of Persia have a lot to live up to.

Graphically superior from the previous 2 titles.

As well as being able to play a match with normal tennis rules there are many different types of matches, which help add to the longevity of the game.

What lets it down is the lack of variety in missions. Although the single-player mode will lose your interest quickly, Xbox Live is the heart of Blazing Angels with a multitude of well thought out combative and cooperative modes.

It is still a nice paced game that will take you a while to beat and require a fair bit of time for the not-so-talented gamer, but graphics have seemed to have dropped to a level that the PS2 can handle, and the camera angles are shocking along with the aiming system.

Its not long before you realise you're pretty much just running around the level bashing things senselessly, interspersed with the good humour just to make sure you don't fall asleep.

The game is long enough to keep most fans pleased, with the small multiplayer mode adding some additional lifespan if you have a friend who also owns a copy of the game.

The gameplay is solid action, not quite a fighting game, not quite an RPG, and always an action filled beat 'em up. The slowdown is awful, the pixilation is annoying, but the character designs themselves are fine.

This is the best Batman video game ever released, saying that this game still isn't a AAA title but is above average. The linear storyline does subtract from the playability but this is really not a true hindrance.

This game will entertain the children but doesn’t bring anything new to the plat former genre.

It doesn’t really do that much to excite you though, as it lacks something that makes the whole experience a let down from being an exciting prospect. The graphics are average and the sound not a great leap better.

The graphics, sound effects and especially the voice acting are fantastic, challenging even the current top-place holders in these categories.

A repetitive and dull First-Person Shooter.

The online mode makes up for some of the problems with Omega Strain, but if you don't have the PS2 adapter, or not a fan of the series, there is very little for you in the game.

A nice attempt, but an overall feeling of unfulfilling incompleteness.

The sound is superb, something about singing while you are in battle is enjoyable and at times you will find yourself singing along to the game.