Simply said: This remake is a horror masterpiece. [June 2002, p.61]

You simply must find a way to play it. [Jan 2003, p.44]

Everything about it is totally right: The A.I. is brilliant, the graphics are hot, and the game modes are fresh and original. [June 2003, p.40]

The Skies experience is bright, poppy, and exciting. [Feb 2003, p.50]

The most exciting action-adventure title available on any current system... A masterpiece. [A+; Apr 2003, p.41]

Simply the coolest first-person shooter -- ever. [Dec 2003, p.58]

For weeks, it's been the only game I've really wanted to play...The play experience is slow-paced, methodical and insanely tense. [Sept 2002, p.28]

We never would have thought that adding some multiplayer functions to a 23-year-old arcade game would result in one of the most fun and addictive games out there, but Pac-Man Vs. is just that.

The graphics are first rate, and the action is intensely frenetic. Most important, ROTK turns up the LOTR authenticity full blast. [Jan 2004, p.55]

The most inventive, entertaining action-platform set pieces I've ever seen in a 3D world... One of the best games of 2003. [Nov 2003, p.50]

Great sequel for the one and only city sim game out there. [A+; Apr 2003, p.45]

Alone or with a friend, there's no better GBA puzzle game. [Apr 2003, p.43]

It's amazing how much this game does well on top of its near-perfect controls. [Jan 2004, p.54]

The writing is sharp enough to make sense of the fact that, at one point, you find yourself fighting ninjas in the middle of a tornado in Akron, Ohio. [Jan 2003, p.67]

The delicate balance of combat and exploration is done to perfection. [Sept 2003, p.61]

Packed with so many new features, you might not pop the disc out of your machine for months. [Jan 2003, p.55]

It feels like a new game, so you'd better start rethinking your strategies, 'cause the old ones ain't gonna work anymore... A must for fans of "Warcraft III." [Sept 2003, p.62]

More consistently intense than any previous Metroid game. [Jan 2003, p.63]

You won't be getting an all-new classic here, but you'll be getting a classic nonetheless. [August 2002, p.38]

The ability to level up the hero and his weapons, RPG style, is a brilliant addition to the franchise's gameplay. [Dec 2003, p.51]

Even the addition of crazy new Social moves like Break Dance and Booty Tease make interactions with other Sims much more fun than they were in previous titles. [Jan 2003, p.48]

Even the addition of crazy new Social moves like Break Dance and Booty Tease make interactions with other Sims much more fun than they were in previous titles.

No, it's not revolutionary, but there's enough variety that it never feels monotonous or repetitive. [July 2003, p.54]

This is the kind of game that literally makes you forget you're playing a game, leaving you barely aware of your body and just totally consumed by the action onscreen.

This third game in the snowboarding series features a complete overhaul, dropping the whole race-circuit idea and taking a more open-ended, Grand Theft Auto–like approach to snowboard competition. [Grade = A+]

It's an uncomfortably tense, uncannily realistic stealth game that's arguably better than "Metal Gear Solid 2." [May 2003, p.47]

License aside, this is the best golf title I've ever played. If you dig the sport and don't have a GameCube, it's time to buy one. [Oct 2003, p.48]

A masterpiece, plain and simple. From the opening Pearl Harbor sequence, to the rain-soaked midnight raids, to the machine-gun-mounted elephant rides, Rising Sun oozes with jaw-dropping quality at every single turn.