When enemies appear in the same place and use the same simple attack patterns, the game becomes more monotonous than fun.

For the most part, though, Spyro is a graphics bonanza with blasts of color and eye-catching nuances, such as rippling water, glowing flames, and shimmering portals.

R & C's innovation comes in the form of all those crazy, non-gimmicky weapons and tools. This is a complex, polished platform gaming machine.

The anime-mech lover’s dream come true.

A surprisingly solid, fun game engine doesn’t quite counteract boring, repetitive missions...it’s kinda like driving a Ford Mustang around a Wal-Mart parking lot.

With a slick visual style and fast-paced, finger-banging combat, it’s an impressive display of power and polish.

Those expecting a true sequel here will be disappointed: Substance strictly builds on the success of existing material.

Features stupendously well-animated characters and a boopy-yet-catchy soundtrack. The control's spot-on, too.

Polished, intuitive, balanced, and fun, this is one of the best RTS games ever made, but if you’re bored with the genre this isn’t going to suddenly make you a believer again.

It has its faults, and they’re similar to last year’s, but there’s no better game for getting the feel of being a WWE superstar.

Visually, SSX’s twisty 3D environments look excellent but are maddeningly monotonous.

A slightly better value than 2002 with tweaked gameplay and a few new features. The problem is that the competition has jumped ahead substantially within the same time frame.

It gives serious golf fans a deep sim while offering casual fans an approachable, gorgeous game with tons of play modes.

The gameplay in Vice City is more addictive than ever, except now there's twice as much of nearly everything that made the first game so great—more streets, more cars (and other vehicles), more cool missions, more awesome street life.

While the game’s levels offer plenty of freedom, TransWorld Snowboarding itself sticks close to the established trail.

The mixture of play styles may rub some people the wrong way, but most will find the vast scope of this venture too alluring to resist.

Seemingly does the impossible: It gives serious golf fans a deep sim while offering casual fans an approachable, gorgeous game with tons of play modes.

To say that Sonic Team has added a lot of new stuff to PSO would be the understatement of the century.

Gives serious golf fans a deep sim while offering casual fans an approachable, gorgeous game with tons of play modes.

Would have appeared more innovative and garnered a higher Fun Factor rating if not for its blatant similarities in presentation, features, competition modes, FMVs, and even screen layouts with "SSX Tricky."

Delivers in modes what it lacks in next-gen flash.

The amount of onscreen action and opponents can be daunting yet exhilarating at the same time.

With some work on A.I., animations, and a deeper Franchise mode, Konami’s game has a shot at spoiling the establishment’s party next year.

Improved in more ways than is physically possible to list.

More variety in the levels and mini-games would have made it an absolute must-have.

The levels are not only more interactive, but they're also enormous - much larger than those from "THPS3." [Nov 2002, p.50]

Accurately re-creates the series’ addictive gameplay, so most classic strategies and combos are intact.

No, there ain’t much of a story...and, a’ight, there ain’t a whole lotta depth...but if variety, challenge, off-color humor, and plain stupid fun is what your soul craves, then your soul craves the flava of ToeJam & Earl.