The only thing preventing an even higher score is the "Wipeout analogy"—Quantum Redshift matches that standard, but doesn’t deliver something beyond it in terms of gameplay.

If you’re looking for rowdy, raucous action backed by unusual staying power and that familiar Midway gameplay, you’ll savor the smell of what Hitz is cooking.

If you’re looking for rowdy, raucous action backed by unusual staying power and that familiar Midway gameplay, you’ll savor the smell of what Hitz is cooking.

The word "charming" never described a game more aptly. You could play Animal Crossing 30 minutes a day, every day for a year, and still not discover everything the game has to offer.

All of its many options are hampered by muddy graphics that are hindered even more by the GBA’s low contrast LCD screen.

You’ll often find the interface working against you.

The Thing definitely provides, and the care the developers have taken to keep the tone similar to the film is icing on the cake.

It's just difficult for the game to be fun enough to surmount the great, big, monstrous control problem the concept inherently carries.

Finally, a well-balanced, fun Mobile Suit Gundam game that not only looks and sounds great, but also stays true to the illustrious anime series.

It will be remembered for being REALLY FREAKING HARD.

This isn’t a reinvention of Agetec’s half-arcade/half-hardcore mech battlin’ series, it’s just another step…and a rather small one at that.

Freekstyle is kept from achieving the classic status of Tricky, however, by some heinous rubber-band A.I.

Even taking the gameplay at face value, there are still flaws like horrendous enemy A.I. and a severely limited set of offensive and defensive moves.

Without even a hint of fun multiplayer competition, you and your friends will certainly catch an unfavorable fever caused by a dismal showing of Pac-Man Fever.

It’s a well-crafted, brilliantly designed, and lovingly developed space adventure that’s every bit as gripping as "EverQuest" ever was.

Despite the great visual and sound package, Sega GT's gameplay isn't tuned for a fun ride: Competitions can be won only through buying the best parts - and not through your driving.

Blade II has a lot of good raw materials, but the end product doesn’t congeal into a bloody good time.

With subpar graphics, the action doesn’t get as bloodied as it should.

Clumsy computer A.I. and awful multiplayer games nick this game to only a single-player and a nice rental adventure.

A decent next phase for Turok.

It’s a driving sim devoid of personality.

This will definitely fit the bill when you need your free-roaming Guilt trip, but there are better GBA fighting games on the market.

Like a new year’s line of automobiles, Onimusha 2 has a sleeker look, more bells and whistles, and improved standard features over its predecessor model, "Warlords."

After a few plays, though, the game becomes tiresome—mostly due to repetitive gameplay and lack of balance.

The only downer to this great game, however, is that you’re allowed to leave a dead SEAL behind, which in real life would never happen.

Although some may be put off by the its slow pace, those with a little patience and ingenuity will feel very rewarded once objectives are completed.

A masterpiece of superior game design, infinite gameplay variety, creativity, and life-and it's got a water cannon…and a damn brilliant one at that.

More like an expansion pack than a full-blown sequel…but so what? There’s no way that more monkeys in plastic balls could possibly be a bad thing.