No major breakthrough, but it is an exceptional outing suited to longtime RTS fans and newcomers alike.

With the exception of the graphics you've seen it all many times before, and probably with more flair and better characters.

It's fun, challenging, and it left this jaded reviewer as giddy as a schoolgirl -- in this case, a schoolgirl that happens to control a 120-foot tall robot.

By far the best feature of Substance is the audio. Supporting Dolby Digital, the sound effects, dialogue, and musical score are topnotch.

I do have to admit that smashing my GBA with a hammer out of sheer frustration was kind of fun.

The physics and graphics are better than they've ever been, but the AI, lack of features, and out-to-lunch rosters make it tough to globally recommend.

The Disney name and the cel-shading are good, but the repetitive gameplay, lack of many goals, and the poor enemy AI drag it down.

While AoM sports a new graphics engine and three unique factions, on the whole it plays very much like its predecessors. Too much like its predecessors, if you were hoping for a truly different game experience.

An ambitious genre-bending title killed by one tedious mission after another.

A decent entry-level real-time strategy game, but will probably prove too easy for anyone who's ever played "Warcraft" or "Command & Conquer."

A fun and open-ended tactical shooter marred by pathing issues.

Particularly well done are the new "Hell in a Cell" matches, which finally allow you to perform aggressive moves like rubbing an opponent's face against the chain link fence, or throwing an opponent off the top of the steel cage.

If you've played "Syberia" and absolutely need another adventure game, give this one a shot.

Coupled with strong graphics that grow more impressive over time, as well as the standard Disney incentive to open additional animated cutscenes, Treasure Planet isn't quite the gem it could have been, but it does soar at times.

Despite the beefed up single-player game, Drive's lack of online play keeps it from taking top honors from "Sega Sports' NBA 2K3."

A game so resoundingly mediocre or downright awful that only the most hardcore helicopter enthusiasts would ever want to play it.

This is, quite simply, one of the best games of any genre available for the PC (and even the Mac!)

Delivers the best console golf action this side of "PGA Tour Golf" for the Genesis.

A broader, deeper, and more addictive version of the brilliance found in its predecessor. And while it isn't quite perfect and the graphics show some age, it's clearly one of the best games released in 2002.

Not quite as bad as the movie, but it is most certainly in the same ballpark.

A solid snowboarding experience, but it lacks the flash and pomp of a truly great game.

Isn't just a game, it's an experience you'll never forget, and the inclusion of the Shenmue: The Movie DVD makes it that much easier to get on board.

Not only is it the most attractive golf game ever to be released, it also features some revolutionary gameplay ideas that will likely be copied for years to come.

Sonic Team has done so many things right here that it's hard to wrap my head around everything simultaneously.

It's a golf game with strippers, but its gameplay won't be getting a huge tip.

While not offering much for players below level 46, The Planes of Power, with its smorgasbord of content, is a very good expansion pack for higher-level players as well as veterans who have been around since the beginning.

Any sense of coolness quickly evaporates as soon as you pick up a controller as Jet X2O suffers from a control scheme that is twitchier than a two year old on speed.

The best home version of DDR ever made.