Smoother, faster animation (the game runs at 60 frames per second) and awesome lighting effects dominate the game's look, while transparency filters, water effects, and background movements round out the spectacular visuals.

Check it out if you love to fish, or if you just want to spend a lazy afternoon with a beer in one hand and your rod in the other.

It’s not bad (like "Green Rogue" bad), but it’s certainly not 3DO’s best game (like High Heat Baseball 2002 for the PC).

Plagued by nagging glitches and cumbersome controls, MLB 2002 nevertheless delivers one of the better hardball experiences on the PSOne.

What do caviar, waterbeds, and David Lynch films have in common? They’re all unique acquired tastes - as is the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series. Once you’re hooked on the “scene”, though, you’ll never let go.

This game ultimately rises above average with equal parts charm and challenge, qualities that have been missing from the 2D side-scrolling titles of late.

As a multiplayer game it treads over most of the competition. The solo mode borders on evil thanks to its difficulty level.

Norse mythology provides plenty of story and imagery to this 3D action game.

Fans of the title and the WWF in general will flock to it – everyone else will raise an eyebrow and leave it at the rental counter.

A good, enjoyable experience for people who just want to beat each other up, and are unconcerned with rules, penalties, or fairness.

It’s infinitesimally better than the PS2 version, but "NBA 2K2" still packs a more flavorful punch.

From the ships to the explosions to the environments, you'll see more and better textures, and you'll definitely feel a more completeness in the graphics that was missing on the PS2.

What you need is patience, thorough reading skills (to get through the manual), and a real appetite for destruction.

If you like your games brainy and scary, Alone in the Dark is just the medicine the witch doctor ordered.

The world of first-person shooters is so crowded that in order to stand above the crowd you need to at least have outstanding graphics, and Renegade fits that bill.

An extremely difficult action RPG with some nice graphics and high system requirements. It's a game of trade-offs that will appeal to a hardcore audience but does not have broad crossover appeal.

Overall, this game is just not much different than the original Ready 2 Rumble. It's definitely a fun game, and if you don't own the original, go ahead and put this one on your short list.

The unconventional control system can take a short while to get completely accustomed with - being able to rotate and move in any direction can quickly result with up becoming down and players getting disorientated very quickly.

A sunny-side up surprise, the best movie-to-console game in ages and not that far from the Dreamcast version. Two wings up.

Although it briefly brought back memories of the classic "Jungle Strike" and even "Chopper Attack," it felt like a rehash of the older Air Attack game – and it is. But this rehash doesn’t even have enough spark to keep you interested for very long.

It's not perfect, but it does capture the all-important essence of seat-of-your-pants racing against other human opponents in officially sanctioned events better than any other console game ever. And yes, that includes GT3.

It's a game for Chan fans: everyone else would do better with "Final Fight One."

If you get past the controls, you'll be rewarded with a fun, thoughtful adventure.

They score major points on style, definition, and realism in movement. But points get taken away for the sparse look and sound effects.

Where World Driver Championship fails is in its handling. It looks like the developers have studied at Namco's driving school as every one of the 30 cars on offer handles like the treads have disappeared from the tyres.

It's a beast-changing, head-slapping, jaw-ripping brawler with attitude and style and sex - always a good combination.

After playing "Cossacks: European Wars" and "Age of Empires," Star Wars Galactic Battleground is like an extra layer of meat on a really good sandwich - you could do without the meat, but you would also enjoy the sandwich a little more with it.

Although "Fantavision" is more colorful and uses more graphic power than Super BaM, this game is far more addictive, and a lot easier to play in two-player mode.