It’s way too hard in places for the youngest gamers, but older players will be annoyed by the trite story and senseless collecting.

The game is good but not great, and is one that you should probably rent. It takes around 20 hours to complete (or less).

Cringe worthy dialogue, a confusing interface, and general monotony hinder what is otherwise an enjoyable experience.

Valid proof that "coming up short" can still translate into "a hell of a lot of fun."

Excellent graphics and sound, and one of the best attempts at a 2-D dogfighting game I've seen.

A rare gem that only uses the license as a tool to build a very good platform game.

Having played this game for a relatively long time, I have to warn that even though you will get your money's worth and many, many hours of play, it does end up getting very tedious after a couple of weeks.

Great graphics, great story, great sound, and great replay value (as it will take many tries to get every Elf, and many tries to get a perfect rank).

This game does a lot of things well, but being a baseball game isn’t one of them.

Load times in the game are unbearable. It takes one full minute just to load the options menu. No joke...Turok Evolution screams two words: rush job.

An excellent title, and almost certainly the very best GameCube title to date.

You simply can’t get bored of it and it’s literally fun for all of your friends and family. How can you go wrong at all? It’s a wicked game.

Despite all its faults, and while its not a horrible game, it's just really not that fun to play.

Marshall Faulk is the perfect cover spokesperson for this instalment as he embodies what 2003 is for Madden: steady, reliable, accurate, excellent, abnormally good… need I go on?

No matter how much fun it is to create your own partner and train them up, nothing compares to having a few friends over whom you can swear and throw cushions at when they miss simple balls.

This game really caters to fast paced sessions with your friends. Playing with four is extremely fun, but it will be impossible to beat someone who is really good.

Definitely shines in the single player mode with its generous amount of missions and a steady difficulty curve to keep you interested and wanting to play. The game itself just seems to scream fun.

Lots of replay value, lots of fun, lots of bouncing breasts. This is no Tony Hawk-stale-ass-been-there-done-that type of game; this game is fresh, fun, and fast.

It shows a real effort to make a solid representation of UFC. It works solidly. What I don’t like, however, is that it’s lacking the flair and pizzazz of a fighter.

This title doesn’t even scratch the surface of what the Cube can do, let alone what a quality game should be. It’s as sub-par as any other knockoff sports title out there.

Midway should’ve opted for smaller teams rather than 11 on 11 play. Think of Hitz, Blitz or Jam. This was a major game design folly here.

If you've never played a version of Tetris and are wondering what the fuss is about, you probably wouldn't understand it from this version. Old time fans will also be unimpressed.

Brilliant, stunning, the best thing on the GameCube since I dropped my soiled undies on it two months ago before I went to bed...It blows "Resident Evil" out of the water.

This is one rare time when a sequel is better than the original.

More tables would have been nice, though the boss stages and unlockable areas mitigate this.

A short but sweet single player (around 10 hours), an endlessly re-playable multiplayer.

I won’t lie; I’m a bit disappointed with Legends.

VS3 is all mouth and no trousers.

This game is an insult to both DBZ fans and gamers. The gameplay design is so sloppy and poor that it doesn’t deserve the DBZ name.

It’s a fresh concept on the falling pieces bit, and it’s fun too. That’s the most significant distinction.

There is a bit of replay value, but you'll be less inclined to play it through more than twice.

Tactics Ogre is something truly original, both in form and execution, and once you start playing it, you'll know you're in for a treat.

This handheld version of the game feels more like the N64 incarnations, which I prefer to this generation of ASB.

I applaud the creators of Zoocube for not doing a me-too cookie cutter clone puzzle game. It's a neat concept and with a bit more polish it could have been the breakout they were hoping for.

One of the most solid, fast, and fun arcade racers I've had the pleasure of playing.

You only get two play modes with this game, friendly and tournament, and that just isn’t enough...Having said all that, this game kicks its predecessor in the ass. It looks better, plays better, sounds better and damnit, it just feels right.

A beautiful game. There is enough eye candy to keep you entertained for a few hours, but the awkward gameplay overshadows the looks.

You cannot go wrong with this game, as it is also one of the best games yet to be released for Game Boy Advance. Be warned that, aside from some small upgrades, it is just a port.

There is absolutely nothing upgraded in Wolfenstein 3D for its GBA romp, and with the game being so simple, this accounts for most of the damage done to its overall score.

Impressive graphics, a simple yet pleasant combat system and multiplayer fun balance out the issues of sound and gameplay depth.

Buy this incredible simulation now.

While Pac-Man World 2 uses generally the same formula as most other platform games available today, it still manages to stay above the rest with brilliant use of Namco’s mascot and wonderfully produced sound.

A foul-tip among baseball games, Sega should have taken a vastly different direction from Acclaim’s sim series if it wanted to succeed with a truly arcade take on the sport.

A great multiplayer experience, different from the norm and overloaded with personality and life. In terms of pure fun, it doesn’t get much better than this.

Less than spectacular visuals can take away part of the experience a game can offer, but solid gameplay will always shine through and SpyHunter is a perfect example of this.

Really fun!...In the end, this game is nothing like "Goldeneye." That’s a good thing in my opinion.

While this game is a bit too fast, thereby affecting strategy, and the title could use some more character, it’s still a solid hockey game for the fan on the move.

This will give you at least 30 hours of gameplay if you're a Tony Hawk enthusiast. If you're strictly 100% polygons, stay away and grab the Cube version, otherwise grab this and THPS4 too.

I was completely satisfied with how it was presented. One thing that sets this strategy title apart from others is that the game doesn’t completely focus on strategy elements.

It shall garner the first ever Eric Mattei Smelly Bowling Shoe award for achieving a new standard in caca quality.

While the different batting camera angles are missing, ASB 2003 is outstanding.

Like a teenager hooking up with a lady. It’s fun while it lasts, but it doesn’t last long!

The only real negative is the fact that you have to leave the last two controller ports empty.

A far cry from the Sonic of the early 90’s.

Even if you have never even played SMW, it's still fun to go out and play one of the games that truly defined the Mario franchise. This is a great game.

Questionable control, average graphics, and shoddy music...in the majority of respects it's a decent affair.

The game is great, through and through, albeit short.

It does suffer from some of the same issues that original game had. Namely, the disjointed steal and alley oops, and the lack of visual or aural character that comprises the NBA.

Everything a driving fighter should be: fast, varied, destructive, and customizable.

Overall, Madden 2002 is a better game. However, NFL QBC ’02 is a fine game, and offers a different angle on football...makes a strong argument to own more than one football game.

Too few mini-games, too little fun, and frustrating navigation ruin what is essentially an interesting concept. The whole debacle lasts approximately three hours, the first of which is spent locating all of the attractions and being told you can’t enter.

A weekend may be enough for most, as the flaws of unimpressive graphics, brief-lived audio humor and questionable control are substantial.

A mediocre RPG experience including great side quests such as fishing, hunting, and collecting non-mandatory playable characters and items that make this a truly deep and enjoyable package.

I simply cannot recommend this game to anyone, not even to those who are my most evil of enemies.

While the game might not be the greatest single player adventure we've seen this year, it very well may be the best multi-player one.

Pikmin's simple, elegant design and compact structure redeem its brevity.

For future releases in this series, it’d be nice if there were more customization options and musical selections but those are minor gripes to what was, generally, a favorable experience.

Of all the racing games out there, my favorite is still "F-Zero" and "Mario Kart," but if you want something a little more realistic, but still a bit off the wall, go for this.

This type of slow, clunky nonsense goes on for the entire game.

Even players who absolutely hate puzzle games need to sit down and try dropping blocks with the beasts. If it were not for the tedious password system, this game would have received a perfect score.

The visual design is the best part of the game.

A little more variety and some replay value could have put this game at the top of the heap of shooters on the Game Boy Advance, but as it stands, it's okay for a little while.

Offers some excellent gameplay and a fun multiplayer racing experience.

Three of the four are really good.

It doesn't have Madden's depth, but then, it doesn't have Madden's Mt. Everest learning curve, either.

These mini-games are one of the only things about Wario Land 4 that I didn't like. In a nutshell, they're repetitive and don't give enough money. Plus, the mini-games are limited in their fun factor.

If only my girlfriends looked this good!

A constant, an ever-glimmering paradox that may someday lead the land into a brightened future.

The game is simple, elegant and everything that a "game" should be: fun.

Its game play is just sick and that’s combined with some fine graphics and awesome off field depth.

This game hit its peak on the N64, and while NST has done a great job at polishing and cleaning it so that it’s super tidy and sharp, it really doesn’t revolutionize the original title.

Fun. In fact, it's five or six of the best hours you can spend on any system this year. Unfortunately, that's all that it is.

What I found disappointing was that the game’s features just don't match the N64 version.

Yes, it's a frustrating game, to be sure. But it’s the warm, fuzzy kind of frustrating.

Visually, it does Disney's Tarzan justice. Unfortunately, Ubi Soft's final product is simply too short and shallow to justify a purchase for most gamers.

Loses points for its camera and sometimes frustrating design, but it's too fun to ignore.

The controls have also been polished, and GameCube’s controller is put to excellent use. The location of the Y button allows the gamer to press both A and Y, which makes grinding a lot easier, as the gamer must jump with A and grind with Y.

The difficulty is much better than previous games in the series, so no need to worry about that if you’ve had horrifying experiences with insanely difficult shooters before (which everyone has.)

Whether it be through design, story, or gameplay-– this solid title competes with some of the bigger titles we've played on some next generation systems.

A game that will be loved by the fans, and tolerated by everyone else.

If you like Megaman, RPGs, Action, or Adventure games in the slightest, I highly recommend it.

It’s a near-perfect conversion that makes up for the loss of a couple of action buttons.

Players who have already exhausted the experience have no reason to buy it again unless they are extremely eager to see it flourish on a handheld.

The visuals, the audio, and worst of all, the ability to actually enjoy the experience,have not come along so well.

A fun game that ends much too quickly.

There’s no question. You must play this game, at least through the field training. It’s just so amazing.

I’m taking points off for the lack of frames of animation, repetition, and no battery save, but mainly the last two. It’s still a good game.

SIKB makes up for these shortcomings a little with above-average gameplay and audio.