Boring fights, easy puzzles. [Oct 2004, p.96]

Dino Thunder is obviously trying to mimic the feel of free-roaming gameplay, but it fails to be entertaining about it. [Jan 2005, p.106]

The actual platforming is fairly blase. It's a solid-enough game with neat invention-based hooks, but that's about it. [Jan 2005, p.107]

Part of the feeling of powerlessness comes from the awful controls. [Nov 2004, p.120]

Fans of the show will dig the humor and graphics. [Jan 2005, p.105]

Another deliriously creepy adventure. [Oct 2004, p.90]

If you don't like Burnout 3: Takedown, there's something wrong with you...It has completely spoiled me, making it near impossible to enjoy other games in the genre. [Oct 2004, p.102]

It's not "Burnout" by any means, but the way the whole experience revels in its country-boy demeanor oddly satisfies. [Oct 2004, p.100]

The only aspect of the game helping it avoid becoming a complete disaster are the arenas. [Jan 2005, p.106]

Blasting is fun, the game looks great, and the front end is on brand. But the difficulty will you reeling. [Nov 2004, p.132]

The races are boring...There's just no drama to the thing, and even once you've cranked your Mitsubishi crapbox up to 400 hp, you still don't feel the power. [Oct 2004, p.100]

A geriatric "MGS" clone burdened with the identity (and scene) thefts of "Mission: Impossible." [Oct 2004, p.88]

It's sad to see an old franchise become something so generic. [Feb 2004, p.102]

It's really fun to have one version of a character go up against another version of the same character to see who's better. [Sept 2004, p.92]

Simple prebattle strategy does a lot to enhance an already strong gameplay formula, more addictive than ever. [Oct 2004, p.110]

At first, this combat exhilarates, but A.I. flaws appear soon enough...Fighting also gets frustratingly hard, which annoyingly necessitates battles solely for leveling up. [Sept 2004, p.91]

The awesome combat system throws out most strategy-RPG genre conventions. [Oct 2004, p.110]

A nice simulation of horse racing and alll the decisions and action associated with it. [Oct 2004, p.108]

One big piece of crap...The pacing is slow and boring, the chicks aren't attractive, and the gameplay is poorly constructed. [Oct 2004, p.98]

"Burnout 3" may beckon for the sheer thrills, but Chase is one of the best sports racing games ever released. [Oct 2004, p.108]

No game will drive you to REM sleep like Rapala Pro Fishing, the greatest sedative available for PS2. [Oct 2004, p.98]

Bells, whistles, and foghorns aside, it really <I>feels</I> like hockey. And it's only 20 bucks. [Oct 2004, p.99]

This title is a steady study of patience, and downing a buck after a seven-minute game of cat-and-mouse is wholly rewarding. [Oct 2004, p.98]

The PS2 release alleviates the GameCube version's insane difficulty, thanks to a simpler difficulty level known as Sweet. [Oct 2004, p.94]

Fanboys will love being Astro so much that the negatives won't be enough to deliver them; anyone else should prepare for a slow-paced, meandering ride. [Oct 2004, p.96]

Throw in lukewarm A.I. and some clipping problems, and you've got a scary, pretty game that's just not a whole lot of fun to play. [Sept 2004, p.96]

Unless you're into cartoony characters and an overdose of wackiness, there really isn't much here beyond simple competence. [Oct 2004, p.98]

It's still great, great football, and al the new stuff makes it the best one yet. I'm just not so sure it's worth 50 bucks if you already have last year's edition. [Aug 2004, p.87]