A virtual mess of epic proportions. [Dec 2005, p.115]

Boasts a fantastic sneak system with incredibly gratifying yet super-easy stealth kills. [Jan 2006, p.76]

Given the slew of impressive upgrades and new features, the purchase of this new installment is a must. [Holiday 2005, p.90]

The gameplay is great throughout, even if the graphics and A.I. don't quite live up to the standard set by "Call of Duty 2" for 360. But it stands up really well among the existing Xbox library. [Jan 2006, p.58]

It's not even half tubular, much less totally. [Holiday 2005, p.84]

All that backtracking might've floated back in the day, but now it just feels repetitive and tedious. [Holiday 2005, p.90]

Repetitive, sure, but when the combat is in big 'n' bold mode, it's fun and unique enough that you don't really care that you've just killed "guy with shield" # 4728. 'Tis an epic ode to chaos and confusion. [Dec 2005, p.102]

Unless your taste in classics runs on the obscure side (hello, "Super Qix"), Taito Legends might be best left in the vault. [Jan 2006, p.71]

Suffers from linear gameplay, ridiculously difficult challenges, bad graphics, and a lead voice actor who sounds like an utter twit. [Jan 2006, p.75]

The controls are not as tight as you want when your virtual life is on the line. [Jan 2006, p.64]

Food creation adds a new dimension to gameplay. [Holiday 2005, p.80]

It could bring a whle new edge to the game if it had an online mode. [Holiday 2005, p.68]

Pacing is very slow. [Dec 2005, p.110]

Surprisingly challenging in an enjoyable, old-school way. [Holiday 2005]

What makes Stubbs worth finishing is the wacky story and raunchy cutscenes that would've been censored into oblivion in the real 1959. [Holiday 2005, p.78]

Same great gameplay, now with more immersion and no delays. [Holiday 2005, p.92]

Fortunately you can also go online and play against humans in what is definitely one of the Xbox's better poker offerings. [Holiday 2005, p.73]

It's largely the same game with the bonus elements of online play, voice-commandable teammates, and a map editor. Nothing more, nothing less. [Mar 2006, p.78]

It's great fun to build your own good or evil hero, and with the Lost Chapters content, there are easily 20-plus hours of fun to be mined out of it. [Jan 2006, p.58]

Makes a fun game of pick-up-and-play pigskin with some extra depth, but it could've been even more fulfilling. [Dec 2005, p.104]

If you can get past the unfamiliar (though movie-faithful) look, you'll find an incredibly well-crafted game full of bonus levels, variety, and emergent gameplay that's as entertaining as it is brutally violent. . [Holiday 2005, p.72]

Throw in groan-inducing power-ups and uninspired graphics, and you'll be bored before the weekend's up. [Feb 2006, p.79]

Serves up a piping hot platter of punishment, free of the FPS cliche's that mire other titles. [Dec 2005, p.115]

The driving itself is fun and the controls are pretty tight, but the whiz-bang cutscene crashes get tiresome after awhile. . [Holiday 2005, p.68]

It's like a bunny-sloper stuck in five feet of powder. [Dec 2005, p.118]

There are too many holes in March Madness to really get crazy about it. [Holiday 2005, p.70]

It may be a poor man's "Ratchet," but at least it's not a phoned-in bargain-basement "Ratchet" ripoff. [Nov 2005, p.131]

Just a visually ugly game, through and through. [Jan 2006, p.68]