Fun and beautiful, with gameplay every bit as fresh as its graphics. [May 2002, p.33]

Overall, Parallel Lines is a step in the right direction for the series, but it ultimately feels like it's setting its ambitions way to low. [May 2006, p.73]

Likely to bore gamers who grew up on a diet of extreme games, but those of you who can look past the lack of a turbo boost wil discover a game with more depth than your average racer. [June 2003, p.32]

It shares the same inherent qualities that makes "Lumines" so great: simple rules, gratifying gameplay. [Feb 2006, p.77]

It's not that the game is particculary lacking in any area, but Ballers lacks the personality to be considered any more than a week-long fling. [May 2006, p.86]

That said, GH Encore is a great game that's just as fun to play as GH1 and 2, and although it's not for everybody, if you're an '80s fan it's absolutely worth the price of admission. [Sept 2007, p.72]

While definitely not ground-breaking, fans of anime and the ".hack" series will most certainly enjoy this. [Holiday 2006, p.82]

There's just some unrealized potential here that keeps good from becoming great. [Holiday 2005, p.96]

The only thing that keeps One Piece from being a must-buy is that it needs more game modes (online, survival, team battle, etc.) [Nov 2005, p.88]

Aficionados will even recognize specific details and fixtures from the "real" Haunted Mansion in this pleasing, spiritually faithful reincarnation. [Holiday 2003, p.46]

Not all gameplay styles are fun - especially the flawed "DDR" one. [Holiday 2004, p.98]

At the end of the day, Phenom is essentially a beefed-up NBA Jam: the one-on-one gameplay isn't significantly deeper than that of the original Ballers, and the "extras"--the open world and custimizable lifestyle--aren't really anything we haven't seen before, even in other genres. [May 2006, p.80]

Objectives that are generally unexciting or that go on for far too long. Even worse, in some instances, you'll find yourself wandering around trying to figure out what to do next. [Jan 2003, p.30]

It stinks that you can't upload your finished RPG to the internet, and it's a challenge to use. [Aug 2005, p.81]

Getting Up has brushes with greatness: the ability to paint, draw, or sticker nearly anywhere you like is fantastic, and the environments, music, and general attention to detail provide just the right ambiance. [Apr 2006, p.67]

Though the missions are somewhat short (they average fifteen minutes in length) they possess a great deal of replayability, thanks to the fact that you can solve each one in so many different ways. [Dec 2003, p.50]

Despite its clever design and often charming presentation, however, the game unfortunately winds up being too quirky for its own good in many cases. [Feb 2000]

Make no mistake: this is a kiddie game. The difficulty level is super-low, and the gameplay within each area is quite repetitive and straightforward. [Aug 2005, p.82]

That basically sums up College Hoops 2K7--it plays well enough, but it's basically no better than "College Hoops 2K6", and it pales in comparison to the next-gen version. [Mar 2007, p.86]

The graphics are just shy of amazing, and the level designs are solid and believable. [Sept 2004, p.20]

I enjoyed this game up until the halfway point. Then, the sheer lack of any really new gameplay mechanics and the amazing repetitiveness of collecting really got to me. [July 2002, p.40]

Fans of Chicken Little might get a kick out of this game; everyone else, don't bother. [Feb. 2007, p.85]

Wandering around on foot is a new and interesting way to see the park you make, and it's simple enough for kids, but the whole package is more "Okaytown". [Jan. 2007, p.85]

Matrix fans will find momentum to finish the game, while everyone else takes the blue pill. [Holiday 2005, p.82]

Mechanized simulation fans are going to go nuts with the freedom and myriad options that Silent Line offers its players. [Aug 2003, p.27]

A good attempt to innovate the survival horror genre that doesn't deliver nearly enough depth to wholly satisfy. [May 2003, p.33]

Satisfying and challenging at the same time, Crash Nitro Kart is a great way to fill that need for speed. [Holiday 2003, p.46]

The environments in Tony Hawk's Project 8 lack the innovations of previous versions. [Feb. 2007, p.84]