Raw is exactly what the name implies, raw. The game is confusing, boring and frustrating.

This may be the best single player experience (EA has) come up with yet.

It falls squarely in the middle of fun and boring as it's both. The repetitive nature of the game just takes out any fun that might have occurred in the beginning.

Difficulty varies wildly on some of these levels between infuriatingly hard and insultingly easy, but "Breakout" achieves its goal of a family-friendly title with gameplay that anyone can jump in and start having fun with.

Maybe the level design of the original wasn't so special to you but for us it's a step down.

Brain-dead fun rental all the way.

If Duke Nukem ever feels like bringing a fun and enjoyable game alongside his cavalcade of sexist innuendo, he'll be welcomed into my gaming library.

Although its graphics are dated and its sounds poor MIDI-like compositions, your imagination and your patience are the only limits to what you (and only YOU) can achieve in the game.

Had Konami not chosen to foolishly peruse an automatic switching control scheme, "ESPN MLS Gamenight" could have snuck into the 'must have' category of a "Virtua Tennis" or a "Fox Soccer '99" (kidding!).

This is still one of the best multiplayer games ever.

Mirra stands as the best BMX game on the market.

Cheerful, juvenile and more fun than what our rating might imply, "Danger Girl" is undone primarily because it's engine is riddled with technical flaws (collision detection, slug-like speed and frame-rate, poor aiming).

A good night's rental for the little one's as long as Mom or Dad are nearby to bail him/her out of the tougher spots.

One of the finest efforts yet from Sony. This is truly a surprise in this day of next generation consoles.

There are so many extras, such as collecting new suits, new special powers, and classic comic book covers, that you will play this game for a long time.

There are enough satisfying nuggets of 'survival horror turned "Virtua Cop" clone w/limited movement' goodness to make this odd curiosity worth playing for most, and maybe even worth owning by the "RE" fanatics.

We can safely say that we highly recommend "Valkyrie Profile" as one of the PlayStation's best RPG's on 2000.

Bland and boring, this is a game to avoid unless you are the most rabid of ATV racing fans, tanked out of your mind on Schlitz, and have precious little else to do.

This game is obviously meant to be played by little children.

Not bad at all really but still not much to shout about.

If you liked "Colony Wars," or if you like "Star Trek," you'll probably like this game. I didn't like "Colony Wars," and I don't like "Star Trek."

This could very well be the final PS "Madden" and that's ok because it's the best!

That's the best part about this game -- it's easy to just pick up and play.

Falls squarely in the middle. It offers gamers two discs of entertainment that's not original, not half bad.

Talk about irritating! Keith Jackson spurts out the same few phrases his has over and over throughout the game.

But I would pledge my undying allegiance to anyone responsible for a beautiful work of art such as this.

The real problem here is that unlike the competition, Sony hasn't really added anything of value for those who consistently purchase the series year after year.

To quote Bart Simpson "I didnt think it was possible, but this sucks AND blows."

If you get into this one, it give you that same feeling you had from watching the cheesy 80's Ninja movies all over again, except for the embarrassing dubbing.

Supercross 2000 is just bland. The game lacks real variety.

Surf Riders stinks! My only consolation to the unfortunate surfing fanatic deprived of his/her virtual wave simulation is that things aren't any better over on the PS2, where "Surfing H30" reigns supreme as king of what's bad about games. Bummer!

If you are a hard core gamer, but a lousy button masher (no-not an oxymoron) you will have a sucky time. That's as fair as I can be as non-masher.

Even with "Strider 1" as a bonus game, it shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours to complete both games, and there isn't much to make you want to play the games again.

A nice new fighting type game that is unique and entertaining.

In the end this probably should have been called Generic Bass, a more fitting term.

In the end "X-men" is well done with many good ideas that plays just a bit too stiff for my liking.

Let "Special Forces" be the first and last MK game of the new decade/century/millennium, so we can all start our gaming memories fresh of silly concepts like 'Babality' and rot-memorization of preset combos.

To each his own opinion but for this one reviewer Legend of Dragoon is truly legendary.

Software that would have even embarrassed the Sega Saturn in its worst days. I'd rather be chasing me some of 'em Duke Boys than been caught dead replaying this turd.

A higher recommendation than "Vagrant Story" we can only give to "Chrono Cross", but coming second behind that masterpiece is like being the second child of a wealthy family: your older brother/sister will likely inherit the business, but you're guaranteed a sweet and cushy life.

Not even Working Designs' loving attention to minite detail can hide the average-at-best strategy RPG elements of "Vanguard Bandits".

A solid game that surprised me with its heavy action and interesting scenery.

This is the best NFS game to come out in years. We predicted that only having Porsche's would make the game dull but oh did EA prove us wrong.

How to put it politely? The music in Silhouette Mirage is utter and insanely crappy j-pop tunes that got stuck in my head in the worst possible way (headache!), almost tempting me to switch the TV's split-screen to get access to the audio of an annoying high-pitch sound of a test pattern in progress.

Without it your PlayStation is naked.

The game is filled with imagination, color and good solid fundamental platforming elements. With the success that Toy Story has generated gamers will enjoy getting a chance to take control of Buzz Lightyear and giving those bad toys a real lesson in butt kicking.

Little effort went into trying to elevate the premise of the game (a young woman struggling with the evil side of her personality trying to emerge and cause deadly mischief) into something more psychological and frightening than what we ended up with.

What makes this game so great is that it uses a lot of cues from real life events to create believable and exciting missions... If there ever was a crowning jewel in first person shooters on the PlayStation, this is it.

Those turned off by the awkward controls and odd viewpoint won't like this one either but it's the only game where you can be this bad. Too bad that experience wears tiredly.

Great balance and plenty of fun put this one on par with "Mario Kart" and if not for the average track design it would easily surpass.

A fun reminder that quality RPG gameplay and good storytelling can easily survive technological transitions.

Story is a great component of any RPG but it has to have a quality battle engine alongside. Thankfully Grandia utilizes one of the best we have played.

Neversoft has captured the feeling of the sport as it has never been before. Dirty, gritty and real. You can almost feel the scraped knees.

Bigger, faster, more in depth and wholly better than XL but it remains largely the same despite additional gameplay modes, tracks etc.

Aside from the story this is Crystal D's finest moment with a title that should make Lara Croft seems like yesterday's news.

One of the freshest, exciting and entertaining titles we have played in 1999. Reflections has done it again with a title that breaks boundaries and creates a new level of entertainment.

A refreshing twist on one of the oldest genres.

The problem I found here is that swithcing between characters in your party and trying to control them all at once is pretty hard. It's nice that Enix and Tri-Ace added the option to choose but we feel that the standard is the way to go.

The control in R4 is something that you will either be a fan of and realize that it offers almost unprecedented control or feel that it is so arcadish and fake that it's unbearable. I reside on the fan level.

If you are a fan of the series, NFS: HS is the second best in the series second only to the original 3DO version.

With multiple endings, secrets and hidden items you'll find replay value deep within the game.

This is easily the sleeper hit of the year with action that rivals the highest grossing action flicks. Mel Gibson watch out!

Although there is little different this time, the game continues the same path that made Lara a superstar.

Easily the best Crash game yet and possibly the greatest platforming title on the PSX yet. Although not as long as the previous games it provides the most bang for the buck!

Abe's Exoddus isn't different in too many ways from the original but it harkens back to that old saying. "If it ain't broke then why fix it?" fans of the original will be totally pleased here.

A Solid story, inventive gameplay mechanisms, both third and first person views, a slew of spy equipment, awesome weapons, unique emotional plot and stealth make MGS one of PlayStation's greatest games ever.

A hard, gritty adventure that should be enough to hold off the "MGS" cravings until the domestic release.

A good game in a genre that may have one foot in the grave. It isn't the most exciting, nor best shooter on the PlayStation but it does have some entertaining areas that might be enough to arise interest.

Picture the most complete racer you could ever imagine, now double it. Gran Turismo is definitely the best racing game ever.

The sound effects are horrible because they replaced a lot of Arcade sound effects with lower sampled and wimpy sounding effects. This is really the only downfall of this game, aside from the frame dropping.

One thing that really impressed me is that when racing against the computer the cars will actually change places.

While I still prefer "Vandal Hearts," this is still the best turn based strategy game on the market.

The sequel elevates what was so great about the first one to a complete new level of terror.

Clearly the best space shooter ever.

Not to be missed.

If not for "Final Fantasy 7" this would probably be my pick for game of the year.

This is *the* one game you must buy or otherwise youll never see the true power of the PlayStation.

Quirky, fun and appropriately-priced.

Besides gameplay modes (which are plentiful), the title comes up short in just about every category that EA’s “FIFA” 32-bit titles have been polishing for years now.

Not a bad game, just dated and uninspired.