It combines the best of team based gaming with an authentic and therefore exciting approach to tactical ops.

The real problem here is the shoulder-saggingly illogical puzzles. If you're a Monkey Island fan this is a bitter disappointment and if you're not you'll wonder what on earth all the fuss is about.

It's not a title with an immediate pull, you'll have to work at it to get something back, but it does present a breath of originality that we've been looking for some time.

An excellent homage to "GoldenEye" -- it doesn't really have anything in the way of new ideas but in some ways it's a more enjoyable single player game than "Perfect Dark."

The graphics aren't quite as good (as "Rustin Parr"), it' not as scary or atmospheric, the movement is less believable, the AI is poor and the dialogue isn't up to the same standard.

A big, big game with plenty to offer and - I can't emphasize this enough - lots of challenge - but it can be frustrating. Persevere with it, though, and you'll get a lot out of this.

There's plenty of challenging levels and the most blinkered PS2 stalwart would have to admit that it looks amazing.

While "SSX" may well be the best game on PS2, Surfing H30 is surely the worst - that's some claim.

It looks sweet and the gameplay is sufficiently untaxing as to be rather therapeutic.

The action is fast and exciting, the breasts still jiggle and the scene interaction could actually see you saying the word "wow!"

If you have never played a Tekken game before then prepare for perhaps the best fighting game ever, however Tekken veterans shouldn't expect too much.

The PS2 marketing machine has done it's job. Now Sony have to back it up with quality software, not limp, glitchy sequels like this.

If you've only got an attention span of ten minutes this is great. If you've got an IQ in double digits you should take this as a direct insult to your man/womanhood. Absolute cack.

A lot more difficult than "Ocarina of Time" and not quite as user-friendly.

Me, I'm gonna have another go, but I'm odd like that.

Fearsome Transformer-like Mechs (robot body suits) hurtle around the screen cutting loose with the big guns, laying waste to all and sundry, coming on like stern, iron harbinger's of Armageddon - it's great.

While the lack of a light gun will disappoint some, and gamers looking for depth are barking up the wrong tree, Silent Scope offers some of the most stupidly pleasurable shooting action to be found on PS2 (or anywhere).

It's a competently put together shooter, but it doesn't really excel in any of the many pies it tries to place its fingers into.

I'm not given to venting my spleen, but I really didn't get off on this title.

Americans + Frenchmen - Nazis = Fun

Fans of gun games would be far better served grabbing a copy of "House of the Dead 2" + Sega's gun.

Its shallow nature may also put people off, but it's a laugh for everyone in multiplayer.

This is the fastest, smoothest, most graphically sumptuous first person shooter available at the moment. Get used to the control method and you will be riveted; Get a mouse and a keyboard and you'll be unstoppable.

If you're looking for no-frills old school resource management, then Red Alert 2 is what you are looking for.

It's obvious that this was a rushed attempt at getting some software ready for the PS2's launch and it's a shame.

Slow paced, repetitive and with a weak storyline, DV is unlikely to please the usual RPG gamer, and will probably only appeal to the most ardent of Dungeons & Dragons freaks, and to players who just want a bit of mindless orc killing to occupy ten minutes here and there.

You can't fault the simulation, but there's not enough here to recommend it to anyone who isn't a die-hard fan of old-style aerial combat.

A good, solid 3D platformer that won't disappoint fans of the purple dragon, but may leave fans of the genre feeling a little empty.