Reply value is questionable, so less than hardcore fans might want to pick this up as a rental.

Definitely aimed at a different vein of gamers, but it gives the veteran gamer something different besides the typical twitch-fest.

While it had many elements that were highly familiar to me, there were enough unique elements to keep the game fresh and fun.

Minish Cap is a Zelda game that could have been right on par with Link to the Past if only it had more of the staple content for the series, such as dungeon puzzle solving and less senseless collecting.

With a horde of weapons, enemies, and strategies, PS2 gamers will find themselves smiling happily to themselves. The Project was a success.

There's a little "more" of everything, but nothing particularly new and exciting, save for the story.

It's a short but sweet experience and unquestionably worth the effort to fight from the beginning to the end. Just don't expect to get very far on the first couple of plays.

Ninja Gaiden often feels like a very hard, but very generic action game after you get over the whole, "Wow, Ninjas!" thing that most people will have when they first play.

The controls are pretty easy to pick up, and they have made good use of the whole controller.

A great RPG that does a great job filling the void that is the sci-fi RPG genre. Combining tried and tested RPG elements with new tweaks like the combat system and mapping system, Star Ocean fully satiated my RPG hunger.

The incredibly well-modeled levels, the accurately modeled weapons and vehicles, and the awesome straight-from-the-movie sounds greatly enhanced the experience and made it feel like I was truly in the midst of a huge battle.

Between the AI and the story you also will find hours of enjoyment out of this title. Even if you are not usually a shooter fan.

A puppy…that's right, you have a puppy that will follow you around. He is pretty good at getting his ass handed to him, but in time you will learn to love your puppy.

The only thing that kept me from enjoying this title to its fullest is the current state of the code, which is evident, not in game-stopping bugs, but in bugs that mar the overall experience of the game.

The skill in the art and voice acting will probably convince you that you are indeed back in 1897 London, pursuing a murderer or murderers with all the skill and passion locked in your little Holmesian heart.

At times completely consuming and gripping, at occasions unintentionally abstract and annoying.

One hit knockdowns were cheesy initially, but now they're a feature that renders multiplayer pointless.

A little more work here and there, especially with the graphics and the sub-par soundtrack features would have had this game scraping a nine instead of just making an eight.

Playing with headphones, and in complete darkness, this game is like playing a movie, except you star in it. Warning, it gave me a nightmare the first night I played, maybe you too.

The entertainment value of CoD:UO is only hampered by the short duration of the single player game.

Combines some of the basic FPS elements with some of the more dramatic things that have evolved from the recent FPS titles, and has collected them into a semi-solid mass that thoroughly entertains.

Even without any appreciation of boxing, you can enjoy hours of sweat-laden, bloody-pulped frenzy and get sucked in and be amazed. Truly a wonderful creation, Rocky Legends is at the forefront of its genre.

Fun to play, engrossing and challenging. You can't beat that in a game.

First time through, play times will vary from twenty to thirty hours, and the overall package is impressive: But at what cost?

If you have the patience to work through the same level a few dozen times, you’ll love it.

Their only major failing was the combat system.

Overall, I highly recommend this game for anyone just wanting a fun game to kill some time with. The game is short, but the levels are long enough to play through in between running errands or waiting to do something else.

The game really suffers from a lack of plot length, seeing as I spent over four times as long playing with the side-quests and mini-games than I did playing the main storyline. The gameplay that IS there is quite enjoyable.

Even tasks as trivial as harvesting can give hours and hours of joy as you tweak your actions to maximize your material take or your experience take. The community is welcoming and player progression gives you a constantly changing group of people around to play with.

Even without any appreciation of boxing, you can enjoy hours of sweat-laden, bloody-pulped frenzy and get sucked in and be amazed. Truly a wonderful creation, Rocky Legends is at the forefront of its genre.

Puncturing the pretentious balloon of Star Wars with amusingly colored bricks is a noble goal. And if nothing else, there's always the light puzzle that triggers NPC disco dancing to a techno remix of the Star Wars music.

My main objection to Demon Stone is its length. The game is MUCH too short.

I think adults and children both will enjoy this game in short bursts. If you're the kind of player who prefers non-stop action for three hours straight, you're going to get tired of this one quickly.

Puncturing the pretentious balloon of Star Wars with amusingly colored bricks is a noble goal. And if nothing else, there’s always the light puzzle that triggers NPC disco dancing to a techno remix of the Star Wars music.

A marvelous game. However, you may want to have some popcorn with you while you play. Xenosaga: Episode 2’s cut-scenes are long and plentiful, about four and a half hours in total.

Puncturing the pretentious balloon of Star Wars with amusingly colored bricks is a noble goal. And if nothing else, there’s always the light puzzle that triggers NPC disco dancing to a techno remix of the Star Wars music.

My main objection to Demon Stone is its length. The game is MUCH too short.

I would go so far as to say that this game has the best micromanagement system in any RTS. The options were sufficient to attract gamers from a fairly wide spectrum, and the graphics, considering the scale of the game, were incredible.

If you like card games or twitch combat then this one is definitely for you.

It's a good game, and worthy enough to carry the Thief mantle, but it's also a perfect example of a game that is brought down by several minor flaws and a game engine which is, at times, very hard to get on with.

You’ll find yourself playing involved games over a period of months rather than days, as you come and go from the computer. On more than one occasion, my wife has asked me why the GalCiv icon is always displayed on my task bar.

An exceptional game. Creating an economic sim that reaches out to gamers who typically don't enjoy calculating their net worth is a valiant effort, and Ascaron Entertainment succeeded in that effort.

I’d give this a strong rent/weak buy suggestion if you’re just out for single player, but it’s one to pick up if you have fantasy n’ fightin’ lovin’ friends.

I’d give this a strong rent/weak buy suggestion if you’re just out for single player, but it’s one to pick up if you have fantasy n’ fightin’ lovin’ friends.

Online play could have been something more, but just ended up being a deathmatch mode. It could have been so much more. The story mode was fun to play through, though.

This game is good, but could have been much better. A longer story and less sound on the next one will make it a "top of its field" game.

What really makes Van Helsing stand out is that it’s frantic and destructive.

I found the lack of resource-gathering, short learning curve and quick action enjoyable.

This truly is worth every single penny. As a novice to chess myself, there was a variety of tools and features that I'm sure will enable me to enhance my chess skills.

With 140 seasons the game has a lot of re-use potential.

It needed more content and more effort. The mechanics of the game are good (for the most part) but the most impressive engine and artwork in the world can’t make a game excellent without any substantial content.

If you're into testing your mettle against overwhelming odds and playing games that toss you into dungeon after increasingly difficult dungeon in a frantic, harrowing fight for damsels in distress and beautiful princesses, this game is for you.

I don’t suggest this game to every gamer but, for those who love/like puzzle games, this is a must.

As engaging as it is, there really isn't a ton of gameplay present. On the other hand, this game could easily be used to rehabilitate people with arm injuries that need to strengthen the hands.

Though it might not be real-time combat, the card battle system works well and does give combat a fast pace. The only real problem is the lack of good cut scenes.

It's an enjoyable romp, but rather short in duration and rather shallow in story.

Even though the addition of Classic mode is nice, otherwise it would appear that the game is trying its hardest to remain at status quo more than anything else.

The patient gamer will likely look past the indiscretions I have previously discussed and find a mostly enjoyable, tactical, shooter expansion pack in Sabre Squadron.

Breaks new ground with its style and premise, but the delivery comes off a bit stale, and there’s no reason to pick this game back up after the first play-through.

A great game for anyone who likes side-scrolling, collection-based games but wants to try something with a lot of new twists on the genre.

It needed more content and more effort. The mechanics of the game are good (for the most part) but the most impressive engine and artwork in the world can’t make a game excellent without any substantial content.

Once you get used to the quirks, it's worth playing for a challenge in fighting overwhelming odds, and you feel like you accomplished something when you finally beat the more difficult missions.

The RPG elements of the title are barely noticeable, and although it controls well and has an interesting gameplay mechanic in the transmutation, the actual gameplay ends up being rather generic.

A good game overall that manages to nail its target audience well but doesn’t provide much to anyone else other than a few hours of distraction from another game.

An entertaining little dungeon-romp, if you aren’t a wizened Snowblind gamer.

And while the commanders feel a little hollow, they are sufficient to get into the spirit of the game. Veterans of the genre may find themselves hungering for more, but new to intermediate players should be pleased with the offering.

A great game for those looking to try out the Korean style of MMORPG, but it really fails to rise to the standards needed to compete with the current heavy hitters in the industry. On the plus side, Gravity is gracious enough to give all of their potential players a free 15 day trial to see if Ragnarok just might be that MMORPG that they have been yearning for.

A decent game with albeit repetitive, but addicting, gameplay. If you are looking for a fun action game with cool visuals that doesn't require a ton of thought, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires is one game worth playing.

Itâ??s a great launch title, but generally speaking a mediocre game. I just couldnâ??t get over the terrible third-person view, which forces players to deal with clunky and wholly frustrating gameplay due to poor design.

After the initial wow factor has worn off, however, you’ll find an average game underneath the best-animated graphics you’ve ever seen on a handheld.

It is rare to find anything that can hold a five year olds attention for more then 20 minutes; well, Ty2 repeated the first installment's rapture. The game is actually too hard for her, but she kept trying till she could get no farther, then it became mine to play.

The disguises and a few little touches here and there are nice; however, the third-person stealth genre is getting kind of stale, and, without some serious formula changes, there isn’t really enough here to make this game stand out from the competition.

Some of the celebrities in the game also make it interesting. Who wouldn't try to get next to Carmen Electra or the celebrity playmates that make appearances?

Some of the celebrities in the game also make it interesting. Who wouldn’t try to get next to Carmen Electra or the celebrity playmates that make appearances?

Some of the celebrities in the game also make it interesting. Who wouldn’t try to get next to Carmen Electra or the celebrity playmates that make appearances?

The variety in gameplay was welcome, but playing through the game again would just be more of the same thing that I played through the first time, save for accomplishing the bonus challenges.

Guys will love the game for the eye candy and its quirky humor, but it doesn't have the staying power to keep people interested in the long run.

If not for the AI issues and the few other glitches, I would shout GO GO GO! FIRE IN THE HOLE! However, those stick out like a sore thumb.

It has a real "been there, done that” feel in every aspect, except the shell shock bit.

As with any game similar to Diablo, it's definitely geared toward group play. It's just more fun to slice and dice your way through so many monsters you're neck deep in blood with a friend.

The lack of a quick save or manual save takes a great deal of enjoyment out of the game.

I must admit that the lack of online play really took away from what could have been a great game.

A rhythmically sound game, Taiko Drum Master doesn't break the same ground Donkey Konga did, but it is fun in its own right.

I would not suggest that hardcore RTS fans buy this game, as it is mediocre when compared to recent releases in the genre. But if Ol’ Blood and Guts gets you in the mood for smoking cigars and killing Nazis, Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder is the title for you.

Street mode will leave you wanting after a few hours, but the instant action of arcade mode and the possibilities of multiplayer action provide ample opportunity for fun. It's a mixed bag, so think of the main game mode like a minigame...a really big minigame.

My biggest gripe would have to be with the lack of any record of your mini game times. This alone would serve to at least add a few more hours onto the gameplay, and that would be a large improvement over the 5 or 6 hours this game will last you.

Street mode will leave you wanting after a few hours, but the instant action of arcade mode and the possibilities of multiplayer action provide ample opportunity for fun. It's a mixed bag, so think of the main game mode like a minigame...a really big minigame.

Street mode will leave you wanting after a few hours, but the instant action of arcade mode and the possibilities of multiplayer action provide ample opportunity for fun. It's a mixed bag, so think of the main game mode like a minigame...a really big minigame.

Good atmosphere, decent music, utterly crappy puzzles.

If you are looking for a reason to throw your Playstation 2 against a wall, I would recommend this game. If you are a fan of the series, maybe I am missing something.

While you may enjoy this game for a bit, the lack of any incentive to play the mini games more than a couple times will really hamper your ability to enjoy this game beyond your first time through.

Aside from the stunningly bad end-game sequence which really needs to be seen to be believed, there's just not much here to recommend.

At its core, Tron 2.0: Killer App is a first-person-shooter with a few RPG elements that crop up ever now and then. With its stylized environments and sounds, it takes a while to get into the game world, but, if you do, the game does not embarrass itself.

The game is awfully short. Even fans might be disappointed at only finding 5 cases in the entire game. Finishing the game can take anywhere from 4 hours to as much as 12 hours, depending on difficulty (the hardest difficulty turns off the hotspots).

There hasn’t been a real killer app for the light gun crowd since Duck Hunt, and that’s really unfortunate.

Really, it's not a bad game it's just not a particularly great game either.

Gameplay is fairly solid and the creature design alone is enough to make the game worth playing., but staunch fans of the survival horror genre might find the game lacking a bit in the horror department. The endings were all unsatisfying and ultimately detract from the story.

Challenging and simple, Death by Degrees is loaded with quirks to keep it going despite the annoying camera and mediocre graphics. Nina is quite the addiction.