Delivered in a nasal surfer tone that makes people think disparaging things about California, the main character's comments sound like a 40-year-old ad exec's idea of what "the kids" think ...
VR Baseball 2000 is a decent game but one that does not hold a clear edge over any of the others in the genre.
Heart of Darkness is the latest platform/puzzle game from the creators of Out of this World and Flashback.
Mission Studios has essentially taken the Jetfighter III engine and wrapped it all in a cinematic narrative that would have shamed Digital Pictures.
There's no denying that M.A.X.2 has all the ingredients of a great game, but strange quirks in the game engine and some downright bugs prevent it from reaching its full ...
Consider it short-lived fun, at best.
The game puts you behind the wheel of an ammo-decked patrol car, motorcycle, or wing vehicle to fight crime and annihilate anything that gets in your way as you do ...
The game just doesn't have the polished look of Triple Play or MLB.
It's a noble effort to both cannibalize the best elements of classics of the genre and also provide a number of refreshing innovations.
This isn't a cookie-cutter sequel at all. It's half shoot-em-up, half laugh riot - and that adds up to a damn good deal to me.
At its worst, it seems more like the second season of Twin Peaks, when the obscurity gets self-serving, and the payoff is meager compared with its initial pretensions.
If you're a fan of powerboat racing and think it's neat that it has been turned into a video game, don't get your hopes up.
M1 Tank Platoon II is still an extremely well-done and researched simulation, and is almost worthy of the name.
Die by the Sword goes well beyond its almost admirably typical premise to deliver a visually stunning, terribly challenging, and often awe-inspiring dungeon hack.
What begins as an interesting tale of conspiracy and murder ends up a confused and confusing gore fest of the not-so-supernatural.
Aesthetically, Star Trek Pinball contains a rather uninspired suite of flashing lights, shooting cues, and sound effects.
All 12 games in the package remain enjoyable to this day, each in turn a testament to the timelessness of the genre.
If you don't already know the dos and don'ts of castling etiquette, don't expect to win many games here.
Red Asphalt is a solid contribution to the "drive 'n' kill" genre.
This isometric 3D game was going to use the role-playing system created for the Fallout RPG series. However, its development was canceled.
Rubu Tribe combines elements of strategy, action, adventure, and exploration into its gameplay, as players assume the role of a tribe leader who must lead his followers to their sacred ...
Runabout 3 takes place in New York City, and it features around 30 missions and several vehicles to choose from, including fire trucks and tanks.
Interplay plans to publish this seuqle to the controversial FPS that put you in the role of a street thug.
Interplay Entertainment has begun work on a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on its postapocalyptic classic Fallout.
Although it desperately clings to the precepts espoused by most real-time wargames, Earth 2140 shouldn't be quickly dismissed as just another Command & Conquer retread.
The combination of wacky sound effects and silly character renderings harksback to the twisted trailers of Tex Avery.
It's a third-person squad-based action shooter whose original design concept actually succeeds in adding to the overall quality of the game.
Fallout is one of the best role-playing games to be released in several years.
Sound like standard empire builder fare? Yes and no.
With inviting gameplay and an abundance of hidden characters, Gekido is worthy of the acclaim given to Streets of Rage 2, Guardian Heroes, or Die Hard Arcade, provided you're a ...
Give Giants a try, and in short order, you'll find yourself playing one of the PS2's most likable, most offbeat shooters.
Its gameplay is wholly uninspired and singularly uninventive, especially considering the cloth from which this game was cut.
Even with its problems, its excellent combat system and sense of style make Jagged Alliance 2 very easy to recommend.
Whether the prerelease infamy and the embarrassment of disclaimers are a result of the current political climate or conscious hyperbole by the Interplay marketing machine, they tend to overshadow what ...
Check your brain at the door and saddle up for a solid, mindless shooting fest that dispenses with any pretense of strategy.
Command & Conquer, move over. M.A.X. does it better.
MDK is frequently fun, sometimes frustrating, full of surprises, and visually stunning.
It improves on the original's technology and expands its gameplay without losing the off-kilter sense of humor that helped make MDK so unique.
Based on WB's animated series, Men in Black continues the adventures of Agent J and Agent K. Through six challenging levels, you must help them protect humanity from illegal aliens.
While Milo's Astro Lanes gets a resounding nod of approval for its daring immersion into subculture (albeit, three years too late), there's very little here to recommend a purchase.
It's boring, it's unoriginal, and it doesn't even live up to the eight-year-old game it's attempting to copy.
It's a wonkily-balanced game experience not quite challenging enough for the long-time adventurer and not quite guiding enough for the newbie.
If you're looking for an adventure game that'll deliver your money's worth, you ought to check this one out.
Norse by NorseWest is a good puzzle game.
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