The only reasonable justification to add Inside Pitch 2003 to your collection is if you want to play online against live opponents.
By combining some of the concepts of Civilization with the general gameplay of Age of Empires, Big Huge Games has created a truly outstanding game.
In this virtual life game players communicate with a female robot via a microphone, and while the robot starts out with virtually no intellect, it can develop dramatically with the ...
The fiercely challenging space shooter comes to Xbox LIVE Arcade.
This mixed martial arts game has 100 fighters and a total of 500 moves that can be customized and edited.
Tao Feng looks and sounds just fine, but it doesn't have a strong enough fighting system to make it a viable option for fans of the genre.
Microsoft's Xbox Exhibition Volume 2 demo disk features nine playable demos, intense music, and new videos from G4.
While it's not the revolutionary title it initially promised to be, Freelancer delivers the exact combination of addictive and accessible gameplay that the genre has needed for a long time.
Kung Fu Chaos probably won't keep you occupied for long, especially if you're not playing it with a rowdy group of friends.
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is a graphical showcase that makes for a pretty uneventful game.
Though the actual battles in Impossible Creatures aren't all that great, the game's offbeat premise, good looks, enjoyable campaign, and open-ended design make it both distinctive and recommendable.
Nightcaster II is a big step backward for the series in just about every respect.
With a $200 price tag and an occasionally punishing approach, Steel Battalion was clearly designed to scare off all but the most hard-core game players.
Asheron's Call 2 is a highly streamlined, highly accessible online RPG. Yet the world of Dereth seems bare for a number of reasons.
If you're going to buy one game with your Xbox Live starter kit, MechAssault is the one to get.
While it offers some impressive production values, it ultimately seems shallow and incomplete, and it won't hold any fighting game player's attention for long.
Mercenaries is the perfect stand-alone sequel: improved enough for hard-core players, yet accessible enough for novices.
Featuring lots of interesting, inventive design decisions, plenty of fun-to-use units, and tons of variety, Age of Mythology is the last real-time strategy game you'll need for a long time.
The extra options, especially the franchise mode, succeed in giving Inside Drive 2003 the longevity that Inside Drive 2002 lacked, and the refinements to the gameplay make it more entertaining.
Despite the game's flaws, it's still as addictive as ever, and you'll find yourself playing it for hours on end.
Fable Legends will take place in an "online world" and feature integration with SmartGlass.
Scalebound is an action-packed game that lets you battle alongside fearsome dragons.
CART Precision Racing raises the bar for serious racing simulations.
Deadly Tide is a beauty with no brains.
The ballots have been cast and the verdict has arrived: The Duke is A-#1.
Those looking for some action and who don't give much thought to realism shouldgive it a try; those who have played and enjoyed more realistic online flightsims should probably stay ...
If you've ever played 3DRealms' shareware favorite Terminal Velocity, you'llbe quick to recognize that Fury3 is nothing more than warmed-over TV.
GoldenEye is the type of game N64 owners have been waiting for since they finished Mario 64.
... and Terminal Velocity begat Fury3, and Fury3 begat Hellbender, and Hellbender begat Monster Truck Madness, and we saw them and said, "Enough already!"
Marathon 2 is a distance runner, and with all its perks and goodies should more than tide over the 3-D shooter fanatic until the totally customizable Marathon Infinity comes out ...
You are Snake, a government agent on a mission to regain control of a secret nuclear weapons base from terrorist hands.
If Microsoft comes through on its promise to fix the game's flaws, this could easily be the best arcade baseball game out there.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1 is easy to admire for its complexity, but difficult to play for the same reason.
With play like this, who needs work?
Microsoft Golf's designers focused on the elements of a great golf game without going overboard on the bells and whistles.
It's so much better than any of the previous Microsoft Golf games that the only way you'd know it had anything to do with the previous versions is from the ...
If there were no competition, Microsoft Soccer would be a viable choice.
I may live to regret admitting this, but I had a blast playing MTM.
Gamers itchin' for a monster-truck fix should save their cash until the real thing rolls into town.
There's good reason to believe it has the potential to seriously challenge the primacy of Electronic Arts' NBA Live games.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is a very smart game with great puzzles, yet there's not enough variety in those puzzles to keep it completely entertaining throughout.
The very things that make it unique and interesting are also the source of some of its most frustrating aspects.
As a single-player or multiplayer FPS experience Perfect Dark is unparalleled on the console systems.
Simply put, this is the finest example of the genre you will find on any platform, home or arcade, to date.
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