IMPORT: It's a polished game that serves as a showcase for the DC and the evolution of the RPG genre, and fans should definitely find a way to play it.
If you're a longtime flight sim fan and are eager for another visit to the western front, Combat Flight Simulator 3 is a reasonable choice.
The game's cutesy hook might be enough for the young ones, but anyone with a modicum of gaming experience will probably find Sneakers to be boring and tedious.
Anyone who isn't an Xbox Live beta tester desperate for something other than a sports game should really look elsewhere.
Microsoft's horse racing RPG will be scripted by Final Fantasy writer Kenji Terada.
Blinx has some good ideas, and you won't finish it in a sitting, but that's not much consolation from a game that's a lot more frustrating than fun.
Quantum Redshift is by all means technically proficient, but it's uninspired and will probably give you the sensation that you've already done all this before.
Links 2003 seems to lack flair, but it does have numerous upgrades, superb ball physics, and deep gameplay options.
In Alien Hominid HD, you'll take on the role of a diminutive but hilariously deadly alien who must recover his spaceship from Earth.
Fans of last year's game won't find much more than a roster update in NFL Fever 2003, while new players will find in it a fairly entertaining, though unrealistic, game ...
Outlaw Golf is an odd game because it has a theme that seems to appeal to a certain audience, yet the gameplay isn't really for that crowd.
Manhattan Project is occasionally frustrating, but when it's good, it's very, very good.
Its polished interface, accessible gameplay, and exceptional graphics make Dungeon Siege a first-rate action RPG.
This is easily the best driving game currently available for the Xbox, and no Xbox owner should be caught without it.
If games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil interest you, this should be right up your alley.
A general lack of polish and a long list of annoying quirks make it difficult to recommend when there might be a better alternative on the horizon.
Nightcaster is a game that aims for the sky but comes up a little short.
On paper, UGA's "music shooter" may sound a little dull, but it's one of those games that simply must be seen--and in this case, heard--to be fully understood.
Though not without drawbacks, Bloodwake is an entertaining game that could be a good start to a new series.
If you already own an Xbox, don't bother picking up the game, and if you're considering buying an Xbox, don't judge the console by this game.
A multiplayer-focused space shooter in which players attempt to protect their home bases from black holes by attaching gravity orbs to them.
This Metal Slug-esque XNA game draws inspiration from the webcomic Little Gamers.
Proximity HD is an XNA strategy game played out with numbers that represent armies on a hexagonal grid.
This XNA dodgeball game features an array of power-ups that amp up the action.
This XNA game challenges players to use flowers to combat weeds and cultivate new varities.
Codename Kingdoms is the first Crytek-developed game for the Xbox 360.
Fans of Blade Runner can rejoice with the arrival of the hyper-colorful cyberpunk platformer, The Last Night.
Assume control of a human tribe and try to survive against simian and dinosaur foe in this Xbox-exclusive game.
The game mixes first-person shooting action with driving elements in one feature-rich package.
Piledriver is a 3D action-adventure game that is being designed specifically for the Xbox.
Fishing Live Online, which is set to be one of the first games for the Xbox Live service in Japan, will let players cooperate in realistic fishing challenges.
This online RPG will be one of first games for the Xbox Live service in Japan.
Previously known as Warcaster (working title), this project was reborn in 2002 after Tremor merged with New Systems under Microsoft. It was subsequently cancelled.
An online RPG steeped in Norse mythology was on the way from Microsoft ... until it met its very own Ragnarok.
This action game will challenge players to hunt and capture dinosaurs in the year 1910.
Microsoft is publishing a massively multiplayer online game featuring characters from the Marvel universe.
Peter Jackson was working on a new, unnamed Halo project via his Wingnut Interactive development company.
Milo is a voice-and-motion-recognition game from Lionhead Studios.
Pirate Mayhem is an arcade shooter game.
Runic Quest is a puzzle game in which you help an adventurer lost on a mysterious island face the dangers of a runic quest.
Obstacle course allows player to simulate the feeling of being at a summer camp.
For nostalgia buffs, these old games are worth your time and money, though you will miss the feel of the arcade controller.
It's a video game, it's a cartoon, it's a toy, it's a lunch box, and now it's a PC CD-ROM game.
A typical day at the beach: the sand under your feet, the roar of the surf... and the ripping sound of German machine guns as they cut your troops to ...
Atomic Games has managed to create the ideal sequel: It expands and adds many features while keeping everything that made the first game a joy to play.
If Microsoft and Pajitnov want to make us forget about Tetris, they're going to have to do a lot better than this.
Microsoft has proven itself fighting fit with a thorough retooling of the classic.
The strongest element of Combat Flight Simulator is the flight experience itself.
Revenge of Arcade's big problem is, surprisingly, the selection of games.
There are lots of missions and lots of branches so you can complete several missions in varying order, but all the missions end up playing the same.
If you've ever liked any other real-time strategy game in this classical style, then you'll clearly see why this one deserves so much credit.
Now that the Microsoft Golf series is no longer being developed by Access, it's really beginning to shine.
With its multitude of modes and good terrain graphics, this is pretty much everything you could hope for in a motocross simulation, and then some.
This is not quite the game you hoped for. Even worse, it has some definite problems.
Although its driving mechanics aren't terribly sophisticated, it can be a lot of fun because it affords you that very freedom that all driving games should but rarely deliver.
The problem isn't that the concept isn't good or that the game couldn't have been fun, it's that Access and Microsoft took a good idea and ran all of about ...
If you have the hardware to run it, this simulation really stands out.
It does a lot of things well and is a huge step up from the all-flash-and-no-substance gameplay of Full Court Press - and who can't love a $19.95 sticker price?
Its additional features are so unimpressive that there's not much reason for owners of the previous version to get excited.
Asheron's Call is a solid, well-rounded online role-playing experience that's at least as good as any other out there.
When it's happening, it looks and feels like real NFL football.
While the individual pieces may be a bit weak on their own, the overall experience is satisfying and worthwhile.
Its real-time strategy elements and its focus on cooperative piloting tactics are so central to its gameplay that Allegiance can be very challenging to learn, but it's well worth the ...
It doesn't stray too far from the formula, but it makes the logical progressions you would expect Nintendo to make.
The challenging breadth of the adventure, the richly detailed graphics, varied gameplay, killer sound, and multiplayer mode all fuse into one amazingly fun experience.
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