Whatever else may be said about Quake II, one thing is certain: It is the only first-person shooter to render the original Quake entirely obsolete.
Even with all of its pluses, Sub Culture has several flaws that keep it from being the instant classic that it could have been.
It's a leisurely paced, all-encompassing, mentally challenging experience. If you enjoyed Myst, you'll thoroughly enjoy Riven.
It's a fun and mostly unpredictable platform game.
F1 Pole Position will put the hurt on you.
Carmageddon is visceral, violent, vehicular fun.
It's simple to an extreme, but there's at least one amazing moment in each track that will keep your engine revving to the next.
Investigate a mysterious bombing and unravel a deep mystery in this point-and-click adventure.
The Settlers II is one of those brilliant little strategy games that mixes a bit of economics, a bit of combat, and a whole lot of watching cute little men ...
The key to this collection is that each game soars to the top of its respective genre.
While Zork Nemesis may be too graphic and intense for children, adults who loved Myst or Phantasmagoria will find a lot to like about this CD-ROM.
This is not a game whose video segments are mere story props that leave the player behind, but one designed to keep the player actively involved.
Randomly generated campaign missions, realistic settings that have you swearing at your crew, and sounds that place you IN a submarine are the great strengths that set Silent Hunter apart ...
The Settlers - Kingdoms of Anteria is the first game of the series with a unique combination of persistent city building and real time strategy action. Players build up a prosperous economy ...
Might and Magic VI is a classically designed role-playing game that features both a huge gaming world and lots of attention to detail.
It has two tragic flaws, and these problems are so overwhelming that the good parts seem wasted.
Chessmaster is still the only way to go if you're looking for a chess program.
No doubt a port of the PC version, the Dreamcast version of Heroes of Might and Magic III is bound to deliver the Heroes formula to console strategy fans.
The track design is inventive, the illusion of speed is great, and overall the control is good.
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.
It is a very good game marred by some very bad design decisions.
There's no question that Seven Kingdoms II is a richer, more fully realized game.
Casual Rayman fans will want to pass on this collection, while die-hards and aspiring level designers will have a good time.
Good looks and a fast pace don't add up to top-shelf gameplay, and Redline Racer falls a bit flat where it could have easily excelled.
EverQuest is the best game in its class. At the same time, it is loaded with problems.
Though Rogue Spear is in many ways a much better game than its similar predecessor, it too is not without a laundry list of problems.
1602 A.D. captures the feel of the historical period very well and carries you along without the extreme highs and lows that characterize more fast-paced and violent games.
It is obvious that Disney was more interested in producing a $40 advertisement for its movie than in developing a playable game.
Where the game deviates from the norm, and succeeds beyond expectations, is in its rendering of three distinct viewpoints and its effective re-creation of the film series' unrelieved sense of ...
All Star Tennis 99's good-natured quirkiness is something of an afterthought to its middle-of-the-road gameplay.
In Arcatera you play an adventurer who comes to the town of Senora and finds that an evil cult called the Black Sun has taken hold of the town and ...
Thanks to a few errant gameplay quirks, Armored Core 2 doesn't quite reach console mech perfection.
Blaze & Blade is a pointless PC conversion of a substandard console role-playing game.
Argonaut's Buck Bumble has the look and feel of a first generation Nintendo 64 game that missed its boat.
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