Midnight Club II

Midnight Club: Street Racing

Project: Snowblind

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

Tekken 4

Assassin's Creed

Tekken Tag Tournament

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

SSX 3

SSX Tricky

SSX

.hack//Infection Part 1

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Devil May Cry

IndyCar Series

Guild Wars

Assassin's Creed

Interesting, innovative, and stimulating. Right up until the final missions.

Assassin's Creed is a prime example of why you shouldn't go see a certain movie, play a certain game, or date your sister just because someone says you might not "like it" and you "shouldn't do it." Many of the reviews d... Read Full Review

Shadow of the Colossus

With a gameplay experience unlike anything else today, Shadow of the Colossus might be exactly what you're looking for.

Every once in a while, a game comes along that defies convention so very well that it becomes incredibly difficult to classify. Shadow of the Colossus is one such game. In a strange alchemy of gameplay, graphics, and sto... Read Full Review

SSX On Tour

A new visual style and skiers aren't enough to cover up the rough edges that flaw the latest entry in the SSX series.

From its humble beginnings as a PS2 launch game, the SSX series has grown into one of the best-recognized action sports franchises in gaming today. SSX and SSX Tricky took the cartoon snowboarding formula to its pinnacle... Read Full Review

SSX 3

Adding a freeform mountain environment to the existing gameplay mechanics, this is a worthy successor to the SSX throne.

There are two schools of thought when it comes to creating a sequel to a successful game. On one hand, you can stick to the formula that made the previous game successful, adding a few new features and another coat of po... Read Full Review

SSX Tricky

While the core gameplay hasn't changed since SSX, the level of polish on everything else makes SSX Tricky a masterpiece.

EA Sports’ BIG division sprang to life with the blockbuster success of their PS2 launch title: SSX. The game became a runaway hit on the fresh system, and started spawning other BIG titles. But none was able to meet with... Read Full Review

SSX

Beautiful graphics, polished gameplay, and plenty of challenge make SSX an instant classic that nearly anyone can enjoy.

SSX arrived on the scene with little fanfare and little press as a PS2 launch game. But what started out with humble beginnings in the realm of cartoon snowboarding has led to one of the best winter sport game series aro... Read Full Review

.hack//Infection Part 1

An interesting RPG concept, but squandered by repetitive gameplay, poor execution, and a story that really goes nowhere.

Bear with me here while I explain the setting of .hack//Infection (Part 1). It’s a roleplaying game that is set in a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. The game itself is not an MMORPG, but rather a simulatio... Read Full Review

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

While it's not perfect, Hitman 2 brings ambitious, unique, open-ended gameplay that provides a unique gaming experience.

As the first-person shooter genre has evolved, so have the gameplay options that players have available. No longer do games restrict you to keyhunts while shooting hordes of zombies. Instead, first-person shooters ventur... Read Full Review

Devil May Cry (Platinum)

Combining smooth gameplay, atmosphere, and an unmatched sense of style, Devil May Cry is a near-perfect game experience.

Every once in a while, a game comes along that just gets it all right, combining excellent gameplay with an atmosphere, setting, and other intangibles to create and experience that is simply unbeatable. Devil May Cry is ... Read Full Review

Guild Wars (Special Edition)

Deep, addictive, and fun PvP and PvE gameplay create a unique experience that follows its own rules for online gaming.

Guild Wars comes to us with an excellent pedigree, having been designed and developed by ex-Blizzard programmers who created the still-addictive Diablo II to computers around the world. And while Guild Wars provides a mi... Read Full Review

Midnight Club II

Better graphics and more races bode well, but continuing problems with the AI and lack of options make this a near miss.

The original Midnight Club scored a hit for Rockstar Games when the PS2 first launched. It not only showed off the power of the newly-released system, but brought the street racing genre to life with excellent presentati... Read Full Review

Midnight Club: Street Racing (Platinum)

Solid arcade action and a wide variety of gameplay options make this the grandfather of modern video game street racing.

The PS2 launched with several impressive titles. One, in particular, however, caught the attention of gamers, and brought a hitherto obscure racing genre into the forefront. Today’s store shelves are lined with street ra... Read Full Review

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Multiple fighting styles, excellent graphics, and many unlockables mark the return of Mortal Kombat to console fighting.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance marks the return of one of the most legendary of fighting game series. Long known for being a unique series, from its combat system to the bloody nature of the fights, Mortal Kombat had rec... Read Full Review

Madden NFL 2005

Built on a solid foundation of EA's football games, but there aren't any revolutionary improvements hidden in this game.

Right about this time every year, you start to hear about the next generation of football games that will soon appear on store shelves. The NCAA games, using last year’s NFL engines, point to the success they were built ... Read Full Review

Grand Theft Auto III

Between a large, expansive playground and a lot of available gameplay options, there are plenty of reasons to like GTA3.

Grand Theft Auto III is a game that has garnered a lot of attention, and some of it is for the wrong reasons. The game has been blamed for countless acts of violence against police officers and other authority figures. T... Read Full Review

Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded

The Ratchet & Clank sequel provides several improvements to weapons and gameplay, but suffers from a couple weak points.

The original Ratchet & Clank was a revolution in Playstation 2 graphics and gameplay. It hitched up graphics that were previously-thought impossible on the PS2 to a hybrid platformer-action gameplay model, and wrapped it... Read Full Review

Ratchet & Clank (Platinum)

Great graphics, excellent gameplay, and a surprisingly-good story are combined to create a revolutionary new platformer.

Once upon a time, a revolution took place on the Playstation 2. And people suddenly started noticing that the graphics were getting better, the gameplay was getting deeper, and the music was getting more immersive. Devel... Read Full Review

Tiger Woods PGA Tour

Solid play control, attractive graphics, and a wealth of gameplay options make this a good choice for a PSP launch game.

There are certain paradigms that typically apply to games presented on portable gaming systems. They aren’t supposed to have in-depth gameplay. They aren’t supposed to have replay value. They aren’t supposed to have an e... Read Full Review

Lumines: Oto to Hikari no Denshoku Puzzle

An addictive puzzle game wrapped in graphical and musical style makes Lumines a must-have game to a PSP gamer's library.

Puzzle games are a rare breed. Tetris, one of the most popular and most-copied puzzle games of all time, came out of seemingly nowhere in order to take the gaming world by storm. It combined a seemingly simple objective,... Read Full Review

Project: Snowblind

A weak single-player shooter that features an excellent multiplayer component. Is it enough to make this game a success?

Project: Snowblind comes with a well-established pedigree. While Eidos and Crystal Dynamics vehemently deny any connection between the world of Project: Snowblind and Deus Ex, it’s amazing that they to so with a straight... Read Full Review

Gran Turismo 3 A-spec (Platinum)

Amazing graphics and time-tested gameplay combine in one solid package. Not revolutionary, but a great game nonetheless.

With the release of Gran Turismo 4, it’s time to finally produce a review for its predecessor: Gran Turismo 3. When the original Gran Turismo stormed onto the Playstation console, it was hailed as a new harbinger of r... Read Full Review

ESPN College Hoops 2K5

Despite a few flaws, excellent basketball play is combined with innovative gameplay modes in a value-priced package.

College basketball season brings with it several tagalongs. The squeaking of shoes in gymnasiums and arenas around America. The close-quarters throng of students raging against the opposing team. Bands playing "Louie Lou... Read Full Review

Tekken 4

Graphical and arena improvements highlight the next entry in the Tekken series. Too bad that's about all that's changed.

After the success of Tekken Tag Tournament as a PS2 launch game, every fan of the long running fighting series immediately started to look forward to Namco’s next offering. Two years later, after a successful arcade rele... Read Full Review