User Reviews & Ratings

Average Score 8.5/10
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  • Rating:8.1

    Deus Ex: The Conspiracy

  • Rating:9.1

    Dark Cloud 2

  • Rating:8.1
    Great game for kids, good for teens, and simple fun for the adults...

    Amped 3

    Great game for kids, good for teens, and simple fun for the adults...

    If you're heavy into the winter sports, Amped 3 is here to quench your thirst. Currently the only 'winter sports' game available on the 360, it's all you avid skiers and boarders have, so I guess you'll have to live with... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    NOt an Improvement...

    Madden NFL 06

    NOt an Improvement...

    Introduction Probably the biggest news in sports video-gaming history came last December, when the Electronic Arts juggernaut announced that it had inked a deal with the National Football League for the exclusive rights... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    A reason to buy the XBOX 360??

    Dead or Alive 4 (Platinum Hits)

    A reason to buy the XBOX 360??

    For the past several years, publisher Tecmo along with brainchild Tomonobu Itagaki and his genius crew of game developers have continued to break new ground in the fighting game realm. Back in 2001, when Microsoft introd... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    Better than PGR3???

    Ridge Racer 6

    Better than PGR3???

    Oh dear lord! That’s the first reaction I had when I saw Ridge Racer 6 in action. Oh my God! That’s what I thought about Ridge Racer 6 when I saw the depth. Holy Geez-Golly-Moses! That’s my reaction when I felt the perfe... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Good game In its own right

    Quake 4

    Good game In its own right

    Gameplay In Quake 4 (Q4), you play as Corporal Matthew Kane, the kick butt space marine who destroyed the Strogg leader, the Makron, in Quake 2. Well, the Strogg are not defeated, and are in fact turning the tide in t... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.7
    Beautiful

    Project Gotham Racing 3

    Beautiful

    Buckle up 360 gamers, the third installment of the Project Gotham series is upon us. Sporting some cool new features, impressive graphics, and an intricate online career mode, Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3) will definite... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.7
    Generic stuff from RARE.

    Perfect Dark Zero

    Generic stuff from RARE.

    Of all the launch titles that shipped with the 360, the one I was waiting for was Perfect Dark Zero. Yes I was victim of the hype machine, and yes I was a victim of OtherSteve’s incessant ramblings about what he saw at E... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.4
    NOt the same features

    NHL 2K6

    NOt the same features

    Having already been blessed with some fierce competition on the Xbox and PS2, hockey fanatics will be glad to know that the chase for Lord Stanley’s Cup can be continued on the Xbox 360 as well with NHL 2K6. Gameplay... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3
    OMG, teh 5VV34T!!

    NBA 2K6

    OMG, teh 5VV34T!!

    The long anticipated arrival of the first generation of sports games for the XBOX 360 is upon us. 2K Sports’ NBA 2K6 is the first basketball title to grace the shelves for hoop-crazy XBOX 360 owners. Fans of the series t... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    Very short, but good...

    Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

    Very short, but good...

    The wait is over. The movie has come. The audiences reactions were positive. And the much anticipated video game of this inevitable blockbuster has been released to the masses. I know that “Peter Jackson’s King Kong” ha... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.8
    A beautiful game.

    Kameo: Elements of Power

    A beautiful game.

    Kameo was another launch title that had been hyped up for a long time. Rare offers us two excellent samples from their arsenal, and I am here today to talk about the second one, Kameo. You play a young princess, betra... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.1
    $59.99 on the XBOX 360, $49.99 everywhere else.

    Gun

    $59.99 on the XBOX 360, $49.99 everywhere else.

    To say that I am a fan of the old west is an understatement. Some of my favorite films, directors, and TV shows have to do with that period of America’s history. It was a time when men and women forged themselves in the ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.1
    The best from launch?

    Condemned: Criminal Origins

    The best from launch?

    Amongst SEGA's offerings earlier this year at E3 was Condemned - Criminal Origins. I hadn't seen a game so brutally gritty since Kingpin Life of Crime on the PC. As most of you know it was an XBOX 360 launch title, the f... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5
    A true sequel?

    Call of Duty 2

    A true sequel?

    For some, Call of Duty was the PC FPS for the past couple of years. It got so many awards and was wildly popular, but alas I never played it. It came out during a time where I just was not really into PC gaming so I just... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    Better than original??

    Shenmue II

    Better than original??

    "Yu Suzuki's second chapter in Ryo's life comes has come to the Xbox. Is it better than the first? Yes, far better than the first. Is it still exciting as the first? Yes, far more exciting than the first. Does it touch y... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    Good Game

    Ninja Gaiden

    Good Game

    When you look back through the history of gaming, you see all sorts of virtual heroes. Outlaw cops, husbands with vendettas, and thrill-seeking women have given us all hours and hours of gaming satisfaction. But no hero ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.1
    Great Game

    Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes

    Great Game

    I had thought they would push this title to 360, but I was glad to be wrong. Gameplay Heroes is the prequel to Crusaders, and it helps give a little more back story to the characters from the first title. You get t... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    A great Action-RPG.

    Jade Empire: Hisui no Teikoku

    A great Action-RPG.

    Having already blessed the gamers of the world with their stellar Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series, BioWare decided to again grace XBOX owners everywhere with another fantastic role-playing game. Jade Empire... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3
    I love this game.

    Hitman: Contracts

    I love this game.

    There is something about the mythos of a professional killer that entrances our society. You see tons of video games, movies, and books about assassins and whatnot. From the ninja, to the Army sniper, to the shadowy cont... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.4
    Gran Turismo for XBOX.

    Forza Motorsport

    Gran Turismo for XBOX.

    Microsoft Game Studios’ Forza Motorsport is a solid title full of blissful gameplay for car fanatics. A worthy rival to Gran Turismo, Forza offers players more than 230 cars, insane degrees of customization, and an innov... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3
    Still not what Peter Molyneux promised, but Its a VERY good game.

    Fable: The Lost Chapters (Platinum Hits)

    Still not what Peter Molyneux promised, but Its a VERY good game.

    Knights of the Old Republic made me fall in love with this type of game, the choice to be good or bad, making decisions and having to deal with the consequences. Now Fable: The Lost Chapters has not only rekindled that l... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.1
    Ripping off of Half-Life 2 with the Gravity Gun.

    DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil

    Ripping off of Half-Life 2 with the Gravity Gun.

    Evil returns. It's time to stomp it out again with the help of some new abilities and weapons. You'll need your guns and guts to fight off the new hordes of evil in the first expansion pack for Doom 3, Resurrection of Ev... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.4
    Fighting + boobs = this game

    Dead or Alive Ultimate

    Fighting + boobs = this game

    Gameplay DOA 1 is a classic 2D fighter with some swanky 3d-esque backgrounds. Let me say up front I am horrible at 2D fighting games anymore. I keep trying to side step to avoid an enemy and I forget you can’t do that... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    Too many bad things to make this game good.

    Advent Rising

    Too many bad things to make this game good.

    Story Well this is your FPS alien adventure with a twist. Yes 99% of the aliens you encounter want to kill you, but it is the 1% that is the twist. You encounter a race of aliens that believe humans are the universe... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.2
    Surprisingly.....AVERAGE!!!

    Geist

    Surprisingly.....AVERAGE!!!

    Is its originality enough to make it an excellent game? Gameplay and Depth One of the first and most important things to realize before you dive into Geist is that it’s much slower than most modern FPS games. In fa... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.9
    One of the few good games on GCN

    Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki

    One of the few good games on GCN

    Fire Emblem made its debut in 1990 on the Famicon (NES) in Japan, but stateside, we’ve yet to see the acclaimed series on anything other than a handheld. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance marks its first venture into the thi... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8
    Amazing game, and great story

    Killer7

    Amazing game, and great story

    For years there’s been peace among the world. Radioactive production has ceased, a railway between continents has been built and everything is good. In 2003, the UN was going to celebrate the happiness of the ongoing pea... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10
    Better on 360

    Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

    Better on 360

    Need for Speed has been a popular franchise series for EA. The game started on the PC and then ended up on the home gaming systems. Being a fan of the long time series and owning every version made, I had some expectatio... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.9
    Only a year later

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

    Only a year later

    Hard to imagine that Ubisoft only took a year to bring out a sequel that was better than the original, it’s even harder to imagine that Ubisoft could release a third instalment to an already successful franchise in jus... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.6
    Halo 2, one of the best

    Halo 2

    Halo 2, one of the best

    Believe it or not, Bungie first introduced Halo to the bespectacled masses way back in 1999. At the time, it was a first/third-person action game for the PC and Mac (you know, that cute little box your dad uses to burn C... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3
    An Improvement from the original...

    X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

    An Improvement from the original...

    Raven Software attempts to deliver another solid action RPG. Last year, Raven Software surprised the gaming public with an incredibly well-put together game based on the X-Men franchise. X-Men Legends was quite enjoyed, ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.6
    God Of war > Ninja Gaiden

    God of War (Greatest Hits)

    God Of war > Ninja Gaiden

    As I entered the cathedral, my enemies arose from swirling mist as black as pitch, like a demonic infection Mother Gaea herself regurgitated onto the mortal realm. They believe - as did the hydra, the minotaur and so muc... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.9
    Better on the PS2?

    Resident Evil 4

    Better on the PS2?

    The current generation’s definitive action game. Exhaustively detailed, massively varied, spectacularly executed and humbling in nature. It’s what games were invented for, and the reason you should own a PS2. Forget ever... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.2
    Good game, no Max payne...

    The Matrix: Path of Neo

    Good game, no Max payne...

    Many will see ‘The Matrix: The Path of Neo’ as the game that should have been released right from the start. Apart from a dodgy MMORPG and another poor interpretation of the Matrix universe (Enter The Matrix), players ga... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10
    Best Arcade style Racer

    Burnout Revenge

    Best Arcade style Racer

    Anyone sick of standard ‘lap races’ will find something totally refreshing about Burnout Revenge. Whilst indeed, Burnout Revenge features these standard races you’ll also find a plethora of other modes to boot, and as th... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.1
    Cool new style of games

    Stuntman

    Cool new style of games

    There are some things in this life that are safe to do, and some that are not. Unfortunately, being the stubborn species that we are, most of us find much more enjoyment in things that are not safe. This causes a probl... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    Square_Enix is still better...

    Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2

    Square_Enix is still better...

    Shin Megami Tensei (or MegaTen, as fans call it for short, known as Persona English speaking countries) never fully became a standard in RPGs in the states, regulated to cult favourite while being eclipsed by Square Enix... Read Full Review

    0 of 6 users found the following review helpful