Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

Zen

The original DC Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future's loss to the "just slightly overrated" Shen Mue in terms of reviews and sales, coupled with the fact that 3D Sonic the Hedgehog games are still being made, is fur... Read Full Review

Samba de Amigo

A rocking good time

Mario and company may have the market cornered on the "party game" format. DDR may be today's hottest "rhythm and music" game series. And Karaoke Revolution may be the next big thing that borders both genres. But for ... Read Full Review

Grand Theft Auto III

It's good to be bad

Grand Theft Auto III is obviously not a game to everybody's taste. I initially balked at the thought of playing a game where you can run over old ladies. But giving a game a low score just because of its mature content... Read Full Review

Gran Turismo 3 A-spec (Platinum)

For the love of cars and the art of racing

There are some fans of racing games that love everything to be flashy and full of flair. They're into games where you can pimp your ride with decals and spinners that do absolutely nothing. They're into games where you... Read Full Review

Unison

Attack of the shojo!

Another guilty pleasure of mine, but you should seriously heed the words of the Gamespot review. The gameplay really is shallow. But do these complaints matter when the rhythm and music genre is so geeky to begin with?... Read Full Review

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Show no mercy

There have been precious few times when I've been so utterly addicted to a game. The last time a game pulled me into its world so deeply that I played it faithfully until it was all over was perhaps when I played Beyond... Read Full Review

The Legend of Zelda

Go back to your roots

Many games owe their existence to The Legend of Zelda. Like Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda did things that were revolutionary back then, and it incorporated elements that many games still use today. Of cours... Read Full Review

Tiger-Heli

Stick with The Guardian Legend

Words just can't describe how much this game royally sucks. It takes every single cliche found in vertical scrolling shooters but doesn't expand upon them. You get the little sidekicks that assist in your shooting. Yo... Read Full Review

Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tekken

Aww yeah. The good old days.

Forget Shenmue. You want to knock some thugs, get some revenge, and earn back your neighborhood? Fire up Streets of Rage and play that again. This game was so cool, it felt good just listening to its name roll off you... Read Full Review

Golden Axe

Armchair warriors unite

Before there was Streets of Rage, there was Golden Axe. And even now, despite it's age, Golden Axe does things right that many slow, boring 3D brawlers do wrong. It wonderfully captures the old school arcade feeling of... Read Full Review

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

Strap yourself in and hold on tight.

Mechwarrior 2 is the very pinnacle of cool. While it's only a very small window into the Battletech universe and messes around with some of the names a bit, it still remains remarkably true to the popular gaming franchi... Read Full Review

ICO

Brilliant.

An 8.5, huh? Ico was one of those games that just sort of snuck in under the radar. But it deserved far more recognition than it got. If it wasn't for the good things I had heard about it, I never would've bothered to... Read Full Review

The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition

THE definitive Legend of Zelda fan's game

I will review each separate game in different reviews, but needless to say, if you're a fan of "collector's editions" or "box sets" and you're a fan of The Legend of Zelda, this is THE game to get. Four instant classics... Read Full Review

Enter the Matrix

Good God. Where are all these decent scores coming from? Even Gamespot's 6ish score is too liberal. I understand that there will always be bad games, but how can a developer justify releasing a game before its even finis... Read Full Review

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Limited Edition)

Absorbing and completely satisfying. Nevermind the difficulty level.

Some people just have no taste for the simpler things in life. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the most controversial entry in the franchise. People have praised it as a masterpiece. Others trounced it. In my ... Read Full Review

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Giving this game a slightly higher score than Fatal Frame 2 was very difficult. Not only was Fatal Frame 2 the most terrifying experience I've ever played in a game, but it had a better sense of atmosphere and a cooler e... Read Full Review

NiGHTS into Dreams... (w/Sega Multi Controller)

Nights Into Dreams came out at the same time as Super Mario 64, which trounced it royally in terms of both sales and critical reviews. While Super Mario 64 was expansive, Nights Into Dreams featured only a handful stages... Read Full Review

Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (PSOne Books)

Brilliant

There's only one thing to say about this game, and it's that it may very well be the single finest 2D platform game ever. Viewtiful Joe, as great a game as it is, has got nothing on this title. Castlevania: Symphony of... Read Full Review

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Breathtaking

Knights of the Old Republic, quite literally, took my breath away. It has done what few other games have done for me. Such was the power of this game's hold on me that it currently ranks as my second favorite RPG of al... Read Full Review

Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly

Downright terrifying. Blows Resident Evil away.

I've never been a big fan of survival horror games. Not Resident Evil or Alone In The Dark or House Of The Dead. To me, such types of games have always been slow, dull, and decidedly NOT scary. Zombies just aren't scary ... Read Full Review

Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG

A rare treasure. Best game of all time.

Panzer Dragoon Saga, in my opinion, is the single finest game ever created and also the best RPG ever created. Square Enix fans can keep their Final Fantasy games. As much as I love many of them, many of their stories se... Read Full Review

Tales of Symphonia

A great game, even if a little stock.

All I really had to go on before this game came out was a demo movie, and it looked incredibly cool. Then on the day it came out, one of the associates at Electronics Boutique urged me to buy it. It turned out to be the ... Read Full Review