Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting

This game cannot afford to suffer from the problems it has.

I loved this game when it was first released, ages ago. If you and a friend are sitting in front of your 360, it still holds up incredibly well. Given the advances in 2d and 3d fighting games it's a shock to realize that... Read Full Review

Dungeon Siege II: Broken World

Too much time taken to make too little. For the serious fans however, a welcome snack.

Technically, DSII:BW is on a par with the game it's an expansion for, DSII... no shock there. As such, it has decent graphics, great sound, and the interface and other nuts and bolts fit well. However, it's been a while ... Read Full Review

Fable

Engrossing and Addictive

This is a game that was given an unfortunate degree of hype, but hype typical of a Molyneux release. Also typical of such a release is the fact that while this game has not reinvented the wheel, it HAS produced one hell ... Read Full Review

ShellShock: Nam '67

Ahh yare yare...

Simply a terrible game. This is a game that would have impressed no one 4 years ago, and it's certainly going to win no friends now. If anything gamespot was to gentle in it's score, although the review was spot on. I wo... Read Full Review

Burnout 3: Takedown (Platinum Hits)

I'm No Race Fan, But This Is Masterful

I'd like to begin this review by stating that I'm not a fan of most racing games. With the exception of games like XG and Wipeout, they hold virtually no interest for me. I've been out of the "Rally" and "NASCAR" sim loo... Read Full Review

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

Fantastic, Entertaining, Addictive, Engaging.

UPDATE: Having played TTOET for roughly 60 more hours since I wrote this review, my opinions have only grown in favour of this game. The minigames (VS mode, bunny races, Runic Chess and the Battles in Gemity and the inve... Read Full Review

Shadowrun

A glorified CS Mod Without The Graphics.

I hate to say this, as a longtime fan of the P&P Shadowrun game, but this game doesn't satisfy on any level. As soon as FASA announced that the game would be a multiplayer only shooter, I understood that a deep RPG e... Read Full Review

The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript

All told, I'd rather be playing DOTT, Indiana Jones, or any Adventure game, no matter how dated.

The Secrets of Da Vinci had better not be serious about it's title. I realize this is a puzzle/adventure game, but it fails to be adventurous, and while it's puzzling as to why anyone would make this game, the puzzles ar... Read Full Review

DOOM 3

Well, I'm not even going to address the graphics, because you already know how amazing they are. I will address the high point of this game, and it's shortcoming. The high point: it's damned scary! It has so much depth a... Read Full Review

Bujingai

Although I have not completed this game, I have played for many hours, and it's a real pleasure. It's a bit like a cross between Devil May Cry, a Hong Kong Action flick, and Crimnson Tears 2. A good cross. There is immen... Read Full Review

Far Cry

First, as everyone with a brain has said, this game LOOKS marvelous. Until Doom 3, HL2, and the first Unreal 3 engine games come out, this baby is the cutting edge. That said, if I wanted an ocular massage I'd... uh... w... Read Full Review

Catwoman

Chronicles of Riddick proved that a GREAT game can be made of a movie... so why are games like Catwoman still being made? Unlike The Matrix, Catwoman never really approaches true playability, crippled as it is by terribl... Read Full Review

Sudeki

This is not a good game. It's not a BAD game; a game that is riddled with fatal flaws and terrible gameplay, and if this game came out 3-5 years ago, it would have been fantastic. However, RPG's have moved on and running... Read Full Review

Galaga

I remember this game being more... fun.

This is Galaga, unfettered and ported faithfully. I didn't see any technical problems with it, but it did remind me that sometimes nostalgia isn't all it's cracked up to be. Face it, if we rated this game against modern ... Read Full Review

Terrawars: New York Invasion

I'd rather be on the recieving end of the "love scene" in Deliverance than play this game any more.

If you've really missed seeing sprites as a major graphical centerpiece of a game, then Terrawars is the masterpiece you've been waiting for! On the other hand, if paying for a gaming experience that is both an insult an... Read Full Review

Outlaw Chopper

This game raped my eyeballs.

I played this game for 2 hours. That's it, and I feel confident writing this review. Outlaw Chopper is broken. The fact that it's a ripoff of GTA (I mean, to the point of being actual plagiarism... insofar as it replicat... Read Full Review

Monster House

Monstrous game, get it? That pun is more fun than this game.

You'd think in a game where they didn't skimp on graphics or faithfulness to the movie would have remembered the bare bones of gameplay mechanics. The camera alone would be a dealbreaker in a game that was MUCH better on... Read Full Review

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

The sentence which most accurately describes why this game is great is this: Telekinesis NEVER GETS OLD. You can't understand until you start tossing enemies into walls, then draining their psi powert until their heads p... Read Full Review

Breakdown

Breakdown is a great game. That's the first thing which needs to be said. Is it ambitious without meeting all of it's somewhat lofty goals? Perhaps. Lets just say that I really look forward to a sequel if such is in the ... Read Full Review

Hitman: Contracts

While it's true that technologically this game has not come very far, it is also true that the gameplay is tried and true. If there were more of the previous hitman game, I'd play it now, and that's pretty much what Hitm... Read Full Review

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Why a 1? Simple. For the PC this is a DEFECTIVE GAME. The framerate, even on a a truly excellent system (p4 3.0ghz, 2 gigs of ram, radeon 9800 256, THE NEWEST DRIVERS, no AV or Firewall running...) is ABYSMAL. There are ... Read Full Review

Manhunt

This game is a very interesting entry from Rockstar. It almost seems that they are trying to prove their critics are correct; that there is little to the franchise beyond meaningless bloodlust... However, there is more (... Read Full Review

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

First, let me say that I have not finished the game, in fact I am only 33% into it, but already it's clear that this is a title which does justice to it's lineage. The gameplay is challenging without being sadistic, and ... Read Full Review

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

I've never rated a game a perfect ten before, but truly this is a nearly flawless game. The graphics, sound, and value ESPECIALLY is outstanding. I love RPG's, but generally you play them through (a lot of work) and don'... Read Full Review

Xenosaga Episode I Reloaded: Chikara e no Ishi

Let me say right off that I love Anime, own a ton of it, and therefore this game appealed to me greatly. For those who do NOT like anime, I suspect it would lose some of it's charm, as much of the game is spent watching ... Read Full Review

Chromehounds

Very unusual game with some striking high points, and unfortunate lows.

Chromehounds is as far from what I am used to playing in terms of mech sims or action games as I can imagine. There was a time when I loved games like Armored Core (before that series took a nosedive), Mechwarrior, Mecha... Read Full Review