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Quake II
Quake II is an absolutely incredible shooter. Intense, visceral, thrilling and challenging, all in the same breath.
Quake II, at its lowest point, is an intense experience. At its highest, Quake II is simply near the pinnacle of PC gaming - an all-out assault on the senses filled with barrel-chattering action and non-stop, thrill-a-mi... Read Full Review
7 of 7 users found the following review helpful
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 is an incredibly immersive first-person shooter featuring almost perfect gameplay mechanics.
Hype - the word used to define the excitement, rumours and anticipation leading up to a game's release. Not many overly hyped games live up to the hype that has been circulating - not many at all. Half-Life 2 is a rare e... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
A forgettable movie-game conversion. A great audiovisual showing is let down by repetition and basic gameplay mechanics.
Star Wars certainly makes for a mixed bag of games. We've got the good: Rogue Squadron, Empire at War, and of course, KoTOR, and the bad: almost everything else. Episode III is somewhere in the middle of those categories... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
OutRun2
OutRun2 is an arcade rush of powerslides and speed; a game that places its fun factor above everything else.
The original Outrun game was one I devoted many hours to. I was young when I played the game; arguably, it's a game that launched me into this fickle world of warring companies and sophisticated graphical effects. Imagin... Read Full Review
7 of 7 users found the following review helpful
Painkiller
a mostly successful throwback to the glorious nostalgia of id-popularized shooters and their myriad imitators.
as a self-professed, moderately oldschool pc gamer faced with a world filled with increasingly convoluted first person shooters, it's easy for me to feel rather alienated sometimes. given that i grew up on such primitive... Read Full Review
7 of 7 users found the following review helpful
TOCA Race Driver 3
A lacklustre audiovisual showing doesn't let down the awesome variety and excellent driving mechanics on offer here.
I've always been a fan of ToCA. Actually, by any lengths, it is probably the series that launched me headlong into the racing genre. That's why I was truly excited prior to the day I picked up this game. After the short-... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
One of the greatest tactical shooters on the Xbox - a slow-paced counterterrorist sim, filled with excruciating tension.
Anxiety fills the air. There's no place to hide. And this cold, hard fact dominates your head. A touch of the left thumbstick. Nervously, you step into the doorway, ears alert for any movement, eyes wide, frantic... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Despite the blow-everything-up-to-your-heart's-content slogan, this game didn't deliver the satisfaction I wanted it to.
The advertisement for this game was promising, I'll give it some credit. Despite the slightly gullible slogan "Blow everything up," Mercenaries still looked like an amazingly playable game. In case you didn't see the adv... Read Full Review
9 of 9 users found the following review helpfulUnreal Tournament 2003
In some ways, 2003 is a shadow of its predecessor, but in others, it's an excellent shooter and a graphical masterpiece.
The original Unreal Tournament was a stunner. A ballsy, explosive, no-nonsense shooter with the focus of running around corridors with over-sized weapons blowing everybody else up. But for a concept as one-minded, Unreal... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Pariah
It tries to be a Halo-killer, and falls far short of doing so. Redefines the term "disappointing."<br />
The cold, hard fact, and it's painfully evident, is that Pariah is a disappointment. I spent hours tracking down information, articles, and previews about this game prior to its release - a game made by the lads involved... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Blood Wake (Platinum Hits)
Blood Wake is a fair attempt at an intriguing concept. Despite its flaws, it's still worth the low price.
Vehicular combat. Two words. Usually, these two words, when used in the description of the game, makes me stay away from it, and ignore any articles based on it. Cars and guns usually doesn't work - the recent Full Auto ... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Far Cry Instincts
Your social life will be a Far Cry if you use your Instincts and buy this game. "We've created a monster."
The Xbox game catalogue must be at least 30% shooters by now. Countless games on the console are based around one thing; running around with a weapon while observing a hostile environment through the eyes of a hero/innoc... Read Full Review
13 of 16 users found the following review helpful
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Big Red One is a great war shooter, but the genre is now tedious and the whole game feels too familiar to be essential.
To be quite honest, I am fed up of war shooters now. There's now simply too many of them; Medal of Honor, Brothers In Arms, Call of Duty... and something even more fascinating is that virtual WWII has outlasted the real ... Read Full Review
5 of 6 users found the following review helpful
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a revolution for the franchise. The transition to 3D is excellent, save for a few issues.
Rollercoaster Tycoon is unquestionably one of the finest management sims ever made. It has innovation, quality, quantity, and - well, management - all packaged into one disc for pleasure and enjoyment. Countless hours ha... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Pocket Monsters Kin
Pokemon Gold is a timeless classic. Nothing more, nothing less.
Pokemon, along with Mario and Zelda, is a franchise that has spawned one gigantic fanbase. It all started with Pokemon Red and Blue; games that at the time were barraged with unbelievable commercial success. The series h... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Black & White
So many different elements gel into an uncertain mix, and this game's hefty ambitions quickly become dull.
Here's the lengthy story. I was endlessly browsing the GameSpot archives sometime post-Christmas, and I found Black & White. The next day, I went downtown to see if I could find it, because it got a "superb" and a 9.3. E... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
F.E.A.R.
Combines jawdropping firefights and a creepy atmosphere to make one of the most memorable FPS's of recent times.
The most creepy thing about my experience with F.E.A.R. wasn't even the silence, the atmosphere, or the spooky little girl that turns out to be much, much more than a Samara ripoff (The Ring, anyone?) The creepy thing wa... Read Full Review
9 of 10 users found the following review helpful
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Whether you're a strategy game fan or not, Advance Wars is a consistent, enjoyable handheld cartridge.
sheAdvance Wars has just been released on the DS, and as I so delightedly said in my review, it's my favourite game on Nintendo's wonderful new handheld. A hefty 9.3 was also rewarded. As soon as I saw that game on a DS ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
This is an enjoyable turn-based RPG, with a scope for customization and lots of unlockable stuff for ardent fans.
For me, the Lord of the Rings games are rubbish. At least I thought that the games based on the stunning films - Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, and Return of the King - were just lacklustre hack-'n'-slash. And yet t... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Pokemon Sapphire Version
In equal measure, this is a great Pokemon adventure and a top-notch handheld RPG.
There's no question that Pokemon has become a bona fide life-sapper of a franchise. There's a sometimes bewildering cartoon, a heap of trading cards, and of course, the games, whether they're isometric handheld RPG games... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Pocket Monsters Ruby Version
In equal measure, this is a great Pokemon adventure and a top-notch handheld RPG.
There's no question that Pokemon has become a bona fide life-sapper of a franchise. There's a sometimes bewildering cartoon, a heap of trading cards, and of course, the games, whether they're isometric handheld RPG games... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Star Wars: Republic Commando
A great Star Wars squad shooter with good gameplay elements and a surprisingly intuitive control scheme.
There's no question that the three prequel Star Wars films are disappointments (especially Phantom Menace) They are just not as good as the original three science-fiction masterpieces starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford,... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
KoTOR is memorable not because of its gameplay, but because of the storyline, and the way the gameplay is presented.
If you intend on buying this game, I feel like I should clear one thing up before I even start talking about it: do not buy this game if you're looking to dominate some dumb droids with your brilliant reflexes in a light... Read Full Review
12 of 13 users found the following review helpful
Halo 2
Halo 2 is a multiplayer-focused game, which will result in this game being a disappointment for non-Live gamers.
I'm ill and off school, and undecided whether that's because of a particular stomachache or the fact that I have Art class today and the highest praise I can give Art is that it's boring [the rest of my description of Ar... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Halo (Xbox Collection)
Mostly, this is as close to flawless science fiction shooters can get, even if sometimes Halo is sometimes quite dull.
Well, well, well. Here I am, reviewing yet another game while wondering what has become of my life. And the game is Halo: Combat Evolved, without a doubt the overall favourite Xbox game of all time. And, yes, it's a laun... Read Full Review
7 of 7 users found the following review helpful
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
Just when I thought the melee stuff would ruin this game, it provides a great new twist on the original formula.
Last night I took some time writing a lengthy review for Unreal Tournament. After that, I went upstairs and rooted through my substantial Xbox collection to find a game to wear me out for an hour and to exercise my finge... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Unreal Tournament (Best of Infogrames)
Unreal Tournament is the best first-person shooter as of now, full stop. Forget your Halo and your Half-Life.
I've been wondering to myself why I didn't review this game sooner. It's been the dominator of my life since it's release way back when, and I haven't stopped playing since then. Even though it's a bit outdated these day... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Mario Kart DS (DS Bundle)
Whether you are Wi-Fi enabled or not, this is a great buy and one of the most addictive games on DS.
Well here it is - Nintendo's zany racing series is on the DS. It's not like it's a surprise or anything; it was inevitable. Of course it was going to be on the DS. And even though the only major addition to the series is... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
The highly anticipated game of the movie isn't good enough to make a worthy purchase, but is still a decent rental.
King Kong would make a great game, I thought as I read the preview in a games magazine a few months ago. The previewer seemed to simply be in love with the game and as soon as I saw the movie at the cinema last year [it ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Nintendogs: Lab & Friends
The wonderful virtual dogs are very charming, but this game gets stale quickly and the charm wears thin in a short time.
Your own virtual dog. Sounds like an intriguing, unique idea. And let me tell you that Nintendogs is the closest any console has ever come to displaying the relationship between owner and dog. But this shows something el... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
One of the best handheld games ever, and the best on DS thus far.
Ah, Advance Wars. The great series that sapped hours of my life away like a parasite, and turned me into an anti-social dough-faced tank commander. As soon as I heard that there was an Advance Wars coming to the DS, I kn... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Burnout Revenge
What can be cynically seen as rushed, is in fact the fastest racing game on the Xbox and probably anywhere else.
Burnout 3: Takedown. One of the fastest, most adrenaline-fuelled racers ever imo. Check my review for what I think of it, but in a nutshell it was one of the finest racing games on the Xbox. Then along came a spider an... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Destroy All Humans!
A unique, alien-filled, sadistic tale of brain extraction and quantumization.
It's not often you find a game as funny as this. While there's many serious-minded, intelligent games out there, there's not many who have delighted in delivering a cheesy, funny experience like this. Because that's ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Pocket Monsters LeafGreen
Revisit your memories with this excellent remake of Pokemon Red & Blue.
Ah, Pokemon. When I was younger, I devoted my life to it. It messed with my head and gave me mental problems. It was only a week ago I found a gigantic splash of Pokemon cards in my bottom drawer, and I dusted off old ca... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Burnout 3: Takedown (Platinum Hits)
Welcome to Burnout, where if you risk your neck you'll be rewarded! Don't see that every day, do you?
Where do I start? In 2004, Burnout was back with a vengeance and this time it didn't care about purists. This time it was racing injected with violence - where you had to drive recklessly and without a care in the world ... Read Full Review
4 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Shadow the Hedgehog
An underwhelming game, that isn't quite welcome inside my disc drive...
When I heard about a game being made starring the black hedgehog Shadow, I was actually quite surprised, as most Sonic games are, well, based around Sonic. But when I heard he would be toting a gun... a GUN! What the hel... Read Full Review
2 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Far Cry Instincts Evolution
Evolution adds more fuel to the already incredible Far Cry Instincts fire, with a new campaign and enhanced multiplayer.
Far Cry Instincts was, in all honestly, an absolutely amazing game. Since Halo: Combat Evolved and its successor, we've been met with many developers releasing games that desperately try to meet the level of grandeur tha... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
The Movies
A very ambitious game that doesn't quite live up to the hype it developed; which is typical of Lionhead Studios.
This game got a lot of hype in the run-up to release, and I'm going to get straight to the point as I absent-mindedly drink this can of Pepsi; it doesn't quite to live up to the hype it got. It takes a lot of work to mak... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
If you have a liking of staying up all night, or eye-bleaching, or brain-roasting, play this incredible strategy game.
Civilisation has been around a while, and it's always been one of the finest strategy games around. But I never thought, as I picked up this game with leftover Christmas money, it would be this good. The first thing t... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
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