Overall, Koudelka falls short of expectations in the gameplay department, but the beautiful CG work in the game's movies definitely makes the experience a memorable one.
Unreal Tournament is the most complete first-person shooter available.
With an arcade mode for casual rally fans, a downright hard-core mode for the true rally fans, and everything in between, V-Rally 2 is the premiere PlayStation rally game.
Test Drive: Off-Road 3 suffers from too many issues for it to warrant anything more than a passing glance.
TD6's mock-serious approach to arcade-style racing should warrant nothing more than a rental.
It starts slow, but Slave Zero builds into a pretty strong shooter that's worth checking out for its guns, bosses, and multiplayer mode.
Antz on the GBC is another platform game that will amuse those who find the genre enjoyable in small scale 8-bit.
It is an extremely solid action game built on an excellent story and dressed up with stunning graphics.
Few people are likely to get a thrill out of playing the original Pong anymore, and, unfortunately, the Pong of the new generation doesn't do much better.
It's essentially identical to the original, but its streamlined gameplay and expanded menagerie make it just as enjoyable.
If you've played Destruction Derby, you've played Demolition Racer.
Silver is simplified by the removal or retooling of much of the complex stat-based baggage of its console RPG brethren.
The game, as a whole, is a little too simplistic to hold the interest of most players, eventually relegating Pen Pen TriIcelon to the "especially good for younger players" category.
When you get right down to it, Expendable is sheer, unadulterated shooting. Run through a bunch of levels, blow everything to bits, and try not to get shot.
The story helps make even its silliest puzzle seem relevant and the game comprises an enormous world populated with interesting characters.
Pass interference is no longer a penalty - it's a necessity.
What should have been a revision of last year's superb simulation instead comes across as a half-baked rehash.
After ten years, it's nice to see Mega Man branch out.
Play as either Nikita or Section One operative Michael in this fast-paced action game.
Based on Scholastic's book and TV series, Animorphs is a turn-based tactical combat game featuring 12 animal morphs, which you must gather to defeat your enemies, the Yeerks.
Particle Systems has successfully created the type of game that fans of the space sim genre have been waiting for years to play.
Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball makes a good attempt, but its inconsistencies and shoddy control detract from the overall experience.
Monopoly Tycoon uses the popular board game as the base on which to build a strong and innovative, and great-looking, real-time game of business management and city building.
Die-hard survival-horror fans might possibly get a quick fix from this game, but even that's questionable.
IMPORT: Asterix: The Search for Dogmatix is one of the better combinations of platformer and plot to come out in recent years.
Infogrames' Looney Tunes Collector: Alert! may not be Pokémon, but it's a finely polished puzzle-quest action-RPG nonetheless.
If you've ever wondered what Micro Machines would be like with NASCAR drivers, Majesco's NASCAR Heat is the answer.
Adventures in Time is an attempt to bring Pac-Man back to his roots, but with surprisingly solid 3D graphics, good level design, and a few new gameplay features.
BeachHead 2000's limited gameplay won't hold your attention for long.
If you're in the mood for a game where each event is reasonably well designed and integrated into a greater, meatier whole, then Infogrames' Xtreme Sports should prove satisfying.
If you enjoyed the first two Moto Racer titles, the third one is shaping up to be more of the same, only better, flashier, more detailed, and more varied.
Motor Mayhem is different enough that it will appeal to those gamers who have an interest in the car-combat genre or aren't excited about the new turn for the morbid ...
One could go on for hours ripping this game apart, harping on its intolerable load times, useless physics engine, or haphazard AI, but it all boils down to one inescapable ...
The vivid and inviting setting in Desperados can't make up for some substantial gameplay flaws.
If there's a silver lining to Animorphs: Shattered Reality, it's that it would make an excellent game for children who aren't yet old enough to tackle the meatier fare of ...
Space Race probably wasn't the best game to port to the PS2 untouched, though Looney Tunes fans ought to give it a look.
On its own terms, Enforcer is a fast-paced and rather fun shooter, though it'll prove too easy for veteran players.
Infogrames' V-Rally 2 includes 16 officially licensed rally cars with more realistic physics.
Real Pool offers most of the same elements as Q-Ball Billiards Master, but it goes about it in a bare-bones way.
Looney Tunes Racing has a way to go before it can stack up to the big boys.
Bugs & Taz: Time Busters does an excellent job of capturing the humor and personality that the Looney Tunes franchise embodies.
This ambitious game actually isn't so much a flight simulation as it is a role-playing game that takes place aboard a bomber.
Whereas Hasbro's previous game tried to improve upon the board game, Surface Thunder has a very different approach: It's a simplistic 3D arcade shooter.
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