If you're up for a challenge--and you don't mind trial and error--Gothic II won't hesitate to give it to you.
Developed by Southlogic Studios, the next version of Deer Hunter will have impressive outdoor locales and realistic animal animations.
Apart from odd attempts at humor that are hard to ignore, the story execution falls flat, the scenarios are tediously scripted, and the skirmish mode is terribly limited.
Beyblade features a number of tops and parts from Beyblade, as well as an intense tournament mode.
D&D Heroes isn't a bad way of whiling away a few minutes, or hours, if you're looking for a pure hack-and-slash action RPG.
Despite some bugs, The Temple of Elemental Evil stands as one of the most authentic PC Dungeons & Dragons experiences of the past few years.
Play against kid versions of star NFL players in schoolyard pickup games.
This compilation includes Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale II, and Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter.
If you can overlook the frustrating controls and a few missing features, you'll find that Nexagon: Deathmatch is actually a decent strategy game.
The Legacy of Goku II condenses 38 hours of TV episodes into a role-playing game that fans and newcomers alike can enjoy.
In the end, Unlimited SaGa is simply the flawed sum of its disparate parts.
For huge fans of The Matrix Reloaded, it's worth renting for the movie sequences. For everyone else, it's just another licensed game that doesn't do justice to its source material.
The fiercely challenging space shooter comes to Xbox LIVE Arcade.
The fundamentals are relatively sound, but the overall lack of options, from the sparse selection of power-ups to the lean multiplayer component, greatly limit the game's appeal.
Though it's nice to see a new, cleaned-up version of TransWorld Surf, the additions Rockstar San Diego has made to the game hardly seem to merit a year in development ...
This medieval strategy game from Magic Lantern combines both turn-based and real-time elements.
Gamma World: Alpha Mutation has you search crumbled ruins for lost artifacts while battling mutants and other perils.
In this Dragon Ball title, Goku encounters the Red Ribbon Army, which is causing destruction as it seeks out he seven Dragon Balls.
Enemy in Sight is a first-person shooter that takes place in the near future during a war between the US and Russia.
This PSP remake of the classic Space Invaders features 3D graphics and a first-person view.
With this compilation from DSI Games, you can test out your driving skills on the GBA. The package includes Stuntman, V-Rally, and Checkered Flag.
This 2-pack includes Yu-Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective and Dragonball Z: Taiktsu.
This is a sequel to the beat-'em-up game Dragon Ball GT: Transformation.
Youda Safari is a simulation game where players manage a safari park.
The first console Deer Hunter game includes 17 weapons and an online tournament mode.
While this new Centipede can stand on its own, it fails to capture the magic of the original.
With all the elements that makes Wheel of Fortune so popular on TV, this game will let up to three people play at once.
RollerCoaster Tycoon has the potential to capture a pretty good niche market - and for the most part, it succeeds.
Missile Command is just another piece of proof that remakes are never as good as their originals.
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.
Neverwinter Nights is one of those exceedingly rare games that has a lot to offer virtually everyone, even if they aren't already into RPGs.
It's a clumsy port, but what's even more disappointing is that it's a clumsy port of only a middling console game.
It's derivative, it's violent, and definitely tasteless at times - but it's almost always fun.
It's hard to fault Blood II for not doing anything new; it sets out to be a traditional shooter and does a good, if not great, job.
Dragon Ball Final Bout is a poor excuse for a fighting game.
Driver is a game that might be mediocre in its presentation but more than makes up for it in its gameplay and concept.
What should have been a revision of last year's superb simulation instead comes across as a half-baked rehash.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is a very smart game with great puzzles, yet there's not enough variety in those puzzles to keep it completely entertaining throughout.
Aside from its amusing track design and decent customization elements, there really isn't anything much there in regard to actual compelling gameplay.
Particle Systems has successfully created the type of game that fans of the space sim genre have been waiting for years to play.
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.
Unfortunately, Horizons offers little that hasn't already been done--and done better--by many other online role-playing games already on the market.
Civilization III is a triumphant proclamation that strategy gaming is alive and well and still able to keep you rooted in front of your computer for hours at a time.
It has the look and polish of a great shooter, but the gameplay of a merely good one. It's also a fairly short game with no multiplayer support to speak ...
It's fun for a while, but it's too arcadelike for its own good, and it really only lends itself to short amounts of time spent playing.
Operation Surma takes no big chances with the stealth genre's rules, but it's a well-made and entertaining game all the same.
Splashdown is a good racing game that--with a few tweaks-- could have easily been one of the greatest.
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