IGN

• PS
• 7.3 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 8.1 / 10
• États-Unis

Far from perfect, Pacific Theater is a phenomenal step over the original Deadly Dozen, which fell far short of quality gaming in nearly every single respect. Fixing many of the woes and wrongs of its father by improving enemy AI and including multiplayer support is commendable, to say the least, as is the focus on the oft overlooked Pacific Campaign complete with an Alaskan mission. However, this second World War II outing from the developers at nFusion has many miles to go before it can comfortably and rightly sleep next to the big boys. Dropping players into relatively nonlinear missions where they are free to roam about and murder the Legion of Honorable Doom sounds like a good idea, but is delivered with little direction and thus little excitement. Sporadic firefights with never more than four or five enemies are also sadly kept at distances. Consequently, the suspense of storming a village or hut, or even a simple line of trees is all but extinguished once the tedious, unforgiving nature of the game sets in. Walk, prone, snipe, walk. Still, its redeeming qualities (price included) manage to overwhelm buggy performance, nagging AI issues, somewhat lax graphics, and a surprisingly unstable but enjoyable multiplayer component. In the end, Pacific Theater is sure to become another wanted action title by those rabid war buffs who simply cannot get enough carnage and patriotic drama. For gamers stout of heart and full of little desire to relive wars of yesteryear, there are better offers, certainly. But, none perhaps aspire to become more than they are as much as Deadly Dozen does. For that, and the fact that there are few glaring faults and many, many improvements, the title comes recommended.

• PS2
• 5 / 10
• États-Unis

Certainly not the best title ever conceived for children and most definitely not for adults, Island Xtreme Stunts is nothing more than your average run of the mill videogame, with a suspect framerate and little challenge, we couldn't see ourselves recommending this one to anyone over the age of eight. For those that apply, though, you could certainly do a lot worse. Pick it up from your local rental chain first and see if your child truly digs it.

• GBA
• 4.8 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 6.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Despite minor issues, Neocron did manage an impressive launch and is showing signs of improvement with each and every pass. Is it enough to warrant hordes of gamers dropping their alternate lives in established titles such as Everquest or Anarchy Online? No. However, it may gain a nice cult following from those looking for a change of pace in atmosphere and gameplay from their current multiplayer playlists.

• PC
• 8.7 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS2
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

Lowrider is a funky minigame that somehow became a game in and of itself. Tacked onto another racing title, it would've made sense, but this is one of the weakest excuses for a game ever. If you can find it for $10 or less, I'd recommend picking it up for a good laugh, but beyond that it's better left forgotten.

• PC
• 8.2 / 10
• États-Unis

Hegemonia is a good game and a good attempt at slimming down from Digital Reality's last title Imperium Galactica II. The interface is almost done perfectly but is missing some shortcuts that could have made things quite a bit easier. Combat can be interesting and fun to watch, but isn't a tactical dream due to the extreme similarities of each of the races and almost complete lack of need for smaller ships later in the game. And while it does have a spacey feel and atmosphere, and has some of the best looking space ships I've ever seen in a game, it falls a little short in that area as well due to a predictable story and lack of real tension. If you've been looking for a space RTS to get into, I'd certainly recommend Hegemonia over the other titles that are out there. It's a solid game that looks amazing. Just don't expect it to be quite the epic struggle that Homeworld managed to be.

• XBOX
• 1.9 / 10
• États-Unis

Forget about Pulse Racer, it's not a good game. It's an example of a very, very poor game. It's the kind of thing that was often slopped off on the PlayStation (you know what I'm talking about). It's a shame to see Microsoft is giving thumbs up to games so clearly flawed from concept to finish. Race fast enough to win, but not so fast your heart stops?? Remember when the primary function of a game was to be fun? Even for $30, this stinker isn't worth a look. Not even worth a rental. Run now, while you have the chance!

• PC
• 8.6 / 10
• États-Unis

People who couldn't get enough of Morrowind hardly need this review to prompt them to try the expansion. If you've been jonesing for more Morrowind, then you don't need me to tell you to try Tribunal. But for those of you who were a bit turned off by Morrowind, Tribunal might be just the thing. It won't make the vast options of the basic game any more accessible but it offers a similar experience in a smaller format. Morrowind may have had enough content to make an expansion pretty redundant, but the tighter focus of the expansion helps create an intensity that wasn't as well sustained in the base game. Although the few cameos of people you heard about but never met are neat, it's the big revelations that really sell the title. Some of the legends of Morrowind finally make their entrance here in aspects both splendid and terrifying. The dead house of your heritage is beat once again here but with just the right amount of mystery to make it seem barely obnoxious.

• NGC
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS2
• 5.5 / 10
• États-Unis

Since I can remember I've been a Capcom whore. And I wanted to like AM badly, but in the end I'm left with a sour taste. It looks okay, has some nice cars and visual effects, but the most important aspect of this game is missing -- the control mechanics are seriously unrefined. Sure, try to convince me that this is a "drifting" game. Maybe that will convince me that the control isn't beyond help. Honestly, control is always what makes or breaks a game; in this case it's done the latter. I'm really sad, too, because this could be a nice sideways, sliding romp with some cool cars. A bit of advice Capcom, kill the announcer--he should have been shot after MVC2 and fire the tuning designer, too. Get someone in there who can fix the damn control.

• PS2
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• XBOX
• 4 / 10
• États-Unis

• NGC
• 9 / 10
• États-Unis

• PS2
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• XBOX
• 8 / 10
• États-Unis

• PC
• 7.4 / 10
• États-Unis

Not quite a platformer, not quite a puzzler, Dragon's Lair attempts to take the classic appeal of the original's "beat a room and then continue" formula and shovel it into a game that relies heavily on platforming elements that just aren't polished enough to be perfect or even strongly competitive. As a platformer it pales in comparison to something like Rayman 2: The Great Escape, still one of our best and only efforts worth mentioning. As an action or an adventure title, it can't hope to a surmount Soul Reaver. As a daredevil, rope swinging, demon hacking, trap avoider, it doesn't best the old Prince of Persia. Still, these comparisons are somewhat frivolous, for though any one part of Dragon's Lair is uncompetitive, its whole is a memorable, nostalgic, vivid, and entertaining ride through an entirely trial and error puzzle broken into some 250 rooms. Every other element of the game is in place to further the challenge, interactivity, and believability of these puzzles, which have themselves been ripped straight from the original. See a puzzle, beat a puzzle, watch a story unfold. It's simplistic and addictive. Take it like this and enjoy it. Take it as the next Heretic II or some kind of beat 'em up meets Mario and be sorely disappointed.