Features

• 20 fully customizable, licensed cars from Mitsubishi Motors, Subaru, Toyota, and more
• Perfect skills by nailing the perfect shift in drag racing and by putting you street cred on the line
• For up to four players
• Features urban street racing and high performance tuner cars
• Build the ultimate street machine by earning cash to pay for custom body kits

Reviews (231)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!The game for racing freakz!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Need for speed underground is a good racing game as well as a creative game because you can customize certain cars and you can unlock cars that already have been customized to be unlocked. I am a absolute complete racing freak and I looooooooooooove racing games but they have to look good and realistic for me to buy it or play it. I like racing movies aswell like the fast and the furious, 2 fast 2 furious and torque. The best racing games to get are need for speed games,gran turismo games, auto modellista,burnout 2 & 3 and juiced. my name is jordan josiah nicholson samuel,i'm 9 years of age but i look like i'm 12 years old,i live in london,herne hill with my mum simone and my 4-year old sister sapphire and i like rap music and mc's.
PEOPLE
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BUY
THIS
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PLEASE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BY JORDAN JOSIAH NICHOLSON SAMUEL

P.S:READ THIS REVIEW 5 TIMES AND MEMORISE IT IN YOUR HEAD!

Get your Need for Speed with this great title!!!!!!!!!!
Gameplay = 10
There is nothing more important than gameplay, and this games hits the mark. I found myself feeling like a street racer, and the intense gameplay added to this.This game was masterful in the gameplay department.
Graphics = 10
There was a sense of speed in the game, and the cars and the city looked great. Every track was fun and the look was credible. Graphics rate a 10.
Fun Factor = 10
This was just a fun game. Serious at times because I love to win!It was a super fun game.
Storyline = 10
The storyline was just enough, and not over done.It let you start out with a no nothing car, trying to build you car and your street cred.You got reputation points, and with every win you gained in add ons for your ride.
Replay value =10
You could go on and onabout this title. Replay value is solid for you money.

Features

• New guns and new moves make action more cinematic and intense than ever before
• Fully integrated Havok physics engine allows for interactive environments creating incredible combat scenes
• For 1 player
• Third-person action shooter game
• A violent, Film Noir love story between a cop and a femme fatale murder suspect

Reviews (51)

Good on the PS2, but not great as the PC!
The story is engrossing, I have to admit that I really like this game. But there are a good amount of problems, A) Too few levels and the levels that exist are too short. B)Graphics are avg at best
and C)the jumping/falling off ledges so frequently gets tiring.

But the pro's do outweigh the cons.
A) Great sound, B) A deep storyline, C) Cool guns, D) Some of the levels will really make you think.
The bottom line is that if you like this game, get the pc version! You can get 35 more levels on it!!

A Complete Mess
What do you do in Max Payne 2? You walk from room to room shooting enemies in slow-motion dives. Oh yeah, and there's a competent story and some cool dream levels thrown into the mix. Now I'm all for mindless shooting (Especially when the enemy AI is as good as it is here) but a number of serious flaws suck the fun right out of this PC port.

1. Load times- Around 45 seconds everytime you start a new level or die and have to respawn. And you will die often, so even though you can save at any time, it's annoying when you hit a difficult section of the game. Picture this: Die, wait 45 seconds to reload level, die within two seconds again, wait another 45 seconds, repeat ten times. Aggravating, to say the least.

2. Save System- Completely f-ed up, it never, ever saves automatically, and saving manually is one of the most tedious processes I've ever encountered in a video game. Since you should save alot, this is not a good thing.

3. Framerate- It's never smooth, even in a small room with no enemies, and during heated firefights it slows down to around 5 fps, absolutely no exaggeration there. In these moments you just move the analog stick and hold down the fire button, and the game's auto-aim feature that makes all your flying bullets somehow hit an enemy, no matter how off you are, does the rest.

4. Graphics- This game looks like crap. Everything is too dark, textures are pixelated like mad, and it just isn't up to par with even first generation PS2 titles.

5. Audio- Skips alot.

6. Other problems- Game freezes for a few seconds whenever transitioning to a cutscene, switching weapons requires you to take your thumb off the analog stick, leaving you vulnerable if you run out of ammo in the midst of a shoot out and need to equip a different weapon.

Basically everything good about the PC version is either ruined or missing altogether in this barely playable port. This game is a trainwreck, stay away, it costs about the same as a roll of toilet paper for a reason. Best used as a coaster for your icy beverage. I give it a...

4/10

Features

• Choose from a huge cast: Luigi, Peach, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Wario and many more
• Link the game with eight other players using a broadband adapter and race each other
• For 1-8 players
• Kart racing game featuring classic Nintendo characters
• Pick a partner and race through wild courses as you compete in tough circuits

Reviews (229)

Preety Good
I love everything of this game. The graphics,the sound ( big time) but there is some flaws. When you doing the Grand Prix,what happen to retry's if your 4th to 8th? This makes the game almost impossible. But that's a good thing. We want the game to be more challenging (ulike to Mario Kart 64). In this game,you cna unolock characters,karts and even battle areans.Now I've spoken about that,there's 3 modes in battle


Ballon Battle: Same as oriinal Ballon mode in MK 64
Shine Thief: Touch/Run into a sun and don't get attacked for 1 minute (this match is pretty easy for people who have the sun)
Bomb Battle: Collect bombs and hit people 3 times in a row to win!

Overall 4/5
This game is great except for a few important flaws.

One of the Most Replayable Games of Recent Years
Mario Kart Double Dash!! is one of the most phenomenal video games ever made; a game that makes me fondly remember what video games used to be.
Firstly, for Mario Kart veterans (who I am sure have already picked this game up), this is the most unique game in the series.Two racers now occupy each car.The racer in front steers while the character in back handles weapons and attacks (you can punch nearby players now and steal their weapons).If you play single-player, you control both characters, stearing and firing weapons, while a single tap of the 'Z' button will switch character positions.This comes in handy, since each character can carry a weapon, while only the character in back can use them.So, if the driver has a banana or a shell you want to fire, and the character in back has nothing, tap 'Z' and switch positions in an instant, without slowing down your car at all.
Because of the two-character mechanic, there are now two types of weapon boxes that you drive through to recieve your weapon: single boxes give only the character in the back of the car a weapon - so if the charcater in back is already carrying one, switch the charcater's positions when you drive through a single weapon box so that both your racers will now carry a weapon.Double weapon boxes give each racer on the kart a weapon, (if one charcater is already carrying one, the other racer will recieve a weapon regardless).In single-player, if both characters have a weapon, and the one in back fires theirs, the characters automatically switch positions on the car, so the character with the remaining weapon is instantly ready to fire.
In multi-player, you have a few options.Each player can control their own car and both characters on it, or you can each pick one character to race on the same car.If you choose the latter, both players will have to push 'Z' simultaneosly to switch positions on the car.So, if one player prefers driving, and the other prefers handling the weapons, you can stay that way the entire race, since the characters will not automatically switch positions (instead, the player in front can tap the fire button to toss his weapon to the player in back when they are empty-handed).Multiplayer is incredibly addicting; especially (surprise) in battle mode, which makes a welcome return.For players used to ballon battle from Mario Kart 64, the levels in Double Dash will seem small at first (though you can unlock a few more, one of which is bigger), but give balloon battle a chance.It is incredibly addictive, and nothing is more satisfying than hitting your opponent with an expertly timed shot of a green shell from across a level.(There are also two new battle modes this time around, but I found balloon battle to be the most enjoyable.)
One thing that surprised me was the game's difficulty.The learning curve is perfect, with three difficulty levels as usual, 50cc, 100 cc and 150cc racing modes.But for a Nintendo game, 150cc proved fairly difficult, which was a welcome challenge.Computer opponents are smart on 150cc mode, but make similar mistakes to the ones you'll find yourself making.They win races not by cheating (like in other games), but by firing weapons at strategic moments in the race, or using power slides around turns (do it correctly and you'll get a mini speedy boost at the end of the power slide).So, regardless of how far ahead you may be on 150cc mode, one simple error can prove devestating.On the flip side, if you are behind, one great, well timed shot can be all you need to take the lead.The gameplay is expertly balanced, and there is even strategy involved now in selecting your team and your car, since different players and cars have varying weights and pros and cons.Plus, each character has a unique special weapon.
In addition, the course design, as usual in the Mario Kart series, is flawless.Every course is unique, and you'll develop strategies for approaching each one.Moreover, the graphics are sharp, bright and colorful.Each course and each character has their own personality.
The replay value is infinite.There are plenty of unlockables in single-player, inlcuding new characters, courses (racing and battle), cars, and game modes.Once everything is unlocked, multiplayer alone will keep you coming back for more, not to mention besting your best course times in time trial mode.
This game is a great reminder of what used to make games great - gameplay and replayability, not graphics, physics or online modes.This is a brilliantly crafted game, a game that will appeal to all ages, both genders, gamers and non-gamers alike.
A true classic!

Features

• Enjoy out of bounds exploration and racecourses
• The mountain's 3 peaks are wide-open and full of collectables, secrets, and shortcuts
• For 1-2 player(s)
• Attack the mountain in this snowboarding adventure
• Beware of avalanches and lightening storms as you seek your adrenaline rush

Reviews (93)

Yet another good review
With all the other good reviews about this game who needs another. But I just felt like writing this one. First the game this off da chain but not that much better. First if you master Tony Hawk then the only thing to worry about this the racing which I consider a flaw. To think I do all the ramp stuff first and when a race comes up I think "Oh God no." Next is the longivity which is often a game's weakness. If the challege does not keep you playing the fun will. So what is the problem it enough levels especially for RPG fans who love long games. I would have given it 5 stars but for the would have to be perfect and it is not but it does come close.

AWESOME GAME
This is one of the greatest video games on the market today.SSX 3 will keep you entertained for hours and you will not be able to stop playing. One of the best things about this game is that it never gets old.You can play for a very, very long time and still not complete the whole game.There is so much fun jam-packed in this game that you may never complete it.SSX 3 is very challenging, but not too challenging that it is impossible to beat.

The conquer the mountain feature in this game is absolutely perfect. There is so much in it, and it has a great storyline.It can go on forever, and you will never tire of playing it. Trust me, if you enjoy competition and racing, this is the game for you.

The graphics in this game are also one of a kind. They look so realistic that if you weren't playing, you would really think a real snowboard competition is going on.It is great, and very refreshing to finally have a fantastic snowboarding game that is worth playing, and watching.

Another great feature is the tricks each player has the ability to do.Even though the multi-flips, grabs, and sideway spins may not exactly look completely real, they are so much fun to perform and watch.There are many tricks to do, and as you go on, you will always find more and more to come up with.

SSX 3 is without a doubt the best snowboarding game out there.At a price of 20 dollars, it is defintely worth the money and you will be glad you made the purchase.

Editorial Review

Features

• Ten massive gameplay levels spread across five major missions
• Open environment based gameplay allows players to take multiple paths and approaches to defeat the enemy
• For 1-4 players
• World War II themed first person shooter
• Epic WWII Action from 1941 to 1945

Reviews (240)

Inherent mediocrity
A loyal and content follower of the Medal of Honor series since its inception on PS1 many years ago, I nonetheless approached this title with a considerable degree of trepidation.I'd never been disappointed with any Medal of Honor title I'd laid hands on.Yet many reports of this game were lukewarm or downright negative, and I expected to find that the MoH developers had finally made a critical misstep.To a certain degree, as it turned out, that was eventually revealed to be just the case.I didn't buy this game when it was first released-was indeed planning on just bypassing this installment of the series altogether-but when I later saw new copies of the PlayStation 2 version of it for sale on the cheap, I gave in to the beckoning voice of nostalgia and series loyalty and snapped one up.

First things first.Controlling console first-person shooters with a gamepad-a realm long surrendered to PC titles, and for good reason-is an acquired taste, yet one that has definite benefits even surpassing those of a mouse and keyboard in certain aspects once a player becomes accustomed to the scheme and limitations.As I see it, the key is in relying on strafing with the left analog stick during active combat, using that technique to adjust aiming weapons rather than the right analog stick, which almost always tends to be too sensitive to aim where you want when the adrenaline's flowing.An area where a gamepad excels over computer controls in FPS games is the analog nature of the beast, being able to pan the camera view around at a slow, cinematic movie-like pace or at any variable speed you wish, as well as being able to move your character at any number of speeds-not just "walk" or "run."Another noteworthy feature that console pads have is the force feedback effect, which has evolved far beyond the mere novelty it once was and has become an integral part of the gaming experience.Having said all that, the analog control mechanics of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun are on par with other FPS console titles and take no getting used to if you're familiar with the genre.The rumble feature works to excellent effect, thumping with explosions, shaking with gunfire and thudding like a heartbeat when your character's health gets low.The button layout-customizable only from a limited array of predetermined options-is another story, and it took me a while to become comfortable and natural with it.

A staple of the MoH series is the actual black & white World War II footage used to augment game missions, employed before or after each long mission, and that tradition is carried on here.Unlike all previous MoH titles, however, this game involves no combat with the German arm of the Axis, focusing instead on the wars in the Pacific and combat with the Japanese.Indeed, the initial mission has you waking up on board a US battleship under fire at Pearl Harbor, rescuing fellow naval personnel, manning a gun emplacement on the deck and, later on, on a small gunboat blasting frantically at the Japanese war planes peppering the smoky, crimson sky.The PS2 graphics are well-implemented and are up to the task in this instance.It's an action-filled, pulse-pounding, impressive beginning for the game, yet is over all-too-soon.After a promising beginning, however, cracks and flaws in design and execution begin to surface.Multiple missions have you creeping through dense tropical island foliage, yet the graphics engine seems to be unable to properly render natural, organic environments; instead of actual trees, shrubs and wildlife, you're given solid green walls on either side of a given path with just the images of trees and shrubs painted on them.And while there is the occasional mid-mission option of choosing one path or another to arrive at given objective, the green walls are always there, funneling you through a narrow path with no choice but to follow it.It might as well be a corridor shooter in these cases.And while some of the foliage is decently drawn, other parts of it are so pixilated that they look like something from the Atari 2600 era.The original Tomb Raider game from 1996 on the Sega Saturn rendered outdoor foliage as good as this game does.It's difficult to overlook such glaring deficiencies after spending so much time with, for example, the highly-detailed, photo-realistic, free-roaming gaming world of Far Cry.Yet this is the aging PlayStation 2 and I realize that a developer can only do so much with the available horsepower.

Another acute failing in Rising Sun is enemy AI.So many other games have advanced what is expected of the artificial intelligence programming, and this game is definite window into the past in that regard.You shuffle helplessly down confined corridors whilst the opposing forces magically pop out at you from predetermined spawn points.They stand dumbly in front of you as you pummel them with lead.Sometimes they will run, take evasive action and find cover behind some object.Yet even at these times you can shoot an extended elbow or knee or head that's jutting up from behind said cover and the enemy soldier will just stand there and take it, not reacting to being shot until he falls over dead.Japanese soldiers never seem to act in tandem, never seem to formulate any tactic to outflank or work together to bring you down; they just stand or kneel and shoot until either you and they run out of health.It's like a shooting gallery, and I found myself becoming lazy later on in the game, usually not even bothering to duck or use cover in conflicts, just standing there myself and spraying short bursts of bullets around.During the entire course of the game, the only time my health really became threatened was when a large gang of machine gunners would surprise or overwhelm me, or on the few eyebrow-raising occasions when a crazed, sword-wielding samurai soldier would charge and begin hacking at me before I could plant a bullet in his brain.Magical, inexplicable respawning also occurs, much to my everlasting chagrin.Clear an area, nab an objective, retrace you steps and find the area suddenly semi-repopulated with opposition.And let's not even get started on the stationary machine gun emplacements.Sure, it's been done in the previous MoH games too, but it's sure getting to be old hat by now: any time you take control of a stationary machine gun, wave after wave after wave of soldiers will spring into existence all in front of you for your mowing-down pleasure.The funny part is, these swarming enemy masses present almost no threat at all to you behind all the firepower your wielding.Just fire back and forth, like putting out a fire with a fire extinguisher.Funnier still is that these forces don't even begin to exist in the game unless you man the stationary guns, so can avoid these little shootouts if you wish by just not walking up to any of the emplacements.

But all is not lost in the world of Rising Sun.For all the game engine failings during the aforementioned levels, the graphics are still impressive in the more traditional MoH settings.My favorite level of the game begins at night in Singapore, a stealthy infiltration on the docks.You're crouched in shadows, the old boards of the dock creaking underfoot as soft waves lap the posts and hulls of moored ships.Light fog rolls across the docks, casting and eerie, phosphorescent glow.Up on the mainland, glowing businesses and buildings of the town proper are visible: ghostly eyes shrouded in mist.Half-seen enemy guards lounge and patrol in lazy patterns.Equipped with a one-shot-one-kill stealth weapon, the player creeps along and either sneaks by them or takes them silently out, one by one: a muffled whoosh, a projectile contacting target, the sighing grunt as he falls and the fog-muted splash as he plummets to the murky depths.It's a great beginning, and the level progresses from there into the city proper with some open street-to-street combat and hostage rescuing.There's also a nicely done level that places you and a squad of friendly AI troops on board a small boat chugging slowly up a narrow waterway.Under shadowy night skies, under the impassive eyes of the moon and stars, under the overhanging, somehow menacing branches of trees and darkly emerald topography, the soldiers whisper back and forth.Did you see something?Did you hear something?Be ready, men.We scan the shorelines, left and right, left and right again, but see nothing.Time passes.The slight murmur of the outboard motor.The conversations of insects.The wind rustling through the leaves.Tension builds.What was that?Suddenly, gunfire erupts from the canopy of night: red on green and black, the ambush is on. Once again, a terrific, cinematic moment.I also liked most of the Bridge on the River Kwai level.From a distance, the far off outdoor vistas are compelling and epic, and working your way along high above the rushing waters of the river had a certain dramatic, cinematic flair to it.At one point in this level, you descend onto a line of railroad tracks, and I heard the oddest trumpeting, grunting noises coming from behind me.I turn around and, wonder of wonders, there's family of elephants mulling about on the tracks.It was such a cool, out-of-place, surreal moment.And another example of the uneven nature of the MoH graphic engine: amidst the backdrop of some questionable outdoor environmental visual rendering, these animated elephants were nearly photo-realistic.Later on, there's a fun little section of the game where you actually get to ride atop a big ol' elephant as he crashes madly through the woods, you all the while scorching the trees and surrounding rock formations with gunfire in an attempt to take down the bad guys before they can hurt you...or your friend, the elephant.

Yet most of the game falls in the range of average to slightly below average, and certainly a been-there-done-that feeling surfaces all too often.The single-player portion of the game is notably short, probably only 6 or 7 hours long.They attempt to make up for this by offering the enticement to replay the game several times to get better "scores" and thusly earn medals for particular performance grades, but I personally didn't see much use in that.There's also a split-screen, cooperative, off-line multiplayer option that affords you the ability to wade through all the single-player missions with someone else, which is a nice inclusion, as well as PS2 online support (which I don't subscribe to).There are a couple of classy extras thrown into the mix as well: interview clips of actual WWII soldiers discussing their parts in the conflicts represented in Rising Sun, and an interesting section called Letters from Home, which features the reading of actual letters written by WWII servicemen.Still, a few memorable gameplay moments and a unique platter of extra features aren't nearly enough to save this game from its .

LOOK AT THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i thought this game was pretty cool withall the japanese soldiers and pearl harbor and everything. other people say it's boring and the AI is bad, but i like mindlessly killing japs!!!!have played frontline and it is really col too, but i can't pick which one i likebetter. anyway, blowing upstuff is lots of funso ha!!!!!

Features

• Great arsenal of weapons from crossbows to chairs
• Several multiplayer modes
• For 1 player
• Stylish first-person shooter thriller
• Unravel conspiracy after conspiracy as you battle your enemy

Reviews (33)

multiplayeraspect online
I have only watch my friend play the story mode, but i have played this game online for non-stop hours. Let me say i love the online play. All though there are only 3 modes deathmatch, team deathmatch, and powerup mode, the game is so fun you just really dont care. Plus you can join in whenever, butwhen i mean by that is if theres a game going on you dont have to wait intell there done to join, you can just join in whenever. My only complain is theres no chat rooms, buddy list or usbheadset.
Theres tons of fun levels to play so your never bored. I hope my review helped you on the online aspect of this game. I really hope ubisoft makes a sequel to this awesome game and adds the chat room etc.

Bad game design and even worse acting and story.
Just why video-game designers love amnesiac main characters, I have no idea.Maybe they can never dream up more creative ways of generating suspense and mystery other than the ol' "Who am I?"XIII's main character is so devoid of colour, so boringly voiced and humourless, that even if the game itself were fun, the very fact that you have to play as an utter nerd for a main character just cripples the experience.

But this game isn't fun, either.Half of this game is an example of just how horribly wrong a stealth game can be when the elements aren't right.

As a shooter this game fares somewhat better, but not much more.Enemies strafe even faster than you and reloading takes forever, and their shots are so accurate that taking cover doesn't really help.This game is also extremely stingy about giving you ammo (an average enemy drops maybe two shotgun shells and 10-20 bullets).Frustrating, but at least there's action.The stealth part, on the other hand, is plain garbage for a couple of reasons:

- Who came up with the idea of helmets?I can't remember another single stealth game where a headshot doesn't kill an enemy.In fact, the very concept of stealth games is impossible without headshot kills -- unless you have alternate methods of distracting or killing the enemy (Metal Gear Solid's choke/neck-break and noise distractions, for example).
- I don't know where main character "Number XIII" learned how to shoot, because even un-helmeted enemies seldom die with a headshot.I've tested this by activating an invincibility cheat code, walking straight up to an enemy, and blasting him in the face.Nope, still alive and kicking.
- No radar.The "sixth sense" in this game which is supposed to replace this basic function is useless, because it tells you where enemies are by means of the "tap, tap" of approaching footsteps.Which means you won't be able to spot an enemy who's a foot to your right, just offscreen.
- When special events occur, they use a "window-in-window" technique which is interesting visually (a comic-book device), but unhelpful to the player.You don't know where these events take place in relation to your current location.And sometimes, you hear an important conversation that's somewhere in your vicinity, but the game doesn't tell you where it's coming from.

Give me No One Lives Forever anyday, if first-person stealth/action shooters are your thing.Cate Archer can kick "Number XIII"'s butt any day, and say more interesting things along the way.I bought XIII from the bargain bin and wish I'd gotten myself a nice dinner instead.Worth maybe five dollars, no more, and even then, I'd sell it the minute I finish it.

Features

• Customise visual effects through stylish and visionary moves
• From the makers of Steel Battalion, Devil May Cry and Resident Evil
• For 1 player
• Innovative platform game action
• Vividly comic cartoon-style visuals

Reviews (134)

2D gaming - great!
I'm glad to see that a "2dish" game is around for us that miss the 16-bit days when "Final Fight" and "Streets of Rage" ruled consoles. I bought this game for $20 (not worth more) and played it enough but simply stopped after a while. It's not that the game is difficult, it just doesn't "keep" grabbing my interest. I'm sure I'll play the game again but if I had to compare its replayability against a game such as the Wind Waker, Viewtiful Joe would lose. If I had to compare it to Luigi's Mansion, Viewtiful Joe would win.

Viewtiful.
Viewtiful Joe is a fresh experience that gives a major overhaul on the 2d side-scrolling fighting/platformer genre - one that many gamers have craved for since the bombardment of generic titles with bucket-loads of blood and neon-underlights.

The game runs a movie motif, and this theme is carried out consistently throughout the game. It's also the backbone of Joe's 3 VFX abilities (slow, mach speed, zoom) which are used throughout the game for puzzles, platforming and fighting. Amazingly none of these areas feel half-baked; Capcom have worked hard to provide a cool experience in all genres. While the fighting scenes seem extremely stylish and complex, it is actually simple to pull off; a testament of VJ's tight, intuitive and responsive controls.

VJ features an excellent graphical style reminiscent of a full-motion comic, catchy music and most importantly - rewarding game play concepts that encourages the player to be creative.


Viewtiful Joe is a must-have for your cube collection. Henshin-a-go-go!

phylot89

Features

• Rich Non-player characters
• Use the magic dagger to manipulate time
• For 1 player
• Action Adventure game with lifelike animation
• Perform acrobatic combos to outwit the enemy

Reviews (110)

WARNING- beautiful game, but hard
It is a wonderfully visual game, with a knock-out setup and great (when you can hear it) dialogue. But all the reviewers who claim the game is low frustration and easy... wrong! I adore this game, but I have never sworn at or threatened a game so much as this one. I was stuck on one fight for a month. I wish I was kidding. The big fights rely on timing and damn good luck, because sometimes you can make it the first time, and sometimes your sidekick dies fast and you will repeat the same fight infinitely. Too bad you can't skip ahead. Puzzles take time, but I only needed help with one. Seriously, the only flaw with this game is the fights.

its pretty
its pretty..u can walk on walls...thats about it...but why...why.....its a game made by the french set in persia with british voice actors..in america....okkkeday.....

and the gameplay is boring...ill go on record saying jumping on poles is not entertaing...the fighting is ok, and it was a good choice of not making it a button masher...u hold the block button for awhile and walk around till u find a opening, then u attack...its good fighting..and its good theres not too much of it cuz thatd get really annoying if it was one of those "kill baddies in one room, go next room, repeat" type of game with that fighting style

Features

• Seven exciting modes of play including Arcade, Vs, Time Attack, Survival, Team Battle, and Weapon Master
• Includes Link as nique special guest fighter
• For 1 or 2 players
• 3-D one-on-one fighting game
• 13 historic fighters plus all new combatants including Necrid, specially designed by Todd McFarlane Productions

Reviews (155)

Too many half naked chicks.
The only downside to this game is the chicks. Mostly all of them are half naked and disguisting, every movement you can see up their skirts and its gross.

But ignore that and you have the boys. The most gorgeous bishonen they have is Nightmare, one of his nipples is even an eye and with long blond hair is the ultimate fighter of the gae carrying around a giant sword (and I mean a weapon lol).

Their are extras which makes the game even more fun, a map to take your character through the world of Soul Calibur and opening new costumes (mostly only for the girls though grr..) and information, as well as new weapons and other things.

I bought the Gamecube version to use Link from the original Nintendo 64. But Soul Calibur 3 will only be on PS3 only.

MAXI
I LOVE THIS GAME.NOBODY CAN TOUCH ME.I CAN KILL ANYBODY WITH MAXI.MAXI IS THE MAN.THE FIRST TIME I PLAYED WITH MAXI I KILLED EVERYONE.WITH MAXI'S FAST NUNCHAKU,I CAN KILL ANYBODY

Editorial Review

The Legend of Zelda series practically defined adventure gaming for an entire generation. Link, the hero of the adventure games, delighted millions by starring in games for each Nintendo console from the NES and Super NES to the Nintendo 64. Link brings this beloved franchise to the Nintendo GameCube in The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and he's more animated than ever.

The first thing you'll notice about The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker is that it looks completely different from any previous title in the franchise. Nintendo has opted to use cel-shading technology on Wind Waker; the result is that the game looks like a cartoon. Die-hard Zelda purists initially howled at this change, arguing that the game skews too young. I think it's fantastic. The cartoon animation style allows for better expression of the characters, and several of the animations--like Link trying to pick up an object that's too heavy--are so cute that you can't help but laugh a little.

The second thing you’ll notice is a focus on wind. Instead of trotting around on foot, Link travels from island to island on a talking boat, but he doesn't get far without the wind blowing in right direction. Luckily, you'll learn how to change the direction of the wind early in the game, and you'll do so frequently--not only to power your boat but also to solve puzzles. Clever use of wind makes Wind Waker stand out from more conventional adventure games.

The third thing you’ll notice is that the game is just plain fun. Puzzles are innovative and refreshing, and despite some tricky puzzles, I never felt too frustrated to keep playing. The locales you'll visit are invariably exotic and fun to explore, and the host of bizarre creatures you'll encounter (friendly and otherwise) are always a kick in the pants. Moreover, though the look is radically different, Wind Waker feels like a classic Zelda game. Veterans of the early games in the franchise will experience more than a bit of nostalgia while playing it.

The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker is everything you've come to expect from a Zelda game, and it's one of the best adventure games to date. This is a must-have title for any GameCube owner. --Jon "Safety Monkey" Grover

Pros:

• New cel-shaded animation looks great
• Puzzles and characters are a lot of fun
• There's a special place in the heart of any gamer who's ever owned a Nintendo console, and that place is shaped like a Triforce

Cons:

• Some Zelda purists may be turned off by the cartoon look

Features

• Use a variety of weapons and gravity defying moves
• Travel through 5 immense environments
• For 1 player
• This little ninja is the last of his clan, the destiny of the world is in his hands
• Take on Master O-Dor and 12 of his evil cohorts

Reviews (22)

Wacko Ninja Goodness!!
This is a really great game.. The levels are fun but not too hard until you get to the last 2/3s of the game... It does get little painful have to go through most levels three times but over all it is way challenging. One of the best games I bought got the Cube and really the only game I am determined to finish!

Sounds fun
With all these reviews I've decided to buy this game. I have played a little bit of the tutorial and it left my jaw in the ground. The graphics are great. What I like is that you can explore a whole level. You don't just go to parts of the level you have to go like sonic adventure 2 battle. You can do much more things than in other games like in spiderman 2. I hope it is as great as they say because I thought animal crossing was going to be great but was annoying after a while. The screenshots of this game seem like they are works of art with all that action. This game reminds me of spiderman 2, glover, and mario. if like good butt kicking games you'll like this one because it has both action and adventure. And if you're in a bad mood you can just laugh at the size of the ninja. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. You can earn belts and sword upgrades to kick some butt.

there is great and then there's..................GREAT!!!
this game is the best game i got so far. it put your brain to the test and your video skills. All you really do is kill people which make the game good. and you won't bet it in a day !!

Features

• Over 10 3D worlds to explore
• Befriend the animals to get clues
• For 1 player
• You are Tak, a young shaman's apprentice
• Using magic (juju) you must fight evil to save the moonstones

Reviews (33)

Tak and the power of juju
For christmas i wanted this game despratly.I got it played it
for a few weeks I played it at least half an hour a day.But trust me this game gets old.It's great for awhile but if you want REAL fun get the sequal!

My name is Kyle Rich 5-10
i love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this game so much. this game is the best game ever i ever played my life. me and my brother play this game every day and last christmas we got it and i was so happy that i was about to crap in my pants.



signed the adrian lover

Editorial Review

Features

• Use 4 powerful weapons and hop in and out of vehicles including a hoverboard
• Meet fantastic characters with incredible AI
• For 1 player
• Futuristic adventure with mission based gameplay
• Take control of Jak and fight your way through hordes of enemies

Reviews (289)

Thought you knew Jak?
The first game of the now legendary trilogy, Jak and Daxter, was a light-hearted action/platformer/RPGish experience that broke new ground in that it showed just how beautiful, seemless, smooth, and enjoyable a game could be that combined perfect 3D platforming, traditional item questing (power cells anyone?), and fun mini-games. When a sequel was announced, and later released, doubtless many expected more of the same.

I remember the first time I fired this game up, and watched as Jak and Daxter were transported through a dimentional portal into a strange world. And then Jak was hit over the head with a gun by a soldier, imprisoned, and TORTURED with dark Eco. As Daxter tried to rouse his old buddy, he begged him to say something, and Jak finall did. His first words in the game series ever in fact. They were "I'm going to kill Baron Praxis!!!!!" Whoa.

So gone is the sweet and innocent utopia of the first game, replaced with a distopian nightmare futuristic city ruled by an evil warlord as he wages war with the new arch-enemies of evil "the metalheads". Some people will find the change shocking. Personally I think this game is awesome!

First of all, the free-roaming nature of the first game is kept in all it's glory, and there are NO loading times as you travel along. The sameattention to detail in the animation and graphics is evident from the get-go, as well as a great musical score, tight controls, and so much more gameplay that it boggles the mind. You can now transform into "Dark Jak" with new powers to use. You can use guns, and they are upgradable. You will get a hoverboard (how cool is THAT?) with which to cruise around town. You can jump into other people's vehicles and battle against the cops (or run from them if you're smart). While this game is by no means an M-rated violence-fest, it certainly captures that anti-hero-on-the-run feeling that makes futuristic sci-fi movies a blast. I couldn't help but think of Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, and other classics of the genre as I wandered around the town completing missions (anybody else find the floating fat weapon-loving slimeball reminded them of Baron Harkonen from Dune?).

Really the biggest change in this game from the first one is that while the platforming elements are still there, every segment is now a mini-game/mission of its own, and there are very few segments where you really just go from A to B to accomplish your objective. This keeps you guessing as to what will come next, and gives the game a fresh, addictive style. Of course your mileage will vary depending on how much you like particular mini-games. And speaking of varying mileage...

If this game has one FATAL flaw it has to be the rediculous level of difficulty found in some levels. A game like this really should make it easy the first time through and then give you the option of a higher difficulty setting upon completion. Even with infinite lives, without help I never would have beat this game, and that would have quite a pity.

This game has some truly great moments, and a story that just sucks you in further and further the more you play. The whole plotline of a savior who will deliver the inhabitants of the city, time travel, the war of the metal-heads, and the wonderful love triangle is just great stuff. And I'll never forget the opening of the Temple of Doom style level that's filled with spike pits giant bugs and flaming devices of various sorts. When Jak lept through the closing doors and I got a look at the level I was both awed and terrified at the same time. Kind of like when the final boss was revealed and the whole time-travel thing was finally sorted out.

In short, this is one of the great action/platformers of all-time. If you played the first game you should definitely play the second one. True, it is more like a PG-13 as opposed to the G of the first game, but sci-fi fans are bound to have a blast with its story, and true gamers will love the gameplay. Just keep a friend on hand to help out with the tricky sections.

What is this crap? Grand Theft Auto??
I got this for my cousin who was obbessed with the 1st 1. He loved the 1st one!But the 2nd one was horrible and DARK!Now all he does is go around and sqeal everytime he sees my boyfriend, Jack.He thinks he's Jak from Jak II because he has a goatee and his name is Jack. By the way this gets worse, my name is Ashlin. Poor ,little fellow. I will neverever buy this game again! You should put a warning label saying kids will run around in fear after playing this game.This is the scary part our family has a pet ferret! creepy huh?

Features

• PGA golfing game featuring Tiger Woods
• Take your custom golfer through the trials and tribulations of all the great courses
• Go up against some of the most famous fairways and greens with some of the top competition
• Play online with the Playstation 2 Broadband Adapter
• For 1 or more players

Reviews (58)

Too addictive
This is as good as golf except perhaps you don't get the exercise. It's so addictive that I found I was doing this every night for hours and hours, till I had no option but to return it I mean it was affecting my work.

Best game ever!
This game is a lot of fun to play, but it does take a little time to figure out the maneuvers. There are scenarios to practice skills to make your player very skilled. Also you can make your character look pretty close to your own image. It is challenging and very addictive. Fun for both males and females.

Features

• Run team-specific offensive and defensive sets for every NBA team
• Be the point guard on the floor and own the flow of the game
• Online options: go head-to-head against the best ballers in the country
• 10-Man Freestyle includes new animation, logic, and enhanced focus on rebounding
• Completely revamped player models and details

Reviews (110)

Didn't like it at first
I actually hated this game when I first bought it due to the revised game play. I absolutely HATED...I repeat HATED the hop step, and having a seperate shot and dunk/layup button. Months later near the release of Live 05, I started playing Live 04 and became accustomed to the style of play. Now I couldn't imagine it any other way. The game is dope, and the audio appeal aint bad either. Really looking forward to playing Live 05 and mastering it. I run through cats in this game yo. Hope this was helpful...peace

If games were given MVPs, this game would get it!:)
No rule about it. This game is fantastic. Now with the pro-hop button, driving to the hoop is simple. and the blocks are superb. The new and imroved dynasty mode is awesome. Even though the players dont look so realistic, it still deserves a 5-star. I hope Nba Live 2005 is just as good. I can't wait to find out.

Features

• Play all the Quidditch positions and execute all the high-flying moves
• Play as characters from the books, including Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, and more
• For 1 or 2 players
• The first and only way to experience complete Quidditch matches
• Play as any one of four Hogwarts Houses

Reviews (29)

harry potter quidditch world cup
this game is really cool you get to fight at different places like japan or france or many other places you get to chose your teams and you get to earn wizard cards to earn your broomstick or team like you can have a nibus 2000 or 2001 or even a firebolt the higher you are the harder it gets but its really fun this is like the best sports game ever well thats my opinion but this is better then harry potter and the prisoner of askaban or chamber its really cool. i hope this review was helpful enough.

Very Cool Game
I'm a HUGE HP fan, and I have any and everything involved with the series.This game is fun, and is challenging depending on who you're playing.It involves so much strategy, too!