reviews

These are the review I wrote and posted at gamespot.com/users/drlove06472

Dark Cloud 7.3
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 30 to 60 Minutes
· Time Spent: 40 to 100 Hours
Gameplay
8
Graphics
5
Sound
8
Value
8
Tilt
7

Dark cloud is great at first but takes a turn for the worst at the end.
Dark cloud is great at first but takes a turn for the worst at the end. A dark genie has been released to the world and destroying the world. Toan Town has just been destroyed by the beast and finds out has the power to bring the town back. Toan goes around collecting orb which the part of the town is in and put the towns back together. During your quest you find characters that want to help you defeat the genie. This game is a long one, may take you 40 to 60 hour to finish. There are six worlds to explore and many levels filled with monsters, power ups, weapons, and orbs. Most of your time will be building up your weapons. Each monster you battle helps your weapon to level up and you can add on attachments to your weapon. There are two types of attachments, statistical enhancement and element. Statistical enhancement helps your strength, speed, attack, and magic. You can add elements of Fire, wind, lighting, holy, and ice to get a bit of help with monster. This works for example like in Pokemon, you use a fire type against a grass type because grass is weaker and against fire. Each character can hold ten weapons. The story is great but takes a weird turn just a little more than half way thought the game then comes back torts the end. *Spoiler alert* you find out you need to go to the moon, that right there made me go “ok that sound dumb”. It doesn’t fit in the story and the look of the game. It has that mid evils time look and sound. When your on the moon you never to find parts to this big robot and build it and when it’s done you will go face the genie. He gets away and you need to go to the castle. Guess what you have to done next? YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR MORE ORBS! What the $&#%? You think when you get there the boss will be there and you fight him but no. you have to go though 25 levels and collect orb of someone memories. After to collect all the orbs and put the pieces in the right place you can fight the boss and it’s a good fight. The graphs are ok, nothing that will give the PS2 a work out with. Some time it looks like a Nintendo 64 or Play station with great graphs. There are problems with the camera at time. It gets caught around a corner, you can move the camera but you can’t move and not be lock on to any monsters. And there is a problem with locking on monster. It’s easy to lock on them just press the circle button, but some times you press the button it locks on to a monster far away or nothing at all. I like to lock on the monster because you get a health bar on them but not for bosses, which I don’t like. There is no way to know how much health a boss has at anytime. I fought with a boss for 40 minutes and before he died, I was fighting him the wrong way. If I knew I was fighting him and doing little to nothing I would have changed something. The sound is good, the entire music fix the world’s just right. The music can get to you if you play in one world for a long time. The music changes when you are about to fight a monster. This is great to give you a warning that a monster is near. This doesn’t happen at the last world, I don’t know why not but I miss it. I saw in the credits that there are voice actors in the game but no voice. The entire names are Japanese so I guess the Japanese version as voice. I would love it if the American version had voice, that’s the one thing I would like in the game because I don’t like reading. This is the first RPG I have finished and I like it. Put aside the story this game is good. After you finish the game there’s a new world open with 100 levels and that have monsters that very very strong. That gives the game a great replay value. In closing this game not the best, the story brings it down to be ok game.

Grand thelt auto 3
The reason I got a PS2. 9.3
Gameplay
9
Graphics
9
Sound
10
Value
10
Tilt
9
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Amazing"

Grand theft auto 3 is the first time the series went 3D. One and two were top down 2D. It’s also the First time the game has a story. Some guy (never gives a name is the story) get betrayed by a woman during a bank robbery and goes to jail. When he and a few other prisoners get transferred one of the prisoner’s guys comes and breaks him out and letting you and 8 ball free. 8 ball helps you find work and thus the journey begins. You start with missions of pick up a person to saving the woman you love from the mob you worked for. The story is great but has a few to many twist and turn that make it confusing at times.
Besides the mean missions there are the now common side mission like taxi, police, fire fighter, and ambulance driver. Also don’t forget the hidden packages, car finding, ultimate jumps and rampages which have not been in the last few GTA games. With all this to do it will keep you playing for maybe over 50 hours.
The graphs are the best for a game from 2001. All the shapes and edges look sharp but everything looks real and has a lot of color to it. Loading screens when you go to inland to inland are fast still a pain to have them.
The sound is great not all the cars sound the same, people you walk by say thing but they make no sense like “in the navy” and “my money my problems”. It sounds like a brunch of phases from hit songs. The music in the game is some what good, there some you will like and not like. All the music was made for this game, there is a channel called flashback I would swear that some of those song are from the 80’s they are the good.
I played this game for a minute at knew I wanted this game and system. It is the reason I got a PS2 in the first place. Seeing Grand Theft Auto evolve in each game shows you that games are getting bigger and better each year. If you have never played a GTA game I would recommend Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. If you have played San Andreas and loved it try this. You may not love it but you will like it. This is a must have for all GTA fans and video game collectors.

Fuzion frenzy 2
Great for a quick 1000 points thats it. 4.9
Gameplay
5
Graphics
7
Sound
4
Value
3
Tilt
5
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Rent it first"

Fuzion frenzy 2 is a party game with 40 mini games but most of the games are the same. There are a few fighting games, button matching and coin collecting. Most of the games are button mashers. The games are easy and can master then quick. The graphs are ok but look last gen. There are some problems with the camera; in some games it is hard to tell distances and height. The sound is the worst; I thought the announcer from Crackdown was bad this one is the king. He repeats everything again and again. Ask how all the players are doing during the game and in games you have to jump he yells "UP! UP!! UP!!!”. The game is longer because of him talking. After 20 minutes Im yelling SHUT UP!!!!! And turn on the mute on the TV. This game has online play but good luck finding a game. I had to go in to the forum to set up a game because I searched and searched but couldn't find a game. The only good reason to play this game is that it is an easy 1000 points take a day. I played this for point for the old spice challenge, this game is a prize and I feel sorry who won it.

Saints row
A great rip off version of GTA 8.4
Gameplay
8
Graphics
8
Sound
9
Value
8
Tilt
9
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 40 to 100 Hours
"Just plain fun"
Every time a Grand theft auto copy cat game comes out the fans say it’s a rip off of it. Well they are right this about saints row. In saints row you join a gang that is looking to clean the city from the other 3 gangs. The missions in the mean story are too much alike, go here and kill these gang members or pick up this. There are 3 small stories instead of one big one but they all connect at the end. What’s different in the game from the GTA games are the side missions. They took the ideas of the missions and made little changes. For example escort mission you drive around with the escort and person while trying to miss the press. In the GTA version you drop off the escort and go to an other escort. Some side missions are the same like racing and looking for different types of cars. Online there are 6 types of games there’s gang brawl, team gang brawl, big a*s chain, team big a*s chain, blinged out ride and protect the pimp. The graphs look great and detailed; if you look closely you can see some times butterflies. There is lot of noticeable bugs and glitches. For example some time when you’re driving the car goes a way and you are just sitting in mid air. There is a youtube video about the glitches that I recommend you seeing. The normal sounds are like any other game. A few celebrities did voice work for this game like Tia Carrere and Keith David. There is a wide selection of music from rock, hip hop and even classical. Im not going to say if it bad or good because I not in to music.
If you a fan of GTA game and would play a copy cat of it then get this game. This game would be good to hold you over until GTA 4 is out.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
It's OK GTA for $20 7.2
Gameplay
8
Graphics
4
Sound
6
Value
10
Tilt
7
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Just plain fun"
I have played about 2 hours of it and have done 5% of it done. It looks like the graphics departmint was the last thing Rockstar thought about when making this game. It looks like a granny version of Grand theft auto. The water is the worst looking thing in the game, it should be in a 1990 computer game. You can see the squares of the shades of blue. The game play is challenging. The mean mission are the basics then it gets hard. The story feels like its goes no where but I only done about 13 missions. One of the hard things in the game i shooting. With some guns you can only aim at people. There is no new kind of weapons in this game. I forgot that like in every GTA game you lose the weapons and some money when you die. I got use to keeping them from the SA version where if you date a girl you get to keep the weapons. What I hate is everytime I die I have to go to the gun store and buy more and waste money on that. If you dont have money you have to do odd jobs to make it. There are some new odd jobs in the game, for example there's car sales man. You get to pick out of four car which one will are trying to sale first. All have different way you have to drive to sale the car, drive slow or fast and do stunts. After you sale one you go to the next one until all 4 are sold. There is also rampages, GTA:VC or GTA:SA dont have rampages only GTA 3 had them. That meanly the only thing I love about this game. For car there no one kinds but there's bikes in this. I use a cheat or two to go and find a plane and I didn't see you. I only found two ultimate jumps and they are wild because you have to go over water, so if you miss yo die. And no you can not swim. To some it all up this is a good game if you are bored and have little money.

God of war
Best game for the PS2 9.7
Gameplay
9
Graphics
10
Sound
10
Value
10
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 20 to 40 Hours
"Masterpiece"
God of war has it all. A great story, Graphics, and Game play. The story feels like it from a Hollywood movie. It starts at the top of tallest mountain in Greece with Kratos stand at the edge of the cliff. Kratos says “the gods of Olympias has abandoned him. Kratos walked off mountain falling to death. Just before he hit the water the game flashback three weeks earlier and you start the game. That scene makes me want to play the game nonstop until the end to find out what happen. I will not tell anymore about the story. If you want more get the game. In game play you get to run around Greece solving challenging puzzles and fighting dead worriers, sea monsters, a huge bull like creature, a three head dog and more. In the begin you have 2 blades that let you make fast hits. Through out the game you get new power from the gods, such as throwing balls of electric, turning enemies in to stone, souls of the dead, lighting power, a different blade that is strong but slow. With each enemy you get something like blood points, you use the points to upgrade your weapons. With each upgrade you learn new attacks and combos. The game only has only 2 bosses, I would of like to see maybe 1 or 2 more bosses in the game.
The graphics are like no other game I played. Great use of colors, some times looks life like. The game as some extras like behind the scenes that are unlocked after you beat the game. A little bit of warning, this game is rate M and it should be. I think no one under 18 years old should game this game because of a few scenes of nudity. In all God of war, or some call it GOW is a must have. So what are you waiting for?

Shadow of the Colossus
Unique game 7.3
Gameplay
7
Graphics
10
Sound
10
Value
6
Tilt
6
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Almost, but not quite"
Shadow of the Colossus is a game where you battle 16 huge creatures. I don’t real understand the story but I think this young guy in the middle Ages needs to save his wife and have to kill for all the giant creatures that are in village. I sorry if Im not right I got lost with the story. Other than not understanding the story Shadow of the Colossus still a fun unique game. You are armed them a sword and a bow and arrow. To defeat the creatures in the game you have to get to there weak spots. Getting to it is like solving a puzzle. You have to jump, claim, and hit at the right time to get to the point. Once you get to the weak point you plunge your sword in him a few time and kill it. The graphs in the game are the best; I stop sometimes to just look around at the beautiful scenery. To get to place to place you have a horse name Agro, the horse is beautiful and life like. There is very little music in the game and that best. You get to hear the wind blowing, birds singing, and your and the horse’s feet walking on the group. Music is played lite when you and battling a creature. Although I didn’t understand the story Shadow of the Colossus is a great game with its unique way of battling huge creatures to the amazing graphs.

Sonic the Hedgehog
When you think of sega who think Sonic. 9.4
Gameplay
9
Graphics
9
Sound
10
Value
9
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Easy
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Instant classic"
Sonic the hedgehog is a game that can hold the test of time. This Sonic game is good but not the best. If you have no clue what Sonic the hedgehog then where have you been? You are a fast hedgehog and you run around collecting rings and defeating a evil doctor. The graphics are a little fuzzy but great. With the music you won't get it out of your head. And the game play, well I miss not be able to do a speedy spin dash, and that take away some of the fun. In all if you have not played this game, then you are not a gamer.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The best got better. 9.6
Gameplay
9
Graphics
10
Sound
9
Value
10
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Easy
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Guilty pleasure"
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is more fast pas game with the 1st Sonic. What makes it more fast pas is the speedy spin dash (sorry if that not the name of that move). This game also introduces us to Tails, a hedgehog with 2 tails that can spin fast and he can fly for around 10 to 15 seconds. The bonus levels got moved from the end of the level where you get a certain number of rings there would be a huge ring. Now the bonus in at the check points, the same way the last bonus level work but a ring will pop up and u jump though it. In the bonus level you run in a tube trying to collect a number of rings. You move right or left collect and dodging mines, if you hit Sonic hits a mine all the ring he collected are lost and the same with Tails if he hits it. If you collect all the ring you need you get a emerald. But there’s a bad thing about going a Bonus level, you lose all the ring you had before you went to the bonus level. That is why I gave game play a 9. The graphics are more clearer then the 1st. In the bonus levels there is more of a 3D look to it. The sound is just the same as 1st. So in all this is a great game with one problem. But if you can over look it would be perfect.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the hedgehog 3 is the best of the 3
Gameplay
10
Graphics
10
Sound
8
Value
10
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 to 20 Hours
"Amazing
Sonic the hedgehog 3 is the best of the 3. Not only you can play as Sonic but as Tails as well. You get 2x more game play, Tail can fly to places Sonic cant and Sonic and use special attacks when he has 1 of the fore fields on him. The evil villain is his game is a different hedgehog name Knuckles. He is super fast as Sonic and he has the ability to fly. The graphs are great just as in 2 but the bonus levels have improved. The bonus levels have more of a 3d likeness to it. In the bonus levels you are on huge ball with red and blue balls on it, you must change all the blue balls to red to clear the level. The sound is the same as 2 no big different. I would say this is the best in the series, if you don’t count Sonic vs. Knuckles. I am counting it part of the series so that why I am only giving this game a 9.8.

X-Men: The Official Game
Bad bad bad 3.9
Gameplay
4
Graphics
3
Sound
6
Value
3
Tilt
4
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Disappointing"
X men 3 the official game is not like the movie. It’s like a bad side story of x men 2. The gang has to go back to the lake for parts to Cerebro then try to stop these huge robots that hunt mutant. In the game you play as Wolverine, Iceman or Nightcrawler. Playing as Wolverine feels to button mashie, it’s mostly fighting a group of bad guys at once. With Nightcrawler it’s just go here and teleport there and fight this 1 guy at a time. And with Iceman it mostly put out fires and he surfs everywhere on his ice. All three X men in this game have the power to heal them self’s, ok the good for Wolverine because he can do that in the comics but Iceman or Nightcrawler can’t do that. The graphs during a mission are poor; all the bad guys look the same and in most levels you can only move the camera a little bit by using the R3 button and you have to hold it to the position. That causes a problem here and there; in between mission the story is told by slide show style, still pics with sound. Having the voices of Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and others just makes the sound worst for me because they lend their voice for the junk. If you’re an X men fan stay away from this. Actually everyone should stay away. The only reason I played this game is because I got it for Xmas and could not return it. I will be trading it in now.

Glover
Ok for 2 or 3 levels 7.0
Gameplay
6
Graphics
7
Sound
9
Value
8
Tilt
7
· Difficulty: Very Easy
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Rent it first"
Glover really doesn’t have a story. A wizard is making a potion and it go wrong and his 2 gloves fly off and come alive, one good (that you) and 1 bad. You need to 6 worlds and get a ball and roll it though the levels and battle a boss at the end of the world. When you have all 6 balls the game is over, which I thought it would continue. This game is short; I finish the game in 3 hours. The graphs are good; there are some problems with the camera with moving it. It sound is great it matches the level perfect. I got this game for 6 bucks and I feel I got my moneys worth.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
WOW! 9.8
Gameplay
10
Graphics
9
Sound
10
Value
10
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Masterpiece"
Grand theft auto: San Andreas is a game where there’s always something to do. In the game you play as Carl Johnson; five years ago Carl abandoned Los Santos after a gang killed his brother. Recently gang member toke the life of his mother and Carl returns for the funeral and to avenge her death. In the Mean mission Carl go around trying to get his hood back but forget about it and tries to make a better life for him and his brother. The brother doesn’t want to leave his hood and says that would be running away form the problems. So Carl goes and gets the hood back. Now for side missions are endless; there are races, unique stunt jumps, collecting oysters and horseshoes, girlfriends and some on. There is some many things to do the strategy guide are all most three times bigger than Grand theft auto: Vice City. There are 138 different cars, 12 different bikes, 20 different planes and choppers, and 10 different boats plus 2 different trains. There are many weapons in this you can have your know personal army, handguns, shotguns, assault rifles, minigun, heat-seeking rocket launchers and more. The graphs are the best ever but some time the PS2 is trying to catch up with loading the graphs. There is only one loading screen. The sound is the best as well, great songs to listen to when driving around. There are ten radio stations with music from Foghat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Guns n’ roses, Ozzy Osbourne, 2Pac, Dr.Dre, Ice cube and much more. It’s been over a year since the game came out and I still have not finish it 100%; I am at 81% now. This is must have for everyone 18 and over.

Mario Kart 64
Must have for all N64 owners 10
Gameplay
10
Graphics
10
Sound
10
Value
10
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Just plain fun"
Mario kart 64 is a remake of the classic Super Mario kart for the SNES. This game plays up to 4 players. There are 8 characters to choose from. Mario, Luigi, Princess, Toad, Yoshi, Donkey, Wario, and Brower. There are 16 tracks spit in to 4 cups. The graphs are great. I like the different colors that are is the grass. In the rainbow track there are great looking neon stars and mushrooms. The sound is also great, the kart sound like real karts. Mario speaks though the menu tells you what’s going on. As I said in the title must have for all N64 owners. Don’t let the review form game spot stop you. No one agrees with that review, there is a thread about it in the forum. This game is just plan fun.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Remember the 80’s? 7.6
Gameplay
6
Graphics
8
Sound
10
Value
8
Tilt
8
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Guilty pleasure"
Grand theft auto: Vice City has very great 1980’s felt to it. Vice City took the look of popular TV and movies like Scarface and Miami Vice. This GTA is short there are only 21 mean missions in this. Then there are a few side mission, jumps, and hidden packages. This game introduces bike and chopper for the first time. It is hard to find a chopper but easy to fly. There is not much roads in the game. The land is 2 5-mile long islands with 3 small islands in between. The graphs are great but a little dull. The music is the best; they put the greatest hit from the 80’s in this game. It is fun just to drive around and listen to the music. If you are a GTA fan get the game, if this is the first time you are getting a GTA game pass on this one.

Spider-Man 2 pc
Pass on this platform version 5.3
Gameplay
6
Graphics
5
Sound
7
Value
4
Tilt
5
· Difficulty: Easy
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Disappointing"
Spiderman 2 is an easy game, I finish it in 3 in a half hours. In the game you run around beating up evil villains like Rhino, Mysterio, and Dr. Oct. The bad guys that follow the villains some have guns the shot these power ball that are slow. Some of the bad guys go down with three hit. One type of bad guy you had to web them in the face and hit them quick before a force field comes up, this bad guy I like because of the challenge. The graphs look like they focus on Spiderman and Dr. Oct characters. Mary Jane looks the worst like blocky and when she talks the only goes up and down like a nutcracker. The builds are ok but some tall builds you can’t climb all the way up. The sound is the only good thing I found in the game. When the bad guys see you they yell out something. Only get this game if you don’t have any game systems and found the game in a bargain been.

The Ooze
If you can find it get it. 8.9
Gameplay
8
Graphics
9
Sound
10
Value
8
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Amazing"
The Ooze was only released in Japan but you can find it in Sonic mega collect plus. The story to the game is Dr. Caine, an excellent scientist who invented achromatic, odorless toxic gas and its antidote, sneaked into the research lab he worked for in order to find evidence those crimes were being conducted by using the toxic gas he created. He was discovered by his colleagues and done away with by his own toxic gas. Little did the colleagues know he was now the ooze? Now as the ooze he has to go around collecting strains of human DNA to become normal and seeking revenge. During the search the ooze has to battle with man with flamethrowers and animals that were tested with the toxic gas. The ooze attaches by shooting little ooze balls at them or stretching like arm and hit them. The game was made in 1996 but the graphs look a 2 or 3 years old but it looks good. The ooze at time doesn’t look like a blob more like a squire. The graphs are real sharp and clear. The sound is also great; the music has a good beat that you won’t get out of your head. All the sound effects match great with what’s happening. This game is one good reason to get Sonic mega collect plus. This game makes me wonder what other games from Japan I’m I missing that are fun to play and great like this.

Duke Nukem 64
Best first person shooter for the n64 9.3
Gameplay
9
Graphics
8
Sound
10
Value
9
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Rocks"
Duke Nukem 64 is the 3rd game from 3D Realms. If you are wondering what the story about go look somewhere else. I could not read the story that was played in the begin of the game, it was going to fast. There are 29 levels and 3 bosses in the game. The aliens are spread out so you won’t be over whelmed by them. A lot of the enemies will go down with a few shoots but there are mini bosses in some level and take a bit more to kill them. In each level there are secret place, in these places are babes to save. Saving the women is a side mission. The graphs are great but some objects have a 2D look to them. When you turn the objects turns as well. The sound is great the alien’s sounds scary and Duke says phases during the game. That makes the game different; other characters go around killings and say nothing. Face it Duke Nukem forever will never come out. But you can still have fun with this game.

God Hand
A great beat them up game. 8.8
Gameplay
9
Graphics
7
Sound
10
Value
9
Tilt
9
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 to 20 Hours
"Mixed reactions"
Gene is a 23 year old with the power of god in his hand thus the name of the game God hand. Belze wants the god hand, with the help of Arel, Elvis, Shannon, and their minions go after Gene for the god hand. In the game you have 114 techniques to use and buy and you can make up combos with them. There are 29 roulette moves; you must have orbs to use this. Some take 1 other that are stronger take 2 or 3. And there’s the God hand when the bar goes gold you can unleash the power of the god hand. The power of the god hand is not just his hand its both his arms and legs and his whole arm is the god hand. I guess God arm doesn’t sound great. At times the game a bit button mashie. There are a few things to do in between levels like buying moves, gambling, fight for cash and practice you’re fighting moves with a dummy. In some levels there is the little devil; she offers you a challenge like finish these people off before time runs out or something else. The graph look great but the camera drives me nuts. If there is a wall or a bad guy behind me I sometimes can’t see a thing. Other time if you’re near a wall the wall disappears. An other problem was turning if my back was facing the bad guy you press L1 to turn 180 some time I press it and nothing. The best thing in the game is the music, a nice rock mix. It goes great with the game. If you’re a fan of Devil may cry then I would get this game. Even with its problem it is still a great game.

SpongeBob: Bikini Bottom
Stays true to the show 7.5
Gameplay
8
Graphics
10
Sound
1
Value
5
Tilt
9
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Just plain fun"
Plankton has finished his new robot to take over Bikini bottom and the Kraby patties. But Plankton forgot to flick the switch to obey Plankton. Mr. Krabs send Spongbob to stop Plankton and his robots. There are 4 chapters and in each chapter there are 6 levels plus a boss fight. In each level there are 20 Kraby patties and if you collect them all you get a bonus level. The first few levels are too easy but then there is a level where you are in Sandy’s dome and you have to keep yourself wet or you die. Then the levels are come more about puzzle solving. The bosses are the fun part of the game for me. They are the hardest parts in the game. The graphs look just like the show, all the stars look just like from the show and the way they speak is the way the star speaks in the show. The sound, I would just play this game with the sound off. Every level is this loop of a short tune that gets in your head and you want to rip your ears off to end the pain. There is no reason to play this after you finish it. If you are a big fan of the show get this game and if you are not stay away from this.

X-Men: Mutant Academy
BAD BAD BAD 3.5
Gameplay
4
Graphics
8
Sound
1
Value
1
Tilt
3
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"All flash, no substance"
X-Men: Mutant academy just looks good. That’s it the graphs are the best thing in game because everything else sucks. Story mode in the game has no story. It shows the Professor looking at a monitor and then the fighting begins, that’s a story? The fight is just kicking and some punch and some use their power and there are 1 or 2 special moves. There is this rage gage it don’t do anything. I push every button and its doesn’t do a thing. There is a battle mode where you get to pick the fighter. There is also survival mode; it’s the same as story mode. And there is training where the other fight just stands there. The sound is just a little tune playing over and over. Don’t get this game; don’t even look at this page of the game. Why are you reading this review?

BattleTanx 9.1
It’s been out for 9 years and it is still fun to play
Gameplay
8
Graphics
9
Sound
8
Value
10
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Great multiplayer"
In the game Battle tanx a deadly virus wipes out most of the female on earth. The few remaining woman left are gathered by marauding gangs who rule this post apocalyptic world. You play as Griffin Spade and your mission is to go across the radioactive wasteland that was American and find your girlfriend. There are 17 levels in single player. The levels are small but filled with enemies. There are small run bots and huge laser bots, and tanks. In the levels there are up grades for your tank like radar, missiles, grenades, mine, guiding missiles, and nukes. There are bonus levels where you are in a bigger tank that can only move side to side and you need to shot the tanks that are coming at you before they blow you up and try to do all 5 rounds. There is a lot of fun in the multiplayer. There is annihilation where you have a small army and you battle the other army. Battlelord where you have an army and must get the queen from the other base. Deathmatch where you use tanks and small gun tank to take each other out and there is family mode with just tanks. These entire modes and be played alone against the game. With 4 multiplayer modes that bring more game play in to the game where the story mode left. If you have a Nintendo 64 and happen to find this game, do you self a favor and get it.

Diddy Kong Racing
Has the feel of Mario kart but when lost it. 8.8
Gameplay
8
Graphics
9
Sound
10
Value
9
Tilt
9
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Almost, but not quite
In Diddy Kong racing you race around collect balloons to get to the other tracks. There are 5 areas to find tracks. Each area has four normal tracks, a bonus level where you collect coins and a boss track that’s where you race against a big animal. After you win the four normal tracks you race the boss and when you beat him is where the game takes a bad turn. The boss challenges you to race the four tracks again and collect 8 coins in the track and win the race. That just ruined the game for me. To this day I still have not been able to finish the game because the coin are hard to get in some track and on top of that I need to win the race. One thing in the game that there and not needed is these bananas; there is no use for them. The graphs are great for a 64 game but I see sometimes a racer move up and down a bit. The sound is also great there is a lot of voices work in the game. There is a genie that talks and oh yeah you race with him to in his game. Ever track is called out, says ready set go and all the bosses speak. The music goes well with each track for snowy track the tone of the music goes with it. If you are great at racing game and so happen to find this game get it.

Pokemon FireRed Version
Pokemon LeafGreen Version
Gameplay
9
Graphics
10
Sound
9
Value
9
Tilt
10
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 100 or More Hours
"Guilty pleasure"
Great remake of the game that started it all
Pokemon Fire red and leafy green is basically an improved version of the first Pokemon games for the Gameboy (red and blue version). You start off as a new comer in the world of Pokemon and you go see professor Oak to pick out your 1st Pokemon like in most of the Pokemon games. You can choose three different type of Pokemon; grass, fire or water. Then you are off to battle eight gym leader and lots of Pokemon trainers on the way. In between this you battle, capture and train Pokemon. There are 150 in Pokemon you can have and after you beat the elite eight then you can start trading Pokemon from the other Gameboy advance and Gamecube Pokemon games. There are hours and hours of trade, raising and battling in the game and with friends. The graphs are great with this game. Ever Pokemon move has its own look and sound to it. All the Pokemon just the same as in the cartoon. The music adds to the game mood. In music changes every town, enter a town the music fades out and the music that does with that town and the music matches out really well with the look and feel of the place you are at. If you never have played a Pokemon game Fire red and Leafy green are the best games to start with. They give you all you need to know. These two versions are a most have for all Pokemon fan out there.

James Bond 007 in Agent under Fire
Looks good plays bad 5.5
Gameplay
5
Graphics
7
Sound
9
Value
6
Tilt
4
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 20 to 40 Hours
"Disappointing"
James Bond 007 in Agent under Fire has an original story in the game. The story about stopping an evil organization from cloning world leaders, very good story would like to see it be made in to a movie. The game play is bad at most places, for example the A.I. I could be beside a bad guy and shoot him once he won’t move. The worst thing on the game is the bullet. One problem is the bullet speed just looks to slow. In the game there are objects that you can shoot down for example in the first mission there is a box hanging on a rope (I don’t know why but have you ever seen a box hanging on a rope?) if you shoot at it the box will fall on the bad guy. So you shoot at it and before the bullet is half way there the boxes falls. A other problem is that some gun don’t shoot straight, I could be 5 feet away from a guy and half of the bullets will hit him because the other half are flying left and right of him. The graphs are great during the cut senses but the people in them look like raisins they are all wrinkled. During game play is ok there could be some more detail here and there. The only thing in the game that has no problems is the sound. Everything sound real and there is no music during game play and that make the game play more exceeding. If you are a huge Bond fan and could get a friend to play the game for you so you don’t have to play this terrible game than get this game.

Enter the Matrix
Games for die hard Matrix fans 7.5
Gameplay
9
Graphics
8
Sound
7
Value
9
Tilt
5
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 20 to 40 Hours
"Worth playing"
Enter the Matrix is a side story to the movies the Matrix reloaded and the Matrix revolutions. The story follows the missions of Niobe and Ghost. You choose one of these two people to play the game as. You get different games with each one but mostly just going a other way to finish the task in hand. Some level are different where you ether drive (play as Niobe) or shoot (play as Ghost). The story doesn’t add too much to the story from the movies but die hard fan of the movies will love it.
The game play has some problems here and there but mostly can play threw. One big problem is if you are playing as ghost on easy and you are in the level boss fight with a helicopter the game will crash. I have tried this on three different copies of the game and all three copies crashed at the same place. Some things in the game bug me very much for example your person only jumps not even a foot high. In the first movie they are jumping building to building like 30 feet in the air. Even when you use focus (that lets you slow everything down and lets you do things like in the movies) still jump at the same height. An other thing that bugs me is the way their arms move when they run, looks very stiff and like a robot. The game uses live action video in the game. If you have watched the video review that Jeff Gerstman did he says that the clips are from the movie. Well he is wrong; I never saw most of the footage from the game in the movies. The game play graphs are little blocky, looks that the game from the beginning of the PS2. In one level there is fire and if you look at it for a few seconds you can see it’s a clip that loops and does it very badly. One good thing I found no glitches in graphs.
The sound is not all the great. At time the music skips and the music is load at some points. The music fits the game at points. The gunfire doesn’t sound real. When you throw a punch or a kick in the air you get a whoosh sound like in the cartoons. The sound the game makes where you use focus is a great it adds more feel to using it.
If Atari fixes a few problems on this game it could be a great game for all gamers. But this game is only game for Matrix fans. One great thing in the game is a clip where Jada Pinkett-Smith and Monica Bellucci kiss, totally hot. If you have not gotten this yet and you a fan of the movies, I guess you don’t care about the story so much.

Uno
Must have for all 360 owners
Gameplay
9
Graphics
10
Sound
9
Value
10
Tilt
8
· Difficulty: Just Right
· Learning Curve: 0 to 30 Minutes
· Time Spent: 10 Hours or Less
"Just plain fun"
The classic card game Uno is on the xbox 360. You can play with computer or with people over xbox live. You can chat and view people who have them xbox cams. You can play a regular game or you can change the rules like draw card until you get a card you can put down or point total for a win. You can also play two on two. The Achievements are easy to get I got all but two in a few hours. The graphs are great, in the background there is moving circles and lines and it’s very nice to look at. The music is also great very com and smooth to listen too. This is a great game to play to pass the time and if you have xbox live gold you must have this game.