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• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.9 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: WWE Raw 2 just doesn't feel like much of a step forward in the series. Instead it feels more like a big step sideways. Read review

Specs: Teen, Anchor, Sports, Wrestling, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While the game does some things very well, it generally falls short of expectations. Read review

Specs: Teen, Anchor, Action, Wrestling, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: NASCAR Thunder 2003 is an impressive update to last year's game. Read review

Specs: Everyone, EA Sports, Driving, Racing / driving - stock car, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.2 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Even though it's being offered at a budget price, there just isn't any reason to play Worms 4: Mayhem if you've played either of the last two games in the series. Read review

Specs: Teen, Team 17, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - turn based, Science-fiction, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.4 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Featuring no improvements to its PlayStation 2 cousin, The Wrath of Cortex for the Xbox simply toes the line. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Traveller's Tales, Action, Action - platformer, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.3 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The sum of Revenge of the Sith's parts is simply a repetitious and fleeting experience that won't appeal to anyone outside of Star Wars' most devoted audience. Read review

Specs: Teen, Double Helix Games, Action, Action - adventure, Science-fiction

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: Tomb Raider: Legend is a brief but fun adventure that just about anyone can enjoy. Read review

Specs: Teen, Crystal Dynamics, Action, Action - adventure, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.0 stars Terrible

  Overall score: 2.0 (1.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If America's participation in World War II was as frustratingly terrible as this game, all of Europe would be speaking German today. Read review

Specs: Mature, Direct Action Games, Action, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.2 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a stupendous thrill ride that shouldn't be missed. Read review

Specs: AO, Rockstar North, Action, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.3 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Anyone looking for thrilling action with refined control and a great premise need look no further than Freedom Fighters. Read review

Specs: Teen, Io Interactive, Action, Tactical Third-Person Shooter, Modern, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Everything positive that has been added to Showdown doesn't do anything to counteract the mechanical artificial intelligence and visual problems that plague much of the game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Acclaim, Sports, Wrestling, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.4 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It could easily tide over Godzilla fans for a while, but it ultimately relies on the strength of its license to compensate for its weakness as a game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Pipeworks Software, Inc., Action, 3D Fighting, Science-fiction, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Manhunt is an audacious game that backs up its extremely violent subject matter with solid stealth action gameplay. Read review

Specs: Mature, Rockstar North, Action, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.0 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Frogger: Ancient Shadow doesn't bring anything new to the table, and, what's worse, none of the problems from the previous games have been fixed or improved. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Hudson Soft, Action, Action - adventure, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.7 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Action game fans ought to be able to settle in and blast their ways through Total Overdose's relatively brief campaign with reasonable levels of enjoyment. Just be prepared for one extremely cheesy ride. Read review

Specs: Mature, Deadline Games, Action, Action - third person shooter, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Path of Neo is a chaotic but pretty good brawler worth the time for those who still think fondly of the Matrix series. Read review

Specs: Teen, Shiny Entertainment, Action, Action - third person shooter

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: This is probably one of the better kids' games to hit the market in a while, and that it's clever and charming enough to appeal to adults is a testament to that fact. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Traveller's Tales, Action, Miscellaneous - kids / children's games & entertainment, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.8 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: With a license as big as the World Series, you'd hope for something more than a merely competent poker title. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Activision Value, Gambling, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Once you get over the whole rewriting-the-end-of-the-movie thing, Scarface: The World Is Yours is a competent but usually uninteresting action game. Read review

Specs: Mature, Radical Entertainment, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Older audiences probably won't be engaged by it, but Ty 2 should be easily appreciated by juvenile platformer fans. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Krome Studios, Action, Arcade - adventure, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.3 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While there's definitely a deeper overall package, it still lacks captivating gameplay, or characters you can even begin to care about--the two things you need most in creating an enjoyable platformer. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Artoon, Action, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The incremental additions found in Battlefront II improve upon the overall formula, resulting in another quality Star Wars game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Pandemic Studios, Action, Action - first person shooter, Science-fiction, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Guilty Gear X2 #Reload is a fast-paced, well-balanced fighting game with lots of depth and variety, so it's an excellent game online. And it has plenty of offline options, too. Read review

Specs: Teen, Arc System Works, Action, 2D Fighting, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.7 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: WWE Raw unfortunately does little to fill the wrestling void in PC gaming. Read review

Specs: Teen, THQ, Sports, Wrestling, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.4 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 94 reviews

The Bottom Line: Despite a rather short campaign and a disappointing storyline, Halo 2 is an exceptional shooter that frequently delivers thrilling, memorable, and unique moments in its online, co-op, and single-player modes. Read review

Specs: Mature, Bungie Software, Action, First-Person Shooter, Sci-Fi, 1-16 Players