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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 11 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sims 2 is a great sequel and a great game in its own right, and it's recommendable to just about anyone. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Virtual Life, Virtual Life, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: While it's not the revolutionary title it initially promised to be, Freelancer delivers the exact combination of addictive and accessible gameplay that the genre has needed for a long time. Read review

Specs: Teen, Digital Anvil, Simulation, Small Spaceship Sim, Sci-Fi, 1-32 Players

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Games - miscellaneous / entertainment / educational, Miscellaneous - cards

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Teen, Contendo Media, Action

• CNET Editor rating:
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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Games - strategy / tactics / wargame, Strategy / tactics / wargame - entertainment park builder, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Tera's fun combat has an immediacy that keeps you hooked for a good long while in spite of the game's bland questing. Read review

Specs: Mature, Bluehole Studio, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 31 reviews

The Bottom Line: Those looking for a complex and interesting real-time strategy game with fantastic good looks and some historical flavor will find just what they want in Age of Empires III. Read review

Specs: Teen, Ensemble Studios, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Historical, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Spore's first full expansion is overflowing with wit and charm, and it offers resourceful players a chance to get creative. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Electronic Arts, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Miscellaneous - virtual life

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: X-Plane is a fantastic sandbox that makes a terrific counterpart to the much more rigid Flight Simulator series. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Laminar Research, Simulation, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you missed out on the console versions of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, the PC version ultimately won't disappoint. Read review

Specs: Teen, Radical Entertainment, Driving, Mission-based Driving, Fantasy, 1 Player

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  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: RP, Paradox Interactive, Strategy

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.0 stars Terrible

  Overall score: 2.1 (1.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This game fails to deliver even the most garden-variety zombie-killing thrills, due to its inept combat, bad visuals, and cripplingly stupid artificial intelligence. Read review

Specs: Mature, Brainbox Games, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.2 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Even if you forgive the flimsy story and derivative gameplay, you'll have a hard time getting past the frustrating technical problems that plague this game. Read review

Specs: Mature, Luxoflux, Inc., Adventure, 1 Player

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  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The WarChiefs expansion adds some interesting new elements to the tried-and-true gameplay of Age of Empires III. Read review

Specs: Teen, Ensemble Studios, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Historical, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Robust and challenging single-player modes, strong online multiplayer, and gorgeous visuals make this a must-have for any fighter fan. Read review

Specs: Teen, Capcom, Action, Action - fighting, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.8 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Dawn of War is a testament to what can be so great about real-time strategy, and it captures the grim and brutal world of Warhammer 40,000 extremely well. Read review

Specs: Mature, Relic, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Sci-Fi, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.3 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Performance and control issues make the PC version of Spider-Man 3 more problematic than its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 counterparts. Read review

Specs: Teen, Beenox, Action, Action - adventure, Science-fiction, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 8 reviews

The Bottom Line: Fallout 3 is a profoundly engrossing role-playing game just waiting to reveal its deep, dark mysteries. Read review

Specs: Mature, Bethesda Game Studios, Role-Playing, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.6 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Zero Hour fundamentally improves the core game, and it should ensure that Command & Conquer: Generals continues to be popular well into the next year. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time

• 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: Platoon isn't a bad game by any means, but it could have been much, much better. Read review

Specs: Teen, Digital Reality, Strategy, Real-Time Military, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.7 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: Rainbow Six is reinvented and reinvigorated for a new age thanks to beautiful visuals and top-notch tactical shooting action. Read review

Specs: Mature, Ubisoft Montreal, Action, Action - first person tactical shooter, Realistic, 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: Not an intensely complicated game with intricate strategic developments to begin with, it's now just a guess-fest. Read review

Specs: Everyone, NMS Software, Strategy, General Action, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It features a blend of stealth, covert surveillance, and high-powered firefights at secret military bases, though the game also has several significant shortcomings. Read review

Specs: Mature, Innerloop, Action, Tactical First-Person Shooter, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.4 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: No other multiplayer-focused action game has this much to offer. Read review

Specs: Mature, Epic Games, Action, First-Person Shooter, Sci-Fi, 1-32 Players