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• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.8 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The license goes a long way to keep the game and story interesting, but it's frustrating that the game itself wasn't better. Read review

Specs: Mature, Iguana Entertainment, Action, General Action, 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:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.4 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you're dead set on experiencing this title, you'd be better off going with the N64 version, or maybe even wait for the Dreamcast release. Read review

Specs: Mature, Acclaim, Action, General Adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.1 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you can look past some of the game's mechanical shortcomings and the PC version's annoying compatibility issues, you'll likely be pleased with what Gladiator has to offer. Read review

Specs: Mature, Acclaim, Action, Fantasy Action Adventure, Fantasy, 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: Those who waited for the GameCube version of Extreme-G 3 have been rewarded with a superior version of the game. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Acclaim, Driving, Futuristic Racing, Sci-Fi, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.0 stars Terrible

  Overall score: 2.8 (1.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Indeed, it is a dark day when games like this are released. Read review

Specs: Teen, Acclaim

• 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: The crash mode alone makes this game worth seeing, and the inclusion of a well-done championship mode makes it the best arcade-style racing game available on the Xbox. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Criterion Games, Driving, Racing / driving - GT/street, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.5 stars Abysmal

  Overall score: 1.4 (0.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: South Park is definitely one of those games that is bound to come up when you start thinking about the worst game you've ever played. Read review

Specs: Mature, Appaloosa Interactive, Action, General Action, Science-fiction, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.8 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While games like EA's Street series and NBA Ballers have proven that street sports can be done right in video games, Freestyle Street Soccer proves that you can also do them very, very wrong. Read review

Specs: Teen, Gusto Games, Sports, Soccer Arcade, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.4 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Aside from making the 'groundbreaking' move of featuring a lot of cursing and strippers, BMX XXX doesn't do anything particularly well. Read review

Specs: Mature, Z-Axis, Ltd., Sports, Biking, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.9 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Despite its flaws, Shadow Man 2econd Coming will likely manage to draw you in, especially if you can get into the creepy aesthetics and earnestly engaging story. Read review

Specs: Mature, Acclaim, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.0 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: To quote Bob "Company Synthetic" Dole: Just don't do it. Read review

Specs: Mature, Probe Entertainment Limited

• 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: Re-Volt has its share of problems and ends up being only decent when it could have been great. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Acclaim, Games - racing / driving

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Worms 3D stands up as a cute, quirky little strategy game that has some excellent multiplayer capacity. Read review

Specs: Teen, Team 17, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Fantasy, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.4 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Aside from making the 'groundbreaking' move of featuring a lot of cursing and strippers, BMX XXX doesn't do anything particularly well. Read review

Specs: Mature, Z-Axis, Ltd., Sports, Biking, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.6 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Even though Speed Kings doesn't stray very far from the Burnout 2 formula, it's a solid racer that does a great job of conveying an insanely fast sense of speed and requires you to think and react in an instant. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Climax Group, Driving, Street Motorcycle Racing, Realistic, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: This 3D real-time strategy game features enough dazzling visuals for several games of its type, but it's hampered by its been-there-done-that gameplay and poor unit intelligence. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Charybdis, Strategy, General Strategy, Science-fiction, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.9 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The game doesn't perform all that well on the PC. Read review

Specs: K-A, Acclaim

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.6 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While this game has some admirable qualities, in the end it falls short of the high standards set by Madden '97. Read review

Specs: K, Acclaim, Sports, Football Sim, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.1 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you can look past some of the game's mechanical shortcomings, you'll likely be pleased with what Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance has to offer. Read review

Specs: Mature, Acclaim Studios Manchester, Action, Beat-'Em-Up, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The crash mode alone makes this game worth seeing, and the inclusion of the well-done championship and multiplayer modes makes it a must-own for fans of arcade racing. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Criterion Games, Driving, Arcade Racing, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: K-A, Acclaim, Sports, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: With much better alternatives available on the PS2, Legends of Wrestling II can't be recommended to anyone but the hard-core wrestling fan looking for a little nostalgia. Read review

Specs: Teen, Acclaim, Sports, Wrestling, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.5 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Aside from the game's exceptional QB challenge mode, there isn't much that really stands out in Quarterback Club 2002. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Acclaim, Sports, Football Sim