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• 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: A genuinely original game of tactics, planning, and precision. Read review

Specs: Teen, Pyro Studios, Strategy, Real-Time Military, Realistic

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.6 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Hitman 2 fixes virtually all of the problems of its predecessor and stands tall on its own merits as an outstanding action game. Read review

Specs: Mature, Io Interactive, Action, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.4 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Not only does Pocket Pool miserably fail to deliver an enjoyable game of billiards, but its attempts at titillation are more depressing than anything else. Read review

Specs: Mature, Conspiracy Entertainment, Sports, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

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, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The PC translation of Final Fantasy VII is fundamentally the same game as the PlayStation version, which makes for both its greatest strengths and its most frustrating weaknesses. Read review

Specs: Teen, SquareSoft, Role-Playing, Console-style RPG, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Strategy and action merge in this complex and exciting sequel. Read review

Specs: Teen, Eidos Interactive, Strategy

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: RP, Io Interactive, Action

• 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: Strategy and action merge in this complex and exciting sequel. Read review

Specs: Teen, Eidos Interactive, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame

• 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: 7.5 (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:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.3 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: While those who are fans of the film might find some redeeming quality in Chicken Run, most should definitely avoid it. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Blitz Games, Action, General Action, 1 Player

• 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: Another five or six months in the cooker and Herdy Gerdy could have really been something special. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Core Design Ltd., Action, Fantasy Action Adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.2 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Just Cause is able to justify its relative brevity and disrespect for physical law with some extremely visceral and often satisfying action. Read review

Specs: Mature, Avalanche Studios, Action, Action - adventure, Action - third person shooter, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Everyone (6+), Games - sports, Sports - olympic sports, 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: Lego Star Wars is a satisfying hack-and-slash, but more importantly, the Lego style gives players a fresh way to see the franchise. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Griptonite Games, Action, Miscellaneous - kids / children's games & entertainment, Fantasy, 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: Tomb Raider: Anniversary's success is twofold; it does well by the memory of the original, and makes a dynamic action adventure game that's fun to play in 2007. Read review

Specs: Teen, Crystal Dynamics, Action, Action - adventure, 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 like the basic premise and action of the game, a number of very serious flaws quickly sap its entertainment value. Read review

Specs: Mature, Io Interactive, Action, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Mature, Eidos Interactive, Action, Action - third person tactical shooter, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.1 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Hard-core Tomb Raider fans should be able to overlook some of the flaws and enjoy this new installment for its engaging storyline, death-defying action sequences, and impressive locations. Read review

Specs: Teen, Core Design Ltd., Action, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.7 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: TimeSplitters 2 may very well be the best split-screen multiplayer-focused first-person shooter ever created. Read review

Specs: Teen, Free Radical Design, Action, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: While the underlying stealth action is mostly unchanged from the previous Hitman games, a diverse sequence of imaginative scenarios gives Blood Money its own fair share of violent thrills. Read review

Specs: Mature, Io Interactive, 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: Lara Croft's transition to the Wii is not an entirely smooth one. Read review

Specs: Teen, Crystal Dynamics, Action, Action - adventure, Action - third person shooter, 1 Player

• 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: Like Gary Coleman in Diff'rent Strokes, Gex is having a tough time showing off his range. Read review

Specs: Teen, Crystal Dynamics, Action, 1 Player

• 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:
  3.5 stars Very good

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

The Bottom Line: Xbox owners looking for a genuinely tough, original game should check out Commandos 2. Read review

Specs: Teen, Pyro Studios, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 1 Player