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• 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: For as long as it lasts, Stranglehold delivers a satisfying, if somewhat derivative action game experience. Read review

Specs: Mature, Midway, Action, Action - third person shooter, 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: Ultimate MK is a sharp fighting game that's still a lot of fun, but only against live opponents. Read review

Specs: Mature, Other Ocean Interactive, Action, Action - fighting, 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: Everyone, Artificial Mind and Movement, Action

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The game does have its moments, but the racing simply isn't very exciting. Read review

Specs: Teen, Midway, Action, Kart Racing, Fantasy, 1-2 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: Deception is gory, intense, and quite complex, meaning it captures much of what has made MK an institution among fighting games. Read review

Specs: Mature, Midway, Action, Action - fighting, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• 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: The umpteenth Mortal Kombat game bombards you with characters and modes but does little to bring the underlying one-on-one fighting action to the next level. Read review

Specs: Mature, Midway, Action, Action - fighting, 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: Teen, Midway Studios - Los Angeles, Action, Sports - wrestling

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.3 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This 3D adventure game does expand on the movie's story, but it's also uninteresting and repetitive. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Artificial Mind and Movement, 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!

Specs: Everyone, Artificial Mind and Movement, Action

• 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: Based on Mortal Kombat: Deception, this version gains some extra characters but little else to make it worthwhile for fans of Midway's gory fighting-game series. Read review

Specs: Mature, JGI Entertainment, Action, 1-2 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: Psi-Ops sets itself apart incredibly well with its series of well-implemented psychic abilities. Read review

Specs: Mature, Midway, Action, Tactical Third-Person Shooter, 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: Everyone 10 and older, Full Fat, Action, 1-4 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: Total Destruction is a glossy coat of paint on an ancient gameplay formula that simply doesn't hold water in 2006. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Pipeworks Software, Inc., Action, Action - adventure, 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: Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. is a bloody 3D fighter that features jetpacks, shields, and other crazy stuff. Read review

Specs: Mature, Saffire, Action, 3D Fighting, 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: If you think a game about driving around in a machine-gun-toting car and blowing away anything in your path sounds like fun, then you'll get it out of RoadKill. Read review

Specs: Mature, Terminal Reality, Action, Car Combat Driving, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.5 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Ozzy & Drix has nice 3D visuals, but the game comes up short in every other aspect. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Raylight Studios, Action, Action - adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Mortal Kombat: Deception packs in some completely off-the-wall gameplay modes, but the core one-on-one fighting action--whether you play it offline or online--is easily its best part. Read review

Specs: Mature, Midway, Action, 3D Fighting, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• 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: If you're a fan of the previous game and you're looking for more of the same, Ties That Bind fits the bill, but more expansion on the themes of the first game would have made for a much more interesting final product. Read review

Specs: Mature, Surreal Software, Action, Action - 3D 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: Armageddon is a good entry point to the series, but if you've played any of the recent Mortal Kombat games, you'll see that most of this stuff has been recycled. Read review

Specs: Mature, JGI Entertainment, Action, Action - fighting, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Everyone, Artificial Mind and Movement, Action

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Everyone, Artificial Mind and Movement, Action, Action - adventure

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: For as long as it lasts, Stranglehold delivers a satisfying, if somewhat derivative action game experience. Read review

Specs: Mature, Midway, Action, Action - third person shooter, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.3 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This 3D adventure game does expand on the movie's story, but it's also uninteresting and repetitive. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Artificial Mind and Movement, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.7 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The Ant Bully on the Wii is basically the same uninteresting mess that came out for the GameCube six months earlier. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Artificial Mind and Movement, 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!

Specs: Games - action, Action - fighting