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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Metal Gear Solid 3 returns with a vengeance in this special edition, which markedly improves an already great game while adding a new online mode and great extras. Read review

Specs: Mature, Aspect, Adventure, Action - third person tactical shooter, Realistic, 1 Player

• 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: The old fog needs to learn some new tricks. Read review

Specs: Mature, Climax Group, Adventure, Adventure - third person adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: It may seem ironic that Shadow of Destiny, one of the best PC adventure games to come around in some time, was originally a console game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Runecraft, Adventure, Third-Person Adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

• 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: The game retains the dark, disturbing soul that is the unsettling center of the Silent Hill experience. Read review

Specs: Teen, Konami, Adventure, Horror Action Adventure, Horror, 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: Konami, Adventure, 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: Xbox owners who've never played Metal Gear Solid 2 will find in Substance a highly intriguing, original action game with some truly impressive production values. Read review

Specs: Mature, KCEJ, Adventure, Tactical Third-Person Shooter, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Boktai would be a great game even if it didn't have a fancy solar sensor built right into the cartridge. That just serves to make it even more interesting. Read review

Specs: Everyone, KCEJ, Adventure, Horror Action Adventure, Horror, 1-4 Players

• 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: Aria of Sorrow will be familiar territory for fans of this long-standing series, but they'll love it anyway, and so will anyone looking for a great GBA action game. Read review

Specs: Teen, KCET, Adventure, Fantasy Action Adventure, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.5 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The pleasures of island life are cast away by constant frustrations in this tedious survival game. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Hudson Soft, Adventure, Action - adventure, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The original structure and narrative make Shadow of Destiny well worth playing, despite its minor flaws. Read review

Specs: Teen, Konami, Adventure, Sc-Fi Action Adventure, Modern, 1 Player

• 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: The game would have scored higher if it had come packed with the original game, but without it, it must simply be judged as an optional expansion pack for Metal Gear fans who crave a little more of that stealth action. Read review

Specs: Mature, KCEJ, Adventure, Tactical Third-Person Shooter, Modern, 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: Technically, Metal Gear Solid 2 is an impressive game--it's just that everyone's played it already, and most of those who haven't yet probably shouldn't. Read review

Specs: Mature, KCEJ, Adventure, Tactical Third-Person Shooter, Modern, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The Room retains the dark, disturbing soul that is the unsettling center of the Silent Hill experience. Read review

Specs: Mature, KCET, Adventure, Horror Action Adventure, Horror, 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, Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Adventure, General Adventure, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

The Bottom Line: The excellence of the games included make Metal Gear Solid HD Collection a compilation no Vita owner should be without. Read review

Specs: Mature, KCEJ, Adventure

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

The Bottom Line: The excellence of the games included make Metal Gear Solid HD Collection a compilation no Vita owner should be without. Read review

Specs: Mature, KCEJ, Adventure

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The Room retains the dark, disturbing soul that is the unsettling center of the Silent Hill experience. Read review

Specs: Mature, KCET, Adventure, Horror Action Adventure, Horror, 1 Player

• 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: Eye-catching visuals and creepy atmosphere aren't enough to make up for this game's poor pacing, cheap tricks, and muddled story. Read review

Specs: Mature, Double Helix Games, Adventure, Adventure - third person adventure, 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: Boktai 2 stands as a unique action adventure experience that's sufficiently different from the first game to make it seem fresh and interesting all over again. Read review

Specs: Teen, KCEJ, Adventure, Horror Action Adventure, Horror, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.1 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Rent it, laugh at it, return it, and never think of it again. Read review

Specs: Teen, Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Adventure, General Adventure, 1-2 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: Lost in Blue 2 features some fun minigames, but overall it's a remarkably tedious example of a formula not worth continuing. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Matrix Software, Adventure, Action - adventure, 1-4 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.9 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Nightmare Creatures 2 is a good idea fumbling over itself to be better. Read review

Specs: Mature, Kalisto, Adventure, General Adventure

• 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: Although tactical combat is the focus of the title, Konami has infused an element of hands-on action into this competent, story-driven strategy RPG. Read review

Specs: Everyone, WinkySoft, Adventure, Console-style RPG, 1 Player

• 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: If what you seek is solely some quality Frogger gameplay, and you're willing to forgive the facile story and run-of-the-mill graphics, Frogger's Adventures is certainly worth a look. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Konami, Adventure, Action - platformer, Fantasy, 1-4 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: If you are a Bruce Campbell fan, Broken Helix is worth the ticket price for his tough-guy histrionics alone. Read review

Specs: Mature, Konami Computer Entertainment Chicago, Adventure, General Adventure, 1 Player