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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.5 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Red Alert 2 offers lots of challenges and variety for real-time strategy players of all skill levels, and it'll be particularly fun for fans of previous Command & Conquer games. Read review

Specs: Teen, Westwood Studios, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Sci-Fi, 1-8 Players

• 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 not be quite up to the level of quality of its Xbox counterpart, but TOCA 2 is still a very good choice for PC owners on the hunt for a new racer. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Driving, General Driving, 1-12 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: After playing through Army Men: Sarge's War, it's likely that you'll find yourself wondering why anyone bothered to salvage the Army Men license at all. Read review

Specs: Teen, Tactical Development, Action, 1 Player

• 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: Etherlords II is easily recommendable not only to anyone with an interest in collectible card games, but also to those who'd like a turn-based strategy game with a twist. Read review

Specs: Teen, Nival Interactive, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.0 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's classic mysteries ruins great acting and atmosphere with lots of tedious busywork. Read review

Specs: Teen, AWE Games, Adventure

• 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: At best, D-Day offers up a tepid serving of cookie-cutter RTS gameplay. At worst, it makes you descend into micromanagement hell. Read review

Specs: Teen, Digital Reality, Strategy, 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: Teen, Pandemic Studios, Action, Action - adventure

• 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: Secrets of the Ark is a little too in love with itself, but this is still a first-rate traditional adventure with a great story and mostly commonsense puzzles. Read review

Specs: Teen, Sumo Digital, Adventure, Adventure - third person adventure, Fantasy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: If you have any interest whatsoever in off-road racing you'd do well to take this beautiful and thrilling game for a spin. Read review

Specs: Teen, Codemasters, Driving

• 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: Ambulance Driver is a horrible mistake of a game that should never have been made. Read review

Specs: Teen, Antidote Entertainment, Driving, Simulation - car racing, Simulation - medicine, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  1.5 stars Poor

  Overall score: 3.6 (1.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The novelty of the Vietnam War setting is just about all that Whirlwind Over Vietnam has going for it. Read review

Specs: Teen, G5 Software, Simulation, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Those that are experienced enough to explore the new lands Velious has to offer will certainly find these areas to be extremely challenging and rewarding. Read review

Specs: Teen, Sony Online Entertainment, Role-Playing, Massively Multiplayer Online, Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: While The Road to Rome isn't the most ambitious expansion pack ever made, it makes a great game even better. Read review

Specs: Teen, Digital Illusions, Action, First-Person Shooter, Historic, 1-64 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: This simple real-time strategy game isn't original, but it's a lot of fun. Read review

Specs: Teen, Wargaming.net, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time

• 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: The well-realized license in this third-person shooter can hide the myriad problems for only so long. Read review

Specs: Teen, High Moon Studios, Action, Action - first person shooter, Science-fiction

• 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: Zanzarah attempts to be a PC game that appeals to traditional interests of both male and female players, and it's moderately successful in doing so. Read review

Specs: Teen, Funatics Development GmbH, Adventure, Fantasy Action Adventure, Fantasy, 1-10 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: It's unfortunate when a fundamentally good game such as Crimson Skies is marred by persistent crash bugs that affect each game session. Read review

Specs: Teen, Zipper Interactive

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sims 3's latest expansion isn't entirely ambitious, but it's loaded with great new content and goofball charm. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA Redwood Shores, Virtual Life

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Teen, Ubisoft, Strategy

• 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: As good as the game looks, some flawed mechanics and a general lack of polish keep it from being as fun as it should be. Read review

Specs: Teen, Digital Reality, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical, 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: Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds could have benefited from a better interface, but at its core, it's still a decent game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Secret Level, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Fantasy, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.3 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Anyone looking for thrilling action with refined control and a great premise need look no further than Freedom Fighters. Read review

Specs: Teen, Io Interactive, Action, Tactical Third-Person Shooter, Modern, 1 Player

• 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: It is a very good game marred by some very bad design decisions. Read review

Specs: Teen, Sinister Games, Strategy, General Strategy, 1-8 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 (13+), Games - miscellaneous / entertainment / educational, Miscellaneous - gambling