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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 28 reviews

The Bottom Line: Microsoft's Flight Simulator X provides a mind-boggling level of depth and breadth--if you don't mind some less than stellar frame rates. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Microsoft Game Studios, Simulation, Simulation - civilian plane flight, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.9 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: X-Plane is a fantastic sandbox that makes a terrific counterpart to the much more rigid Flight Simulator series. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Laminar Research, Simulation, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.1 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Although it's unstable and flawed, Hidden & Dangerous is nonetheless an impressive and uniquely serious depiction of squad-level combat behind enemy lines. Read review

Specs: Mature, Illusion Softworks, Action, Tactical First-Person Shooter, Historic

• 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: World at War provides a very rewarding way to relive WWII from the perspective of its top leaders. Read review

Specs: Teen, 2By3 Games, Strategy, 1-5 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: Lock On clearly has the potential to be an all-time classic sim, but there are some serious problems in the retail version. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Eagle Dynamics, Simulation, Modern Jet Flight Sim, Modern, 1-32 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: Soldner features some neat innovations, but these original elements can't compensate for its fundamental stability, control, and gameplay problems. Read review

Specs: Teen, Wings Simulations, Action, 1-32 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: It took seven years, a number of false starts, and one of the most devoted fan communities in existence, but the release of Falcon 4.0: Allied Force shows that its potential has finally been realized. Read review

Specs: Teen, Lead Pursuit, Simulation, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.1 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Winning Eleven 7 is a superb game that sounds great, looks impressive, and gets the most important element--playability--just right. Read review

Specs: Everyone, KCET, Sports, Soccer Sim, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The Operational Art of War is a class act all the way, offering almost every feature a wargamer could want. Read review

Specs: Teen, TalonSoft, Strategy, General Strategy, 1-2 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: If you can commit to familiarizing yourself with all of Empire Earth II's nooks and crannies, expect to be rewarded with an enjoyable addiction that will last you weeks, if not months. Read review

Specs: Teen, Mad Doc Software, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical, Realistic, 1-10 Players

• 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: Strike Fighters might be the only game that has ever been released twice in an unfinished state. Read review

Specs: Teen, Third Wire, Simulation, Old Jet Flight Sim, 1-16 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: While this online role-playing game may have been a hit for the PC and PlayStation 2, it feels very awkward and entirely out of place on the Xbox 360. Read review

Specs: Teen, Square Enix, Role-Playing, Massively Multiplayer

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Experienced role players will enjoy the engaging combat and diplomatic gameplay, in spite of Vanguard's litany of bugs and singular focus on group adventuring. Read review

Specs: Teen, Sigil Games Online, Role-Playing, Massively Multiplayer

• 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: SuperNOVA is mostly more of the same, but a decent array of modes and a list of new songs help keep the experience feeling reasonably fresh. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Konami, Dancing, Miscellaneous - rhythm dancing, 1-2 Players

• 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: Fly has it where it counts: in the cockpit and, for the most part, in the flight model. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Terminal Reality, Simulation, Civilain Plane Flight Sim, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.1 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: This impressive online role-playing game marks the dawning of a new era in a gaming genre that has steadily gained prominence since Ultima Online made national headlines in 1997. Read review

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

• 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: Following in the footsteps of Diablo, Theme Hospital has arrived almost completely intact on the PlayStation. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Krisalis Software, Strategy, General Strategy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.3 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Knowing off the bat that your experience with RPG Maker will frequently have you elbow-deep in the most hostile of interfaces - scripting events, penning text, or what have you - will most adequately prepare you for the rigors of RPG making. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Kuusou Kagaku, Role-Playing, General Role-Playing, 1 Player

• 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: This is an outstanding WWII submarine simulation in every regard. Read review

Specs: Teen, Ubisoft, Simulation, Submarine Sim, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.2 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: They screwed around with Civilization and made it worse. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Atari, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Historic, 1-8 Players

• 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: World War II Online is a dangerous mess of a game that can't be recommended to any but the most hard-core game players in its current state. Read review

Specs: Teen, Cornered Rat, Simulation, First-Person Shooter, Historic

• 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: Gunvalkyrie is almost a good game, and it won't be surprising to see some people looking past the game's problems and having some fun with it. Read review

Specs: Teen, Smilebit, Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-Fi, 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: Koei's 10th Romance of the Three Kingdoms game doesn't do much to mark the occasion, but it still offers the same esoteric war strategy experience that keeps dedicated fans coming back time and time again. Read review

Specs: Teen, Koei, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical, 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, Eagle Dynamics

• 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: For a freshman sim effort, iF-22 is impressive. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Interactive Magic, Simulation, Modern Jet Flight Sim, Modern, 1-8 Players