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• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.2 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 27 reviews

The Bottom Line: Half-Life 2 is a very impressive and engaging shooter, and a faithful follow-up to one of the greatest PC games of all time. Read review

Specs: Mature, Valve Software, Action, First-Person Shooter, Sci-Fi, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.0 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Once you get over the whole rewriting-the-end-of-the-movie thing, Scarface: The World Is Yours is a competent but usually uninteresting action game. Read review

Specs: Mature, Radical Entertainment, Action, Action - adventure, 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: After an eight-year absence, the Caesar series returns with a slightly flawed but very engrossing game about ancient city building. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Tilted Mill, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - city building, Historical, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.2 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Frozen Throne is an impressive expansion pack for a remarkably good game, and anyone who enjoyed Warcraft III needs to get it. Read review

Specs: Teen, Blizzard Entertainment, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Fantasy, 1-12 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: Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis is an enjoyable game that should appeal to dinosaur buffs and park simulation fans alike, thanks to its attractive graphics engine, unique features, and surprising gameplay depth. Read review

Specs: Teen, Blue Tongue Entertainment, Strategy, Tycoon, 1 Player

• 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: Men of Valor is a first-person shooter set in the Vietnam War. And it's good! Read review

Specs: Mature, 2015, Action, Action - adventure, Action - 3D shooter, Realistic, 1-24 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.5 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: Traditional and fresh in all the right ways, this strategy sequel is an absolute joy for veterans and newcomers alike. Read review

Specs: Teen, Blizzard Entertainment, Strategy

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Teen, Blizzard Entertainment, Strategy, General Strategy, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

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

Specs: Games - strategy / wargames, Strategy - battle tactics, Strategy - city management, Historical

• 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: Featuring no improvements to its PlayStation 2 cousin, The Wrath of Cortex for the Xbox simply toes the line. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Traveller's Tales, Action, Action - platformer, Fantasy, 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: Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis is an enjoyable game that should appeal to dinosaur buffs and park simulation fans alike, thanks to its attractive graphics engine and unique features. Read review

Specs: Teen, Blue Tongue Entertainment, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Sci-Fi, 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, VU Games, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.1 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you can forgive its brain-dead gameplay and occasionally frustrating design, Magna Cum Laude is a hysterically entertaining romp through a world of wacky sexual hijinks. Read review

Specs: Mature, High Voltage Software, Adventure, Adventure - third person adventure, 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: Outlaw Volleyball is a pretty good game, though it could have been much better. Read review

Specs: Mature, Hypnotix, Sports, Volleyball, 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, Eurocom Entertainment Software, Action, Action - adventure, Arcade - adventure, Science-fiction, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.5 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 64 reviews

The Bottom Line: Here is the online role-playing game you should play, no matter who you are. Read review

Specs: Teen, Blizzard Entertainment, Role-Playing, Online games - RPG (MMORPG), Fantasy

• 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: Men of Valor is a first-person shooter set in the Vietnam War. And it's good! Read review

Specs: Mature, 2015, Action, First-Person Shooter, Historic, 1-12 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 missed out on the console versions of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, the PC version ultimately won't disappoint. Read review

Specs: Teen, Radical Entertainment, Driving, Mission-based Driving, Fantasy, 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: Crash Nitro Kart is the best option to come along in a long while, and it's a totally respectable kart-racing game on its own, regardless of how derivative it may be. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Vicarious Visions, Driving, Kart Racing, Fantasy, 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: Zeus is a major improvement for Impressions' line of city-building games, and it's a significant advancement for city-building games in general. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Impressions Games, Strategy, General Strategy, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: Evil Genius is surprisingly successful for being so focused on style over substance, but it can also be quite frustrating at times. Read review

Specs: Teen, Elixir Studios, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Modern, 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: 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: 6.7 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: War of the Ring is a competent, if lackluster, effort that will probably appeal to Middle-earth fans and casual gamers who haven't played a lot of real-time strategy before. Read review

Specs: Teen, Liquid Entertainment, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Fantasy, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.1 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: It doesn't stray far from the blueprint created by its predecessors, but it is, without a doubt, the best game to ever adhere to that formula. Read review

Specs: Teen, Blizzard Entertainment, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Sci-Fi, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.1 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 29 reviews

The Bottom Line: This outstanding shooter combines creepy horror with kinetic and visceral action, and it elevates the genre to a whole new level of intensity. Read review

Specs: Mature, Monolith Productions, Action, Action - adventure, Action - first person shooter, Science-fiction, Realistic, 1 Player