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• 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: This stand-alone expansion to last year's Napoleonic Wars doesn't add a lot that is noteworthy. Read review

Specs: Teen, GSC Game World, 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, Nival Interactive, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Historical, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.0 stars Mediocre

  Overall score: 4.6 (2.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Massive system requirements, a by-the-numbers campaign, and no multiplayer make for a first-person shooter that doesn't have much in the way of redeeming qualities. Read review

Specs: Mature, Burut Software, Action, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Retro shooters don't get any bloodier or more intense than this. Read review

Specs: Mature, Sigma-Team, Action, 1-6 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: Hard Truck: Apocalypse takes an interesting premise and strips away all but the most mundane elements, leaving you to drive down a long and unexciting road to nowhere. Read review

Specs: Teen, Buka Entertainment, Driving, 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: Forget about flight-sim physics and just enjoy this dumbed-down take on air combat over the Pacific in World War II. Read review

Specs: Teen, 3D People, Simulation, 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: It's clear that Stormregion didn't need to fix much in Phase One, and so Phase Two plays it safe by offering more of the same. Read review

Specs: Teen, Stormregion, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical, 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: It's a satisfying re-creation of the struggle that defined the 20th century. But because it lacks a challenging AI, it eventually falls apart as anything other than a multiplayer game. Read review

Specs: Fury Software

• 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: Despite some quirks and bugs, Cossacks II captures the stately carnage that was the Napoleonic Wars. Read review

Specs: Teen, GSC Game World, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical, 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 colorful presentational coating is tasty, but unfinished features and rotten AI keep Heroes of Annihilated Empires from reaching its potential. Read review

Specs: Teen, GSC Game World, Strategy, 1-6 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The hack-and-slash role-playing game Sacred 2 may feel more at home on console systems than it does on the PC, but the game design still leaves something to be desired. Read review

Specs: Mature, Ascaron Entertainment GmbH, Role-Playing

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.1 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 2 reviews

The Bottom Line: DarkStar One lets you finally take to the space lanes like a Han Solo, not a stockbroker for hire. Read review

Specs: Teen, Ascaron Entertainment GmbH, Simulation, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.8 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Codename: Panzers provides plenty of interesting units and destructible environments to play around with, and it contains a ton of content, resulting in an excellent real-time strategy game. Read review

Specs: Teen, Stormregion, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.6 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Glory of the Roman Empire aims low with a light take on the city-building genre. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Haemimont, Strategy, 1 Player

• 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: American Conquest offers plenty of single-player campaigns, plus skirmish and multiplayer maps and a good history lesson to boot, and it makes a great addition to any real-time strategy enthusiast's collection. Read review

Specs: Teen, GSC Game World, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 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: Games - strategy / tactics / wargame, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Historical

• 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 / tactics / wargame, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Science-fiction

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.2 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Sudden Strike II is a classic example of how to make a real-time strategy game and then completely undermine it with a bad user interface. Read review

Specs: Teen, Fireglow, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Historic, 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, Fireglow, Strategy, 1-12 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: City Life combines the fun of a city-building game with the challenge of a financial simulation, though it requires patience and perseverance to master. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Monte Cristo Multimedia, Strategy, 1 Player

• 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: Recycled edutainment and terrible production values make this RTS survey of Roman history stale and simple. Read review

Specs: Teen, Slitherine, Strategy, 1-2 Players

• 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: Escape From Paradise City blends the stereotypical action RPG with a stripped-down RTS to create one unimpressive hybrid game. Read review

Specs: Mature, Sirius Games, Role-Playing, Role playing game (RPG) - action RPG, Realistic, 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: Breed makes a horrible first impression and then keeps making more bad impressions as you play. Read review

Specs: Mature, Brat Designs, Action, First-Person Shooter, Sci-Fi, 1-32 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: While the promise of political intrigue in a futuristic setting will draw you into the game, Neocron's inability to make a significant impact will push you away. Read review

Specs: Mature, Reakktor Media, Role-Playing, Massively Multiplayer Online, Modern, Massively Multiplayer

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.4 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Night Watch is a stripped-down turn-based strategy game that starts off interesting, but eventually settles into a shallow and repetitive rut. Read review

Specs: Teen, Nival Interactive, Role-Playing, 1 Player