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• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Though not as polished as it could have been, SimCity 4 is still a complex and detailed strategy game that can entertain you for hours on end. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Maxis, Strategy, City Bulding, Modern, 1 Player

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  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

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.6 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: Zero Hour fundamentally improves the core game, and it should ensure that Command & Conquer: Generals continues to be popular well into the next year. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time

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  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.5 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: If you're new to the SimCity franchise, this package is a solid introduction. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Maxis, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - city building

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• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Games - strategy / tactics / wargame, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Fantasy

• 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: Though not as polished as it could have been, SimCity 4 is still a complex and detailed strategy game that can entertain you for hours on end. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Maxis, Strategy, City Bulding, Modern, 1 Player

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 48 reviews

The Bottom Line: Spore merges multiple run-of-the-mill building blocks into a big, entertaining game. Read review

Specs: Everyone 10 and older, Maxis, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.9 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: Generals is easily one of the best Command & Conquer games yet. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA Pacific, Strategy, Real-Time Strategy, Modern, 1-8 Players

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  3.5 stars Very good

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

The Bottom Line: The Sims 2: Pets adds some moderately interesting animal companions, but offers a surprisingly strong Sims 2 experience. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Realistic, 1 Player

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  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.4 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 5.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: As befits its source material, The Battle for Middle-earth is a huge game, and there's a lot of great real-time strategy gameplay to be had in it. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Fantasy

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.0 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Red Alert 3 is a raucously fun strategy game that overcomes its issues with both style and substance. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.6 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sims 2: Pets for the PSP might have been a decent port of the console versions, if it would've just stopped loading for a second. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Strategy, 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: The Sims 2: Pets offers good AI and challenging pet gameplay, but the Wii control scheme isn't ideal. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Realistic, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.1 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The Sims 2: Pets adds some moderately interesting animal companions but offers a surprisingly strong Sims 2 experience. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: The Rise of the Witch-King is a fairly standard expansion that adds a brief campaign centered around one of the more enigmatic characters from the movies. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, 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: The Sims 2 loses something in translation from PC to consoles. Namely, its addictive, entertaining gameplay. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.5 stars Spectacular

  Overall score: 9.0 (4.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Tiberium Wars is Command & Conquer at its best, and an absolute blast for series fans and newcomers alike. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Science-fiction, 1-8 Players

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.3 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 6 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Battle for Middle-earth II improves on 2004's game with a better strategic mode and a much broader scope that encompasses the whole of Middle-earth. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, 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: It's more of a good thing, but a second-rate campaign and an underwhelming new gameplay mode keep this expansion from soaring. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Science-fiction, 1 Player

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

Specs: Teen, Various, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Science-fiction, 1 Player

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

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

The Bottom Line: SimCity 3000 is a stable, attractive, finely balanced game with just enough new features to satisfy veterans of the series. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Maxis, Strategy, City Bulding, 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: Dubious claims of exclusive content aside, this version of Red Alert 3 is all good, rambunctious fun. Read review

Specs: Teen, EA LA, Strategy, Strategy / tactics / wargame - real time, Strategy / tactics / wargame - wargame

• 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: All its new features combine to make Yuri's Revenge ideal or even downright necessary for anyone who enjoyed Red Alert 2. Read review

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

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.1 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

The Bottom Line: The Sims 2 for the PSP has some genuinely good concepts, but they're buried under the game's issues, both minor and major. Read review

Specs: Teen, Maxis, Strategy, Miscellaneous - virtual life, Realistic, 1-2 Players

• 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: Spore Creatures is pleasant and charming, but ultimately forgettable. Read review

Specs: Everyone, Griptonite Games, Strategy, Miscellaneous - kids / children's games & entertainment, Fantasy, 1 Player