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The game that MADE Rockstar into what they are today. It revolutionized the fantastic open world sandbox gameplay that Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 did three years before this game came out. It also led to the GTA clone genre. The graphics and environment looked so mesmerizing back in 2001 but wow they didn't age well. I loved the radio stations Flashback 98.3 and Game FM. The sound was pretty good. Very impressive actors and actresses doing fantastic voice acting that would significantly improve as the series continued. The gameplay needs no description. It's so influential and mind-blowing. The story was fantastic. I did like Claude. He was strange yet captivating because he was silent and a criminal but he was also a messenger boy. Tommy Vercetti would blow Claude out of the water in Vice City the next year and so would Carl Johnson in San Andreas. I adored the vehicle missions, import garages, hidden packages and rampages. It suffers from many flaws: weak soundtrack, useless map, no map menu in pause menu, woeful frame-rate and slowdown and poor aiming controls. Every game that followed from this one would heavily improve and the flaws would be gone. A classic which paved the way for even better games up to GTA 5.

The game that revived the series after the mixed reception of Tekken 4. I love this game. The graphics were so realistic for the time and were a big improvement over Tekken 4. They looked so impressive. I love the stage designs much more than Tekken 3 and Tekken 4. The soundtrack is THE best out of the series. I dare say it's better than the Tekken 3 soundtrack. The sound effects are brilliant. I love the sound of punches, kicks and deathcries. The gameplay is better than Tekken 4. It brought back a lot of the original characters and also gave us the original trilogy in arcade form which was really good. It also gave us one of the most famous and hardest final bosses in fighting game history. I did like the Devil Within mini game but it was too short. The Starlight mini game was disappointing. The AI is also very unforgiving and heavily unbalanced. It is so much fun though despite its flaws. This is a must buy.

THE best racing game ever. The original Burnout was a decent attempt for Acclaim to challenge the Gran Turismo series but didn't age well. Burnout 2: Point of Impact improved on everything over the original but then Burnout 3: Takedown was the magnum opus. The graphics for the environment and the courses looks astounding and pitch perfect to their counterparts. I loved many songs from the soundtrack. I love the realistic car models and the takedown/crash physics. The gameplay was amazing. Crash mode was somewhat fun. The only problems were that the soundtrack wasn't really that great and that the game could be beaten within a few hours or days. A must buy.

The original version was lacking many modes and the customization system is poor. I would give this a five out of ten. A excellent second update which is called Tekken Dark Resurrection: Online is on the Playstation 3 but can only be downloaded if you have the original version. It has much more content than the original PSP and first PS3 version. It includes the classic Tekken 5 stages, more customization options, more game modes and Jinpachi Mishima as a playable character but his moveset is watered down. The only reason why its not getting a 9 or perfect 10 is the lack of other noticeable modes such as Story Mode, Team Battle Mode, Time Attack Mode and Bonus Games. It is still a fun game. Get the online update. It's much better.

This is not a perfect game as critics and massive fans of the series claim it is. This game SHOULDN'T have been given a 9 or a perfect 10 score by any means. These reviews are LIES. It is a colossal disappointment compared to Tekken 6 and Tag Tournament 2. It suffered from the same flaws that Street Fighter 5 had. -The story mode is WAY too short. The Character Episodes are just a waste of time as they just unlock trophies and the endings are disappointing. There should have been a separate Story Mode for all the fighters. -I will never play Online mode because of Sony wanting my money to just be able to play online. -Lack of beloved Offline modes such as Team Battle, Time Attack, Survival and Ghost Battle. Arcade Mode is TOO short with only 5 battles. That is just pathetic compared to Tekken 6 which gave you 6 battles and Tag Tournament 2 which gave you 10 battles. Treasure mode is exactly like Ghost Battle in which you can earn prizes and money and do as many battles as you want until you get knocked out. it gets very boring very quickly and the items are not great for customization. You also get VS Battle and Practice. - The roster for the game is really poor. Only 35 fighters. They should have brought back more if not all the beloved fighters back like they did in Tekken 6 and Tag Tournament 2 apart from the ones that were in this game. Three of the new characters are essentially copies of Bruce Irvin, Christie Montiero and Craig Marduk who should been brought back. The other fighters are not even interesting. - I don't like the new mechanics at all. - Microtransactions for Eliza from Tekken Revolution, Geese Howard, Noctis or the whole First Season Pass and now the Second Series Season Pass which just came out over a week ago. This is something I thought would never see be done to this franchise as Katshuiro Harada the producer and director of the Tekken series HATES this idea and always believes that the full game should be on the disc. - The soundtrack is poor like Tekken Revolution and Tag Tournament 2 which came before this. The only things that are good about the game are the amazing graphics, the improved customizations, the superb sound, the gameplay returning to traditional Tekken gameplay like Tekken 5 and Dark Resurrection, the gallery which allows you to buy and watch Tekken 1-7 endings and concept art and the jukebox feature which allows you to change the games soundtrack to the classic Tekken 1-7 soundtrack for the stages and modes in the game. I still find this game very addictive to play from time to time. If you are a big fan of the Tekken series, do not buy this game. Go and buy the old Tekken games.

I remember the hype for this game and watching gameplay footage on the old British game show Gamezville when I was growing up. I heard that this game was the black sheep of the series. I finally got the chance to play it after all these years. The graphics were good for the time but when Tekken 5 came out three years later it blew them out of the water. The fighters, lighting and stages looked so realistic and were amazing to look at. The music fit the game really well. I adored the Jungle, Shinjuku Street, Laboratory, Airport, Shopping Centre, Mishima Arena, Statue and the Honmaru Dojo music. The rest just didn't fit in my opinion. It's the most underrated soundtrack of the series I'd say. The sound was refined from Tekken Tag Tournament and this is when I started loving the punches, kicks, throws and deathcries. I hated the position change and infinite wall bounce mechanic. There was also many bugs as well. Juggle combos were watered down and some of the most iconic fighters moves were changed to stagger moves. Move and throw damage was also watered down exactly like in Tekken Tag Tournament. New fighters were added such as Craig Marduk, an Australian Wrestling and Vale Tudo specialist who was released from prison to enter the tournament to fight King, Violet, a palette swap of Lee Chaolan and is a scientist who created the Combot, Christie Montiero a Capoeira fighter, Miraru Hirano, an palette swap of Xiaoyu who Xiaoyu's best friend, Combot, a ripoff of Mokojin and Steve Fox who is a British boxer and is Nina Williams son. It brought back most of the beloved fighters from past Tekken games which was good but the roster size was small. It has all the modes from the past Tekken games which is great too. I can see why fans have mixed thoughts on it in terms of gameplay and roster. I LOVE playing it though.

A very poor wrestling game for the Nintendo Gamecube. At least the games that came after this were massive improvements. Here are all the major flaws: The graphics were unimpressive, the BGMs did not fit the game at all, the sound was very low quality, the animations were very dodgy, the roster was really disappointing and lacking severely, the create a wrestler was very limited, the AI was awful and the collision detection was terrible. The only good things I enjoyed were the decent gameplay, entrances and the persue the belt mode. Only get this if you are a hardcore wrestling fan.

Wow! I HATE this game AND Soulcalibur 5. The games are a huge failure compared to the trilogy that came before them. They should have never been made. The story is incomprehensible. The graphics and stage design can't hold a candle to the previous games. The story mode is abysmal and too short. The music for this game and Soulcalibur 5 are the worst of the series. Everyone I grew up playing with lost ALL of their charm and became one-dimensional. The voice acting is awful and have less dialogue. The other classic modes ****. The controls were unresponsive and stiff. The mechanics that the series so beloved were altered for no reason and the AI was broken which is what made the game WORSE. I wish these games were never made. All these positive ratings for this game are LIES.

A really good wrestling game. A major improvement over Wrestlemania 18. The graphics became more realistic and looked better than Wrestlemania 18. The realistic crowd and the ring design looked better. The wrestlers models looked good for the time but have not aged well. The animations and moves were improved as they looked really dodgy in Wrestlemania 18 and many new animations and moves were added. The BGMs fit much better and was a step up but would become very repetitive. The reversal system was fixed and made the game much easier to play. The gameplay was much better as well. It added the strong grapple system exactly like WWF No Mercy which gave the game more strategy. The customization mode was also greatly improved and more creative. The roster was great but was missing a lot of notable wrestlers. It was also missing many pay per view arenas. The Revenge Mode was a disappointment as you play through six stages and complete objectives that get very boring and difficult. You unlock the stages and stupid looking bosses that you defeat from the end of each stage on Revenge Mode based on real iconic wrestlers. Yuke's should have made a Career Mode similar to the WWE Smackdown games on the Playstation 2 instead of Revenge Mode. The main flaws overall are the disappointing roster, the lack of other noticeable pay per view arenas to brawl in, no backstage arenas and no career mode. Still a fun game.

The spiritual successor to True Crime. It was mindblowing. I remember reading reviews and PlayStation Official about this when it was in development and it took me by surprise. The graphics looked mesmerizing. Square Enix captured the look and feel of Hong Kong greatly. It was so lifelike. The soundtrack was decent. I loved the gameplay. Wei Chen is a badass. I love the combat system and the special/counter moves. The story was captivating. I loved the voice acting from everyone involved. The only things I didn't like was that the story was too short, some of the radio soundtracks weren't great and the game was too easy. The dlc did give the game more longevity and customization options but some were too expensive. Overall a great GTA clone.

What's not to love with having two of the best Grand Theft Auto games on the Xbox? Both games play exactly the same as the PlayStation 2 versions but have improved graphics in terms of character models, textures, reflections, better audio and a custom soundtrack. There are some things that have been added to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and some things that have been altered. -They fixed the control and handling problems with the RC plane, helicopter and the boats in Vice City. -A new menu selection called tutorial and unlocked items has been added to Vice City. -It feels like that the difficulty for Vice City was toned down as well. -The song "Running With The Night" by Lionel Richie was removed from Vice City's soundtrack. -Many bugs are fixed. Overall they're more polished than the Playstation 2 versions. A must own.

"Transcending history, in a world, a tale of souls and swords eternally retold" THE best Dreamcast game ever. This was the defining weapon based fighting game which gathered a massive following and is still played to this day. I love the graphics. They are so beautiful. They are a huge improvement over the arcade version. I love the soundtrack and the series would continue to have fantastic soundtracks. The gameplay is why the game is so beloved and immersive in the fighting game genre. I love the Soul Charge and Guard Impact mechanics. The characters are amazing. They have so much depth, likability and would continue to get even better as the series continued. The stage design is amazing. The game is notable for its story, lore and its great. It was stupendous. There is so much to unlock from Weapon Master mode which gave the game so much replay ability. This game is a must have.

This is my favorite GTA out of all of the 3D era games and possibly the best out of all the series. An incredible time capsule of the 1980s. This is one of the greatest video games ever made. The soundtrack IS the greatest licensed soundtrack in video game history. The graphics, environment and aesthetic are a perfect reflection of the time and look much smoother and nicer than GTA 3 apart from some glitching and corruption. The gameplay is significantly improved and has much more environment interactability than GTA 3 until San Andreas came out. A lot of tributes to eighties films and tv shows like Scarface, Carlito's Way, Reservoir Dogs and Miami Vice. Fantastic satire of 1980s American and international pop culture. Fantastic voice acting from Ray Liotta, Robert Davi, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzman, William Fichtner, Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore, Gary Busey, Danny Dyer, Lawrence Taylor, Jenna Jameson, Deborah Harry and Dennis Hopper. Extremely well done and an impeccable cast. I think the its best cast in the series. You can spend hours on finding collectibles, doing rampages, stunt jumps, RC races, vehicle side missions and asset takeover missions. The story is superb. It's a tribute to Scarface done to perfection. You can tell that Rockstar put months of effort into creating a beloved masterpiece. Overall I give this game a perfect 10. People must play Vice City. The only flaw that comes to mind is that it can be very difficult at times but can be easily overlooked by playing it for so long. It's a game that will never be matched and will never age.

My childhood fighting game 2nd to Tekken 5. By god is it amazing! To top an already perfect game on the Dreamcast would be difficult but Namco and Project Soul pulled it off. I LOVE this game to bits. I love the graphics. A big improvement over the original, they look smooth and so realistic. The motion capture looks fantastic. The soundtrack is epic and is my second favorite next to Soulcalibur 3. The sound is superb. I love it. The gameplay is still the same but has been updated with new mechanics like Guard Break, Attack Break, Stun Hits, Fake Attacks, Walled Stages and Stage Hazards. The story is intriguing and enthralling with every character. I LOVE the voice acting for every character as well. There is so much to unlock from playing Weapon Master Mode and other modes. It gave the game SO much replay-ability. I have so much fun with all the modes. It's a fantastic game. Well worth adding to your Xbox Original collection.

One of the most disappointing wrestling games of all time. It couldn't match WWE RAW 2. The trailer looked impressive and **** you into the game but unfortunately, it got worse as you started to play it. So many things wrong with the game. The load times are bad, it has THE worst create a wrestler mode ever, the roster was so small and didn't match the 2004 roster at all. Well all wrestling games that came out that year had very poor rosters. The career mode is boring and is a complete ripoff of Day of Reckoning's. It was lacking in so many beloved match types and that you could only play one on one matches. The fatal flaws with the game are the broken AI and broken game engine. It was so buggy and unreliable. Most of the match types were unplayable. The only good things I like about the game are the graphics, the solid controls, the various ranked challenges in profile mode that gives you money, plenty of purchasable unlockables through WWE Shopmode and the great soundtrack. Try it out and only play it in short bursts.

The last best Dead or Alive game in the series. The graphics looked amazing back in 2001 and still look good today. The music fits every character to perfection. I'd love to own the soundtrack. The sound remains unchanged from Dead Or Alive 2 but more refined. The gameplay had a massive overhaul in terms of juggling, combos and damage balancing. It was the first fighting game to have destructible and interactive environments on a sixth generation console. The wall bounce mechanic was awesome and the hold system was improved to be more simplistic over Dead Or Alive 2's hold mechanics. The gameplay was fun on every mode. Three new characters are added: Hitomi, Christie and Brad Wong. Hitomi is a clone of Ein but also a student practising karate, Christie is a badass assassin and Brad Wong is a drunken master. The main flaws with the game are that it's too short and its lack of good unlockable content apart from Ein from Dead Or Alive 2 and costumes for every character. It's a chore unlocking all the costumes. This is what brings the game down in my opinion. If the game was released on PS2 rather than on the Original Xbox which it originally was a launch title for and give it the "Hardcore" treatment from Dead Or Alive 2, it would be the perfect fighting game or they could just it give the treatment on the Xbox. I recommend you play it.

My favorite Grand Theft Auto spinoff on the PSP. I think it is better than Vice City Stories. The graphics are much better than the PS2 version. It has much better frame rate and pop-up than the PS2 version. The soundtrack is really enjoyable. I love Flashback FM, Liberty Jam and MSX FM. The other radio stations were very underwhelming. The sound is very good. The gameplay is essentially the same as Grand Theft Auto 3 but massively improved. The pastimes and side missions are more fun than Vice City Stories. The story is the only thing I don't like about this game. Get this game.

Acclaim's attempt to create a fun racing simulator different to Gran Turismo was actually good and somewhat fun. It paved the way for the future of the series but has unfortunately not aged well. Bad: The graphics and car models looked decent for 2002 but look pretty poor now. The music is forgettable. The sound effects for crashes and the cars aren't great. The car selection isn't that great even when you unlock the rest. Only 6 to use and that is disappointing. Championship mode is too short. There aren't many tracks to race on either. Good: The gameplay is still addictive in its own right. I did like the diverse courses. I like the cheats you unlock when you beat the game. I did like the other game modes. I thought the difficulty was challenging but not too hard. Overall it was ok for the time but Burnout 2 improved in every way.

It is essentially the same as the PS2 version just with updated graphics and trophy support. The character models, environment and cars look much nicer but unfortunately there is clipping and graphical glitches everywhere. It also feels that the difficulty has been somewhat toned down as well. There were a lot of things changed in this version like the PS2 emulated version on the Playstation 3 mainly the soundtrack where we lost Billie Jean, Wanna Be Startin Somethin, WOW, Rock-it, Running With The Night, Bark at the Moon and five songs from the Esperanto radio station because of licensing issues. They also fixed the frame rate problems the original PS2 version had and the emulated version on the Playstation 3. They also removed all Haitian and Cuban references like in the previous remasters as well. A great remaster to such an iconic game.

A impressive Grand Theft Auto spinoff. All the problems I mentioned for the PS2 version applies to this as well. This version also suffers from bad frame rate and so much pop-up. It still is a really fun game.

The Goldeneye spin-off series with a big cult following. This game is amazing. One of the best multiplayer games of all time. The graphics are good. The music by Grant Kirkhope is perfect. The sound is good. The gameplay is very addictive as it mostly comes from the multiplayer. So many match types and multiplayer characters to play with. The story mode, arcade mode and challenge mode gives the game so much replay value to unlock maps, 100 characters, match types and cheats. The only things that let the game down is the cataclysmic aiming system and over-sensitive controls, boring story mode, unfair ai and broken friendly fire and health mechanics. It is still a great game. I highly recommend it.

The black sheep of the GTA franchise. I really love this game but it has so many flaws. The graphics looked impressive as they were improved over the PSP version in terms of trails and textures. The soundtrack is really good but not as perfect as Vice City. The sound is essentially the same as Vice City but more refined. The gameplay was great and it gave us new elements such as the "Empire buildings", police bribes to retrieve your weapons after you got busted and purchasable vehicles with different effects that Vic could use. The story is my favorite out of the two "Stories" games. I really liked Vic Vance. It's sad that a lot of people don't like him. Now the bad: The AI in the game was unbalanced and felt broken at times, the weapon damage for all the guns was broken, some of the skill activities were crap and shouldn't have been extended to 15 levels, the random business wars are very irritating because the other gangs may have better weapons, many enemies spawn after you defend your business and instantly try to kill you, they may possibly go after another business again if you defend your business and go to attack a business that may be too far from your safe house or your current location in which they destroy it and you lose money, the difficulty level is terrible only in two levels Turn on, Tune In, Bug Out and Unfriendly Competition and the fighting mechanics were broken beyond belief. Rockstar could have bothered fixing these problems before releasing the game but didn't. Overall a good GTA game. The PSP version is essentially the same and has the same problems but has much worse frame rate and pop up.

This is one of the best licensed games ever made and my favorite GTA clone. I love this game. The graphics look really good. It captures the look and feel of early 1980s Miami. The soundtrack is good but not as perfect as Vice City. I love the voice acting. Every taunt is badass, funny and taken straight from the movie. The Balls Rage is one of the coolest concepts ever. The story is an altered follow up to the 1983 film and its so fun. It has side missions, drug zones, races and compounds. This game makes you feel like you are Tony Montana. This is the only game to have it's actual movie soundtrack in the game. It is very faithful to the film. The biggest flaws are money balancing and hit detection. The hit detection is not much of a problem depending on the gun you use. Money is the main issue as it is needed for you to build up your respect meter by buying exotics for Tony's mansion and assets that you constantly need to save up to buy them as the last two areas are the most expensive. Overall, I definitely recommend.

A fantastic game to one of the greatest and most influential films of all time. This game has one of the most compelling stories I have ever played. I love the storytelling and the acting from some of the original actors of the iconic film. The sound effects are great. The gameplay is what really makes the game stand out from Grand Theft Auto. SO much to do. It's unbelievable and fantastic. The main flaws of the game has to be the poor graphics and the repetitive music. A great licensed game.

My second favorite GTA clone out of all the clones that were created ever since GTA Vice City was released 15 years ago and launched the plethora of "GTA Clones." I love this game. The size of Stillwater is absolutely stupendous. There is so much to explore like GTA San Andreas but without the repetitive property buying with shop buying instead. There are a lot of buildings to interact with. The graphics look amazing and the environment looks so breathtaking. The soundtrack is the best out of all the series. The game has great customization options for your character and cars. The gameplay is so much fun. So many side missions to do to unlock different upgrades and character skills and collectables to find. I didn't find the story that interesting. That's the only thing I didn't like. It's great.

My favorite childhood racing game and one of the greatest racing games of all time. It was such a BIG improvement over the original in every way. Here is why... -The car models looked way better than the original, -the car crash sounds and physics sound and look so much better as well, -there were way more cars to unlock, -there were so many courses to unlock and race on with different weather effects, -the boost mechanic was improved and made more fun, -the soundtrack by Stephen Root was perfect, -there were new game modes added such as Tutorial mode: to show you how to play the game, Pursuit Mode, Point To Point Races, Face Off Mode (which had more challenge and strategy) and Crash mode which would become a staple to the series. -The championship mode was also significantly improved and gave us many tracks and cars to unlock which gave the game so much replay value including the Custom Series championship. -I like the cheats you unlock when you beat this game like the first game did. This game had so much depth and substance to it. It's perfect.

The first Bond game I owned and one of my favorite Bond games. This game is the black sheep of the Bond games. This one is the best version. I liked the voice acting and story for single player. I liked the graphics. The music is generic but I love it. The gameplay was simplistic. The controls aren't as bad as people claim they are. Control setup 3 is the best to use. I liked the car missions. The guns were impressive as well and were accurate for the most part. There were no loading times at all. The multiplayer saved the game. it gave us a lot of maps and game modes, the amount of customization for weapon lists, multiplayer characters, gadgets and the bots were good for multiplayer. The multiplayer I think is much better than the world is not enough for the Nintendo 64. The unlockables for multiplayer from single player after getting a platinum medal by playing the missions again and finding all 007 icons gave the game a bit of replay value. I loved the classic Bond references such as the BMW Z8 from The World Is Not Enough, the Lotus Esprit from the Spy Who Loved Me and Mr Somerset from From Russia With Love. The main flaws of the game is that it was WAY too short with only 12 missions and the AI was terrible. It's a good game. If you want better multiplayer, get James Bond Nightfire.

A very underrated game from the original Xbox. The graphics are very good and I like how each world is different. The music is good and diverse for every level. I like the enemy designs. The sound effects are really cool. The gameplay is so fun just killing enemies by **** up items and shooting them and collecting different crystals to create time power ups and affect the way you play. I love this concept. The difficulty increases on each world and it makes the game more challenging. I love the trial and error challenge. Finding gold is a must to buy upgrades and life and it is very easy to find gold. The controls are solid and takes a bit of time to get used to. Overall, This is a fun game.

The BEST Soulcalibur out of all the series. It's sad that we will never get a remaster of this game. It has to be done. It's a perfect game. Everything that the original and the sequel gave us was fantastic but Namco and Project Soul were able to make it the magnum opus of the franchise until they made 4 and 5. The graphics were so realistic and sublime. The stages, motion capture demonstrations and fighters looked so amazing. The soundtrack is THE best out of all of the series. I love the soundtrack of the second game but this one was perfect. Forgotten Sanctuary, Courage Ablaze, Time Marches On and Catastrophe are so brilliant I still listen to the soundtrack to this day. The sound is outstanding and the voice acting was so awesome to hear. The gameplay is perfect. So many new modes added to the game gave it a LOT of longevity. The addition of classic characters such as Li Long, Hwang, Arthur and Rock was a brilliant idea. I never really got into the Chronicles of the Sword Mode or the Story Mode but wow the game **** me in so well. The customization mode was amazing and still holds up. It's a childhood classic. It has to be remastered.

Another fantastic Tekken spinoff this time for the Playstation Portable. This is an upgraded version of Tekken 5 with more added content and a few changes. -Fighters were given new moves and damage balancing was updated to make the game more fair. -It improved on the customization system. -We get two new characters to the series: Sergei Dragunov, a Russian agent who specializes in Russian Martial Arts and a French aristocratic girl called Lili who lives with her grandfather Sebastian. Armor King also makes his return to the series since Tag Tournament. -New remixed stages with remixed music were created instead of using the Tekken 5 stages although we get the Streets, Ground Zero and Final Frontier stages. -We get a bonus game mode with mini games for players to earn gold for the customization mode and a dojo mode to prove you are the greatest Tekken player. -You could listen to the game's soundtrack and watch the endings when you beat Story Mode like Tekken 5 as well. A great spin-off to my favorite fighting game series.

One of the most influential and overrated video games of all time. Here is why: The graphics: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City had the best looking graphics so far of the series. When this game came out, the character models and environment looked so ugly. The graphics were just terrible. On this version the environment, textures for buildings, cars, reflections and character models look somewhat better but that's not saying much. The soundtrack: As much as I love this game, the soundtrack just couldn't match the perfection of Vice City. The best radio stations are K-DST, Radio Los Santos and Radio X. The rest are all disappointing. The sound is really low just like Vice City and 3 on the Xbox. It just wasn't right. The voice acting is fantastic and comes from some of my favorite actors like Samuel L Jackson, James Woods and Peter Fonda. Vice City had more noticeable star-power and fit the game better. Other great things about the game: The RPG elements in the game were fun for the most part, it had much more interact-ability than Vice City perhaps too much, it gave us the swim ability for the first time, better fighting mechanics, customization for cars and CJ, gang wars, burglaries, a plethora of mini games and side missions, importing cars, more property assets to buy and a LOT of collectibles to find. The combined world of Los Santos, Las Venturas and San Fierro was amazing to explore and so cool. It captures the real world areas of Las Vegas, Los Angeles and California to perfection. The story is so good, you will want to play the game over and over like Vice City and GTA 3. The difficulty curve is slightly better than GTA 3. The things I can't stand about the game is the emphasis on collectibles in the three cities to unlock weapons, stats and money. The games before San Andreas did it way better by just having one main set of collectibles. The controls aren't great on this version and the interact-ability with the environment and buying properties is very expensive, time consuming and tedious. Money is a big problem which will occur when you get through half of the game to buy properties to progress. The girlfriend activity is fun but will get very annoying quickly. Overall it's a fantastic game but I love Vice City more.

I think this is the best wrestling game of all time. Even better than WWF No Mercy. I can see why people adore this game so much and why they want it to be remastered. The graphics were really impressive and realistic albeit cartoonish but have not really aged well. The soundtrack is perfect. The sound was so flawless. The gameplay is superb. Yuke's went all out on this game. We got the Elimination Chamber and Bra and Panties match types and they were very fun. I liked the revamped controls and move animations. The finishers looked so satisfying and brutal. The roster was near perfect. It was missing many notable wrestlers and divas. So many wrestlers you could play as and the inclusion of legends made it even better to play with friends. The career mode is phenomenal. The create a wrestler and moveset mode was a massive improvement over Shut Your Mouth. There was no commentary which was a great idea as it would detract from the game. The AI was incredible. A absolute must have for wrestling fans and I would definitely recommend it.

This is the most beloved wrestling game that fans have on their top 10 lists. This broke the mould on how wrestling games should be made with time and patience not like every 2k wrestling game coming out every year. The intro is THE best wrestling game intro of all time. The wrestler models look impressive for the time but obviously aged badly. The roster is perfect for 2000. The customization mode for the game is so massive and you could change anything on your wrestler. It has all the pay per views and match types you expect. The controls are good most for the most part except for reversals and throwing them out of the ring. The soundtrack is fantastic. The career mode is the most famous element of this game. It is still the only wrestling game to have branching paths with different outcomes and many different championship belts to go for. The secret wrestlers to unlock in career mode gave the game so much replayability. The survival mode is the only way to earn big money and to buy many alternate things in the Smackdown Mall. The only things that are kind of bad are the collision detection, the controls and the unbalanced ai in career mode and survival mode. This is a very difficult game and requires a lot of time and patience to master. It is still worthy of it's reputation. Definitely get this game if you are a wrestling fan.

Aki's last ever licensed game before retiring from the gaming industry. A really impressive spinoff of a beloved game and port for the PSP. I love this game. I beat it three times. The graphics are exactly the same as the other ports of Fight For New York just watered down. The soundtrack is THE best rap soundtrack in a licensed fighting game ever. The sound and sound design like the other ports are superb, brutal and satisfying to listen to. The voice acting is fantastic too. The gameplay is essentially the same as Fight For New York but with new additions such as pre match beatdowns, pre danger knockouts with blazin move, environment reversals, new fighting styles, a mount mechanic, mount reversal, dazed clinch punches and throwing sand and dirt into the opponents face. Another mechanic added to the game is the Crew Wars in Story Mode in which you can recruit up to 15 fighters and select one fighter to attack a property in any of the five territories and earn rewards. The story is a prequel to Fight For New York, it's non-linear and is presented by text messages and only 4 comic book styled cutscenes which play at specific points unlike Fight For New York in which you follow a path to defeat Crow and become King of New York and is presented with movie styled cutscenes. The customization system is amazing. We also get four new arenas: Terminal Overload, Dead End, Barge and Bunker and they are fun to brawl in. Jervis and Starks now have Blazin yells. The Inferno Match, Free for All Match and Tag Team match types were removed. Suspect, Blaze, D-Mob and Sticky Fingaz costumes, DJ Enuff and DJ Felli Fell commentary, Blazin themes and loading screen music were also removed because of memory limitations. There are also many mistakes in the game such as Redman having Blaze's Blazin yell, Magic having Nyne's Blazing yell and Santos using the Let's Dance Blazin' instead of the Filipino Pride. These mistakes could have easily been fixed. A thing I found disappointing is that the Free for All and Tag Team matches were not included as they probably weren't able to implement these matches because of the PSP's capabilities. The only things that held the game back was that story mode was too short and match types were removed. The game is still so flawless that you can easily ignore this. Overall a perfect game from Aki Corporation and a great way to retire.

A fun Rock Band spin-off for the Playstation Portable. The graphics are pretty impressive for the band, equipment and the crowd. The soundtrack is good but gets even better when you download some other classic songs from the Playstation Store for the game. The sound is great too. The gameplay is the same as Rock Band and Rock Band 2 and its fun to control all the band members at separate times. The controls are very easy to use and very responsive. I would use the first Control Style. There are other modes to play apart from Tour Mode such as Band Survival Mode and Warm Up mode to practice your skills. I would say that the purchasing of dlc songs does take away from the game and that some of them should have been included on the disc as the list of the dlc songs is near perfect. A fun game overall.

One of the best Grand Theft Auto games ever? No it isn't. This game is so overrated. This is the most disappointing Grand Theft Auto ever and people say Grand Theft Auto 4 was a huge disappointment. The critics and fans were lying. I love Grand Theft Auto 4 to bits. There are many things that are sublime about the game such as the fantastic graphics and sound, improving on many mechanics and technical aspects over the previous Grand Theft Auto, the various somewhat enjoyable activities and its culturally relevant satire. Where it all falls down was the story, soundtrack and gameplay. This game has the most uninteresting main characters out of all the Grand Theft Auto series. This is NOT a joke. I didn't like Michael, Franklin and Trevor at all. The gameplay and story was THE MOST boring out of all the beloved series. A massive emphasis on exploring the whole of Los Santos to uncover activities and buildings made the game boring. The stats system shouldn't have been brought back. The soundtrack is awful apart from Non-Stop Pop and Los Santos Rock Radio. Rockstar changed WAY too much of what the series was beloved and innovative for. The online was unbalanced as hell and modding makes the online mode so worthless. So many updates and new modes nearly every few months. The use of microtransactions wasn't needed at all as Grand Theft Auto 4 had massive multiplayer options and can use your money from Offline Mode. If you are a huge fan of the GTA franchise like I am, skip it and play something else.

A somewhat fun yet flawed Bond game. The graphics were impressive for the time. I love the soundtrack. I enjoyed the sound effects and design. The gameplay was very good. I liked the focus mechanic. I think this was the first game to have this mechanic. It followed the film albeit changing a few things near the end of the game. I also liked the upgrade system for weapons and gadgets by collecting schematics and cracking attache cases. There were so many things that brought the game down: It had a constant frame rate drop, the controls were awful, the driving controls were slippery and broken, turret controls were so slippery and the multiplayer was a disappointment compared to Nightfire and Agent Under Fire. It's a fun game but not as good as past Bond games.

The game that REVOLUTIONIZED the fighting game genre when the Street Fighter series was starting to decline. 1998, one of the best years in video game history period. So many childhood memories from this game growing up. Tekken 3 is superb. The graphics were a huge improvement over the polygon, block look of the previous games. They would become much smoother, stylized, crisp and realistic as the series would continue on. The music is perfect. I love the arcade version soundtrack. The console version soundtrack is amazing but nowhere near iconic as the arcade version. The sound effects are and still so badass like the battle cries, punches, kicks and deathcries. The new characters to the game and series were pretty cool. I loved the stage design. The gameplay was more refined in terms of juggling, combos and damage balancing. It introduced the evade/sidestep, the left/right side body throws and ukemi mechanics. It also gave us Tekken Force and Tekken Ball mode. The only flaw the game had was the poor bonus characters (Dr Boskonvitch and Gon) with their awful movesets and the lackluster mini game modes. This game is still being bought to this day. It has sold 9 million copies because it's so fun and addictive and it broke the mold for fighting games to come. 9 out of 10. A must own.

The original double pack with Jet Set Radio Future was the first Xbox game I ever owned that I got for Christmas in 2004. It was good. This was a really good Gran Turismo clone and had many flaws but could not out-rival Gran Turismo 3. I thought it was much better than the original Sega GT on the Dreamcast in terms of controls, modes, race courses and car models. The graphics looked really impressive for the car models and the race courses. The soundtrack is good but you can use a custom soundtrack which is also good. The sound in terms of the car engine is reused for every car which is really irritating. The controls are solid. The mode selection is diverse such as Replay Mode, Chronicle Mode, Time Attack, Vs Battle, Arcade Mode and Sega Gt 2002 Mode. The Championship Mode is exactly like GT Mode in Gran Turismo but much shorter. There is the Official Races, Event Races, Car Shop, Garage, Parts, Used Parts and Save/Load. There is 125 cars in the game and 12 race courses. This is really disappointing compared to Gran Turismo 2 and 3. It feels like you are playing the original Gran Turismo on the Xbox. The Official Races lasts 5 rounds and has 18 races. The Ai and difficulty is impressive up until round 4 and the last license test where it becomes really difficult and then unfair when you have to do it again a second time to beat Championship mode. I did like the various events for Event Races like Genre 70s-90s Races, Group B Rally Race, Drag Racing, Supercar Race, One Make Race and a Snow Mountain Race. Trying to unlock the Special Cars was a nightmare and I hated the stipulation for it. The Garage was cool as you could look at the trophies you won and pictures you took of your car in a race. You could do test runs, view your car list, sell your car and change car parts. The Parts shop was good and most of the parts weren't that expensive and you had to unlock more by playing through Official Races. It also helps if your car needs to be repaired or if parts need to be replaced. The Shop was also great but most of the cars were really expensive and unobtainable unless you played Event Races and Official Race and got 1st place in the races. The main flaws are reused engine sounds, poor number of cars and race courses, difficulty and AI spikes near the end of the first playthrough and then going into the second official race playthrough and in different events in event mode. Overall the game still somewhat holds up.

One of the best party games ever made and is way better than the Mario Party series (apart from Mario Party 1 and 2). This game is so fun and addictive. This is THE best Nickelodeon licensed game of all time. I love everything about the game. The graphics, music, sound and gameplay is superb. I love the story in which you take part in a competition to become the super-villain for the new Mermaidman and BarnacleBoy movie. There are multiple locations from the show you play three mini games in in order to progress onto the next. There are a total of 64 mini games in which you play and can unlock for single player and multiplayer. I like when you complete story mode on easy, normal and hard, you unlock a bonus mini game. You can play as the beloved characters from the show. It gets more fun when you play 4 player. There are many game modes that will keep you and your friends entertained. There are many unlockables to earn such as pictures and trophies but there are more hidden unlockables to earn if you have multiple save files of other Nickelodeon games for more replayability. Overall its a childhood classic. The only minor complaints I have with the game are the annoying voice acting and slightly repetitive gameplay. Get it.

One of the worst licensed games ever made? No it isn't. There are FAR worse ones out there. I remember the trailer for this game so much when it was being hyped. Andy Hunter's GO song fit the trailer perfectly like it did with SSX 3 which came out the same year. It immediately **** me into getting the game. I did have the PS2 version but that one was terrible. It wasn't for another 13 years till I got the game for the GameCube. The graphics were good but did not age well. I did like the soundtrack. It was essentially the films soundtrack and I love the films soundtrack. The sound was decent. I did love the focus mechanic with fighting and gun play. The animations were terrible. The controls weren't crippled or bad although they did take a good bit of time to get used to. There were no glitches, bugs or crashes like the PS2 or Xbox versions. The AI was challenging but some bosses were very easy to beat. The story mode is very short depending on what difficulty you play on and the bonus level is disappointing. Overall it wasn't as bad as people claim it was after all these years. Get this version as it is the best version of the game.

THE best Virtua Fighter out of all the series. The game that stopped SEGA from going bankrupt. I remember owning the PSM2 DVD with this and Soulcalibur 2 as import reviews and they did not disappoint. The graphics were a big improvement over the normal version of Virtua Fighter 4. They looked nicer, smoother and very realistic. The animation looked superb. The soundtrack was really good. The sound was improved and the gameplay was more refined and I think it has the best gameplay out of all the series. It brought 2 new characters into the series: Brad Burns and Goh Hinogami. I did like their fighting styles. A lot of things were added to keep the game innovative such as: fighting records and opponent logs in quest mode, new special game modes, item and money battles, item stores and currency system in quest mode, new ring, better ranking system and emblem battles. You could buy the original Virtua Fighter stage and the original character models which was a nice touch as well. It has THE best training mode out of all the series. This was the first game out of the series to have the command list, ai position and difficulty setting, spawn and reset position and among other things. Definitely get this.

One of THE best licensed games ever made to one of the best Bond films of all time. Look everyone knows that movie licensed games **** now but back then this was something extraordinary. This is one of the games that helped define the first person shooter genre that Wolfenstein 3D and Doom already made popular. The game is a classic. The graphics were amazing back then but obviously would age badly over time. The iconic soundtrack by Rare composer Grant Kirkhope is perfect. It matched the feel of being James Bond. Every stage theme sounded so exquisite. The story is extremely faithful to the film minus a few alterations to the plot. The gameplay was so addictive and fun. It made you want to replay it over and over. You were given more tasks on higher difficulties which made the game more fresh. The controls took a good bit of time to get used to but they are not as bad as avid gamers claim they are. Of course the famous multiplayer added by Steve Ellis himself before the game was released. It is one of THE best multiplayer games in video game history. Various modes, unlockable cheats, classic unlockable weapons and villains from the Bond lore in story mode made multiplayer a staple in the gaming community. The only things I hate in the game that could have easily been fixed was the poor frame rate, the stupid ai, unbalanced difficulty and terrible aiming system. A must buy for any gamer and Bond fan. A classic indeed. .

2005, one of the best years for wrestling fans. After Smackdown vs Raw came out in 2004, fans were so disappointed. When this game came out it was amazing and was much better than 2004. The graphics for the game are so realistic and the animations looked stunning. They still hold up well today. The roster is really good and the many unlockable legends gave the game a lot of replayability. It still was missing many other wrestlers though. The game gave us new matches such as Backstage/Bar Brawl, Lingerie Pillow Fight and the revamped Buried Alive match. The Ai is very good and balanced. The gameplay was brilliant. I loved the Season Mode. Some things I didn't like was the confusing GM mode, terrible soundtrack and annoying collision detection. It's still very fun to play. One of the greatest wrestling games of all time.

Ah this game. This is a huge childhood classic to me. One of the best licensed games ever made and THE best Simpsons game ever. I remember getting this game for my birthday and it delivered in every way. The graphics were so good for 2003. These were the cel shaded graphics that made the cel shade era popular from 2002-2004. The music fit the game's vibe so well and it reflects that. The sound and voice acting from the beloved Simpsons cast was fantastic. It had the wit and the punchlines from the show and it was done well. The gameplay was a great satire of GTA 3. So much interactability like GTA 3. There was so much to do in the game: races, finding collectible cards, killing camera wasps, breaking buzz boxes for money, finding interactable buttons with punchlines and gags from the show, bonus missions and buying costumes from the show. I bought the game again because it was so fun and it had a huge effect on me. The only thing I hated was the poor camera angles. It was so annoying. A must own for Simpsons fans and GTA fans. You will not regret buying this game.

A really disappointing game. The graphics are decent. The music is decent. The voice acting gets very repetitive. The mechanics are broken such as the speed die and auction mini game. The AI is very slow and that you cant speed up their movement or skip their play. The create a board mode was terrible with bare bones customization. The Monopoly Deal was not needed. Online doesn't work. The house rules are not selectable for normal play and that you can only pick 1 rule for special play and not multiple. I still like playing Monopoly though. Get Monopoly Streets for PS3 or Xbox 360 as it is way better and way more fun.

A way better game than Tekken 6 and it surpasses the original Tag Tournament by a mile. The graphics are nicer and the stage design is more variable and creative than Tekken 6. The soundtrack is poor like Tekken 6 but gets much better when you download Tekken 1-6's soundtrack like I did and it made the game more fun and filled me with many classic memories. The sound is really good. The gameplay is more enhanced and brings more variety to tag combos and other mechanics. The main flaws with the game are the broken online mode and the dlc characters had the same movesets and other animations with other iconic characters from the series apart from Dr Bosconovitch. I also didn't like that you had to buy the classic soundtracks and endings of past Tekken games instead of having a Jukebox and Gallery mode. Get this game.

My favorite Mortal Kombat game. The graphics are great. The character models, battle damage and blood look better than Deadly Alliance. The soundtrack is good but I like Deadly Alliance more. The sound is reused from Deadly Alliance but the voice acting and sound effects sound way better. The gameplay has been improved with the combo breaker mechanic, death traps, Hara Kiri's and the classic two fatalities system. I love the way that they brought back classic stages from the original Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Deadly Alliance. I also love that they brought back classic characters like they did with Deadly Alliance. The only thing I don't like is the Konquest Mode. It is a good mode but it's too short and the emphasis on finding collectible chests in which some of them are really hard to find and to unlock most of the extras, team photos, stages, costumes and fighters that are in the Krypt can get really irritating. I hate the way if you wanted to learn moves and battle classic characters you had to find them, then practice their moveset then go to a different area and fight someone else and unlock items which I found to be very time consuming as you already have practice mode to use and you can buy unlockables in the krypt. The ending is bad and Shujinko is dumb. They should have stayed with the Deadly Alliance version of Konquest mode as it was easier to earn money and you could buy the things you wanted in the Krypt. Another thing I didn't like is that some of the new characters and their fatalities are bad but not as terrible as Deadly Alliance. Most of the new and classic characters used recycled win animations which was a cheap thing to do. The game's arcade mode is WAY too short with only 6 fights as Deadly Alliance had much more and I think the Hara Kiri's were a waste of time. Overall, A great Mortal Kombat game. Buy it.

This game had so much potential but ultimately was a failure. The graphics were decent for the game but were a bit grainy and dark. The soundtrack was pretty good. The sound and voice acting was also great. The game all fell apart after starting to play it. The friendly and enemy AI was a joke. They would constantly run around the area, stand in front of you and not use cover. The camera was awful. It was always locked behind you. There is no lock on in this game so you have to shoot by hip fire and most bullets don't hit which got very annoying. The controls were abysmal. The bonuses were just songs and music videos from 50 Cent's soundtrack which was lackluster. I played as far as the 2nd level and then stopped playing. Do not play this game.

The best licensed wrestling game of all time. A game so iconic that fans want EA to remaster it to this day. It's sad that it will never happen because of copyright issues and rappers ego. The graphics were amazing and still hold up in my opinion. The soundtrack is perfect. The sound effects are so awesome. The voice acting is excellent and every rapper gave it their all. The gameplay is what made the game stand out a lot from other fighting/wrestling games at the time. New mechanics were introduced to make the game so groundbreaking. -environment and crowd interaction -weapons It also improved on many things that Vendetta lacked and the controls. -Better reversal system -Create a fighter for story mode -longer story mode -deep customization system in story mode for created fighter -more match types The main problems with the game are that Story Mode is WAY too short and that it can be beaten in three to four hours, the story mode is linear, the constantly zooming in and out camera when playing 3 or 4 player matches and the crowd graphics are not great. But the gameplay is so solid and fun it makes the problems futile. Overall a perfect 10. A game that will never be matched.