Resident Evil 0

This particular Resident Evil didn't get enough love. Initially announced for the N64, then moved to the GameCube, Resident Evil Zero's gameplay has a lot in common with Resident Evil 2. And that's a good thing. RE2 still stands as one of my favorites in the series, so it...

Resident Evil 4

Finally, Capcom evolved the series! Don't get me wrong. I love me some Resident Evil, but its archaic control scheme and same-y enemies in the previous games do tend to bore. Then along comes RE4, with Leon on the hunt for the US President's daughter. Gone (at least...

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

We must be complete suckers. Four of us spent over 2 years trying to beat this game. We had our GameCube, our GBA link cables, our four GBAs, and tons of patience. This game is a watered-down Zelda adventure with a crappy story, repetitive puzzles, and long long long...

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

This is a great kart racing game for certain. Does it live up to the N64 predecessor though? Certainly not. The ways in which they innovated with Double Dash do add some nice gameplay elements, but if you don't want to play in co-op, the experience just isn't as...

Metroid Prime

This game surprised the hell out of me. I had been waiting for a new Metroid game since 1994, after the release of Super Metroid. When they showed footage of this game at E3, I shed tears. I'm not kidding. And then I found out it was...

Soul Calibur II

Beaten and Destroyed. Level 80 (weapon master mode). Grand Edgemaster of the I don't know what . . . All characters unlocked. All weapons unlocked. All EVERYTHING unlocked. Great game. Thank god for Namco. I crashed it once. So, it gets a lower score. I hate games that crash on me. Necrid is...

Starfox Assault

Star Fox Assault is one-third flight game, one-third tank game, and one-third run-and-gun game. The flight game is really, really good with classic Starfox controls, balanced difficulty, and impressive variety. The tank game is average: sometimes it's fun but other times I found myself wishing it controlled better. The...

Ultimate Spider-Man

Ultimate Spider-Man is a great example of a licensed superhero game done right. The licensor and publisher must have let the developer run with this game in ways rarely seen from licensed products. The cutscenes were fresh and exciting, the writing was good, the gameplay was adequate, and the story was...

Geist

There were some annoying bugs. When I had my first boss fight (against a soldier with a shield), I beat him at the exact moment that he "killed" me. This gave me the "mission failed" message, but allowed me to continue playing the game after I accepted the failure. It...

Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue

This game would be great for kids. It's not too hard, it's got some nice kid-friendly challenges, the characters don't move too quickly. It is a decent kids game. However, so is Super Mario Bros. which ranks MUCH higher than a 5 on the Game-O-Meter. So, this game...