Music Reviews

My family bought an Xbox and picked out this $30 game. (they aren't cheap) We read the manual and started multiplayer in the mood for action, rambo, and violence. Wishfull thinking. we went back to the store and returned it for Halo. One of the greatest games in the world. (see my review on Halo)It makes a great air combat game with the option to hijack (is that how you spell it) planes, get in AA (anti-aircraft) guns and gun down the enemy, pick up power-ups ect. But it does not make a great melee game. If your in the mood for high speed air-combat it's great! Some of the airplanes include fast speed and low gun power planes, slow but heavy gun power planes, and somewhere in the middle. The downsides of the game for my family was that your airplane emblem consists of four tarot cards, (some families may have "issues" with this, some may not)you are a air "pirate," (once again some families may have "issues" with this, some may not) and it MAY (we didn't get that far so it MIGHT have it)have language and inmodist dressing in the films (once again some families may have "issues" with this, some may not)so it all depends on your family, but, as far as air-combat goes, it is GREAT!

I originally bought this game because it offers two free months of xbox live with it. This alone is a great bargain if you really want to try out xbox live without purchasing the $70 kit. I began playing it, and it was a whole lotta fun. I've become extraordinarily bored by first person shooters, because it is what the Xbox library is dominated by. Everyone's making first person shooters because they saw how successful halo was...Well, here enters Crimson Skies.

It's a third person shooter in a sense. It is more a dogfighting game than a flight simulator (it hardly simulates anything close to reality, which is a good thing!). Single player consists of an almost GTA-like storyline...There's a main plot, but you can go off and do your own thing (to an extent), too. As you go along, you earn tokens, and money, which are what you need to upgrade your planes. The single player experience makes this game rent-worthy, while the multiplayer (like so many other games) is what makes this a keeper.

If you don't have xbox live yet, that's fine. The game comes with an activation code that gives you two free months. You take 5 minutes to sign up, then you're off! You pick quickmatch, which automatically searches for an open game of the type you desire. You get in, and you pick your plane. Everyone checks in, and you're now beginning your first xbox live experience. You may be playing dogfight or team dogfight (equivalent to deathmatch or team deathmatch), flag heist (capture the flag), keep away or team keep away (you grab "the booty," and everyone else tries to kill you- basically kill the carrier). Or you might be playing the best of them all...Wild Chicken. This is a game much like football, but with a chicken. You start out on your team's side, and everyone rushes to the middle of the map where there's a chicken falling from the sky. The goal is to take the chicken to the enemy's base, through a set of four goal posts. You earn seven points for every chicken-score, and 1 point for every kill. Sound fun? You have no idea.

Instead of looking just in front of, to the sides, and behind you, you have to be aware of above and below as well. While this may seem obvious, you cannot truly understand its significance until you play. Because it has a light learning curve, the game is easy to pick up. This allows it to be a great party game, or just something you play by yourself. The single player is fun, but nothing compared to multiplayer.

*For those without xbox live: the game is a lot more fun in multiplayer if you have the headset (you can purchase it alone for about $30). the headset made all the difference for me, and got me hooked on xbox live.

ENJOY!

I bought this game around Thanksgiving time. I hadn't purchased XBox Live at that time so I was playing the standard 1 player mission based game. The game has simple flight controls in which a monkey could operate with ease. Crimson Skies is not a flight simulator. The 1 player game flows like any mission-based shooter and quite frankly, gets stale rather quick. The missions are destroy this, escort that, etc. Fun, yet repetitive after a while. Whenever you take out enemies, you collect their money. Money is used to upgrade the different planes you commandeer. Stealing new planes and comparing the differences in handling speed and firepower is fun. The game's environments are huge and have hidden icons buried throughout, giving the single player reason to explore. These icons are used for upgrading planes as well. All this said about the 1 player game, I give it a 7 out of 10. I only played it for about a week (25% complete 1 player) when I purchased Live.

**Open doors**

Crimson Skies on Live is utterly amazing and gave me no reason to return to the 1 player mode. Modes such as Dogfight, Team DF, Capture the Flag, are all great. 16 players are allowed to join in one game (with a little lag, but not much at all).

It is on XBox Live that Crimson Skies allows you to see the vast handling and maneuverability of these planes. Live also keeps each pilot's stats, allowing the player to put everything in perspective compared to other Red Baron's out there.

The environments on Crimson Live are completely huge and amazing and the battles that ensue are nothing short of utter mayham.

I give Crimson Live 9/10 dumbfire rockets. If you are looking for a reason to purchase Live, look no further. This game to me, was worth the money.

Look on the horizon for the wispy flames coming out of my engine, for I am BOO75. :o)

Granted i like this game a lot. But some interface controls and other aspects of city building dont master Pharaoh. Like when you wish to trade with a city in zeus you must build a seperate trading post for every city on the world map, which reaches a large number by the end of the game.In pHaroah all you must do is build one dock or just leave you tradable product in the storage yard Also food distrubution doest beat out pharaoh. In Zeus you must create a different store for every product, and it is hard to suply every neighberhood with all it needs. In Pharaoh There is one Food distribution center that sells everything. Another Falt of Zeus Is the difficulty. By the first hour of playing i had a flourishing city. This is fun, but it gets old after a while.Monument Building is easier in zeus, but there arnt as many monumentz s to build, so once you have built all the temples to the olympian gods, you get bored.The last reason Pharaoh masters Zeus is that there is not as much to do as ther is to in pharoah. The adventures can be easily mastered, and after that you have little to do, It lacks a campaign as good as pharoahs. I suggest you purchase pharaoh over zeus, even though both are good games. Pharoah is the greatest i think, city building game in the market as of now.

Zeus is more than Pharaoh moved to Greece. The entire game has been changed to fit ancient Greek culture in the Heroic Age. Another change is the introduction of mythic characters directly into the player's city building. Add a streamlined interface, and you get probably the best city-building game to date. In this game, one starts an adventure covering an historical city-state's development over time. Each adventure is made up of "episodes". The episodes all have certain goals to reach: population, political/military/economic power, religous goals. These mini-games link together, so that what is accomplished in the previous one continues on to through the rest. Depending on victory conditions, and how well you did last game, each episode can run 15min - 2hours. Although somewhat cartoonish (not that this is a bad thing), there are historical bases for how the game plays. Unlike Pharaoh where one takes orders from on high or gives them to the entire country, in Zeus your city-state is an entity unto itself-you answer to no one. Unless, your city is taken by another independent city-state. Thus diplomacy is an important facet of city development. Another historical "engine" is the role of religion. Here the gods have very human personalities: they hold grudges and try to get you to worship them promising blessings on your community. Again, very Greek in the relationship and "ethos" of religion. The raising and employment of your military forces is also quite historical. In Zeus there are four basic types: "Rabble", "Hoplites", "Cavalry" and "Triremes" (navy). Rabble closely model "Peltastoi"-Peltasts light infantrymen who did basically throw rocks as depicted in the game; they are defensive troops only. Hoplites are the guys depicted on vases. They formed the famous Phalanx and did come from the wealthier classes; Cavalry are mounted Hoplites in game terms. Both can be used (as can the navy) to raid/attack your rivals. As in actual Greek cities, whether to mobilize your forces for offensive or defensive operations is a weighty decision. These are citizen-soldiers, so while mobilized their civilian jobs are not being done. If you choose to defend your city every time it's being attacked, the result can be economic disaster, even if you win militarily. Overall, this is a great game, and probably a better history lesson than most folks realize...

I am, like many other people who have written a review for this game, a fan of city-building/god games, particularly Caesar, Pharaoh, and now Zeus. Zeus is not only a whole new ball game with new gods (that wander around your city this time - sometimes wrecking havoc), new buildings, and a new feature with heros and quests and monsters. And the walker system has been greatly improved and using roadblocks and keeping them where they should be is not really an issue. But the real gem of Zeus is that you can download adventures on the internet and play them. This makes the game virtually open ended, as more and more adventures come. A particularly good site is zeus heaven (look up the addie if you want to download the adventures).
Highly recommended!

This is my all time favorite driving game, high speed, insanely awesome crashes, lots of cars. All the track in this game are sweet, the only ones i play rarely are the snow maps, and thats mainly because of how short the tracks are.

Crash mode, is so top; ingenious idea to get the most insurance damage, great idea on the developers part, they actually listened to what the fans wanted. Crash mode really shows how big the crashes can actually get.

Pursuit mode is also very cool, especially in 2 player the race get really competative, and always gets my heart racing. Pieces of the cars come off of the car your peruing to tell you what damage level the other person is at.

Circuit mode, is my favorite

the replays are so cool, they really made it in a way that i admire, i hate watching split screen replays its just dumb, having the camera change whose on the big screen by what place they are in is awesome. You get to see so much more of the action that way. So if your friend crashed behind you and its flying through the air you'll get to see it in the distance behind your car.

Graphics, are clean, no anti-aliasing errors could be seen, textures are high quality so everything looked amazing, car models resemble some modern day cars, like the supra, mustang, lotus, civic, and such.

I can't wait for a sequel.

Ever wonder why, no mater how true to life a driving or racing sim can be, You can never seem to drive as good in a video game/driving sim as you do in real life? Even if you are a professional driver using a steering wheel controler?

Thats because in a video game the only way you can win is to drive around like a MANIAC!! And thats never easy (Ask any hollywood stuntman!).

Well finally there is a game that encourages you to do just that! Racing through congested highways at extreme speeds just like in the movie FAST AND THE FURIOUS, Racing as recklessly as you can is the ONLY way you are ever going to progress in this game. And for you reward you get extra Tracks (30 in all with all kinds of weather effects), Extra Cars (including One that looks very much like the green Celica hot rod that was used in F& the F), And a BOOST feature that works excatly like the NOS nitro boosters also used in the movie which you'll only get the more suicidal and reckless you drive.

And when you acually do crash in this game, BOY DO YOU CRASH! Think SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT on crack and viagra you'll see just what I mean!

All in all, for those who need an immediate fix after braving rush-hour traffic on your way home to play this game, you MANIC ANTI-DERESSANT IS HERE!!

I never play such an exciting & realistic driving game before. This totally beats out the GT series! It keeps you busy on non-stoping driving excitment.

This game is insanely fun. I never thought I'd find a football game equal to Madden, but Espn Football Quickly shattered that thought.

Controls and Graphics:

If you have ever played Madden you will be right at home here. The controls are almost identical and are very simple to learn. The graphics are excellent. The ESPN look and feel really add a lot to the game. It really enhances the feeling that you are controlling a real game.

Gameplay:

The gameplay is very fun. Passing is a bit difficult at first, due to the cheating computer (who gives you all of 2 seconds to throw the ball before drilling your QB into the grass), but you'll learn quickly. The running game is insanely easy to rack up yards in (I routinely get 650 yards rushing a game, and no I am not amazing at football games). So how can I give this game 5 stars as a football game? It's fun. Even if it is a bit unbalanced and unrealistic at times, the game rocks . It has an incredible amount of unlockable stuff, and many differnt modes.
One huge problem: the commentary is extremely repetive, annoying, and bad. Also, the computer sometimes calls cheap penaltys on your team. Even with these quibbles, I had a very fun time playing ESPN Football. Whether you buy this or Madden is completely on prefernce: both games are excellent. Another fine year for football games.

After reading several reviews, I finally decided it was time to go out and get ESPN NFL Football. I am so glad I did. Let me first say that I do like both Madden and ESPN NFL Football. They each have their high points. However, there are just times when I want to do nothing more than play football. Sure it's fun to build stadiums, raise prices on your snacks and stuff, but when I wanna play football, I go to ESPN. The gameplay is just better in my opinion. Play calling is so much easier, the running game is superb, the passing game is on target, and the overall fun factor can't be beat in my mind.

The crib is awesome. It's a great way to motivate you to go for the glory so to speak. When I first got the game, I thought that's nice - I'll never use it though. 4 games of air-hockey later and I am changing my tune.

First person playing, not my cup of tea - but a nice feature. Nothing againt it, I just have a hard time playing much anything other than driving games in first person. I have read several good reviews on this feature.

I like the ability to see the whole field, sideline to sideline. It helps so much with the passing game.

I use this mostly as a two player game, head to head with my son so most of the franchise options and season goodness hasn't been tested by me to the fullest, but from what I can see, this is where Madden will take over top position. But again, I enjoy having an easy game to sit down to, and play football. I guess I am not all that hard core.

ESPN, in my mind - your NFL game is the best out there. Madden is definitely next in line. The rest I found not to be worth the money.

Let me first begin by saying that I have played both football games. I bought Madden the first day it came out and was hooked out. Owner mode turned me into Jerry Jones. But about 4 months later, I found ESPN foootball for a measly $8. I called up my best friend and we got hooked. I love the openning to sequence with an aerial view of the stadium, watching the players get pumped, and the commentary. My jaw dropped.

Gameplay - The best I have ever seen. Although on the pro level it is too easy to break big runs, playing on the all-pro level, it feels a lot better. Playing with Ricky Williams, I continously pounded for that 3 yards and cloud of dust. I also loved the feeling when you tire out a defense and watch Ricky explode into the secondary for a 20+ yard run. However, there have been many games were I have just been straight up stuffed. My last game against the Pats got Ricky 23 carries for 67 yards. The passing game takes a little getting used too but it works. I have to admit that Madden's passing mechanics are a little better. The hook and curl routes were my forte in madden, but they don't seem to work as well in ESPN. As far as defense is concerned, the DBs come to play. Playing with the fins, I loved playing bump and run because Madison and Surtain just shut recievers down. Sacks and DL moves are more realistic and frequent. And I love watching the tackling animations and the linebacker pursuit is just a beautiful thing.

Commentary + Sound + Graphics - All top notch. Even the fans and thier painted faces.

Presentation - No one is better then ESPN. You can freakin watch NFL Primetime for Christ's sake. Primetime is my all time favorite show and to be able to watch it in May brought tears to my eyes. And I love the halftime show, Chris Berman rocks!!!!!!! The Crib is cool to.

Few negatives -

Franchise mode - Not as deep as Madden but it will suffice. I love being able to break alltime records in Madden as hard as it was. I also liked being able to see carrer stats. Although, ESPN does keep track of carrer stats of players, you are only lucky to see them in a game. Also the salary cap is really annoying. In Madden if I have 7 million left in the cap room, don't take 3 million away if I sign Antonio Bryant for a 5yr 3 million dollar contract.

I hope ESPN makes the leaps and bounds Madden made with the Franchise mode, because if they do, Madden is going to be in hot water. If ESPN develops the franchise mode where you can track individual players carrer stats and make it as deep as maddens, then ESPN will have created the ultimate football experiance. But I do have two wishes:

1. Harder Hits - I want to punish recievers with Rodney Harrison for running routes through the middle.

2. Mel Kipper - I want him to analyze some of the rookies. Put a face on some of these rookies so I don't feel like I am drafting a name.

I should preface my remarks by saying that I haven't played any of the other modern baseball video games and so can offer little in the form of comparison. However, standing on its own merits, WSB is an excellent game. The franchise mode is everything it has been hyped up to be and it sets the standards for sports franchise gaming on the Xbox. Gameplay itself is slick and accurate, with a huge range of options to create an ideal gaming environment. You can make the game incredibly easy or incredibly difficult, making this the perfect "father-son" game. Dad can play with a slower pitch speed and really enjoy all the nuts and bolts of the franchise mode while the kid, with the reflexes of a eleven year old, can play with blink of the eye pitching speeds. The baseball is balanced and realisitc, with scores and the sort of plays you would see in a real, major league game. Pitching and hitting are both a ton of fun and the pitches really act the way they should. Curve balls curve, change ups look like fastballs until they suddenly droop out slowly at the end, sliders will flare out and then break sharply over the plate, and so on. If you have a good eye, you can spot pitches as they come out and hit accordingly, but better pitchers have better stuff that is harder to read just like better batters have larger hitting cursors and can drive the ball farther.

My criticisms of the game are minor, but enough to keep it from earning five stars. The baseball AI is occasionally questionable. Baserunners will make some of the most idiotic mistakes sometimes, manufacturing double plays that never should have happened. Also, against the computer, stealing a base is nigh to impossible, even with speedsters like Ichiro, and walks are not nearly as big a part of this game as they are in real life. Finally, it can be hard on the eyes to read over your stats sometimes as the folks at SEGA have decided to put colored stats up against similarly colored backdrops, causing them to meld together on poorer quality TVs. Straight black numbers against a white background would have been much easier to read.

However, please don't view the above list as a serious set of detractions. The game as a whole is enormously fun and dangerously addictive with tremendous replay value. The franchise mode is truly something special and if you like baseball, you'll love this game.

The franchise mode for this game is unbelievable as you can now watch your players develope throughout their entire careers. Cons of this franchise mode is that there are glitches such as during the middle of the your season your lineup may be discomobulated by the computer. The gameplay sucks as it always has. World series 2k1 is by far the best baseball game ever. So if you want pitches to come in unbelievably slow then this is the game for you.

This is the best sports game I have ever played. I've only played this year's versions of All Star Baseball and this game (Don't play games w/o franchise) and this game is so much better than WSB. I was scared to buy this game at first because I had never played it and I played and enjoyed ASB but I decided to buy WSB based on the reviews. If you're in a simular situation, I'd go with WSB because it's leaps and bounds better.

The gameplay is a little frustrating but once you get the hang of it, the game is a blast. I'm a big fan of Franchise mode in sports and this franchise mode is unbelievable, even better than Madden's franchise mode. Unlike any other game, you have an unlimited number of season to work with. You also have to hire managers, batting coaches, etc. and that's part of your budget. The budget system varies (You can choose to have the current budgets of the real life teams or have the budget off alltogether). What's also great about the budget system, you can gain more budget points depending on your team's success and W/L. There is also a player draft after each season where you draft new players for future use (Very cool!).

The point system for players is better than ASB and doesn't use the annoying A/B/C system, instead using a numerical system that goes up to 100. The system is very realistic as well, because unlike madden and other sports franchise games, if you have a great year with an average player like Kip Wells, his ratings will boost the next year and he'll be one of the best players in the league.

There are so many other things that make this game so great and realistic (GMs of bad teams getting frustrated and willing to trade a proven high priced players for some younger and cheaper talent) so buy the game!!

Oh by the way, that's just franchise mode. There's other features in the game, but franchise is so good it could carry this game alone.

Ok, I loved this game for all the reasons everyone else stated. BUT -I'm not letting my seven year old son play this because of some suggestive dialog between Sims. It's sort of hard to explain the phrase, "Let's lock tongues!" to him, and I don't want to! Besides that phrase there are a few others that are a little naughty and funny, but certainly not lewd. I might be comfortable with him playing this as a teenager, but I'm not there yet. So check it out for yourself first. You won't want to give it back to them anyway, it's too fun!

This was my first sims game. It's really worth the money. You start off living in your uncle Hayseed's barn. After you complete some of the goals he makes you move of out of your barn and into the clock tower. I have spent hours playing this game. The time sort of goes by slow, but sleeping makes the time go three times faster. This game also can get annoying.

1. Your sim might start to complain because it is hungry, has to pee, wants entertainment, or is tired. When this happens, you can't talk to anyone.

2. If you get a dog, it pees all over your house and you can't punish it. You also have to clean it up.

3. It's hard to please people. One of your goals might be to befriend the detective but the choices they give you to say will only make him madder.

4. You have to pay your bills and sometimes others, like 1000 for club rub.

Other than that this game is worth it.

I got The Sims Bustin' Out for Christmas. It was one of the three games that I got, and this one is by far the most addictive. It has good graphics, and the music and sounds are a lot like the Sims for the computer. There are a few nics in the game, for instance in one mission, you have to buy a shower. If you already bought and sold a shower they consider it as buying the shower, but not selling it. You can't get through the rest of the game because of that. The game can be a little boring at times, but it's a lot of fun. Sometimes its a little hard to manuvere the person around, but the game gets a lot easier once you get the scooter from Dusty Hoggs. After you are allowed to search the whole town, and not just the general store and the Burning Spoke, it gets a little confusing, because you can get lost easily. Luckily, there is a map if you press the select button and you should have no problem after that. All in all, this is a good game, and it's worth the $29.99.

When I first read the reviews for this before buying it there were a lot that said that a downside was that it was too heavy for the baby to really manipulate, but I bought it anyway because I really liked it and because it was on sale. For the first few months we had it my son really wasn't interested because he couldn't play with it on his stomach or back, but when he turned 5 months and learned to sit it quickly became one of his favorite toys. He plays with it everday for 10-15 minutes at a time, a long time compared to his other toys, and hasn't shown any signs of tiring. The music is wonderful and the colors are bright and attractive. The heavy weight of the toy, I have found, is actually a plus because it helps it to stay sun side up while he is playing with it. I would highly recommend this toy, but just wait until they are sitting and can really play with it

My daughter loves this toy and so do we! We also enjoyed the fact that it played music from Peter and the Wolf. This is a great toy that I would definitely recommend!!!!!

I was excited to purchase this item because the reviews are so high, it's the newest "in" baby toy today, and Neurosmith is well respected. My baby does like this toy, the music is pleasant and has a great sound quality and the toy is soft and bright and easy for my baby to hold. However, my baby likes just as well a Fisher price stuffed puppy that plays the alphabet song and was less than 20 dollars. If your baby likes music, this is a great toy, but so are half a dozen cheaper musical toys that are made by equally respectable companies like Fischer Price or Leapfrog. It's a nice toy, but is it worth paying double what similar items cost? I'll have to wait and see--for now my baby loves the alphabet song just as much or more than he loves classical music....Even classical music can become grating to a parent if you hear the same selection play over and over.

I got this game on the christmas of 2003-2004 an its fun! i dont have the first sonic advance cuz i heard that this one is WAY better.

I own some old sonic games (sonic 1,2 and S&K for genesis,sonic an knuckles collection for pc and sonic 1, 2 and chaos for gamegear i also had sonic pinball on genesis but now i have it on advance in sega smash pack) an this w/ sonic 2:battle (GC) r the only new sonic games i own so far. well, heres my review-

MUSIC/SOUND 4/5: I luv the music on someparts like in zone 6 (the cyber space with hologram stuff) is catchy an sometimes, i heard music from previous sonic games for a few senconds an the VERY LAST boss fight tune was cool but the VERY LAST boss sorta looked like a rip off boss fight from a game called SPARKSTER (snes) but then again it wasnt a complete rip. all in all u will enjoy the music.the sounds were good too but i sorta wished the characters had some voice in the game but its ok.

GAMEPLAY 5/5: awsome! this is more uv a race thru level game (even more than the old sonics) with few enemeis. u earn characters along the way such as tails, knuckles and a new recruit in the sonic saga!its a little girl rabbit named Cream and her CHAO named Cheese (cream cheese, get it?)an there is a character u can unlock an i know who it is althogh i havent earned him/her yet... u should no that ure first person u have is (obvoisly) sonic an i beat the game with him an cream an im workin on tails rite now, i havent earned all the chaos emeralds but to do so, u need to get 7 secret rings in each act (excluding boss acts) an u need to get those emeralds to unlock more features in the game. u can also do time trail mode which u choose a player to run thru the act as fast as u can which adds to replay but ill get on with that later... u can use data with chao linking to SA2-battle an do stuff but i dont know what unfortanatly...

REPLAY 5/5: Plenty to do here! beat game with all 4 characters with collecting a total of 28 emeralds (u need to get the chaos emeralds with EACH character!) then unlocking other goods along with earning ANOTHER character (now total of 35 chaos emeralds to collect) plus u can do (i didnt mention this in GAMEPLAY) multiplayer with up to 4 people an i never did it but my big sis has this game so i should ask her sometime... an again, there is time trail to get your absolute best with EVERY character so there is A TON to do here but when u manage to finish it all, u can still play the game (recommended doing this AFTER u did everything else multiplayer is optional tho) again with ure favorite character (mines sonic so far)

CHARACTERS:
SONIC:coolest of the lot (in my opinion), he foiled dr. Eggmans (gee thats a stupid name! what happened to Robotnik?) plans MANY times in the past. he can run really fast an do moves like back flip in mid-air or spin-kick forward.Cool huh?

CREAM & CHEESE: Unfortanatly, shees just a mimick of tails with worst flight controls (she flies with her big, floppy, ears) but she has good sprites (when she grinds on rails, is the happy or screaming?)! she can sorta spin forward an use CHEESE as a weapon. I think she deserves to be in the sonic crew all in all!

TAILS (MILES): Ok he is not really new at all in the sonic saga (first appearance: Sonic 2 genesis i think) he is sonics sidekick an can use his tails to fly but he doesnt really have alot uv moves but he is still awsome an deserves to let him go thru the game, u wont regret it!

KNUCKLES: Sorry! i didnt get to try him out yet but ill upgrade this when i do! the only thing i really bet he can do (unless sonic team got drunk which hopefully they didnt cuz they rock) is glide in mid-air cuz he did in previous games so its either gonna be sonic or him as my fav!

???: Yup! this is the mystery character an i never tried him/her out cuz i didnt unlock him/her but i know who the character is (sorta obvouis)...

RENT/BUY/NEVER TOUCH/USE TO THROW AT WINDOW: Definate buy even if u missed out on old school sonic games or even the new ones (all the stories are pretty much the same)!!! This will be awsome for road trips (if u dont get carsick that easily) an is jus fun to play again an again! u can get the first sonic advance if u want but uv what i heard, u should get this one or better yet both! I didnt write this long reveiw for nuttin so go get it now!.....umm why u still here...? GO! GET IT NOW! well by for now!.....no really BYE! *runs away*

For the longest time, I was all about Nintendo, and I was anti-anything else... anti-Sega, anti-Playstation, anti-NeoGeo, anti-TurboGrafix16, etc.

Then I started dating a girl who has a Genesis, and got hooked on Sonic. Liking the 3 or 4 games she has, I decided to buy this game for my GBA. For the most part, it's awesome... new stages, new characters, great graphics and music... and like other reviewers said -- if you're familiar with the Genesis Sonic games, you'll be right at home with this title.

However, there are a few things I really do NOT like:

1) The first several stages are pretty easy, but then they get much harder. I'm stuck on the sky world, because there's one jump which is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to make without doing some kind of specialized new move that Sonic never had before. I don't mind when special moves give you access to secret bonus areas, but I hate it when tricky special moves are *required* to get past a certain part of a game. Even after reading numerous FAQ's and walkthroughs on how to get past it, I can't. This one hurdle alone has turned me off so much, that I've practically given up on the game. (At least until I finally break down and buy today's GBA equivalent to the Game Genie.)

2) One review for "Sonic Advance 3" mentions frustration with the fact that the game levels are so huge, it's impossible to memorize the locations of all the special items required to unlock special stages. One thing I've never been good at in any Sonic game is memorizing the stages, or getting to the end of a bonus stage. I know these things are "above and beyond" what's required of the basic game, but I think they forgot -- it's a GAME, it should be fun. When I want hard work, I go to my job.

3) You can't access all the characters until you "unlock" them. If I paid $25 for this game, I should be able to access ALL the features right off the bat. I shouldn't be required to play the entire game all the way through with 4 different characters just to unlock a 5th character who'd probably be wind up not even being worth the effort. How'd you like to pay $25,000 for a car that doesn't allow you to access all its features until you've driven a certain number of miles or you've successfully completed some 43-key sequence on the stereo in 25 seconds or less? Same goes for the Gamecube Sonic Mega Collection -- I paid enough for it, I should be able to play ALL the games immediately... none of this "unlocking" bullcrap.

4) I alluded to this in the previous item -- once you unlock new characters, it's like they have their own "account" in the game. For example, you can't have Sonic play the first 3 acts, then have Tails take over. Each character has to play through the entire game on their own. I guess it's a neat way to learn each character's differences and advantages -- but I'd prefer the "Super Mario Bros. 2" style of character selection... where ALL the characters are available all the time, and you can choose the person who is best suited for each stage.

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Tiger Woods Pga Tour 2004 is the one of the best sports games ever made. It has tons of game modes that are all 100% fun, while also challenging the gamer. At first Tiger woods PGA Tour 2004 is hard to get used to, but after a few rounds of 18 you will be having so much fun you can't stop. The rewards you can earn are unbelievable. EA Sports definetly shot a hole in one with this game.

This game is ton of fun for everyone, golfer or not! Tiger Woods 2004 is another great game by EA Sports, makers of all the best sports titles. Pick one of a wide array of pros, (Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, & more) or create your own golfer with the Game Face feature! (this feature is awesome!) Start a career and play in tournaments over a ten year span to win money, trophies, and set records on over 13 different courses! With your earnings you can go to the pro shop and buy hundreds of items to improve your golfers looks and attributes. (clubs, balls, clothes, even bling-bling!) Other features are the world tour, (unlock courses, golfers, and items.) scenario mode, and real-time-events! You can play 2 player against a friend, or play online against whoever you choose. I've been playing this game non-stop since I got it! Out of 10- Overall: 9.0 - Graphics: 9.0 - Gameplay: 9.5 - Replayability: 9.0.

I have been a big fan of the recent "Tiger Woods" golf series for Playstation 2. The newest installment to that series, "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004" is an awesome game. I own the 2002 version and have played the 2003 version, but the newest version blows both of them away.
For starters, Gary McCord (current PGA announcer and former player) has signed on to do the commentary. BIG step up from the voices from the previous versions that tended to get very repetitive. David Faheretty is back to do the play-by-play analysis. He does good work.
A ton of new courses have been added, both real and created. Pinehurst #2 is probably the most notable, along w/ the famous public course Bethpage Black.
Along with the new new courses, new players have been added. John Daly makes his appearance, as well as Retief Goosen and others.
Career mode is a new feature, allowing a player to play through a 10 year career. It's a nice feature, better than the previous tournament mode. There are no more 18 hole tournaments for a couple grand to the winner.
The match play mode has been improved, sending you all over the world map playing in various "regions." Defeating a player at each level of each region is the goal.
Overall, INCREDIBLE new game, a must buy without a doubt for any Tiger Woods series fan AS WELL AS anyone that thinks they might enjoy a "golf" game. Best game of the series by far. Get it!

This game is, in a way, your rather standard fighting, PS1 game. You stand facing your opponent in a 2D environmnent and battle it out. There are several things that make this game better than just your average fighters.

- Duh, it's InuYasha!
- Because it comes from a TV show, there is kind of a plot that goes with it, and it keeps the game more interesting.
- The plot changes as you earn new characters to play with.
- Each character has their own special moves and abilities.
- Hint hint - if you get the game, definitely try to get Kouga. If you use his Demon Wind attack over and over, it's impossible for your opponent to even move. Yeah, it's a little cheap, but that's okay if the other guy's been whippin' [you] all day. Besides that, Kikyo's really the best, but Sesshoumaru rocks too.
- The controls are never hard to remember.
- There are several bonus things to unlock that would really appeal to InuYasha fans, but I'm not going to give away what they are.

As a huge Inuyasha fan (before it came to America) and a PS1-only owner, I was so happy to hear that this game was avaliable in America. I was happier to hear that all of the original voices were kept (there are translations for all of the dialogue that is not in-battle).

You start the game as Inuyasha or Kagome, and each time you beat a "level" with enough shards you unlock a new character. All of the main ones are here: listed in the manual and even the 2 secret ones can be figued out from their silloettes.

The controls are very esay to figure out, and the game is very enjoyable if you like this sort of game. There are a few mini-games of whacking bees and rocks, but otherwise are all battles. So if you like fighting games you'll like this, though the graphics are in no comparison to games like Soul Caliber and Tekken. Therefore, Inuyasha fans will love seeing their favorite character demolish others (it's so much fun to beat up Shippo!), fans of SNES-type fighting games will enjoy it, but those looking for deep storylines and varied gameplay will not.

When I first played this game, I thought it would be lame, mostly because it is 2D and I usually hate 2D games, but was I wrong! The voices are Japanese, but there're subtitles that explain what the characters are saying. The battle sequences are great too! It's really smooth and the attacks are consistent with the actual show. The game has all the main characters except Myoga because he runs away whenever there's trouble. I like Youkai Inuyasha. (the complete demon form of him) I like the Windscar attack. Well, anyway, this game is one-and two-player, so you can fight human on human, human on comp., and tag team matches. It is one of the best games I've ever played, and if your an Inuyasha fanatic like me * :) * this game is definitely for you!
~Jaken's a cricket!~
*insert raspberry here*