Music Reviews

This could have been a great RPG. This could have been a fantastic RPG. This could have been THE RPG. Instead, we have this. It's buggy, it's slow, it's far too easy once you reach level 30 or so, etc. Generally, it's just too ambitious. The game world is huge; you could literally spend several hours walking from one side of the continent to another if it didn't freeze.

This brings me to the most frustrating part of this game. It freezes every 30 minutes or so! It's like the programmers had absolutely no idea what they were doing. Also, there's some sort of weird problem where NPCs drift from their normal locations over time.

I'm pretty sure Morrowind runs below 30 frames per second. This is shocking, because the graphics are blocky, the animations are unbelievably bad, and the texturing is muddy and pixelated.

Now on to the good parts of the game. The experience system is different from most RPGs; instead of just gaining experience points for killing stuff, you get better at things as you use them. There are about 30 different categories from Destruction spells to lockpicking. Every time you perform one of these actions successfully (even stuff like taking a hit while wearing heavy armor), you gain experience in that skill. When you gain ten levels in your selected major or minor skills, your character gets a level. Depending on what other stats leveled up in between character levels, you have different amounts of points to spend upgrading your character.

Combat is simplistic; you basically just keep hitting the R button until the enemy is dead. You can build up your weapon skill a lot faster if you just repeatedly chop instead of building up for a more powerful swing. Once you get to a certain level (30 or so), you become invincible. Nothing can kill you, no matter how hard they try. You don't even need your healing spells and potions.

There's a huge amount of quests for you to undertake, from running errands to escort missions to being hired as an assassin. All of these quests are kept track of in a near-worthless log that records all events in the order you experienced them; there's no way to look for a particular quest.

Morrowind is a good game. It's not great, but it's passable. The slow pace will drive some away; the freezing will drive away others. Those that stick with it will find 300-500 hours of gameplay to keep them busy for a long time. Just make sure to save often.

Right off the bat let me tell you one thing: Morrowind III is a great game. The animation might not be great, but don't let that trick you into thinking that is a crappy out-dated game, because you would be dead wrong. Morrowind is a great RPG for XBOX (one of the few). You have limitless possibilities for what you can do. You dont even have to follow the main quest if you don't want to. You can join any of the various guilds, houses, etc. and rising through the ranks will take a considerable amount of time. This is not a game you can finish in a few hours. This is not even a game you can finish in a few days. With so much to do and see this makes for a great game. It is totally customizable (name, race, class, etc.) right down to how much the NPCs like you. Using an endless array of magic, weapons, armor, and items, you can choose any path you want. This is my second favorite RPG for XBOX (my favorite is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic which, if you haven't already, you have to go out and buy because it is awesome). All in all, a very good game. (A little advice: get the Platinum Hits version of the game. Its the same game but its 10+ dollars cheaper.)

The Elder Scrolls III series is an amazing, wide and beautiful world. Dont listen to the other reviewers that tell you that the graphics suck. The truth is, it doesn't matter. The world is so large and beautiful that you don;t even notice. Sure, there are bugs such as that if you add soultrap on target to ANY spell it stays forever. Character creation and development is awsome, with many classes. If you are one of the beast races, people may make rude comments on your posture and societal standing.

Overall, a wonderful experience that will provide a long and entertaing journey through Vvardenfell(yes, i spelled that right).

I'm not even a race game fan and this is simply amazing! I've only played it single-player so far but it is extremely addictive and fun. For a new player, the lower difficulty levels are easy enough so you can quickly begin buying new cars - and getting new cars does make a huge difference. There are some races and challenges I tried dozens of times in one car only to switch to another car and win the first or second time.

The graphics are awesome. The car selection and track selection are without peer. Handling, sound, everything changes depending on which vehicle you're in. The sense of speed is amazing, especially on the narrow streets of some European city tracks.

I highly recommend this game, especially to new Xbox owners and if you have Xbox live it's to die for.

The only problem is you'll never want to turn it off. You're always just a few kudos away for your next level or just a second shy of setting that next record. Prepare to leave the real world for hours if you're not careful!

this game has terrable controls. it would be a lot better if it had better controls.u try and turn going like 10mph on a tight corner and see what happens u probably will hit the wall and then ur going so slow the other AI racers pass u like nothing and then u have to catch up with them again. but on the bright side there r ferrari's hehehehehehehhehehhehhehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhehehehheheheheheheheh.my fav. and one other thing u need a steering wheel if u want to actully have good controls. buy the universal one that works for gamecube.xbox.ps2 and i think the computer i said i think.

This game is awesome. When you first start out the cars are slow, but as you gain skill and kudos, you can purchase better and faster cars. The developers helped to keep it from being monotonous by mixing up the challenges, and it works for the most part. There is however, one major flaw. As you work your way up you can't keep your car to race in the next series. You also can't customize your car. It would be a waste though, since the series goes by so quick. Love the graphics, but you can't total your car. Realistic braking and acceleration, fun to spin people out. Way better than all of the gran tourismo games.

Ground Control always makes me start humming 'Major Tom' - the game itself is quite down to earth, though. The premise is quite interesting. You're a 34 year old senior female military person, working for the Crayven Corporation. The Order is your enemy, and you fight them.

That's about all you know as you begin the game. You fight them because you're told to by the cold manager, Enrica Hayes who has no brains and couldn't care why you do what you do. When you get your mission briefings from Enrica, you then get to configure your units with whatever options are available, fill your drop ships, and land to attack.

The game works with individuals grouped together into set units. While a set of 4 tanks move together, a particular tank can get wounded and die. You can't tell a particular tank to go somewhere on its own, though. The unit moves together. This makes it easier to manage many missions, simply grabbing units and pointing them in directions.

The graphics are great! Ground Control has the move-anywhere view that Dark Reign 2 uses. Very intuitive and easy to use. Follow along with a unit, or get a birds-eye view of the great graphical combats. While my Athlon-750 often choked on some of the larger scale combats (boding poor results for slower machines), in general it whisked along at a good clip.

The landscape is fully three dimensional and fully rendered. Hide in the shadow of a cliff to get an ambush jump on your enemy. Sneak along under trees or overhangings to avoid being seen. Troops have options for weaponry and healing that can be customized. Troops can be carried in APCs to zip from location to location, and peel out quickly into whichever formation you specify.

The downsides on the game are the stuttering I mentioned before on heavy-graphic situations, and also the general situation you, Major Sarah Parker, find yourself in. While it's great that the lead player and her boss are both women, it's very, very annoying playing a game in which you watch your 'friends' shoot up hospitals, where you're berated by your commander and where no matter how quickly you get to someone, the program insists it's "too late" and you must watch the person die to further the plot. I have enough frustration in real life without playing a game in which the lead character is drinking after each mission, wondering why she even keeps fighting. Does that provide any incentive for the player to want to keep playing?

Also, most games of this style allow the player to choose amongst factions and decide which side to play. In this game it's very linear. Each mission is forced on you, and what you do in the mission is pre-set. While replaying the same mission 10 times might have them decide to attack from the NE or the SE randomly, they always attack, and then the same exact messages always appear, which you cannot click through.

If you enjoy strategy combat without building units or structures, and have a fast enough machine to handle this, Ground Control might be the perfect game for you!

Ground Control is all about tactics and strategy, realized in a beautiful 3-D landscape. Units increase effectiveness as they gain experience and earn kills. The game appeals to those who enjoy Chess, real-world tactics and military history, and movies such as Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day, etc. It is not a traditional RTS.

Traditional real-time strategy games are all about base building and figuring out how to churn out disposable units faster than your opponent. They appeal to those who enjoy Axis & Allies, Starship Troopers (the movie), fast-paced action, and who don't care about patience / intricate plans.

The best thing about Ground Control is that you can rename and customize your squads. I say squads because unlike traditional RTS games and like real-world militaries, all your units in the game are squads of 3-10 individual soldiers/tanks/planes. In the first mission you get 1 squad of marines, and you can customize them to be Offensive (more firepower), Defensive (more armour), Recon (more speed), or Balanced. If they survive the mission, they may earn a medal of commendation, and will gain experience. The next mission, they'll fight a little harder and live a little longer than an inexperienced squad. Half the fun of the game is grooming units into elite squads, or feeling sorrow when you have to leave a n experienced squad behind to fight a suicide delaying action while the rest of your force escapes.

Customization goes further than experience, names, and general focus. You can also choose to add special equipment or weapons. This lets you tailor your forces to your unique strategic style. For example, you can give one unit of tanks indirect-fire mortars, and your other unit of tanks a loadout of armour piercing cannon shells. You put the mortar unit behind the anti-armour unit, then have some Recon-focused marines scout out the enemy. Shell the enemy with the mortars while retreating the marines, then decimate the enemy with the anti-armour tanks when they get close. Other commanders may wish to load all the tanks with the armour-piercing rounds and simply charge the enemy. Whatever your style, Ground Control delivers.

The fact that your forces are limited makes each of your soldiers that more precious. You have to PLAN your attack, using your squads' special abilities and unique equipment to their best advantage. Use terrain to give a better field of fire, use fast units to lure the enemy into an ambush, conceal your troops in the shadow of a ridge to protect them from return fire. Tactical finesse is needed if you are to avoid friendly fire casualties, efficiently destroy the enemy, and prevent the loss of key units.

Most missions have a time limit, adding even more excitement. All the missions are tied together with a pretty typical plot of Mega Corp vs. Techno-mystics, all fighting over something powerful that niether truly understands. There are a few recurring characters (like in StarCraft), but they pale in comparison to that game's memorable heroes. That's fine. While Ground Control won't win awards for story or writing, it deserves recognition as one of the more innovative, strategicaly satisfying, and FUN games of the year.

I no this isnt the place but i cant help it. I ordered this game 4 weeks ago, at first they said they lost it in mail, and ten their out of stock. I order it agin last week and it still sint here, but the demo rocks!

...but at least Marciano's power is still there. The team that put this game together have added some nice, subtle touches that make it fairly enjoyable, such as creating a good "feel" for individual fighters and the fighting itself. Bernard Hopkins' character accurately fights the way Hopkins does: excellent defense, technically solid in every area. When I was Roy Jones Jr., I felt a sense of his awesome speed and capabilities. Every character was realisticly depicted, not only in appearance but in movement and fight style. Mayorga (a modern day Stanley Ketchel) has an awkward flow that is very hard to defend against, as well as terrific power. So good job there.

A flaw with this game is the default controls. They are going to be a major factor that might prevent this game from entering a higher sales bracket. You must adjust the controls so that the buttons do the punching, not the analog stick, easily remedied but it is going to frustrate many players and give them reasons not to turn the rental into a purchase. This oversight probably stems from the desire to imitate the physical controls of a particular stand-up boxing game that was present in the arcades for several years, but not appropriate here for a handheld controller.

Secondly some fighters have slipped into the game that really do nothing to generate any enthusiasm or anticipation but only create an unbalanced feel for the different divisions. Fighters like Leija and Byrd and several others are good fighters in the real world but I want great fighters to look at in a game; as it stands now there are not enough "great" fighters here. I don't know if this was a monetary issue but if you want models of superb fighters, the past is an excellent place to find them. I was pleased to see some Hall of Fame fighters like Robinson, LaMotta, Marciano, Ali and some others but there were not enough. This game was an excellent rental for myself but in terms of value, the programmers should have put in fighters like Tyson (or a similar made up creation to avoid the expense) and Mayweather and more fighters like Willie Pep, Jack Dempsey, even Sullivan for laughs, and perhaps Joe Lious and Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns would have been nice instead of a loudmouth like Tarver who has not shown enough respect to Jones, one of the greatest fighters of all time. This game is going to age considerably when Tarver's stockprice plummets after his next fight or two.

The soundtrack is repetitive and annoying to the point where I just turned off the volume at one point. Contrast this weak soundtrack with the classics of the eighties in GTA Vice City and there is not even a comparison.

Note to all game developers: in case you are not aware, since Vice City has been on the market the bar has been raised and glaring weaknesses are no longer tolerated. The problem with games like Fight Night 2004 is the sheer cost makes it terribly difficult to pick up - even for hardcore boxing fans like myself. This game could have been a classic if it was not for this, and a handful of other thoughtless mistakes. As it stands now I wouldn't buy the game unless it made it to the cheaper Greatest Hits PS2 collection and by then it will probably not be worth getting distracted from GTA San Andreas which will be out before the end of the year. However, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if the next installment of Fight Night 2004 turned out to be a real winner.

I rented this game, and I ended up buying it about 2 hours later. It's definately fantastic. My only complaints are that the game can be frustratingly hard at some points, and the soundtrack could stand to be a little more diverse. The endless string of hip-hop songs can become a little tiresome. The announcer is a little over the top as well. Other than that, this game is nearly perfect. The create-a-boxer feature is amazing. You can adjust every single aspect of your boxer's physical appearance. This game is definately worth picking up.

Pros:
1. Fantastic graphics
2. Good physics
3. Extensive career mode

Cons:
1. All hip-hop soundtrack
2. High difficulty
3. Annoying ring announcer

This game is frakin awsome. The knockouts are wicked awsome and the graphics are great. Using the analog controls to punch is very hartd to do. But all you have to do is go to the controler configuration and change it so you can pub=nch with the buttons. i f in love this game. I definatly recomend this game to anyone and everyone. I love you. Bye.

Conflict Desert Storm is a great third-person shooter game! I bought it and my friends did too, after they played it at my house. This comes complete with Multiplayer, Good Graphics, and Good Weapons. This is worth buying.

Graphics are good, and guns realistic. Graphics are probably close to as good as Halo, and about as good as those Medal of Honor Frontline delivers. They are a bargain. You can see your rounds being fired like in Halo. Guns are not sticks that your characters hold either. Some weapons available are: RPG, LAW, M-16/M-203 grenade launcher, AK-47, Ak-74, Desert Eagle pistol, Baretta pistol, and Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifles. (Note: these are not all of the weapons available

Gameplay is good with missions based on Desert Storm itself. This is better than Halo or Frontline because you can give orders to your squad such as , setting up cover-fire, hold, advance, and hold or open fire. This is a neat option, because it enables you to take objectives in an organized fashion without taking many casulties. First of all I am not obsessed with X-Box as much as my friends, and I enjoyed all of the nearly 7 hours straight one night. This has great gameplay.

I would give this a 4 of 5 and a 9.5 of 10. Good game, this is one to buy.

This game looked great.Going through warzones with cool weaponry and some driveable vehicles here and there.I then bought this game and this is what a realized:the graphics are outdated looking,the aiming is horrible,the team commanding is not that fun(you feel like you barely even have a team.)Also the bullets look like lazers going across the screen.This also looked cool because you could be SAS and Delta Force:the only difference was SAS had British accents, and Delta Force had American.

I would recommend SOCOM II or Ghost Recon over this bad.

My roommate purchased this game in the hopes of having something like Quake to play on his XBox. He didn't get what he expected, but it's a great game nonetheless.

Focused more on strategy and teamwork than massive, fast-paced guns & glory style action, Conflict is a very challenging game. Playing in single player mode, you must control a team of four people - but only one at any given time. In the meantime, your teammates follow horrendous AI and are usually the reason you're angrily slamming the reset button.

The multiplayer, on the other hand, is fantastic!

Instead of faulty computer AI controlling your team, you and your friends join forces to complete the same campaign as the single player. Because teamwork is so vital, actually being able to communicate with your team members (your friends) is crucial, and works well. Countless times I've put down a research paper because someone in the hall is shouting "Conflict!" followed by shouts of "I want the sniper!" and "I want the demo guy!" etc.

If you want a FPS that requires some actual thought or simply want a fun game for more than one person, get this game.

i thought this game was good but i was wrong....

at my cousin's graduation party i borrowed this game from him and i thought it was going to be fun. i popped in the cd the very next day and was extremely disapointed, i only spent 5mins and i was already bored

***the graphics are like ps1 games (terrible!!)
***the music was really dumb
***gameplay was extremly boring
it really hurts you eyes if you play more than 30 mins since the graphics are horrible

the only part i like about the game were the weapons; they were cool. other than that, dont even rent this game

if you really like unrealtournament2004 you can download it for free at WWW.gigex.com
it will take you about 15mins but its much better the graphics gameplay and music

When you think Unreal Tournament you should think of a PC and not a console system. While FPS games have a chance on the console, just think about 007 for the N64, it's difficult to make a winner on the console experience. Unfortunately, UT does not make it into winner mode.

Play control isn't bad. There are a fixed number of pre-set ways you can configure the controller, and not everyone will find one that's acceptable. I prefer setting J which makes it almost identical Oni style controls and seems to me to be the emerging standard control for first-person games.

The multiplayer mode has too many problems to make this game enough fun. The levels are all pretty small and pretty simple. There's no network play (though you can hook two PS2s together with an i-Link for 8 player fun), so you'll pretty much max out at 4 people on a split screen forced to use the controllers.

If you're looking for a good multi-player FPS, I'd save your money. It's only a matter of time before some company makes one. It takes a little patience.

Wow I was impressed with this title when I rented it. I don't normally like 1st person shooters and that and haven't for some time, it's just been overdone. I have been playing pc games for over 10 years and still remember the original castle wolfenstein (pre-3d) and 1st person shooters are always the same it seems, lame or no story line and 'you've been sent here to kill all the mutants, good luck' kind of game play. Boy this is different, I really sat down and played this game for some time, in fact once I got started it was hard to turn this game off, until I was done with this level of this or that level of that. I put a considerable amount of time into this game and found that I really liked this game. The capture the flag mode was fun, I completed a couple of the modes on this game, which should go to show you how much I actually did play this game. There were a few other modes that can be played such as domination, and assault that is along with the capture-the-flag and the deathmatch mode. All of these game modes were fun. It can be fairly violent, so I wouldn't necessarily reccommend it for youngsters but teens-adults should enjoy this game. If you've enjoyed this game on the pc I now know why...

The best part about this game is the co-operative two player mode, it's challenging and more fun to have another player playing with you. The worst part about this game is the other multiplayer modes, like VS, it has the worst camera angle because it's only on ONE screen and the play area is only the size of the screen, there is no where to hide or make traps like place trip bombs, etc. A really, REALLY disappointing VS mode, especially compared to Nightfire. The new Bond view is actually a good change. One player is OK, still not as good as some of the other Bond games...but still a good play, I'd probably just rent this one 1 or 3 times until you beat it.

This is the best James Bond game out there now. Even better than Goldeneye, why, because it actually "feels" like bond, and the plot is done so well, it feels like a movie. The 3rd person was a veru nice addition, because you can use stealth(wall cover, sneaking up on enemies for a stealthy kill), which is what James Bond is all about. This game is also a lot more challenging, even if you beat it on operative, you have 00 agent(hardest), and then the platinum medals...which sometimes seem near impossible. Co-op is a whole lot of fun, very challenging, and you actually have to "think" and plann ahead with your partner(haven't realyl ever had to do that in a bond game, they used to just be run and shoot" $ player deathmatch is different, but I think it is still a lot of fun. WIth the all new hand-to-hand combat system, you can duke it out with your friends, as well as pick up guns and shoot them, or pick up a wrench or wine bottle and throw it at them. It makes it even more fun on one of the levels where JAWS is neutral and tried to kill all 4 of you!! Bottom line, this is the best cause its the first bond game that feels like bond, in the movie sense, and even has the corny lines between bond and Q.

Goldeneye is the best first person shooter for it's age of time and still is in most cases. Tomorrow never dies set new standards but didn't complete them right. The World Is Not Enough was better but didn't beat Goldeneye. The new age of consoles came and out came Agent Under Fire. The game was great, well setup, perfect graphics, awsome replay value but something was missing compared to Goldeneye. The next game in the series Nightfire which was 10 times better than any other james bond in single player and all of them in multiplayer except Goldeneye. Now we are left with the soon to be released Everything Or Nothing the new installment in the James Bond series. The game is heading in all new direction and upgrading everything. The multiplayer is fantastic looking and the single player look absolutely amazing. This could be the best of Bond yet. They are getting better in multiplayer each title so I think this one will win the award by the looks of it.

I don't know.....Maybe it's just me? But, I sure don't see how any PS2 gamer can give this game even a "4-STAR RATING".....I thought it could have been a whole lot better!

It's not the worst game I ever played, but, definately ain't the best military-game either.....The potential was there for the makings of a great game! What the hell happened????

The graphics are ok (at best), sort of cheesy, nothing groundbreaking, the overall gameplay/controller use is hard as hell to control & get used to (there's way too many buttons to press for doing the simplest of actions), and this takes up way too much time, and it's simply hard to remember all the crap!

(HINT TO DESIGNERS OF THIS GAME: HEADSET & VOICE COMMAND OPTIONS)

Anyway all the button-pushing for simple actions totally removed any/all of the "fun factor" I might have had!

Yes, some of the levels, weapons & a few missions are cool, but paying $50.00 bucks for this game, (for me) was a complete waste! $10 bucks MAYBE, but NOT full price!!!!

This game could have been great! The potential was there for the makings of a killer game....I simply felt this game has left alot to be desired, and the game designers should have spent much more time on this game. A LOT more time!

The designers of this game basically tried to create a game like SOCOM, but, they failed miserably!!!

Personally, I feel that SOCOM Navy Seals is (by far!) the best "military/covert op's game" ever created for the PS2 console that I have ever seen, owned or played! No similar game, to date, has even come close to SOCOM, in my opnion. (With the exception of maybe Splinter Cell). Which is really a damn good game.

Yes, you'll notice that in many of my reviews, (with games like this) I hold SOCOM very high on a pedestal...And for good reason. Once you play SOCOM, you'll understand why I feel this way. SOCOM offers realism, a headset, a plethora of voice command options, ease of controler use, and GREAT REALISM....All features that all these "other" similar games are lacking!

Another wonderful Tom Clancey game. This is a great one. You are fighting Russian ultranationalists who are trying to remake the Soviet Union. Great Game!

Tom Clancy, You DA Man! Realism, Sweat, and Fear. Expect only the best from him. I have Always been a Tom Clancy Fan Starting w/ Rainbow Six.

EASTERN EUROPE, 2008. Command the Ghosts: An elite handful of specially trained Green Berets, Armed with the latest technology and the deadliest weapons, in a mission to keep the lid on a new war before it mushrooms...literally.

Well, I just have to say this is a pretty Sweet game. I really like how the game is designed. It has very good Graphics, the game play is top notch and the story in general is cool. I also like the 8 Desert Siege missions. To me, they are a cool encore to the game and ad a nice finishing touch. I also like the awards that you can win. I just would like to add one little note: I am not sure if this is just me but i noticed that the enemies in the first 15 missions are kind of pear shaped. I just felt like stating that.

As a big fan of the anime and gaming, I have to say that Dungeon Dice Monsters is pretty cool... The video game is based on the episode in the 1st season (2nd seaon in Japan), where the episode shows Duke (game king creator) challenging Yugi (card game king) to Dice Monsters. If you liked that episode series line-up, this game is for you! You can play hours and hours of this game! I play it everyday, trying to win!

Dungeon Dice Monsters for GBA, is a complex Yugioh game. It is more difficult (for first time players).. You choose 15 dice, and roll 3 at a time.. You summon monsters with special crests... You make mazes to create a path.. The object is to make a path crossing over to your opponent. You have 3 Heart Points (not LifePoints like in the card game)... If you lose all 3 Heart Points, you lost the dice duel..

There are over 100+ characters right from the series... most of them you know like Joey, Tristian, Tea, Yugi Motou, Bakura, etc...

The graphics are cool, and the opening clip is alright. You can really get addicted to Dungeon Dice Monsters.. Believe me, I am too into it...

In April 2003, Konami is releasing the Board game of the GBA version... so be prepared to play the real game!

Yu-Gi-Oh: Dungeon Dice Monsters is the 2nd YuGiOh game for the GameBoy Advance(GBA). It is different than the regular YuGiOh card games, but its still fun.

In Dice Monsters, you battle various opponents in tournaments and free duels using dice. Dice can be monsters or items. 15 dice are used for each battle.

The rules are pretty simple to learn. You choose 3 dice and roll them. If 2 or 3 of them match up with the same number of summon stars, you summon a monter and "dimension"(place) it on the field. Each dice has 6 sides, so even if you don't summon, you can still get attack crests or other ones to use later on.

Each monster is a certain type, and has 1 type that its strong against and 1 type its weak against. Very simple to remember, since there is only a few types of monsters in the game.

Your goal is to attack the "Die Master" of your opponent, and kill its 3 heart points. To do this, you must summon monsters and build a path to it.

There is over 100 dice in the game, and about 100 opponents in all in the game!

Opponents are fought in tournaments first, then once you beat them, they are in free duel. In free duel, you can battle them as much as you want. Each win, earns you 1 dice. You can buy or sell dice from Grandpa at the shop at anytime. Once you beat more tournaments, you will unlock more dice to buy at the shop, and even more tournaments will appear.

Alot of replay in the game, very fun for YuGiOh fans and non-YuGiOh fans also. Simple rules and pretty fast most of the time. Only downfall is some duels can last a while, the dice rolls are random and it sometimes can take a while to summon the right monsters.

5/11/04
This game rocks! Ok, I know that it might get a little boring... mabye really boring... but that's only for a little while. I got this game a really long time ao and I also had a cheat book. I think that the cheat book is a waste of money! The game on the other hand is one of the best games I've ever played! You might forget about it for about 3 years but then you will probably remeber it and will play, play and $300.00 for the final answer! That's right! PLAY!!!!!!! This is the best game and it is also fairly priced!

Before I start, I have to say "NBA 2k2" is still the best Basketball game out there.
Ok now, there are just some problems that keep bothering me in NBA 2k3:

1) WHERE is YAO-MING??? I know Yao wasn't offically sign with the rocket when this game came out, but can they just place him in the free agent pool instead???

2) The controll setpup is TOO complicate, it's true there are more realistic fancy step-up and cross-over moves, but there is no way for your friends to come and enjoy it with you right away.

3) WHERE IS THE QUICK Alley-Hoop pass button from the 2k2??? There is no more quick pass button(R2 button on the NBA 2k2), which made the pass so SLOW and so unrealistic even with the complete passing mode "on".

4) The low-post action "looks" better than NBA 2k2, but actually is not! The low-post gameplay feels so fake, just like the ball-passing action. You will see what I meant by it.

5) ESPN broadcast gets so annoyed after awhile, can Sega Sport just keep it simple? Why are they keep messing around with those great feature and controlls from 2k2?

6) When I finished the season and playoff, I was shocked that the ending scene is exactly the same as NBA 2k2! Therefore, what's the reason to get this game when the roster is not even complete yet? Again, Where is Yao-Ming???

At last, I was so disappoint that I pre-order this game, because I trust Sega Sport too much from their great masterpiece "NBA 2k2".
I really suggest you guys to rent this game before you buy it. ...

NBA 2K3 is an ok game but if you are thinking about getting a b-ball game consider the following

there is no Lebron James or Carmello Anthony ect.

this is from a year ago so it has been updated with new players.

The new version (ESPN BasketBall) has almost the same graphics but it also has the new guys and updated teams.

The overall gameplay is not great but it is the extra suff (off-season ect.) that makes this game pretty good.

It is soooooooooooooo much more realistic tha any of the NBA live games, but they do score less.

So the bottom line is if you want a Basket Ball game I would say to look at ESPN Basket Ball first and then think about getting NBA 2K3 if you do not like what you see.

bottom line, its the most fun basketball game i've ever played. i bought it in dec 2002, and have logged a full 82 game season with playoffs (10 min 1/4's) plus at least 100 games against human players.

the copy i bought had a couple of bugs, every once in a while the ball would fly off a player 100 feet in the air, and sometimes the game itself would freeze.

despite, the game gets five stars, and here's why.
-realistic. even if your shaq, if you take a bad shot inside you'll miss. also, if you are allen iverson and you are covered, you wont make every j
-fast paced. turbo allows you to run the break, giving even simulation mode an arcade feel.
-has built in runs, when your team is hot, its hot, and when its cold its cold. the only better system i've seen was march maadness 99 where it had a momentum meter

-my only real problem, is the ineptitude of post players. the athletic 2's and 3's ( AI, tmac, kobe, stevie franchise) can take over a game while double or triple teaming a post (cwebb, duncan, kg) can take him out of the game. this is only a problem against human opponents, which i guess is realistic when you triple/quadriple team a post player.

overall five stars. i have always loved to play this game, and the amount of in-game options allows any player, arcade or sim lover to enjoy it