Contributor Recognition : james2

DS

Anno 1701	Buy it, play it, and tell the world.	06/20/07	9/10
Lost in Blue	Survival at its best and most fun	02/11/08	8/10

GameCube

Animal Crossing

Like a virtual Big Brother

09/08/08

9/10

N-Gage

Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm

One of the few shining lights for the console-come-phone

09/08/08

9/10

PC

Arena Wars	By no means a must have title, but well worth a look.	09/08/08	7/10
Championship Manager 4	Simply fantastic	09/08/08	10/10
Chicago 1930	Sleeping with the fishes	09/08/08	3/10
City Life 2008 Edition	a prime example of a game that takes a subject far too seriously	09/08/08	5/10
Hard to be a God	Ultimately hard to like	09/08/08	4/10
Pro Evolution Soccer 09	A return to form or another successive defeat?	10/17/08	8/10
Railroad Tycoon II	Like a fine wine it has aged incredibly well.	09/08/08	8/10
Sacred	Perfect for a familiar challenge	09/08/08	8/10
Sid Meier's Railroads!	A disappointing return	09/08/08	4/10
Spells of Gold	Another RPG for the PC	09/08/08	4/10
Spore	Your personal universe in a box	09/08/08	8/10
TM United Forver	Tools for destruction	09/08/08	7/10
World Soccer Manager 08	Not much has changed, including the bugs.	09/08/08	7/10

PlayStation 2

007 Everything / Nothing	an enjoyable Bond adventure with all the trimmings	09/08/08	7/10
ATV Offroad Fury 3	Sheer multiplayer fun	09/08/08	7/10
CT Special Forces: Fire	Something to quench your action game playing thirst	09/08/08	8/10
ESPN NHL 2K5	Lots do to and great fun doing it.	09/08/08	9/10
Ghost Rider	Classic 'game meets movie license' fodder	09/08/08	3/10
GTA Liberty City Stories	Every inch as perfect as we could have imagined	09/08/08	9/10
MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch	Treat as party fodder; one that will be dipped into now and then.	09/08/08	5/10
Music 3000	A new spring in the step of music creation	07/02/03	9/10
OutRun 2006: Coast2Coast	It’s retro comebacks at its finest.	09/01/06	8/10
Space Invaders: Invasion	A waste of bloody time.	11/29/03	3/10
Starsky & Hutch	Word on the street is...	06/25/03	8/10
The Sims	There's no denying that this game should have been closer to its PC namesake.	04/16/03	7/10
WC Snooker 2003	The best snooker game money can buy	11/29/03	9/10
Winning Eleven 7	PES3; nice gameplay, shame about the presentation.	11/29/03	8/10
World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 International	Yes indeed, we can all wipe that slightly nervous look from our faces now – the best footy game ever just got better.	04/13/03	10/10
World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International	Ladies and Gentlemen, the King has entered the building	05/16/05	9/10

PSP

Football Manager	Its fast, it’s frantic, you‘ll be hooked for months. See you at the FA Cup Final.	09/01/06	9/10
Sid Meier's Pirates!	A great game limited by the platform.	09/08/08	8/10

Wii

You take the high road, I'll take the low road

04/11/08

8/10

Xbox

Brute Force	Microsoft were onto a winner...	06/29/03	6/10
Club Football 2005: Liverpool FC	Technically an encyclopaedia of Arsenal Football Club on an Xbox disc, with a joke of a match engine imbedded for anger-inducing periods.	10/25/04	5/10
Club Football: Manchester United	For now it’s third place. Back luck old boy.	11/29/03	6/10
CMS: 02/03	Much more than your basic update, think of it as an essential update!	01/28/03	10/10
Fila World Tour Tennis	A poor title caught up in the hype leading to Wimbledon	05/29/03	4/10
Links 2004	It's in the hole	09/08/08	9/10
LMA Manager 2005	Stick with 2004’s edition and pray for a host of changes with 2006, unless you have £40 that you just have to spend.	12/20/04	6/10
Project Gotham Racing 2	Bigger, better looking and a longer lasting taste over its brother	12/20/04	10/10
Red Dead Revolver	Get off your horse and buy this game, Pilgrim.	09/08/08	9/10
Terminator 3 Redemption	A credit to movie tie-ins.	12/20/04	7/10
The Great Escape	Vor you, SCI Games, zis var ist over.	11/29/03	4/10

Xbox 360

Civilization Revolution	A breathe of fresh air	09/08/08	8/10
Crackdown	You mean the one that comes with the Halo 3 demo?	09/08/08	6/10
Dirt	The McRae franchise back in the big time	09/08/08	9/10
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion	Welcome to the next generation.	09/01/06	10/10
FIFA Soccer 09	Easily the best in the series.	10/06/08	8/10
Full Auto	If you don’t have Live, take 3 points from the score and leave this well alone, because you’re missing all the fun.	09/01/06	9/10
Just Cause	It’s not how big it is, it’s what you do with it that counts.	10/02/06	6/10
Lost Planet	Relight the fire	02/14/07	8/10
NHL 2K6	Another year, another sports game, only this time with updated stats, minor improvements to graphics and flashy new licensing.	09/01/06	8/10
Peggle Deluxe	Bouncing all over the world	03/23/09	8/10
Pro Evolution Soccer 08	More of a small step than the giant leap we were once again really hoping for.	10/26/07	7/10
Project Gotham Racing 3	Oustanding.	09/01/06	9/10
Rainbow Six Vegas 2	Nothing unexpected, just refined and updated.	09/08/08	8/10
Saints Row	In the right place at the right time.	09/01/06	8/10
Test Drive Unlimited	If you’ve tired of Project Gotham 3, then this is your next port of call.	02/14/07	9/10
The Darkness	A great example of how licenses can work in videogames	09/08/08	8/10
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	stunning, exciting, fun and exhilarating to play, a great example of the 360’s power and online service and an essential title for all Xbox 360 owners	09/01/06	10/10
Viva Pinata	If you’re willing to dismiss Viva Pinata on the basis that it looks a bit kiddy, then you’re kidding yourself.	02/14/07	9/10
Winning Eleven: 2007	Maybe it’s time to move on or, heaven forbid, go outside and play real football.	02/14/07	6/10