A look back at Red Dead Revolver, the 2004 shooter that started a franchise, weighing its Dead Eye targeting and multiplayer strengths against its narrow scope.
A rhythm game dressed as a fighting adventure, praised for its score and style, yet wanting for depth and challenge.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (2004) sent Captain Scott Mitchell into North Korea — but PS2, GameCube and Xbox owners got two different games under one title.
Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005) put players in OSS boots with five-part missions and gold-silver-bronze medallions. It scored 7.8/10.
A retro review of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, the 2003 open-world conspiracy game from Radical Entertainment, scored 7.3 out of 10.
A look back at Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Rockstar's 2005 arcade racer, from its licensed cars and five race types to why Remix is the version to play.
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland review: the seamless Los Angeles map still holds up, but the story, BMX and Bert Slides do not. Score: 7.5/10.
Ultimate Spider-Man (2005) review: Treyarch's two-hero comic book game lets you play Peter Parker and Venom across an open-world Manhattan and Queens.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat was the first console Battlefield with a real campaign — and a numeral added late to fake a link to the PC game.
Madden NFL 12 review: momentum tackling, concussion rule, kickoffs from the 35, custom playbooks and the tuner that let EA patch the game without patches.
Rockstar Toronto's 2005 brawler The Warriors stretched the 1979 film backward into Coney Island turf wars, flashbacks, and a soundtrack that lost songs.
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories review: Adell, Rozalin, and a party of misfits on a tactical grid. A 2006 PS2 strategy RPG that still holds up.
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