Might not be the deepest racing experience you'll ever have, but it's very satisfying. [August 2002, p.130]

What took me by surprise was the rather deep, involving golf game that lies beneath the crass interior. [Sept 2002, p.152]

Almost a wrestling fan's dream come true. But there's one thing that's keeping it from achieving greatness: the incredibly dull Create-A-Superstar mode. [August 2002, p.137]

This is as close as a console RPG has come to pen-and-paper games like "D&D": deep, non-linear and H-U-G-E, with more characters, towns and dungeons than you can imagine. [August 2002, p.134]

The third time is definitely not the charm. [July 2002, p.128]

A tamer, single-player "Time Crisis 2" with fewer unique enemies and lamer bosses. [August 2002, p.124]

You can almost feel the snap of a bone as your opponents bend your elbow 90 degrees too far -- the other way. [July 2002, p.120]

Loads of awesome game types to play with your buds. [August 2002, p.136]

The whole package is about as exciting as a flight attendant's safety demonstration. [July 2002, p.115]

Samurai's unique but ultimately clunky combat system avoids repititious button-mashing with parry-and-dodge techniques that keep you on your toes. [August 2002, p.130]

It's one of the worst games I've ever played. [July 2002, p.128]

The mission progression helps things gel, but the leaden controls and graphical sterility weigh down an otherwise decent action game. [August 2002, p.123]

The linear missions and non-interactive environments don't hold their own when compared to feature-rich PS2 shooters like "Red Faction" or "Deus Ex." But none of that matters, because in this game, presentation is everything. [July 2002, p.116]

A must-have in any to-go gamer's pocket. [July 2002, p.126]

A very solid racing title that, if anything, ,is just a tad too short. [July 2002, p.120]

This game hangs with the best of them, and in a few areas, outskates even "Tony 3." [August 2002, p.123]

I just couldn't help but get bored as I raced through the "Looniverse" - the game's simple straightforward tracks get tedious after the first couple of races. [August 2002, p.130]

A nifty, if linear, action-RPG. [August 2002, p.136]

Hunter would have benefitted from a ton more firepower - you know, the kind of bang-bang action where ammo is a foreign concept and you simply hold down the "kill" button to mow down everything in sight. [July 2002, p.122]

Developer Heavy Iron has captured the show's personality perfectly. The 3D characters look exactly like their cartoon counterparts, and it's stuffed with classic Doo touches to the bursting point. [July 2002, p.120]

It's just too bad the menus and team customization options require more intensity and concentration than the actual game. [July 2002, p.122]

Who needs the real-world risk when you can play the finest, most realistic motocycle-racing game on a console? [July 2002, p.124]

Sega stuck to the fundamentals, such as great control, gameplay and graphics. The result: a baseball game that sucked me into the action right after the first pitch. [July 2002, p.124]

Because the controls are overly ambitious (read: complex), instead of being a crack shot with mad skillz, Jake Slade is about as easy to control as a 6-year old kid. [June 2002, p.110]

Battling enemies is both frustrating and boring thanks to touchy hit detection and extremely repetitive fights. [June 2002, p.122]

You can drop a few quarters at the local arcade or half a Benjamin for the home version and still beat the game in one sitting. [June 2002, p.120]

You don't really face any hard-to-kill adversaries until you're well into the 16 missions. [July 2002, p.126]

A strategy junkie's dream come true. [May 2002, p.115]