Not only do the backgrounds look amazing, but their realism combined with the confining effects of fixed camera angles makes this the scariest RE of all. [June 2002, p.116]

The sense of speed is incredible. [July 2002, p.122]

Konamix is worthy, an dif you enjoy music games, you owe it to yourself to get this one. [June 2002, p.120]

It's too bad World Cup's gameplay is so slow an ddeliberate, because I like other parts of it. [July 2002, p.115]

These games just haven't aged as well as the Final Fantasy or Lunar series. [Feb 2002, p.168]

The repetition and generally dated gameplay kept me from ever getting overly excited about playing it. [July 2002, p.118]

Now if it wasn't for the blasted controls! [May 2002, p.108]

In several aspects, this sequel out-classes its predecessor as a quality role-playing experience. [May 2002, p.115]

Save for a few additions to WOC, like some cool hamster-ball levels, it's almost identical to its predecessors. [May 2002, p.113]

I found the combat lame, the camera annoying, and some levels frustrating. [July 2002, p.124]

Spidey's radioactive powers aren't enough to ward off poor collision detection. [June 2002, p.124]

A bland flight-combat shooter. [June 2002, p.114]

Like it or not, this is an OLD game, and the play mechanics are archaic by today's standards. [June 2002, p.124]

Feverishly pressing on a D-pad the size of a piece of Lucky Charms get tiring quickly. [Apr 2002, p.137]

After a few levels I found that it's harder to stop dribbling at the urinal than it is to destroy the opposition. [May 2002, p.106]

Ex affords you a kind of gameplay latitude I haven't seen from any other action shooter. [June 2002, p.110]

Amazingly, for a game that costs 10 bucks, HRT is not the horrific tragedy it could have been. [May 2002, p.115]

Gameplay is average first-person shooter fare bogged down by a convoluted control scheme – switching weapons on the fly is its biggest problem. [May 2002, p.113]

Too frustrating to be fun. [June 2002, p.114]

Too hard...too slow...too ugly. [May 2002, p.107]

Combat is where Blood Omen 2 really outshines previous games in the series. [June 2002, p.109]

Fun for about an hour, and after that I doubt you'll ever pick it up again. [Apr 2002, p.146]

An enjoyable game that's always challenging but never frustrating. [June 2002, p.118]

BA's batter/pitcher duel is one of the best on any system, making the game a blast to play.[May 2002, p.115]

A thinking man's hoops game that looks (the lay-ups and fadeaways are sweet) and plays better than any other. [May 2002, p.112]

It's as simplistic a platformer as you can get. [May 2002, p.108]

The only noticeable difference between this and the PS2 version of PMW2 is that the load time has been reduced significantly. [May 2002, p.113]

No amount of graphical frosting can save GV from its terrible, overly complex controls...GV will frustrate the hell out of you. [Apr 2002, p.143]