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For 560 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Madden NFL 06
Lowest review score: 20 Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 367 out of 560
  2. Mixed: 131 out of 560
  3. Negative: 62 out of 560
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 2003
    They loaded this year’s ultrarealistic game up with a slew of new features that include online play, a huge arcade-style training camp, and a nifty play creator that’s so versatile that you can have receivers run pass routes that spell your name.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Final Fantasy X
    The idea of battling enemies shaped like gelatin desserts and exploring environments resembling the paintings in your dentist’s office may sound like a bad acid flashback (or H.R. Pufnstuf rerun), yet it makes for an entertaining role-playing game.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    But don't take our word for it, because Prince won Best Action-Adventure Game at this year's E3 expo. So it's got that going for it…which is nice.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Conker's Bad Fur Day
    Hilariously crude.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
    The single-player adventure is every bit as time-devouring as the first Metroid Prime... But the multiplayer split-screen mode, while fun, is straight out of 1997. Plus, there are no online and no 16-player matches.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
    The hail of artillery shells on the Omaha Beach assault level will make you crap your shorts, as they blow away your eardrums and half of your platoon’s limbs.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Madden NFL 2001
    The most visually impressive football game ever.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
    Freed from time constraints, you now accomplish level-specific goals—like outmaneuvering skater-busting cops—to advance while on the lookout for secret minigames.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Mario Tennis
    The gameplay is so addicting that you might just forget that there’s no chance of Venus Williams’ mini-skirt fluttering up in the wind.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Resident Evil (2002)
    With better effects (the lighting and environments are better than some movies-like, say, the Resident Evil movie) and slicker motion-capture animation, the new, improved Resident Evil regains the throne as horror-action video game king.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
    More immersion, more espionage, more metallic gear!
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    NCAA Football 2003
    Its fast and realistic action should make any joystick jock forget how badly his team is doing in real life, and the endless Dynasty mode will make classes optional for months.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    NCAA Football 2003
    The sleaziness of recruiting players to build a powerhouse program is almost worth the price of admission alone, but it’s a damn shame that you can’t bribe them when push comes to shove.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Operative: No One Lives Forever
    An all-around crowd pleaser with great weapons, exotic locales, and enough mystery to keep you coming back for more.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International
    Although it's dogged by Commodore 64–quality music and selective licensing agreements—Manchester United is simply Man Red—this new edition more than compensates with killer graphics, new tricks, and an improved dribbling system.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Sims 2
    From the sadist to the social scientist, The Sims 2 gives you an infinite sandbox to play in.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Half-Life 2
    Same invigorating missions, same tight controls, same relentless action, and same trigger-happy scientist in a one-man war against our alien overlords.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    NCAA Football 2003
    Its fast and realistic action should make any joystick jock forget how badly his team is doing in real life, and the endless Dynasty mode will make classes optional for months.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ICO
    Odd adventure.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk's Underground
    For immersing entertainment, this game is totally up our halfpipe.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    NBA Street Vol. 2
    Heck, even if you aren’t a hoops fan, there’s plenty of unintentional humor to appreciate: Seeing Yao Ming dunk on Bill Walton alone is worth the price of admission.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Black & White
    Though the plodding pace and cutesy atmosphere border on blasphemy, the game’s open-ended design lets you indulge your most megalomaniacal fantasies with ease.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    ESPN NFL 2K5
    But the graphics and game play have been juiced up, too, with improved passing, a slightly tougher running game, and lots of combo-move action via manipulation of the right analog stick.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II
    More than a Jedi mind trick to make you buy Nintendo's new whiz-bang console, this is the closest a video game has come to recreating a Star Wars movie.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    NCAA Football 2002
    A thousand yards beyond any other college football game.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Burnout Revenge
    Tons of tracks, events, and online races give Revenge plenty of variety, but it's the blinding speed and the velvety smooth controls that make this the best racing game of the year.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unreal Tournament
    Apart from some cramped environments, the immaculately reincarnated Unreal Tournament is a stone-cold killer.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Panzer Dragoon Orta
    Looks beautiful, and is one of the best shooters we've ever played.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
    Freed from time constraints, you now accomplish level-specific goals—like outmaneuvering skater-busting cops—to advance while on the lookout for secret minigames.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International
    Although it's dogged by Commodore 64–quality music and selective licensing agreements-Manchester United is simply Man Red-this new edition more than compensates with killer graphics, new tricks, and an improved dribbling system.
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