Everything carries with it an amazing sense of speed, and the detail on the planes is staggeringly good. [Nov 2002, p.113]

Add an incredibly robust level editor, great multiplayer options, and the ability to rip your own tunes to Xbox’s hard drive, and you have a pretty damned cool game. [Jan 2002, p.32]

A safe, but extremely fun sequel. [Jan 2002, p.82]

Munch has risen above its storied past to provide a unique, ultimately fulfilling gaming experience. [Jan 2002, p.41]

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Adding to the frustration is the fact that your targeting system is practically useless, and the vehicle physics model is annoyingly floaty. [Jan 2002, p.78]

The most authentic feeling (not to mention the prettiest) soccer sim on the market. [Jan 2002, p.78]

This is not another button-mashing game; skill and artistry are equally involved. Give it a try and you’ll be hooked. [Jan 2002, p.78]

The game gets a little repetitious. Luigi’s Mansion is short and fairly easy; it took us about 8 hours to beat it. [Dec 2001, p.82]

The most old-school, hardcore RPG we’ve played in years…the new game’s scale is simply gargantuan. [Jan 2002, p.88]

The eye-catching graphics, solid sound effects, easy interface, and some nice multiplayer options more than make up for missing skirmishes. [Nov 2002, p.113]

The first next-generation game to “get” what snowboarding is all about. [Jan 2002, p.32]

Approached as an interactive and emotionally satisfying bedtime story, Ico succeeds wonderfully. Just be aware that it’s a very short story. [Nov 2001, p.105]

Yes, at times it can be frustrating with its meandering, endless execution, but few titles can match its eerie atmosphere. [Jan 2002, p.81]

Graphically, a solid game, with great reflections, sun wash, damage modeling, persistent skid marks, and more. [Jan 2002, p.28]

Graphically solid, slickly presented, and sporting a solid selection of mission types in a complex storyline, SF3 is perhaps the last great PSX action title. [Jan 2002, p.88]

The new levels are good, but they aren’t that good. [Dec 2001, p.96]

There are over 1500 different tricks possible in this game, and it never gets boring trying to find every one. [Dec 2001, p.100]

Yet another checkpoint-to-checkpoint semi-sim, and racers yearning for something new will run out of gas quickly. [Nov 2001, p.105]

Standard automotive thrills with a mildly amusing twist – vehicle design options. [Jan 2002, p.82]

Inside the ring the experience is dulled by a horribly unpredictable camera and terribly flat, disjointed commentary. [Jan 2002, p.82]

Mad Dash has an incredibly steep learning curve for a game featuring a cartoon boar named Chops. [Jan 2002, p.42]

What keeps FF from being a truly superb game are the vague onscreen instructions and the confusion that often results from cramming too many special effects onto the screen. [Jan 2002, p.26]

A pleasant diversion, but it’s about as deep as a puddle, and frustratingly finicky. [Jan 2002, p.93]

To be blunt, ‘80s flashbacks come with the territory here. Both whip-wieldin’ play and archaic visuals evoke images of an NES cartridge on steroids. [Nov 2001, p.112]

Once the truly tricked-out sport trucks are unlocked, the speed, fun, and Metallica-heavy soundtrack are hard to actively dislike. [Nov 2001, p.108]

The only serious knock you can make against it is that (ironically) having been designed primarily with the notoriously problematic joypad control in mind, the gameplay is a lot less challenging when attacked with a mouse and keyboard. [Dec 2001, p.115]

The game looks quite nice, and it’s by no means bad, but it falls far short of its intriguing potential. [Jan 2002, p.42]