The seamless merger of the old and new Star Wars worlds creates a beautiful, highly detailed game that will keep you enthralled for weeks. [Jan 2002, p.93]

Not as exceptional as the original. [Nov 2001, p.112]

The ease of control and built-in tutorials keep everything surprisingly accessible – a very nice balance. [Jan 2002, p.31]

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]

It’s not as polished as we’d like it to be, but it still has that “one more level” draw that keeps you going past midnight. [Jan 2002, p.90]

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]

It earns our admiration for simply being different and is likely to have everybody crowding around the television at your next party. [Nov 2001, p.105]

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]

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]

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]

Undoubtedly the best baseball game in the Dreamcast history. [Nov 2001, p.109]

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

The clunky construction interface offers no way to replace a section of track other than erasing and rebuilding every single piece that comes after it, making spontaneous adjustments a chore. [Dec 2001, p.115]

Fun but frustrating. Ultimately, the steep learning curve (formations? Don’t even ask ...)and increased micromanagement keep the game from being a "Diablo II" killer. [Dec 2001, p.115]

These intriguing elements can only offset, and not make up for, the often frustrating gameplay. [Dec 2001, p.100]

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

Differentiates itself as a faster-paced action title, and holds its own with a few minor problems. [Nov 2001, p.100]

Worst of all, the load times are horrendous. [Dec 2001, p.100]

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

The biggest problem is that the weapons are far too powerful, resulting in a near-constant cycle of death and respawning. [Jan 2002, p.26]

Suffers from shallow gameplay and outright boring level design throughout its six-hour adventure. [Nov 2001, p.108]

The Xbox version boasts improved controls over its PS2 counterpart, but the basic gameplay is just as dull. [Jan 2002, p.31]

This excellent PlayStation effort restores some of the shine to the franchise. [Nov 2001, p.112]

It’s not bad, but there’s really not anything new to see here. [Jan 2002, p.26]

Significant only as the most shameless incident of design burglary in recent memory. [Jan 2002, p.35]

Mostly, 4x4 Evo 2 is just bland. [Dec 2001, p.96]

It isn’t bad, just eccentric – perhaps too much for its own good. [Jan 2002, p.82]

The lack of multiplayer combat consigns this one to mediocrity. [Nov 2001, p.108]