Defense is the name of this game, but it's also the game's biggest flaw. [Dec 2002, p.170]

Easily the best-ever portrayal of the Man of Steel in a video game. [Dec 2002, p.174]

Battlecry also looks friggin' amazing - here's yet another game where cel-shading does wonders. [Nov 2002, p.188]

The game does nothing new - yet I still played through it several times and enjoyed myself thoroughly. [Dec 2002, p.172]

The fact that I got so involved in the solo portion of a multiplayer game meant they were doing something right. [June 2002, p.99]

The pacing and structure of the game means that the process of achieving goals and being rewarded is sufficiently frequent that you always feel like you're doing something new. [Nov 2002, p.182]

It's just plain wacky. [Oct 2002, p.146]

Makes an obvious effort to up the realism a bit - and the results, while not disastrous, are certainly underwhelming. [Nov 2002, p.190]

Blocking, for one, is not nearly as effective as it should be, and the controls suffer from a slight delay that reduces melees into button-mashing frenzy. [Nov 2002, p.192]

Slaps you in the face with a fairly steep learning curve. [Nov 2002, p.194]

Maybe "VF4" spoiled things for us all, but there's no arguing that the bar was raised back in March, and Tekken 4 has failed to jump over it. [Oct 2002, p.144]

Does it get frustrating? Oh my, yes...But that's Myst for you. [Dec 2002, p.164]

Yes, you've seen it all before. [Oct 2002, p.142]

Control is also a bit gimpy, particularly with some of the special movies, which only adds to the frustration. [Sept 2002, p.119]

DT does a great job of showing what the genre is capable of on a next gen system. [Oct 2002, p.146]

The overall PS2 surfing champ. [Oct 2002, p.148]

I'll be happy to say that this is the best hockey game on the PS2. [Nov 2002, p.188]

The shifting camera angles almost always lead to confusion. [Dec 2002, p.174]

A feast for the eyes. [Oct 2002, p.147]

From its very first moments, Kingdom Hearts will grab you and won't let go until well after you've beaten it. [Oct 2002, p.140]

Solidly mediocre. [Oct 2002, p.146]

The game is so mind-numbingly boring I drifted asleep while playing. [Nov 2002, p.188]

The most innovative light gun game in years - for better and for worse. [Oct 2002, p.140]

What really sets this Gundam apart from the rest is that it actually controls pretty well. [Oct 2002, p.149]

The best Armored Core yet. [Oct 2002, p.142]

If there's one thing I've learned from Blade II, it's this: Vampires love monotony. [Nov 2002, p.183]

Pac-Man Fever will drive you neither crazy nor out of your mind. [Sept 2002, p.116]

The game looks so bad I can't begin to like it. [Nov 2002, p.190]