Remains saddled with enough broken parts to guarantee this title a quick trip to the slag heap in the sky. [Sept 2002, p.78]

It'll occasionally crash to the desktop, and has an extremely annoying bug that sometimes kills you when you start lobbing grenades. [July 2002, p.75]

While the graphics are very appealing, your progress is utterly railed, which sort of defeats the purpose of all the impressive architectural design. [August 2002, p.69]

An undeniably appealing treatment of cross-country "raid" rallying. [August 2002, p.73]

The ability to zoom out to get a better view of Spidey's surroundings would've been a huge boon to gameplay, especially during stealth missions and melee combat. [July 2002, p.72]

It's shameful the game was released in this [bug-filled] state, especially since it has so much potential – and such massive, involved battles. [June 2002, p.53]

While it's an ambitious and lengthy adventure, the game is spoiled by an overly confusing story, many ambiguous puzzles, and a flawed interface. [July 2002, p.73]

The game with the best camera system ever. It's simplicity incarnate, and so intuitive that it makes playing the game extra fun by nature of its unobtrusiveness. [June 2002, p.46]

An engaging turn-based strategy game that manages to retain the overall feel and flavor of the series while being distinct from its brethren. [Jan 2002, p.68]

The 3D graphics all look positively amateurish. [July 2002, p.62]

It's superb. [June 2002, p.90]

Events unfold inexplicably, unrealistically, and almost arbitrarily. [June 2002, p.69]

At just over three bucks a throw, it's some of the best money you'll ever spend on PC gaming. [June 2002, p.73]

For serious flight simmers – especially those with middling systems – Flanker 2.5 could well be the best $10 you've ever spent. [June 2002, p.61]

If you can make it through the uninspired first third, you'll be treated to one of the prettiest, coolest, most compelling shooters released in the past year. [June 2002, p.65]

By the time you've learned the mysterious mechanics, you'll be bored with the game. [August 2002, p.71]

A Festival of Crap. [July 2002, p.63]

I have a rock-solid DSL connection and a high-end Athlon rig and still suffered atrocious lag. [June 2002, p.74]

Even Skeeter and Zeke don't much like this pid'ful excuse for a racer. [August 2002, p.68]

If you're looking for nothing more than a vampiric tale of killing and consuming folks, Blood Omen 2 should be right up your dark, haunted alley. [July 2002, p.67]

For Sims owners, Vacation is one of the better add-ons (along with "Hot Date"). [June 2002, p.76]

The most amazing, spectacular, ultimate superhero game ever made. [May 2002, p.58]

The initially exciting novelty of seeing those plastic men go to war starts to wear thin in short order. [July 2002, p.66]

Now, some folks may be happy to rule over a leauge of made-up players, but it drives me insane. [July 2002, p.69]

Not up to the lofty standards set by "IL-2," but still an entertaining WWII prop sim. [June 2002, p.56]

There's not an original idea in this competent but dull game's pretty little pre-programmed head. [June 2002, p.61]

The main problem with Diggles is that all this micro-management take a long time to execute. [July 2002, p.73]

The "Top Gun" of online aerial-combat sims -- but a so-so offline experience. [Holiday 2002, p.82]