With less focus on micromanagement and a solid, cohesive story, there's a lot more action this time around for Marvel's action-RPG franchise.

But the surprise is that they'll enjoy every minute of it; with a wide variety of mission objectives, enemies, purchasable weapons and unlockable characters, Snoopy vs. The Red Baron never stops trying to please. [Dec. 2006, p.66]

Episode II feels less grand than the original, almost like an epilogue to the first game. [Feb 2005, p.61]

Although the game holds an intriguing and extremely likable protagonist in the plucky slacker Zoe Castillo, the rest of the game in the gritty parlance of the streets, blows enormous monkey chunks. [Jun 2006, p.49]

The action is always set on high and the immediacy of the appeal lends itself to strong replay. [Dec 2002, p.86]

Quotation forthcoming. [Nov 2005]

Unique, but I think you'll find it utterly engaging as well. [June 2002, p.67]

Mildly addictive yet limited fun. [Nov 2004, p.90]

I welled up every time she said "f--ker" or went into her slow-motion death dance after killing a particularly high-ranking official. [Nov 2002, p.77]

A medium challenge with an all-too-easy ending. [Feb 2002, p.62]

I can't help wondering how it would have turned out had it been developed originally for GC. [Mar 2002, p.51]

With one simple change, everything old in KOF is new again, and that change is an actual tag system that allows players to swap characters at almost any time. [Jan 2004, p.66]

This really is a special game for the truest fans. [Dec 2007, p.84]

They've gone the realism route, and the end result is a mixed bag. [Oct 2003, p.83]

True, there's nothing special at work here but it more than gets the job done. [Nov 2003, p.92]

The developers deserve credit for tons of on-screen foes, good aesthetics and a nice, high frame rate, but for me, the gameplay grows too stale too fast. [May 2004, p.56]

This is one of those rare games that is so great, on so many levels, that you get butterflies in your stomach just thinking about it. [Mar 2002, p.18]

In theory, it's great, in execution, it falls short mostly from the lack of impact imparted by the fighting. [Dec 2005, p.64]

A mostly successful game that feels like it's simply bored of its own existence. [Aug 2005, p.47]

This is a real racer, and a really big racer developed by the reigning kings of the kind, Rainbow Studios, who worked closely with Pixar and all of the celebrity talent from the film...to create a companion game as high-performance as the movies it's based on. [July 2006, p.70]

The balance of enemies is deftly tuned to not hold you in one place for too long. [June 2005, p.86]

I love the urgency of a slow-to-load rifle, the way your fumbling and learned cadence strikes a unique tension in the shootouts; too bad the clumsy grenades aren't nearly as much fun. [Jan 2005, p.60]

Even though the 20+ songs are all good for dancing, Groove only feels like a fraction of a complete game. [May 2004, p.56]

Spartan Total Warrior doesn't remind me of anything before it, which is extremely rare. [Nov p.70]

God Hand is awesome. [Nov. 2006, p.85]

Strategy fans who are hungry for a change of pace will appreciate Soul Nomad's many innovations, but be forewarned--they come wrapped in a pretty lousy game. [Oct 2007, p.82]

It's as free-form as a game can possibly be while retaining the qualities needed to remain a compelling interactive experience. [May 2003, p.64]

Were it not for some minor draw-in and the fact that it's a bit easy, I would call it the perfect Star Wars racer. [Mar 2002, p.42]