The tracks are fun(ish), the graphics are good(ish), and the controls are responsive(ish), but the outrageous "only in a videogame" components are curiously missing. [Spring 2002, p.93]

During the heat of combat, the game controls like a fighter until you get taken into a grappling situation, and resultant shift in style isn't so smooth. [Spring 2002, p.90]

Full of uninspired backgrounds, bland water effects, and collision detection that will make your skin crawl. [Spring 2002, p.92]

It's a work-in-progress that makes too many bad choices, and doesn't provide half as much meat as it does flash and spectacle. [Spring 2002, p.90]

Playing Wreckless is like being repeatedly shot out of a cannon. [Spring 2002, p.72]

Capcom also wrecked the balance of the gameplay, making it a much more frustrating affair. [Spring 2002, p.86]

Camera angles are absolutely dizzying, and controls are clumsy and unresponsive. [Spring 2002, p.91]

Does little, if anything, to elevate itself past mediocrity. [Spring 2002, p.93]

The AI in Inside Drive is AWOL. [Spring 2002, p.91]

And make no mistake – this AI is tough. Gone are the standard "money plays" of old. [Spring 2002, p.84]

Blood Wake versus donuts. Point goes to donuts. Duh. [Spring 2002, p.93]

Everything – even the most innocuous thing in SH2 is scary. Want to read a note on the wall? It’s written in scratchy, scary letters. Even the doors are scary looking. [Jan 2002, p.92]

The only thing missing are the severed limbs. Oh, and an overwhelming sense of quality and/or fun. [Spring 2002, p.93]

The difficulty is amped up in the latter stages by a maddening focus on precision moves and platform jumps. [Spring 2002, p.92]

In slow-motion, it’s possible to catch every white bullet trail and crimson blood spray; we’d daresay it’s violence made beautiful. [Feb 2002, p.98]

Few sports games ride the line between simulation and arcade as deftly as this. [Jan 2002, p.88]

It redoubles the series' push towards classic status and is, essentially, the next addiction for an entire generation of Tony Crack junkies. [Spring 2002, p.76]

Disappointingly uninspired. [Jan 2002, p.94]

Lacks any sort of range whatsoever. It also lacks fun. [Jan 2002, p.96]

This is no Tony Hawk. [Jan 2002, p.96]

The ship itself is straight clunky. It feels like everything in the game is fast, except you. [Jan 2002, p.5]

Sports one of the most mind-numbingly frustrating camera systems in recent memory. [Spring 2002, p.92]

A miserable experience. [Jan 2002, p.96]

It’s fresh that you don’t have to search for stuff to hit, but not-so-fresh that you have to wrestle with sluggish controls in order to do it. [Jan 2002, p.94]

The finest "realistic" basketball game calling your name...Eat it up. [Jan 2002, p.96]

Shines like a sequined dress at a Hollywood premiere. Though not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, Oddysee is pretty to look at, and remarkably fun to play. [Jan 2002, p.78]

We’ve simply seen this game too many times on too many systems to really be psyched anymore. [Jan 2002, p.96]

Halo is quite simply the closest thing we have ever experienced to a living, breathing alternate universe. [Jan 2002, p.72]

It's like the arcade game, except it's on your TV set and doesn't ask you for quarters. Or poultry. [Jan 2002, p.90]

Go play "Calfornia Games" on your Lynx. [Jan 2002, p.90]

Aside from the new levels (which, it should be noted are every bit as good as those in the original), everything is pretty much straight out of THPS2. [Jan 2002, p.88]

The sheer number and monotony of the challenges, however, gets boring at times. [Jan 2002, p.88]

Surprisingly, the running game – usually the bane of first-time developers – is absolutely top-notch. [Jan 2002, p.82]

This nuts multiplayer "party game" is, happily, something of a treat. That said, shun solo mode like the plague. [Jan 2002, p.96]

The game's impeccable control blends arcade sensibilities and simulation accuracy into a smooth, silky cream. [Jan 2002, p.87]

Crappy cutscenes and first generation PS2 visuals are not so cool. [Jan 2002, p.94]

There is very little here that we would describe as new, original, or subtle. [Jan 2002, p.76]

Dismal. [Jan 2002, p.90]

Past the visuals rests a competent, if uninspired game that’s best savored with four players madly fighting for split-screen automotive supremacy. [Jan 2002, p.90]

Nascar heads should check this out immediately, others should stay far away. [Jan 2002, p.94]

Despite the much-hated "catch up" feature, Hitz kept us glued. Better than "Blitz" we say. [Jan 2002, p.88]

The game is just boring. [Jan 2002, p.90]

Competent but uninspired. [Jan 2002, p.94]

With a bumpy learning curve, Dark Summit is a pain to get into, but once you figure out the (not SSX) controls, you can have fun with it. [Jan 2002, p.90]

Seems that the payers are a bit sluggish this time around..., and you never seem to be in quite as tight control as you’d like to be. [Jan 2002, p.84]

Although Hero's high concept borders on the brilliant, the game itself is poorly executed and seems as out of place on Xbox as a rump roast at a vegan restaurant. [Aug 2003, p.89]