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]