Reviews
| Title | Platform | Score | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Combat Flight Simulator 3
Richard takes to the unfriendly skies to evaluate this just out from Microsoft. |
PC | 70% | 21st November 2002 |
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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Vivendi's take on the Tolkien craze. |
PC | 65% | 23rd November 2002 |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Lucas Arts and Pandemic conspire on this action-packed Star Wars game. |
GameCube | 70% | 25th November 2002 |
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Ratchet and Clank
A new 3D platform game, that's actually quite good... |
PS2 | 87% | 26th November 2002 |
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Colin McRae Rally 3
Codemasters' finest racing action goes number three. |
PS2 | 90% | 27th November 2002 |
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Die Hard Vendetta
John McClane goes Nintendo exclusive. |
GameCube | 50% | 28th November 2002 |
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Virtua Tennis 2
Acclaim's latest moves from the arcades to the PS2. |
PS2 | 89% | 29th November 2002 |
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Whacked!
Not quite the mass-market-multiplayer action we were hoping for - but still amusing. |
Xbox | 75% | 1st December 2002 |
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Age of Mythology
Ensemble's latest effort is anything but aged, mythologically speaking. |
PC | 90% | 4th December 2002 |
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WRC 2 Extreme
Sony's answer to Colin McRae revs-up for the challenge. |
PS2 | 89% | 5th December 2002 |
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Iron Storm
Brand new history-altering FPS action from Wanadoo. |
PC | 70% | 5th December 2002 |
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Auto Modellista
Capcom's 'alternative' driving game gets a thorough grilling. |
PS2 | 72% | 6th December 2002 |
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Rallisport Challenge
The surprisingly good Xbox racer hits the PC. |
PC | 90% | 6th December 2002 |
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Splinter Cell
One of the finest action games of the year is finally with us... |
Xbox | 94% | 7th December 2002 |
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Unreal Championship
Got Xbox Live? This could be what you're looking for... |
Xbox | 90% | 9th December 2002 |
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Red Faction 2
Ben celebrates the festive season by destroying vast chunks of landscape in this sequel. |
PS2 | 86% | 11th December 2002 |
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Tennis Masters Series 2003
Will Tennis Masters serve any aces, or just get lobbed at the net. Find out. |
Xbox | 65% | 11th December 2002 |
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Total Immersion Racing
Is Empire's racer a case of all surface but no feeling? Chris fills us in. |
PS2 | 65% | 12th December 2002 |
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Ben goes all retro on us with this 2D beat 'em up. |
PS2 | 78% | 14th December 2002 |
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Big Mutha Truckers
Surprisingly good game - so why the bad spelling? |
Xbox | 77% | 17th December 2002 |
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Another War
Cenega's WW2-set RPG comes under the cosh. |
PC | 67% | 19th December 2002 |
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Medal of Honour: Spearhead
Head back to the frontline with EA's new expansion. |
PC | 85% | 22nd December 2002 |
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Kingdom Hearts
Disney meets Square in this inspired RPG. |
PS2 | 92% | 6th January 2003 |
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WWE Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth
THQ's wrestling giant returns to the arena snarling. |
PS2 | 85% | 7th January 2003 |
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Rocky
Enter the world of the movies, and Boxing. Unsurprisingly. |
PS2 | 85% | 8th January 2003 |
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Knightrider
Chris gets nostalgic as Michael Knight and his talking car hit the small-screen again. |
PS2 | 45% | 9th January 2003 |
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FIFA Football 2003
EA's footballing extravaganza returns, but can it slide-tackle Pro-Evo 2 successfully? |
Xbox | 90% | 14th January 2003 |
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Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
Nick grabs his sabre and begins swinging wildly with this Xbox conversion. |
Xbox | 85% | 16th January 2003 |
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The Getaway
Ben goes all cockney on us in tackling this criminal mastermind. |
PS2 | 92% | 23rd January 2003 |
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SimCity 4
The old favourite returns in one of the biggest releases of the year. Literally. |
PC | 91% | 28th January 2003 |
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Neocron
Do you have Cyberpunk pretensions? CDV hope so... |
PC | 68% | 4th February 2003 |
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Dancing Stage Party Edition
If you like getting drunk and making an arse of yourself, take to the stage... |
PS2 | 90% | 6th February 2003 |
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Starfleet Command 3
Richard raises his shields and charges into this latest Star Trek title. |
PC | 78% | 9th February 2003 |
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Battlefield 1942: Road to Rome
Nick takes to the unfriendly seas, skies and fields in EA's WWII expansion. |
PC | 87% | 11th February 2003 |
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Command and Conquer Generals
A very important title for EA Pacific gets a thorough grilling. This is C&C in 2003. |
PC | 85% | 20th February 2003 |
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Unreal 2: The Awakening
The name has been synonymous with gaming for years, but this is the first true sequel. Read on. |
PC | 81% | 22nd February 2003 |
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Impossible Creatures
Sam splices animals to create the perfect army. They won't be selling this in the Body Shop. |
PC | 74% | 26th February 2003 |
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Toejam and Earl 3
Nick harks back to gaming pre-history with this Sega remake. |
Xbox | 65% | 1st March 2003 |
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Kojima's Xbox debut poses Nick a challenge. |
Xbox | 85% | 13th March 2003 |
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Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
The favourite of old returns reminding Chris of his ill-spent youth. |
PS2 | 70% | 14th March 2003 |
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Blood Omen 2
Was Richard's blood-lust satiated by this sequel, or was he left still starving for entertainment? |
GameCube | 40% | 15th March 2003 |
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The Sims
Chris discovers the limitless potential of the Sims in their first console outing. |
PS2 | 85% | 18th March 2003 |
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BMX XXX
Controversial extreme sports title comes under Mr Monk's highly-critical gaze. |
PS2 | 45% | 22nd March 2003 |
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Sims Online
Nick fashions his green mullet and relinquishes all personal hygiene in assessing EA’s latest cash-cow. |
PC | 65% | 2nd April 2003 |
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IGI 2: Covert Strike
Richard interrogates Innerloop’s tactically-minded shooter in this full review. |
PC | 65% | 2nd April 2003 |
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DoA: Xtreme Beach Volleyball
The world's first |
Xbox | 15% | 2nd April 2003 |
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Not much room for a sub-heading with a title like that. |
Xbox | 85% | 3rd April 2003 |
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Master of Orion 3
Adrian often rants about taking over the galaxy, but we just ignore him these days. |
PC | 40% | 4th April 2003 |
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Metroid Fusion
Ben returns to the root-cause of his wasted youth and discovers that nothing changes. |
92% | 5th April 2003 | |
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Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Sadly not from the LucasArts school of adventure-gaming, but not bad at all. |
Xbox | 78% | 7th April 2003 |
