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November 29, 2001
NBA Live 2002 review - Comments (0) The graphical improvements are very noticeable when compared to last year's game. Players have been brought to life by increasing the number of polygons to give a very natural life-like appearance. Life-like bodies and heads virtually make every NBA player a spitting image of their real-life counterpart. This includes fine details such as: tattoos, accessories, afros and shoes. The animation is incredibly fluid thanks to the developers ability to implement hundreds of new motion capture animations and a more steady framerate.Full review ESPN Winter X Games Snocross early 2002 - Comments (0) ESPN Winter X Games Snocross puts players in the shoes of some of the sport's greatest riders and behind the handlebars of the fastest snowmobiles. With multiple gameplay modes, environmental effects and all the flair of an ESPN telecast, ESPN Winter X Games Snocross is the only PS2 and Xbox Snocross title to feature up-and-coming X Games gold medallist Tucker Hibbert. November 28, 2001 Casper: Spirit Dimensions review - Comments (0) The tasks tend to be like one big scavenger hunt. This is fun at the outset but becomes tiresome somewhere in the middle of the sixteen huge levels. As with platform games of the past, you must solve puzzles and seek a variety of powerups which aid in defeating the varied enemies. It would appear the difficulty of the later stages was increased to give the game some more play time but instead ends up causing frustration for those who have even made that far.Full review 1.8 million copies of Metal Gear Solid 2 sold - Comments (1) “We’re thrilled with the business that Metal Gear Solid 2 has done in its first two weeks on store shelves,” said Dick Wnuk, Executive Vice President of Konami of America, Inc. “Reorders were coming in from the retail level by the end of the first day of sales. We knew that there was going to be a huge demand for the new Metal Gear, but even we have been surprised by the overwhelming reaction from gamers across North America.” November 27, 2001 Smuggler's Run 2 review - Comments (0) New this year is the addition of countermeasure weapons which are awarded as the game progresses. At the outset, these countermeasures sounded like a great idea, but in reality they do little to actually hinder your enemies. This is painfully evident with the bombs which end up exploding under your vehicle which sends you flying and landing flipped over. This usually ends in an arrest or wastes precious seconds in timed missions.Full review Cheat section updated - Comments (0) Final Fantasy X December 26 - Comments (2) "We are very excited to rollout FINAL FANTASY X before the end of the year. All efforts were put into bringing the title out earlier than expected. We hope this long-awaited title will be played by many gamers over the holiday season," said Jun Iwasaki, president of Square Electronic Arts. "As with FINAL FANTASY VII for the original PlayStation, as the first FINAL FANTASY game released for the PlayStation 2, we hope that this title will set new standards in the role-playing game genre." November 26, 2001 Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies review - Comments (0) The addition of detailed cockpit voices adds to the tension and intensity of each mission. Wingmen give constant updates and outline objectives and advise of immediate areas that need attention. In addition, cut scenes tell a story of a young man who lost his father to a mysterious fighter pilot. The story is compelling and adds some drama to compliment the actual missions. As the story progresses, your character, known as Mobius One, starts to gain legendary status. The story is so well told that you actually start to feel proud of the praise and attention your character garners throughout the game. As a result, the voice acting is top notch.Full review F1 2001 review - Comments (0) As mentioned already, gameplay was not really a problem last year. Nevertheless, EA Sports has gone back and revamped the A.I. in the game. The A.I. is good and reacts appropriately depending upon the status of the race. It is not like the cheating A.I. found in GT3. Every driver on the track will battle and react to maintain position, while constantly looking for the next opportunity to overtake. This results in creating a very viable and intense racing experience. Control of the cars has also been tweaked and players have an extensive range of options in setting up their car. Variables such as aerodynamics, suspension, brakes and gearbox can all be adjusted to suit your individual needs.Full review The Legend of Alon D’ar finished - Comments (0) Developed by Stormfront Studios, The Legend of Alon D’ar is a traditional RPG featuring an expansive and seamless world, filled with enigmatic characters, dangerous terrain and an immersiveThe game is scheduled to ship retail December 5, 2001. November 22, 2001 Arctic Thunder review - Comments (0) The game offers a number of modes including: Race, Points, Training, Arcade and Battle. The Points mode kept us the most busy while enduring the awful visuals. In points you must earn your way by collecting power-ups, performing tricks, and taking out opponents. You can then use your earned points in the upgrade shop for additional attributes, snowmobiles, hidden tracks and riders. The Battle mode is basically the two-player mode where players must earn the most kills by taking out opponents.Full review Armored Core2: Another Age review - Comments (0) This expansion takes place a few years after Leos Klain’s coup on Mars. As in Armored Core2 you are a Raven, a mercenary who gives their services to the highest bidder. This means that there’s not linear path through the game, you can make your own choices as to the jobs you take, and the story revolves around them. A variety of different mission objectives are included in the game, and since there are many different paths to take, you can accept them based on your own personal strengths and weakness’.Full review November 21, 2001 DEUS EX: The Conspiracy trailer - Comments (0) Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing - Comments (0) Sega Sports releases NFL 2K2 for PS2 - Comments (0) "The launch of ‘Sega Sports NFL 2K2’ on the PlayStation 2 marks a major step for Sega toward our goal of becoming the leading third party publisher worldwide," said Chris Gilbert, executive vice president of sales and marketing, Sega of America. "The NFL 2K franchise has set many standards in the industry for realism and quality of gameplay, and it has been a top seller for Sega on the Dreamcast. We’re excited to bring this franchise to the PlayStation 2 and introduce Sega Sports to an expanded, multi-platform audience for the first time." EOE: Eve of Extinction trailer - Comments (0) Wave Rally 27th this month - Comments (0) NHL 2002 reviews - Comments (0) The development team has basically taken some of the old school techniques and mixed them with the best of the new in order to deliver a solid control and gameplay experience. Maneuvering the players along the ice is more smooth and fluid when compared to last year's iteration of the game. A number of new moves have been added. Two of the most useful is the ability to raise the puck off the ice when passing and the freedom to control your own stick during a break-away or deke move. The Big Hits have been toned down a bit in favor a more realistic game situation. Nevertheless, if you want to rock someone with their head down you are more than equipped to do so.Full review Second staff review Dropship trailer - Comments (0) More games shipping - Comments (0) Agent Under Fire delivers a unique and complete Bond experience that immerses the player in the deceptive and exciting world of secret agent 007. As Bond, the player must defeat the evil criminal mastermind Malprave, head of a rising terrorist organization that is bent on ruling the world with their clone technology and army of evil henchmen. Helping players along the way in Agent Under Fire will be the gorgeous CIA agent Zoe Nightshade as well as a cast of original and familiar characters.Click here to see the box art for the game Acclaim announced it is shipping Jeremy McGrath Supercross World for the PS2. A bit of the PR: Jeremy McGrath Supercross World exclusively features 10-time Supercross champion, Jeremy McGrath, and Travis Pastrana, the 3-time X Games Freestyle MX gold medalist and this past season’s 125cc Supercross champion. In addition, the game offers many exciting features, including: Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder has been released by Activision. A slice of the PR: “Shaun Palmer’s Pro Snowboarder features the fast-paced action, tight controls and trick style gameplay that the Activision 02™ sports brand is known for,” said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president, Activision Worldwide Studios. “With massive levels, tight controls, authentic gear, and the ability to jump, grind and slide off of virtually everything in-sight, this title is poised to set a new standard in snowboarding games. ” November 14, 2001 Spy Hunter review - Comments (0) In terms of gameplay, much of the essence of the original has been retained. It remains fast and at times extremely challenging. Your super vehicle offers all of the original weapons from 1983 as well as a few new ones including the ability to morph into a speed boat and motorcycle. While the available weapons are satisfactory, it would have been more exciting to add a better variety of weapons to dispose your enemies.Full review Acclaim ships 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker - Comments (0) “18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker combines great graphics, exciting game play and humor to deliver an outrageous arcade driving experience that is sure to appeal to the masses this holiday season,” said Evan Stein, vice president of Brand. Activision ships Soldier of Fortune 2 - Comments (1) “We’re thrilled to deliver Soldier of Fortune, one of the premier action gaming franchises, as one of our first offerings for the PlayStation 2," said David Elmekies, Director of Game Development for Pipedream Interactive. “Maximizing the system’s impressive capabilities, Soldier of Fortune incorporates the acclaimed attributes of the PC version and has been thoroughly revamped with updated tools, maps and features that appeal to the console gamer.” BAM releases Driven - Comments (0) BAM! Entertainment announced today that it is delivering Driven to the Sony PlayStation 2. Based on Franchise Pictures and Warner Bros.' recently released movie starring Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds and Kip Purdue. Developed by BAM! Entertainment's London-based internal development studio, the game places players at the start of the championship racing season of young hotshot Jimmy Bly, and racing veteran Joe Tanto. Pitted against their rivals, Beau Brandenburg and Max Manley, players will fight for survival in the dangerous yet seductive world of fast cars, fame and money. Driven for the PlayStation 2 offers two-player multiplayer racing action and will be available at most retail outlets for an estimated price of $49.99. November 12, 2001 The Wave Rally Soundtrack List - Comments (1) Eidos has released the backing sound track for its upcoming Jet Ski racer, Wave Rally. The company has secured music tracks from the well-known Drum and Bass label Moving Shadow for the game.The list: * Omni Trio * EZ Rollers * Dom& Roland * Technical Itch * 2 Bad Mice * Tekniq * Aquasky * Universal * Kudos * Perfect Combination * Dharma & Dice Wipeout Fused Online - Comments (0) Sony has launched a website for the long delayed futuristic racer, Wipeout Fusion. It might not be out until early next year but the hype machine has already rolled into top gear. With the futuristic racing genre already overcrowded, eyes will be on Fusion to see if can regain the crown of high-speed racing.Official webpage Sony Readies Demo Discs - Comments (0) Sony has confirmed plans for a major PlayStation 2 promotion involving their upcoming platformer 'Jak and Daxter.' Specifically, Sony plans to distribute approximately 300,000 demo discs of the game to retailers across Japan later this month. The full game is scheduled for release on December 20th, and is expected to sell in excess of 1 million copies. Sony plans to back the demo disc campaign with a series of television and print advertisements.Full article November 9, 2001 Sony Boosts PlayStation 2 Production - Comments (0) With Xbox and GameCube headed to stores next week, Sony isn't going to take things lying down. The company is set to boost PS2 production to 2 million units, from 1.8 million units. SCEA chief operating officer Kaz Hirai reiterated to Reuters that the company has no plans to lower the PS2's $299 price point. "We're very comfortable with the price point," he said. Sony projects that it will have sold 10 million Playstation 2 units in North America by March 2002.Thanks to Core for the info PlayStation 2 Sells Out - Comments (1) As we told you about last month, Sony is planning to release a set of limited edition PlayStation 2 units in Japan. The campaign is being launched to commemorate the of shipping more than 20 million PlayStation 2 units worldwide. Specifically, Sony plans to release the system in several color variations including white, silver, yellow, blue and red. Sony began taking preorders for the limited edition units today, although they didn't last long.Full article Legends of Wrestling Media - Comments (0) Remember back in the day when you weren't sure if wrestling was real or staged? Where the secrets were hidden and the magic was still there? When in Wrestlemania 2, Hulk Hogan wrestled King Kong Bundy in a steel cage and the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight title was on the line? Yeah, that was the golden age of wrestling. Now, thanks to Acclaim, you can go back to that time, in Legends of Wrestling.Movies: "I'm a real American!" Nothing can stop the Animal! Full article Interview with Chris Deering - Comments (0) Will we see the first online games through PS2 this year or next year? Can we expect to see this happening in Europe in the next 12 months?*snip* You probably read about the fact that we have a program analyser - it's a device that analyses the efficiency of programs. On PSone it took us about four years to get one of those things, and now we have a couple next door and people come and put their games through it. It's very revealing that even a game like GT3, which everybody said, "wow, that's what PS2's about" only uses about 25 percent of the capacity. What it says is that as people learn to get more out of the various elements, the chips and the BUS, etc, that you're going to see some really exciting stuff.Full interview 007 – Agent Under Fire screens - Comments (1) Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette review - Comments (0) In Silent Scope you were on your own. In Silent Scope 2 you are teamed up with another sniper who cannot be trusted. As the story unfolds, the tension between the two increases. Unfortunately the cheeseball acting and overall plot make this tension laughable. The gameplay mirrors the original and yet manages to make things a little more exciting. The action and intensity of combat is increased thanks to mobile levels and more varied bosses. As already mentioned, the inclusion of a number of sniper gadgets makes things more interesting.Full review November 8, 2001 Kinetica review - Comments (0) The racing is fairly standard fare, you can get boost, powerslide, and unleash attacks on opponents via the numerous crystals that are scattered throughout the tracks. The controls are little loose, but they are plenty adequate. Where the game is unique, at least as far as futuristic racers are concerned, is its trick system. Very similar to SSX, Kinetica’s trick system rewards difficult stunts with boost, which is necessary to win the later races. Stunts can be performed on the ground as well as in the air by holding down the R1 button, and then moving the left analog stick in a predetermined pattern. There are a number of tricks that can be pulled off, but it’s just as effective to hold down the R1 button and wiggle the analog like a madman to do tricks.Full review Colin McRae Rally 3 announced - Comments (1) The Ford Focus RS World Rally Car for Codemasters’ Colin McRae Rally 3 is set to be the most detailed and authentic driving machine ever recreated for a video game. Racing onto store shelves in Q3 of 2002, Colin McRae Rally 3’s development team is eyeing a level of visual detail that surpasses any other racing game. The game will provide a breathtaking sense of being on and off the road in a fully weighted and authentically functioning Ford Focus RS WRC. November 7, 2001 Herdy Gerdy trailer - Comments (0) Okage: Shadow King review - Comments (0) Keeping with the theme of “just like any other RPG” is the combat system. Battles are turned based with a meter that charges and when it’s full your character can attack. Weapons, armor, and items are all equipped in a simple fashion dating back to the original Dragon Warrior. As usual various characters will join your party and assist you, and various others will leave. I’d go on more about how the game plays, but there’s no need, you’ve already played it before.Full review Acclaim games - Comments (0) Supercar Street Challenge - Comments (0) “Supercar Street Challenge sets a new standard for arcade-style racing games with the innovative Steve Saleen Styling Studio that, for the fist time ever, allows players to design and race their own dream machines,” states Larry Goldberg, executive vice president of Activision Studios. “Featuring the fastest supercars from the world’s top car design houses as well as an incredible level of detail within the tracks, Supercar Street Challenge makes a great stocking stuffer for race fans and gamers alike.” November 6, 2001 Silent Hill 2 review - Comments (0) Although a lot of the gameplay structure is similar to the majority of survival horror games, the puzzles present in Silent Hill 2 are strikingly different. Most games have you finding a set number of objects and placing them in the right place in order to open a new level. Much like the original, Silent Hill 2 uses a more cerebral approach. Thankfully, the difficulty of the puzzles can be adjusted at the beginning of the game. In easy mode, the enemies go down quickly and the puzzles are quite simplistic. At the opposite end of the difficulty rating, things become quite strategic and the puzzles are cryptic in nature. The ability to adjust the difficulty is a welcomed feature as it will give more access to the gaming public. Nevertheless, the formula of the game remains like the original in many ways, it is all about exploring, picking up clues and objects and following the trail through linear locations. Everything should be searched as even the most blank-looking billboard may have a code on it that unlocks a room later in the game. Therefore, most of your time is spent looking for stuff and then trying to figure out what to do with everything.Full review Sony DVD remote control review - Comments (1) The new driver takes all of the functions from the on-screen display that you had to muddle with before, and maps them to the new remote. Now you can easily access title menus, angle options, audio channels, subtitles, shuffles, repeat options and scan modes from anywhere in your room. The new version also fixes a number of compatibility problems, so that now every single DVD movie for your particular region will work flawlessly. New features include the ability to perform three-speed scans and a multiple repeat function.Full review Half-Life ships - Comments (0) Half-Life for the PlayStation 2 is an all-new experience for console gamers featuring new multiplayer cooperative and competitive modes set within the Half-Life universe as well as a complete next-generation upgrade of the original groundbreaking game. The Texas-based development team used the advanced technology of the PlayStation 2 to give the epic, original game a graphic revamp from the ground up resulting in characters and models with four-times the detail of the PC original. In addition to the legendary single-player story a new console exclusive mode, called Half-Life: Decay, allows fans to explore the Black Mesa Research Facility cooperatively for the first time in franchise history. Jak & Daxter screens - Comments (0) Stuntman screens - Comments (0) New Vampire Night Screens - Comments (0) Namco recently released a batch of screens from the finished version of their PlayStation 2 shooter, Vampire Night. Scheduled for release in the coming weeks the game is essentially a gun-based shooter similar to 'Time Crisis' or Sega's 'House of the Dead.' Originally released in arcades, the PlayStation 2 version features added original and training modes. The training mode in particular features approximately seventeen different mini-games to challenge your shooting skills.Screens: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 November 1, 2001 Agent Under Fire gone gold - Comments (1) Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex ships - Comments (1) For the very first time, Coco is a fully playable character with her own set of moves and vehicles at the ready to assist Crash in his quest! Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex features the most realistic special effects ever seen in a Crash game and offers exceptional replayability with more than 40 hours of gameplay, multiple play modes, time trial sequences, and five unique bosses in more than 30 dynamic levels. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 ships - Comments (8) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 is the revolutionary sequel to the best-selling sports game of 2000. Featuring eight massive levels filled with people, traffic, and other interactive elements, the game’s environments are brought to life with richer graphics and advanced special effects. Smoother life-like animations and significantly improved tricks capture the style of the world's best skateboarding pros. Further improving on the franchise’s intuitive control scheme, the game allows players to perform tricks and combos in some of the world’s most popular skate locations including Los Angeles, Canada and Tokyo. Acclaim ships Burnout - Comments (2) The holiday season is off to a fast and furious start as Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. has shipped Burnout, one of the year’s most highly anticipated video games for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. Created by Criterion Games Limited, an award-winning developer of interactive entertainment, Burnout is an arcade-style driving game that has the gaming industry buzzing with its stunning next-generation graphics and white-knuckle, foot-to-the-floor game play. |
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