PlayStation 2 Game Reviews

Regardless, The Lost Frontier is ample demonstration that Jak and Dax still have the charm to carry an epic platform adventure. If there’s any justice in the world it’ll convince Naughty Dog (the series' creator) to start work on a PS3 adventure.

4 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits for PS2 Review - Despite a few niggles with the note structure changes and the nagging feeling that this could have all been DLC, Greatest Hits is still a lot of fun.

10 expert reviews

Put it this way: we've been avid PES fans since the series inception and this year we're FIFA converts. PES makes changes to its formula that aren't particularly welcome for the most part and, while the Become A Legend mode has potential, the general...

12 expert reviews | 16 user reviews

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is Midway's attempt to take most of the stuff that has appeared in a Mortal Kombat game since Deadly Alliance was released back in 2002 and mash it all into one big game. It is a send-off of sorts of the current fighting style...

39 expert reviews | 15 user reviews

In the end Guitar Hero II may seem like a title that isn't for everyone but given a bit of time the game grows, not only to friends, but to family and strangers that feel captivated to pick up a guitar and just give their best to a single game,...

19 expert reviews | 26 user reviews

Recent stories in the news about Wii controllers flying off their D-grade safety straps and taking out Aunt Martha's urn are entertaining, to be sure -- but in terms of gamers

14 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus was released among a deluge of platformers for the PlayStation 2 in 2002, presumably vying for the title of the "Mario killer" for the budding system. The other two games, the Ratchet and Jak franchises, have gone...

35 expert reviews | 9 user reviews

Sadly, the Rock Band contest was a contest of skill, not just awesomeness, and the judges stuck to the rules - denying The Skeletor Experience Featuring Meatbags their rightful place among the final four. Curse you He-Man!

4 expert reviews | 5 user reviews

The TimeSplitters series now contains three first-person shooters that place an extreme emphasis on sheer variety and fast action. The third iteration, Future Perfect, finally makes good on the great ideas that developer Free Radical had back in...

38 expert reviews | 94 user reviews

Though it was released a year and a half ago, Virtua Fighter 4 remains the overall best fighting game currently available on any platform. Actually, technically, it isn't--that honor now belongs to Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, a suitably impressive...

40 expert reviews | 83 user reviews

The sound effects, music and voice acting is all top notch - pay attention during the cutscenes and you may recognize some of the actors involved. The musical score is crisp and exciting, matching the environments perfectly. Enemies yell, electronics...

42 expert reviews | 214 user reviews

Also added in the Bloody Palace Mode, which is akin to a survival mode. You face a certain number of enemies per floor and then can advance 1, 10 or 100 floors until the end. It is a fun endurance challenge and a great way to collect red orbs for...

25 expert reviews | 194 user reviews

Late last year, Atlus completely reinvented its Persona series, a spin-off from the relatively niche Shin Megami Tensei franchise, and brought its third entry to the US after seven years of retirement. With its unconventional yet addictive blend of...

4 expert reviews

Improved driving and a huge city take a back seat to superb customisation

29 expert reviews | 200 user reviews

Jak is back for the third and purportedly final time in Jak 3, the conclusion to Naughty Dog's best-selling platforming franchise. Last year's Jak II turned the series right on its ear, replacing the original Jak & Daxter's verdant hills and...

35 expert reviews | 288 user reviews

More violence than you can throw a stick at

30 expert reviews | 63 user reviews

Ten years ago, Namco released an arcade fighting game called Soul Edge, which was kind of like its extremely popular Tekken series, except all the characters fought with various weapons. But only when a visually stunning version of the sequel came home...

31 expert reviews | 13 user reviews

Easily leapfrogging the performance of Guitar Hero II with room to spare, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock thrashes out a strong mix of classic and modern tracks, and is further enhanced with the online features its predecessor should have had. Now...

11 expert reviews | 14 user reviews

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5 expert reviews | 15 user reviews

Sony has no shortage of first-party-developed platformer franchises. But amid glory hogs like Ratchet, Jak, and Sly Cooper, the Ape Escape series has quietly plugged along since the PlayStation era, providing consistently great platforming experiences...

46 expert reviews | 40 user reviews

After much success with the first two installments EA Sports has finally brought us Fight Night Round 3. As with any sports series it's important to keep improving and innovating the title to keep the series fresh and new. Fight Night Round 3 comes...

25 expert reviews | 107 user reviews

Last year's Fight Night 2004 reinvigorated boxing video games, as boxing had become a sports genre that many people had written off years ago. After a sequence of mixed results in the Knockout Kings series, EA Sports' Fight Night came along and...

36 expert reviews | 35 user reviews

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 marks not the third, but the sixth console release in what is rapidly becoming a long series of games. The latest member of the family is a bit bigger, a bit more balanced, and a bit more fun to play than its...

15 expert reviews | 35 user reviews

Life in the Old West must have been gritty, violent, and short if it was anything like Gun, a new Western-themed action adventure from Tony Hawk series developer Neversoft. Featuring an open-ended environment that you can traverse on foot or on...

37 expert reviews | 72 user reviews

You might not remember the original Valkyrie Profile, a fairly obscure but well-liked role-playing game for the PlayStation, which was recently ported to the PSP as Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth. The game defied a lot of the conventions of Japanese RPGs,...

16 expert reviews | 39 user reviews