PlayStation 2 Game Reviews

Are you ready... are you ready to face my Undertaker?" whines Paul Bearer eerily from the set of The Funeral Parlor. Standing next to Bearer is the undead superstar, wearing his trademark Undertaker's hat and purple gloves. As you progress through this...

4 expert reviews

It's hard to imagine a better swan song for the PlayStation 2 than God of War II. Though it's not destined to be the very last game for the system, it doesn't seem likely that anything else will come along in the coming months to trump what God of War...

15 expert reviews | 4 user reviews

Dealing with a special edition of a game is tricky business. Chances are, you've got the original version, played through it a fair share of times, and thought it was the best damn thing since sliced bread. But when that newer version comes out, you're...

25 expert reviews | 138 user reviews

Perhaps later down the line more cheats will be made available, but as for right now, this one's a bit disappointing.

2 expert reviews

It may have started out as just another post-Ridge Racer driving game with a unique focus on beautifully destructive car crashes, but over the years, the Burnout series has really carved out its own spot in the racing genre. Last year's Burnout 3:...

37 expert reviews | 117 user reviews

It's been a long time since the last proper installment in the standard-setting Final Fantasy series. While Square Enix did ship numerous games bearing the Final Fantasy brand after 2001's Final Fantasy X, it took all these years before another...

20 expert reviews | 172 user reviews

Rockstar Games released Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition a couple of months back to both fan and critical acclaim. Eschewing the overly commercialized, hokey, and downright stereotypical stylings of the street racing genre, it was a most welcome offering....

56 expert reviews | 138 user reviews

Cheesy dialogue and happy endings are in trouble once again, and who better to come to the rescue than that high-flying cinematic hero, Viewtiful Joe? A few months ago, Capcom brought its wildly innovative side-scrolling platformer of the same name,...

79 expert reviews | 51 user reviews

Best of the NFS series? Believe it

28 expert reviews | 154 user reviews

Earlier I mentioned that the game and gameplay revolve around Phozons. They do not only serve to provide your character with the energy to use Phozon skills, but at the life force which will grow seeds planted in a stage. These will eventually bear a...

24 expert reviews | 7 user reviews

The Japan of the mid to late 1920s was a unique blend of the old and the new as the island nation struggled to maintain its traditions in the face of rampant modernization. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon uses...

9 expert reviews

When Tomb Raider first hit in 1996, it was nothing short of groundbreaking. When the game industry was experiencing a sea change from predominately sprite-based 2D graphics to polygonal 3D graphics, Tomb Raider was a shining example of the sort of...

25 expert reviews

Last year marked the debut of THQ and Yuke's venerable WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW franchise on the PSP. Pretty much a direct port of last year's PlayStation 2 version, the game was a technical marvel, as it was able to bring comparably impressive wrestler...

34 expert reviews | 442 user reviews

The goriest fighting game series around returns for another bout in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, which is the first game in the series to let you create your own character as well as your own finishing moves. However, these good-in-theory ideas aren't...

37 expert reviews | 18 user reviews

The stripped down nature of the PS2 version of Rock Band robs it of a good chunk of its value, but the gameplay still rocks.

17 expert reviews | 32 user reviews

Don't touch the sides! As the Holiday season approaches, a lot of good and bad games start to flood the market and the Wii usually gets the greatest of the...

4 expert reviews | 2 user reviews

Instead of going for score attack and paying attention to the notes in a Gorillaz mash up we found we were following the flow instead and pushing with the song. While we were not always on time we were moving on our way up from three stars to four...

7 expert reviews | 2 user reviews

Fitbah' as they say, is a game of two halves. Virtual games are no exception, the standard halves are those who PES and them that FIFA. Up until the last few years, everything was clearly in PES's favour. But socks have been a-raising recently, and as...

12 expert reviews | 43 user reviews

Of all the weapons you'll find in Red Faction: Guerrilla, the simple sledgehammer is one of the best. This powerful object has the ability to bring down entire buildings, giving you a tactile feeling of gleeful abandon as you watch your character leave...

33 expert reviews | 27 user reviews

Those who see Guitar Hero 5 as the fifth instalment of the seminal rhythm-action series are sorely mistaken: the grand total of titles brandishing the name, including full games, expansions, portable versions and future titles, exceeds the ten mark. In...

6 expert reviews

Overall FIFA 10 plays a much more varied, fluid, and believable game of football, which easily sets a new standard in the genre. We spent a fair amount of time between matches wondering what it takes for a football game to get a 10 and we're inclined...

6 expert reviews | 31 user reviews

Being the understudy to a beloved star is a tough job. Your efforts seem all the more disappointing because people compare you to another, more popular performer. This also applies to 2K's baseball games; whatever they do, year after year, they just...

8 expert reviews | 5 user reviews

Even so, there aren’t a lot of equations that end with a “Yes” when the question is “Should I pick up Madden 10 for the PS2?” Since it's plain to see that EA continues to Move Forward on the next-generation front at the expense of the last one, you...

6 expert reviews | 1 user reviews

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters for the PlayStation 2 is a port of the same game that appeared on the PlayStation Portable early in 2007. And though that game was notable for being the first outing for the Lombax-robot duo on the handheld system, this is...

37 expert reviews | 42 user reviews

What is a grimoire, and how did it get so grim? It's a good question, but there are far more important reasons for you to pick up a copy of GrimGrimoire than just to find out the answer. Instead, play it because it's a colorful, original strategy title...

25 expert reviews | 1 user reviews