Game Reviews8.3/10
Crash Team Racing Review: The Power Slide That Still Holds Up
Crash Team Racing hit the original PlayStation in 1999 as Naughty Dog's last Crash game — a kart racer whose power slide boost still holds up today.
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Tag: PlayStation
Game Reviews8.5/10
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Review — A Sequel That Polishes Without Losing Its Edge
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back review — Naughty Dog's 1997 PlayStation sequel, its Warp Rooms, 25 crystals, and why its controls still hold up.
Game Reviews5.6/10
Wild Arms’ Spaghetti Western Setting Outshines Its Combat
Wild Arms brought a Western-fantasy world to PlayStation in 1997. A look at Filgaia, its three heroes, Tools, and why the combat aged badly.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete Review — A Polished, Generous Remake That Knows Its Origins
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete on PS1, reviewed: visible enemies, a rewritten Ghaleon, and why Working Designs' 1999 RPG still holds up.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Suikoden II Deserved Better Than the Release It Got
Suikoden II launched quietly in 1998, but Konami's RPG with 108 Stars of Destiny, three combat systems, and a tragic Rune curse is a PlayStation classic.
Game Reviews8.7/10
Valkyrie Profile: A Goddess Who Collects the Dead, and the RPG That Still Has No Imitators
Valkyrie Profile review: the 1999 PlayStation RPG about a goddess who gathers the dead still holds up, with 24 heroes and platformer dungeons. Score: 8.7 of 10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
Why The Legend of Dragoon Still Divides Players Decades After It Flopped
Sony's 1999 RPG The Legend of Dragoon: its $16M budget, Endiness lore, Dragoon combat, million-plus sales, and the 2023 PS4/PS5 re-release.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Chrono Cross: A Timeless RPG Classic
Chrono Cross, Square's 1999 PlayStation RPG, reviewed: parallel worlds, 45 playable characters, no random encounters, and a remaster years later.
Game Reviews9.6/10
Metal Gear Solid Review: Kojima’s Stealth Masterpiece Still Holds Up
Metal Gear Solid dropped players into Shadow Moses with a radar and a rule: being seen is failure. Why the 1998 PlayStation classic still defines stealth.
Fairgames Playtest Footage Surfaces Online, First Glimpse Since 2023 Announcement
Leaked playtest footage may show Sony's missing live-service shooter Fairgames for the first time in three years. Everything points to Project Espresso.
Marvel’s Wolverine Review: Uninspired Action Carried by Logan’s Puppy-Dog Charm
Marvel's Wolverine review: charming Logan, tired action, predictable story, and a linear slog that fails to impress.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Media Molecule’s papercraft platformer still finds new things to do with a sheet of virtual paper
Tearaway on PS Vita used every odd hardware feature as story, not gimmick. A look at Media Molecule's papercraft world ValleyFold and why it scored 8.6/10.