Game Reviews8/10
Wipeout XL Review: F5000 AG Racing, Analog Control, and a Century in the Future
Wipeout XL review: Psygnosis races into 2097's F5000 anti-gravity league with weapons, analog control on PlayStation and Saturn, and an 8/10 score.
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Game Reviews8.3/10
Gran Turismo: The 1997 Racer That Taught a Console to Respect a Car
Gran Turismo shipped 10.85 million copies, averaged 95 percent, and turned driving into a discipline. A retrospective review scoring it 8.3 of 10.
Game Reviews5.3/10
Tomb Raider II piles on the traps and the enemies, and loses the quiet that made the first one work
Tomb Raider II sold nearly seven million copies in 1997, but rushed tank controls, a fighting camera and bloated combat make it a 5.3/10 today.
Game Reviews9.1/10
Spyro: Year of the Dragon Review — Insomniac’s Farewell Is the Trilogy’s High Point
Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Insomniac's final Spyro game, reviewed. 37 levels, four playable sidekicks, and why it still holds up 25 years later.
Game Reviews7/10
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Review: The Rumor System That Aged Best
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment review: Atlus's 2000 PS1 sequel, its Rumor system, fusion spells, and the PSP remake that never left Japan.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Parasite Eve: Square’s Cinematic Horror RPG Still Lands
Square's 1998 horror RPG Parasite Eve: Aya Brea, real-time combat, Yoko Shimomura's score, and why it still holds up. Scored 8.1/10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
The Ishimura’s repair job is the real monster in Dead Space
Dead Space (2008) review: EA Redwood Shores' survival horror classic, its diegetic HUD, the Ishimura, and why it earns 7.4/10.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 Review — The Squad Is the Weapon
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 review — Gearbox's 2005 WWII tactical shooter where squad command beats marksmanship. Score: 9.2 of 10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Rampage World Tour (Nintendo 64) Review: Three Monsters on One Cartridge
Rampage World Tour on Nintendo 64 is the only home port with full three-player support, matching the arcade original. Our review scores it 7.2/10.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Mortal Kombat Trilogy on N64 Crams the Whole Series In and Pays for It
Mortal Kombat Trilogy review: the Aggressor bar, Brutality finishers, restored fighters and unused moves, plus what the Nintendo 64 version loses. 8.4/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Gauntlet Legends cuts the arcade cabinet down to four players, and the PlayStation version feels it
Gauntlet Legends hit PlayStation in March 2000, keeping the inventory system and two extra realms but cutting Multitap support and shrinking levels.
Game Reviews8.9/10
Why WWF No Mercy Still Outwrestles Every Wrestling Game Since
WWF No Mercy, the 2000 Nintendo 64 wrestling classic, still tops the list: Championship mode, ladder matches, Attitude meter, and why fans keep modding it.