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Taiko Drum Master Taiko Drum Master is a decent workout, but it is also a great deal of fun |
10/20/2004 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
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Taito Legends Many good classic games at a nice price |
11/09/2005 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
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Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams Tak returns for an all-new adventure, battling a mysterious dark Juju in both the “real” world and the world of dreams, in Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams. |
11/01/2004 | 8.3 | 7.4 |
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Tak And The Power Of JuJu The Juju resides within you! |
10/28/2003 | 7.8 | 6.7 |
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Tak: The Great Juju Challenge Tak: The Great Juju Challenge is a shorter, linear-style action/adventure, but its varied gameplay makes it a clear-cut winner |
09/19/2005 | 7.9 | 7.3 |
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Tales of Legendia Legendia is a more-of-the-same RPG for anyone who thought Phantasia's lengthy quest just wasn't long enough |
02/27/2006 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
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Tales of the Abyss The newest entry in the Tales series will please fans of the franchise but leave newcomers out in the cold |
11/02/2006 | 7.8 | 8.1 |
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Technic Beat Technic Beat was a good idea executed with great care, but for a game where the experience is driven by music, inspirational gameplay just isn't enough |
12/01/2004 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sadly, remaking the Ninja Turtles was a bad idea. |
11/01/2003 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus Heroes in a half-shell and no turtle power. |
10/22/2004 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare Turtles in half shell, turtle power! |
11/17/2005 | 5.6 | 6.0 |
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Tekken 5 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to work, Namco releases a game that'll turn productivity into product disaster |
03/08/2005 | 9.6 | 9.1 |
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Tenchu: Fatal Shadows Step out in the shadows and hurt someone |
02/18/2005 | 6.3 | 6.0 |
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Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven will suck you into the life of being a ninja and make you a huge fan of the series. |
03/17/2003 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
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Terminator 3: Redemption Terminator 3: Redemption is an action trip worth taking if you love the third film. |
09/22/2004 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Terminated. |
11/23/2003 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
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Test Drive Unlimited Faster than the previous Test Drive games and more expansive than any other third-party racer, Test Drive Unlimited is an enormous, larger-than-life sequel |
04/19/2007 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
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Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Finally … a good smash ‘em up racer for PS2. |
09/13/2004 | 8.3 | 7.5 |
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Th3 Plan Live your dream of pulling off intricate heists… well, not really. |
05/10/2007 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
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The Adventures of Darwin In some respects, The Adventures of Darwin effectively mirrors Pikmin’s unique style. But it comes up short as a PS2 strategy game |
07/09/2007 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
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The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies If you've played Jet Fusion, you've played Attack of the Twonkies |
01/24/2005 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
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The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion Jimmy Neutron fails to make an addict out of anyone who doesn't already love the character. |
10/14/2003 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
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The Bard's Tale When you compare The Bard’s Tale to other RPGs you see that there is no comparison. |
11/08/2004 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe For the young adventurer or the young at heart, The Chronicles of Narnia takes you to a fantasy world that you’ll happily revisit |
11/10/2005 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
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The Da Vinci Code If unraveling a complex mystery filled with wonderfully intricate puzzles is right up your alley then The Da Vinci Code for the PS2 is a game you’ll really want to play |
05/30/2006 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
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The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee It’s true to the show that inspired it in almost every possible way but Return of the General Lee just falls flat thanks to awful controls and several glaring glitches scattered throughout. |
10/11/2004 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
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The Fairly OddParents Shadow Showdown Something is amiss in Dimsdale and it’s up to Timmy, along with his fairy godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, to unravel the mystery in, “The Fairly Odd Parents: Shadow Showdown”. |
10/01/2004 | 7.9 | 6.9 |
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The Fast and the Furious While this is no NFS: Underground, followers of both drift racing and the scandalous underworld of street racing will find a good deal to admire |
10/30/2006 | 7.4 | 5.9 |
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The Getaway Blimey! The Getaway combines Hollywood movie magic with gritty video game action for an experience that is at times A-List and other times B-Movie. |
01/29/2003 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
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The Getaway: Black Monday The Getaway: Black Monday has too many stumbling points to make it as good a game as it could have been |
01/10/2005 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
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The Godfather When all is said and done, The Godfather is not the true masterpiece it was meant to be but it is a good game that gives fans of the movie the opportunity to be a part of the saga |
03/21/2006 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
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The Great Escape The Great Escape ends up not so great |
08/06/2003 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
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The Guy Game The Guy Game: Making trivia fun for the single male in college. |
10/10/2004 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
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The Hulk Hulk SMASH, Hulk BASH! |
06/06/2003 | 8.2 | 6.5 |
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The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction does the great giant of brute force –inspired mayhem justice |
08/24/2005 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
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The Incredibles See the incredible film – then play the not-quite-incredible game. |
11/10/2004 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
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The Italian Job Another poor video game based on a great movie. |
07/29/2003 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
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THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2000/2001 The King of Fighters 00/01 brings more great 2D fighting to the Playstation 2. |
12/30/2003 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
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The King of Fighters 2002/2003 Old School 2D fighting fans will be pleased with the action and value of King of Fighters 2002/2003 |
02/22/2005 | 8.2 | 7.5 |
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The King of Route 66 18 Wheeler was good, but The King of Route 66 is great; it's vastly improved over the original, with a huge increase in gameplay quality. |
03/29/2003 | 7.5 | 5.6 |
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The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Repetitive combat and linear world design position the game well below its memorable predecessors. |
10/31/2006 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
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The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age Lord of the Rings finally receives a great RPG treatment in The Third Age |
12/01/2004 | 9.0 | 7.4 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring One ring to rule them all….. |
10/26/2002 | 7.4 | 5.6 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The exhilarating conclusion is approaching, are you ready? |
11/14/2003 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers is a breathtaking graphical ride through the terrors of Middle-earth |
10/28/2002 | 9.8 | 8.2 |
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The Matrix: Path of Neo Those concerned about clipping and frame-rate issues should take into perspective that the technical difficulties are quickly overshadowed by the immense atmosphere |
12/05/2005 | 7.9 | 6.8 |
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The Nightmare of Druaga The Nightmare of Druaga would have been a solid performer 10 years ago, but lacks by today’s standards |
10/26/2004 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
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The Punisher Things are beginning to look good for comic book-based games - another comic book character gets a faithful translation |
01/28/2005 | 8.5 | 6.9 |
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The Shield Sadly, The Shield: The Game plays like a bad episode of the show and there is hardly anything here that will entertain fans of the show or gamers who are looking for a gritty action game |
02/05/2007 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
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The Simpsons Hit & Run The Simpsonnns, duunn-dun-dun du-dunnn-dun-dun da-da-da-da-dun. |
10/02/2003 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
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The Simpsons Skateboarding It’s sad that a widely popular and much-loved franchise is attached to such a poorly designed game that does not offer any real thrills or laughs. |
11/24/2002 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
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The Sims The Sims, for the PS2, offers some newer features while introducing the hit game to a new platform |
01/23/2003 | 8.0 | 8.1 |
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The Sims 2 Despite its deviation from the far superior PC version, The Sims 2 is still a fun game loaded with all the things we love about the series |
11/08/2005 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
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The Sims 2 Castaway The Sims 2 Castaway has a lot of redundancy after boiling franchise gameplay down to fundamental elements |
10/29/2007 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
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The Sims 2: Pets The Sims 2 – now featuring Rufus and Mittens |
10/30/2006 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
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The Sims Bustin' Out It’s time to party The Sims-style because The Sims Bustin’ Out is just wilder and more addictive than the original. |
12/29/2003 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
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The Sopranos: Road to Respect While the setting and characters are all present, Road to Respect does not do justice to The Sopranos show nor the mafia gaming genre |
11/29/2006 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
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The Spiderwick Chronicles Take a romp through Spiderwick’s world of faeries, pixies, and goblins |
02/25/2008 | 7.9 | 6.2 |
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The Suffering Midway’s “The Suffering” breathes new, exciting life into the stale and tired survival horror genre. |
03/16/2004 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
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The Suffering: Ties That Bind Silent Hill's rejects have infested my brain! |
10/08/2005 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
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The URBZ: Sims in the City Be it hip-hop, punk, whatever your style – The Urbz will keep you busy for a while. |
11/19/2004 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
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The Warriors Can you dig it? |
11/15/2005 | 9.0 | 8.6 |
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Thrillville Managing an amusement park has been done before on the PC but Thrillville for the PS2 just manages to make it one seriously enjoyable and light-hearted experience. |
11/29/2006 | 7.9 | 6.8 |
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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06 Not quite a must-buy, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 is another attempt to reinvent golf video games |
10/24/2005 | 8.5 | 8.2 |
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Tiger Woods 07 isn't a massive leap over last year's game, but the content is still the best in the league. |
10/09/2006 | 8.5 | 8.3 |
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 Tiger Woods 08 is a good game. But it’s one we’ve been playing for the past several years |
08/28/2007 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 The Tiger Woods franchise remains at the top of the money list for yet another year. |
11/24/2002 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2004 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 is the Tiger Woods of PS2 golf games – there simply isn’t any competition and it gets better every year. |
10/06/2003 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 2005 Gamers wanting the most realistic golf experience need not continue their search – they'll find exactly what they're looking for in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005. |
10/18/2004 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge Lego my Oogie. |
10/06/2005 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
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Time Crisis 3 Namco’s Time Crisis 3 is a fast-paced, action-intensive arcade shooter that looks good and plays well |
10/27/2003 | 8.6 | 8.1 |
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Time Crisis: Crisis Zone Time Crisis: Crisis Zone is an average reflexive arcade shooter that has solid graphical elements |
10/20/2004 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
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TimeSplitters 2 Free Radical and Eidos hit the consoles again, showing us what a fantastic first person shooter is all about. |
10/24/2002 | 9.5 | 9.2 |
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TimeSplitters Future Perfect Hook, line, and sinker… TimeSplitters once again succeeds in landing the fast paced FPS niche |
04/07/2005 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
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TOCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator TOCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator looks great and has varied racing challenges |
10/15/2004 | 8.7 | 8.4 |
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Tokobot Plus: Mysteries of the Karakuri Pikmin meets an action/adventure? Not quite. |
11/05/2006 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
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Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 has solid, but only average features |
11/14/2003 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon shoots itself in the foot thanks to a ponderous control system |
12/20/2002 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Sadly, while Ghost Recon 2 sees a number of interesting new changes, the series still translate poorly on the PS2 |
12/14/2004 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm It isn’t very hard to point out Jungle Storm’s weaknesses and there are plenty of them in this game that just makes this one too difficult to really enjoy. |
04/01/2004 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Rainbow Six 3 falls prey to watered-down levels and the same kind of graphical shortcomings that many PS2 ports experience. |
04/21/2004 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Splinter Cell takes stealth action and realism to all new jaw-dropping heights in this game that’s just too good to pass up. |
04/21/2003 | 9.8 | 8.9 |
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Making the world safe, it’s a hard job but someone has to do it |
04/07/2005 | 8.9 | 8.3 |
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow A few flaws aside, Pandora Tomorrow on the PS2 is pure stealth action bliss and if you liked the original Splinter Cell you’ll love this one |
07/13/2004 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
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Tomb Raider Anniversary Even if you played this game before a long while back, Tomb Raider: Anniversary does bring some new features to make this a worthwhile remake of a true gaming classic |
06/22/2007 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
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Tony Hawk's American Wasteland An extreme sports paradise |
11/14/2005 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
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Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Tony Hawk Downhill Jam makes its way to the PS2 and while some of the Wii elements are missed, the game still manages to be entertaining |
05/09/2007 | 8.3 | 6.9 |
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 The THPS series still reigns as the king of all extreme sports games. The fourth edition is just what we'd expect (and more) from the pioneers of the genre. |
11/11/2002 | 9.0 | 9.4 |
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Tony Hawk's Underground The Hawk has landed again! |
11/11/2003 | 9.5 | 9.1 |
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 is bigger, but is it better? You bet |
10/08/2004 | 9.0 | 8.5 |
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Top Spin Top Spin for the PS2 is, without a doubt, one of the most addictively entertaining tennis games you’ll want to play if you’re a fan of the game |
10/13/2005 | 8.5 | 7.0 |
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Torino 2006 Either it's boring, confusing and frustrating, or it's over too fast. |
01/30/2006 | 5.0 | 3.7 |
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Total Immersion Racing Total Immersion Racing provides a decent and fun driving experience, all for the low, low price of $19.99! |
12/08/2002 | 7.9 | 6.7 |
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Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico Total Overdose: A Gunslinger’s Tale in Mexico might not be the most original action game on the PS2 but with some fun missions and plenty of humor it not a bad one either |
11/14/2005 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
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Tourist Trophy If Gran Turismo is Polyphony Digital’s son, then Tourist Trophy would have to be its daughter; different in so many ways, yet its clear they were birthed from the same parent |
04/04/2006 | 8.8 | 8.1 |
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Transformers Not exactly “more that meets the eye” here, but a pretty fun game nonetheless. |
05/24/2004 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
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Transformers: The Game Not much more than meets the eye |
07/09/2007 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
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Trapt I'm Trapt and I can't get out! |
11/21/2005 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
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True Crime: New York City Too many flaws to appreciate the good that’s there |
12/08/2005 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
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True Crime: Streets Of L.A. True Crime: Streets of LA is a fast-paced action game that truly does deserve its own place in a genre we have all just come to love. |
11/23/2003 | 9.0 | 7.7 |
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Twisted Metal: Head On: Extra Twisted Edition Twisted Metal Head-On plus loads of extras that are too good to miss |
02/05/2008 | 8.0 | 7.4 |
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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger With nothing new to bring to the table, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is an average platform game that is still entertaining enough. |
10/23/2002 | 7.6 | 7.0 |
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TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue See you in the outback mate! |
10/23/2004 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
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TY the Tasmanian Tiger: Night of the Quinkan Time to go to a land down under |
10/26/2005 | 7.7 | 6.5 |