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2002 FIFA World Cup

73

2002 FIFA World Cup

Platform: PlayStation 2

April 22, 2002

The official soccer game of the 2002 Korea/Nippon World Loving cup features new "Air Play" gameplay with intuitive one-push button headers, volleys, scissor kicks, juggling and showboating. New player-to-player animations allow for agressive jostling for the brawl on the ground and in the air. The Tournament Mode features a seven game series start with round-robin play, followed by playoffs leading to the final friction match with a progressive story line and a rising intensity as you accelerate. [EA Sports]

Metascore:

73

User Score:

5.7

RedCard 20-03

73

RedCard 20-03

Platform: PlayStation 2

April 16, 2002

Finally, a videogame that understands soccer really is a contact sport. RedCard 20-03'south unique adrenaline-style gameplay lets you kick, score, celebrate and tackle your way through 50 international teams all vying for the Cup Championship with 11-on-11 gameplay. Includes Finals Mode, a battle through 32 qualified national teams for the Cup Championship; World Conquest Mode, Friendly Mode, and Tournament Style, where the battle for the Loving cup begins. [Midway]

Metascore:

73

User Score:

7.7

Top Angler

53

Tiptop Angler

Platform: PlayStation 2

March 28, 2002

Place your bait, set your hook and reel in the big one! This is the quintessential Human versus Nature game. Y'all are set upward with the well-nigh upwards to date lures, allurement, Fish finders and boating equipment available. With these advantages your mission is to take hold of the most wily prey known to mod fisherman. You will cruise the best angling lakes in the world on your hunt for a title Bass. Features four fishing modes including a tournament way, real iii-D modeling, real-time scenery changes in time-24-hour interval. [Xicat Interactive]

Metascore:

53

User Score:

tbd

WTA Tour Tennis

50

WTA Tour Tennis

Platform: PlayStation 2

March 26, 2002

The first game based on the Women's Tennis Clan license features 20 WTA players, including established stars such as Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, Serena Williams, and Lindsay Davenport, and a few upwardly-and-coming players, each with unique AI and modelling.

Metascore:

50

User Score:

tbd

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament

73

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament

Platform: PlayStation ii

March 20, 2002

Participate in 4 of the nearly prestigious tennis tournaments (Wimbledon, the U.S. Open up, the Australian Open, and the "Tournoi de Paris") equally 1 of the top-ranked players in the globe, including Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Patrick Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Monica Seles and Anna Kournikova.

Metascore:

73

User Score:

7.4

Triple Play 2002

65

Triple Play 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

March xi, 2002

New player animations bring the striking, pitching and fielding to life with signature styles and stances. 3D-scanned faces put your favorite star players in the game. Play in every major league ballpark and experience the detail and beauty of a big-league setting. Hear commentary from broadcasters Bob Costas and Harold Reynolds. Four different game modes include Home Run Derby for those who live past the long ball. Other extras include Create-A-Player, Fantasy Typhoon, and widescreen TV support. [Electronic Arts]

Metascore:

65

User Score:

tbd

Hot Shots Golf 3

85

Hot Shots Golf game 3

Platform: PlayStation 2

March 11, 2002

Join the new cast of characters who come to tee off on the greens and on each other with trash-talking quips. The new swing Meter will test your skills with a variety of interfaces depending on the lie of the brawl, whether it is in the fairway, rough, treeline, dirt or sand trap. Earn "Hot Shot Points" for superb performances, great shots and remarkable putts to use towards enhanced golf equipment and insane golf gadgets. [SCEA]

Metascore:

85

User Score:

8.0

Knockout Kings 2002

76

Knockout Kings 2002

Platform: PlayStation two

March 4, 2002

Play equally any of 21 current and historical greats, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Carbohydrate Ray Leonard, and Felix Trinidad. 10 different venues allow you lot fight for the title belt in a variety of settings. Create your ain fighter, train hard to learn new skills, and climb the ranks to earn a shot at the title. [Electronic Arts]

Metascore:

76

User Score:

8.5

All-Star Baseball 2003

81

All-Star Baseball 2003

Platform: PlayStation 2

February 26, 2002

New features include Expansion Play, which allows baseball fanatics to cull a city, stadium, and team logo and integrate that team into Major League Baseball, subsequently which they'll typhoon from a pool of unprotected players in an expansion draft of costless agents and Minor League players to build a team from scratch. 10 game modes include Season, Career, Franchise (with 20 consecutive seasons), All-Star Game, Home Run Derby, and Batting Do. [Acclamation]

Metascore:

81

User Score:

8.three

ESPN NBA 2Night 2002

59

ESPN NBA 2Night 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

February 25, 2002

Accident by defenders and drive through the lane by utilizing ESPN NBA 2Night's new turbo part. The game features new rim-shattering dunks and title defense including backboard pins, blocked bound shots and steals in the open court. Includes commentary from Brent Musberger, ESPN's Stuart Scott, and 76ers point guard Eric Snowfall.

Metascore:

59

User Score:

tbd

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002

80

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

Feb 24, 2002

New TrueSwing Total Precision Swing lets yous bulldoze in true, slice it or add a depict, giving y'all more command over your shots. Compete as or against 12 PGA Tour professionals including Tiger, Jesper Parnevik, Vijay Singh, Colin Montgomerie, and Notah Begay. Brand new course lineup includes such amazing layouts every bit Pebble Embankment Golf Links, TPC at Sawgrass, Imperial Birkdale in England, and more than! [EA Sports]

Metascore:

80

User Score:

7.6

World Tour Soccer 2002

77

World Tour Soccer 2002

Platform: PlayStation ii

February 17, 2002

Known equally "This is Football 2002" for its European release, WTS 2002 features more than 300 teams from throughout the earth including national teams from U.s.a., England, Brazil, France and Japan and international clubs similar Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. Complete Team Direction functions allow you switch on the fly and take advantage of whatsoever opening. [SCEA]

Metascore:

77

User Score:

7.four

High Heat Major League Baseball 2003

84

Loftier Estrus Major League Baseball game 2003

Platform: PlayStation two

February 9, 2002

In addition to dabbling in B.P., Dwelling Run Derby, Exhibition and All-Star games, HH 2003 features a Flavor mode with custom lengths, inactive players on each team, unsigned players, a fantasy draft, and intriguing A.I. trade acceptance decisions. A stand-alone Playoff system allows upward to viii players to play for the series title individually. There are options galore for the hot stove league fanatic.

Metascore:

84

User Score:

7.8

NFL Blitz 20-02

76

NFL Blitz 20-02

Platform: PlayStation 2

February 6, 2002

New Impact Actor option allows the gamer to edit the road/assignment of their Bear on player in any play in the squad's playbook on the fly. More than than 1500 brand new, high-flying catches, game breaking runs and earth-shattering sticks including some animations move captured with professional stuntmen swinging from rigging wires. Utilize with the tried and true NFL Blitz point-n-pass system or icon passing. [Midway]

Metascore:

76

User Score:

viii.three

Salt Lake 2002

49

Salt Lake 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

Jan 29, 2002

Fetaures 16 countries and six events (Men's Tall Skiing Downhill, Ladies' Alpine Skiing Slalom, Men'southward Snowboard Parallel Behemothic Slalom, Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerials, Men's Ski Jumping K120 Private, and Men's Two-human Bobsleigh ), authentic Olympic environments and competitive multi-player modes with fluid real-time animation and TV-style photographic camera presentation creating an ultra-realistic and challenging sports gaming feel. [Eidos Interactive]

Metascore:

49

User Score:

iv.2

AirBlade

70

AirBlade

Platform: PlayStation two

January 28, 2002

No Wheels, No Waves, No Snow, means NO LIMITS! Features an awesome mission-based Story Mode, unbelievable tricks and stunts, and even a Political party-Play mode for up to 8 players. Experience the extreme physics of AirBladeTM and find out just how much fun you've never had! [Namco]

Metascore:

70

User Score:

6.ane

ESPN International Winter Sports 2002

62

ESPN International Winter Sports 2002

Platform: PlayStation two

January 28, 2002

Features 10 events including Downhill Tall Skiing, Freestyle Mogul Skiing, Speed Skating, Bobsledding, and the fan-favorite, Crimper, all with that ESPN twist.

Metascore:

62

User Score:

tbd

ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding 2002

64

ESPN Winter Ten-Games Snowboarding 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

Jan 14, 2002

Ride on xxx new courses with big kickers and twisted rail for intense arcade action. Learn new tricks and build your charisma points in order to get noticed past sponsors. Fly the earth for competitions, film shoots and heli-boarding trips in your quest to compete at the 10 Games. Ride equally 1 of 13 real pro riders including X Games medal winners Peter Line, Tina Basich and Danny Kass. Extra DVD features include over 35 minutes of snowboarding films and killer music. [Konami]

Metascore:

64

User Score:

8.1

NBA 2K2

89

NBA 2K2

Platform: PlayStation two

January 12, 2002

New features include a revamped low post game (exploit the defender with lightning quick drop step moves, back him downward for a rim-rattling dunk, or shoot a sweet fadeaway jumper), new playbooks, and new street courts including Oakland'due south legendary Mosswood Park, Philly'due south Hank Gathers Rec Center, and Houston's Ronde Rec Center. [Sega]

Metascore:

89

User Score:

8.0

NCAA March Madness 2002

54

NCAA March Madness 2002

Platform: PlayStation ii

January 7, 2002

Go scouting tips from coaches similar Florida'south Baton Donovan, Kansas' Roy Williams, and UCLA'due south Steve Lavin; New Emotion Meter lets big plays and crowd energy bear on how yous perform; New courts include fieldhouse and stadiums; Use 1 of over 130 existent teams or create your own. [EA Sports]

Metascore:

54

User Score:

iv.half-dozen

Jonny Moseley Mad Trix

44

Jonny Moseley Mad Trix

Platform: PlayStation two

Dec 26, 2001

Bear witness off your new school skiing tricks in Slopestyle fashion and unlock Big Mountain mode to star in a ski movie! Then get heli-dropped onto a mountaintop, and pull insane grabs off snow-capped cottages, trains and more. Even use the Alaskan pipeline as a half-pipe. [3DO]

Metascore:

44

User Score:

v.7

NFL GameDay 2002

51

NFL GameDay 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

December iii, 2001

With its exhibition, season, tournament, grooming military camp, and full general managing director modes, GameDay 2002 is improved in all areas and allows the player to customize individual AI components.

Metascore:

51

User Score:

5.v

ESPN NFL PrimeTime 2002

65

ESPN NFL PrimeTime 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

December 2, 2001

Manage your team for upwardly to 15 seasons as Chris Berman and Tom Jackson go "Inside the Numbers" to breakdown your games. Create free agents or edit existing players with an in-depth Role player Editor. The game includes updated 2001 flavor rosters for all 31 NFL teams.

Metascore:

65

User Score:

tbd

Dark Summit

67

Dark Acme

Platform: PlayStation 2

November 26, 2001

Master O?Leary has mysteriously closed the elevation of Mt. Garrick to all boarders and is trying desperately to drive them abroad. Every bit the young and rebellious Naya, players volition shred, jib and stomp sick tricks in the commencement always mission-based snowboarding game. Free ride this vast mount and unlock restricted areas on your way to the summit. But be prepared, Chief O?Leary will non go down without a fight. [THQ]

Metascore:

67

User Score:

tbd

NFL 2K2

85

NFL 2K2

Platform: PlayStation two

November xix, 2001

The Sega Sports NFL franchise makes its PS2 debut with such new features as its intelligent passing/catching system providing for greater accuracy in pass play timing and execution, and avant-garde in-game effects such equally natural outdoor lighting that casts real-time stadium shadows onto the field.

Metascore:

85

User Score:

7.5

Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder

64

Shaun Palmer'southward Pro Snowboarder

Platform: PlayStation ii

November 13, 2001

Ride the mountain as six-time X-Games gold medalist Shaun Palmer or 9 other top pros in existent-to-life racing competitions and freestyle snowboarding. Pull off hundreds of trick combos in existent-life locations like Kirkwood and Donner Ski Ranch. [Activision]

Metascore:

64

User Score:

8.6

NCAA Final Four 2002

52

NCAA Final Four 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

November 12, 2001

Features more than 300 Division I-A teams from 31 national conferences; improved Touch Shooting Controls and an all new Backdown motility for maneuvering in the inside game; Team-specific playbooks of offensive and defensive strategies; and Play-by-Play commentary from Eddie Doucette and Billy Packer on color. [SCEA]

Metascore:

52

User Score:

6.five

Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory

75

Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory

Platform: PlayStation 2

November five, 2001

Victorious Boxers uses a state-of-the fine art graphics engine to get you as close to the band as yous'll ever want to get. Progress through the amateur and Pro ranks with the help of your personal trainer. Listen to him, study your opponents fighting tactics and strategies and head into the ring to encounter if you tin out swing and out remember him. [Empire Interactive]

Metascore:

75

User Score:

8.0

SSX Tricky

92

SSX Tricky

Platform: PlayStation two

November five, 2001

Second-generation passenger physics provide more in-air and on-snow user control. Compete in the World Circuit, go head-to-head in the unique Showoff (flim-flam) versions of nine courses on the World Circuit, or merely kick it in Free Ride. New Garibaldi and Alaska courses let you get more than vertical and grab more air, while all the original courses have some new surprises. [Electronic Arts]

Metascore:

92

User Score:

viii.9

FIFA Soccer 2002

82

FIFA Soccer 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

November 1, 2001

With all-new "open passing," you accept more control and precision than ever before. Find a breaking forward with a perfect twoscore-grand brawl into open infinite, embarrass the tightest defense with cunning one-twos, or fool any keeper with deep swerving crosses. [Electronic Arts]

Metascore:

82

User Score:

6.two

NBA Live 2002

70

NBA Live 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

October 29, 2001

Low-post controls permit yous move, shoot and dunk with more than versatility than ever before. Franchise mode allows you lot to build the side by side bang-up NBA dynasty over several seasons. New cut scenes focus on thespian-to-player and player-to-referee interaction. Legendary players bring their skills to today's NBA for some archetype matchups. [EA Sports]

Metascore:

seventy

User Score:

seven.one

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

97

Tony Militarist'due south Pro Skater three

Platform: PlayStation 2

Oct 28, 2001

Claiming upward to four friends in online competitions over a LAN or the Cyberspace. Take them on in both Trick Attack and Graffiti modes. [Activision]

Metascore:

97

User Score:

7.5

Sunny Garcia Surfing

61

Sunny Garcia Surfing

Platform: PlayStation two

October 22, 2001

Drop-in on a gnarly Fiddlesticks 30-human foot moving ridge of have fun sessions with Sandy Beach?s iii-iv foot sets as one of ix globe-class surfers. Packed with ultra-realistic moves, players will be stoked as they pull off round-house cutbacks, lippers, floaters, and grab unreal barrel rides. [Ubi Soft]

Metascore:

61

User Score:

7.ix

Yanya Caballista: City Skater

58

Yanya Caballista: Urban center Skater

Platform: PlayStation two

October ane, 2001

A unique skateboarding/adventure game that pits you confronting "Gawoo," mysterious conflicting creatures. Comes with a "fingerboard" controller, a special analog controller attachment. Unlock different parts of the City ("New San Francisco") using eight wacky characters. [KOEI]

Metascore:

58

User Score:

5.7

BASS Strike

57

BASS Strike

Platform: PlayStation 2

September 26, 2001

Dynamic camera action, realistic fish behavior and beautiful graphics immerse players in "hawg" heaven. Experience intense tournament action equally you strive to qualify every bit one of 50 anglers competing for the title of world champion. [THQ]

Metascore:

57

User Score:

5.8

NHL 2002

92

NHL 2002

Platform: PlayStation ii

September 24, 2001

The PlayStation two version features include Career Mode, assuasive you to compete for the Stanley Cup for ten consecutive years and build a true hockey dynasty. Too included are Quick Game, Flavor, Playoffs, Shootout, and Tournament modes. [EA Sports]

Metascore:

92

User Score:

8.3

NHL Hitz 20-02

78

NHL Hitz 20-02

Platform: PlayStation ii

September 24, 2001

Extreme, arcade-style 3-on-3 hockey action featuring "on fire" pucks, players, and teams, "big" player models, fantasy stadiums, along with exhibition, championship, and franchise modes.

Metascore:

78

User Score:

7.6

NFL Quarterback Club 2002

67

NFL Quarterback Club 2002

Platform: PlayStation two

September v, 2001

The only football game with NFL Quarterback Challenge Fashion, which features four head-to-caput events: Speed and Mobility, Accurateness, Long Distance Throw, and Read & Recognition. Play as an active QB or as a retired great such as Elway, Marino, Young, Kelly, and Simms.

Metascore:

67

User Score:

7.eight

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2

81

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2

Platform: PlayStation 2

August 27, 2001

Rearing its head for the first time on the PS2, the latest incarnation of DMFB features eight levels ("4x bigger than before") in vert, clay, street, and park riding, with ten multiplayer games and a roster of pros including the usual suspects: Ryan, Rick, and Dave himself.

Metascore:

81

User Score:

8.four

Gallop Racer 2001

71

Gallop Racer 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

Baronial twenty, 2001

Following upwardly "Gallop Racer" for the PSX, GR 2001 players tin manage and gather their own stable or only bet on the races themselves. Players tin assume the role of the breeder, the jockey, or a spectator in the stands. [Tecmo].

Metascore:

71

User Score:

8.seven

Madden NFL 2002

94

Madden NFL 2002

Platform: PlayStation ii

Baronial nineteen, 2001

The industry football game standard returns featuring the Houston Texans, new thespian face up and trunk applied science, the power to create your ain team with custom helmets, uniforms, and stadiums, and a new training mode that let's you learn from Madden, the main himself.

Metascore:

94

User Score:

7.three

ESPN X Games Skateboarding

58

ESPN 10 Games Skateboarding

Platform: PlayStation two

August xiii, 2001

Drop into the vert ramp or dabble in the street in Ten Games Mode, but with "Tony Hawk iii" simply around the corner, will Konami's ESPN license be enough to tide you over?

Metascore:

58

User Score:

seven.vii

NCAA Football 2002

ninety

NCAA Football 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

July 23, 2001

Gamers can select from any of 117 Partitioning 1-A or 27 Division ane-AA teams. Play-past-play and colour commentary are provided by ESPN's Brad Nessler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit. Brand-new team-specific playbooks emulate bodily higher plays run by 117 Division 1-A teams. [EA Sports]

Metascore:

ninety

User Score:

8.4

Rugby

73

Rugby

Platform: PlayStation ii

July 16, 2001

Includes an excellent tutorial mode and over 600 players in all that can all participate in the World Title. Other tournaments featured are the Tri-Nations, 6 Nations and Friendly matches. [EA Sports]

Metascore:

73

User Score:

8.2

Soccer America

59

Soccer America

Platform: PlayStation 2

June 29, 2001

Publisher Hot B ports to America this arcade soccer title (which plays much more like a sim) from Japanese developer Taito featuring 35 unlicensed international teams and 6 outdoor stadiums.

Metascore:

59

User Score:

iv.3

NBA Street

89

NBA Street

Platform: PlayStation 2

June xviii, 2001

With an "SSX"-similar trick organisation and the rejuvenation of the blocked shot, it seems that EA's reinvention of "NBA Jam"-style hoops should do for basketball what the Tony Hawk series did for skateboarding.

Metascore:

89

User Score:

viii.5

Cool Boarders 2001

78

Cool Boarders 2001

Platform: PlayStation ii

May 21, 2001

The fifth game in the Cool Boarders series, and the third snowbaording game on the PS2, features ten professional riders including Todd Richards, Michele Taggart, Kevin Jones, and Tara Dakides and includes the Quick Run and a Career Way.

Metascore:

78

User Score:

5.six

ESPN MLS ExtraTime

77

ESPN MLS ExtraTime

Platform: PlayStation 2

April 16, 2001

Developed and retrofitted with the ESPN-MLS license, commentary, and music from Japan'south award-winning "Winning 11 v," Konami brings its International Superstar Soccer franchise to America do battle with EA'south finest.

Metascore:

77

User Score:

tbd

High Heat Major League Baseball 2002

76

High Heat Major League Baseball 2002

Platform: PlayStation two

March 26, 2001

The 2001 PS2 game for baseball game purists who prefer a realistic simulation to eye-popping graphics.

Metascore:

76

User Score:

7.3

ESPN National Hockey Night

44

ESPN National Hockey Dark

Platform: PlayStation two

March 25, 2001

Konami'south start NHL game for the PS2 includes exhibition, flavor, playoffs and create-a-player modes with a full statistical package.

Metascore:

44

User Score:

tbd

All-Star Baseball 2002

77

All-Star Baseball game 2002

Platform: PlayStation 2

March 12, 2001

This latest rendition sticks to the basic things that accept made the series great, making it worthwhile even for those who aren't fans of the older games.

Metascore:

77

User Score:

7.half dozen

Triple Play Baseball

74

Triple Play Baseball

Platform: PlayStation 2

March 12, 2001

With a winning history on PCs and other consoles, Triple Play Baseball now signs up to another big league gaming platform on the PlayStation two. The motion gives Triple Play another leap in realism, from the ultra-precipitous graphics with real thespian faces and stadiums to the advanced AI that enables more realistic and flexible gameplay. The DUALSHOCK ii controller's analog features are at present a primal element of the batting, pitching, and fielding control for a truer sports gaming experience. To get the game right, EA again turned to the pros--American League MVP Jason Giambi of the Oakland A'due south and National League Managing director of the Year Dusty Baker of the South.F. Giants lent their expertise on how to play hardball in the majors. Of course, in baseball, what information technology all boils down to is the showdown at the plate--the pitcher facing off confronting the batter for all the coin. Triple Play Baseball again refines the game with a ability zone/contact zone batting cursor--power hitters may have a tiny cursor, but it'southward all ability zone, while more undecayed sluggers volition have a larger cursor just may have a smaller sugariness spot. Batters are going to need all that control if they're hoping to tee off the pitching this year, which is as well improved in control to give them every trick in the books. Players' skills are accurately based on player stats from terminal season, and so if y'all run across Mark McGwire at the plate or Randy Johnson on the mound, expect some bad things to go downwardly.

Metascore:

74

User Score:

tbd

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001

74

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

February 26, 2001

Swing into action with the kickoff-ever PS2 golf game game from Electronic Arts in Tiger Forest PGA Bout 2001. In all, half dozen pro golfers take to the green on three real-life courses including SpyGlass Hill, Pebble Beach, and Poppy Hills as they swing and putt their way through exact replicas of all xviii holes. The varied modes of play are now supported by two new entries, Challenge and Play-Now, in addition to such returning staples as Friction match, Skins, and Stroke. Making use of the PS2's additional graphical chapters over its PS1 analogue, the game too boasts fully-rendered 3D environments and players, every bit well as an enhanced analog control system that makes apply of the PlayStation'southward Dual Stupor ii enhancements.

Metascore:

74

User Score:

tbd

NBA Hoopz

63

NBA Hoopz

Platform: PlayStation 2

February 26, 2001

NBA Start fans may enjoy Hoopz, but the game would take benefited from an honest-to-goodness arcade mode and a speed setting, if not faster overall gameplay.

Metascore:

63

User Score:

tbd

NBA ShootOut 2001

54

NBA ShootOut 2001

Platform: PlayStation ii

Feb 19, 2001

Fast, furious, authentic NBA action! 989 Sports' long-running b-baller makes its debut on the PlayStation two with live presentation unmatched on the organization. The players sport thousands of motion-captured moves, and over a hundred hours of play-by-play were logged in the production. Everything in the stadium is modeled as closely as possible, from the detailed players to the real coaches on the sidelines to the people in the stands. ShootOut also brings back the Create Dunk feature, and refines the game'due south Touch on Shooting and Passing control. As always, your choice is going to exist a tough ane between LIVE and ShootOut, and in the 2k1 basketball season, each has taken a shot at the game of basketball from a different angle. Check which fits your manner. Authentic players, animations, and arenas make this game so realistic you'll need high tops and wrist bands to play. It's got a new and improved game engine, redesigned player controls, and a TV-style presentation that has been edited to include more photographic camera angles, close-ups, zooms, and cut-aways. Squad-specific playbooks have more than 450 plays designed with the NBA elite. With the enhancements made to the Match-Up & Deny, Read & React A.I., no artificial intelligence has ever been more savvy. This yr the road to the NBA Finals begins and ends with an NBA ShootOut.

Metascore:

54

User Score:

tbd

ESPN NBA 2Night

62

ESPN NBA 2Night

Platform: PlayStation ii

February 13, 2001

EA Sports' Live series isn't the but game in town anymore. Konami and ESPN have teamed upward to deliver ESPN NBA 2Night. The ESPN license is being tapped for more than merely a name. The game volition characteristic accurate photographic camera angles and the wry humor of SportsCenter's Stuart Scott and Brent Musberger. Konami claims it will have the full NBA roster and that its detailed graphics engine means you'll accept no problem distinguishing your favorite role player. From the superhuman dunking ability of Kevin...

Metascore:

62

User Score:

tbd

Knockout Kings 2001

81

Knockout Kings 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

February v, 2001

All the egomaniacal, violent splendor of heavyweight boxing comes to the PlayStation ii in Knockout Kings 2001 past EA Sports. This championship employs EA's new CyberScan technology, which allows the boxers faces to be accurately reproduced in full polygonal glory. In add-on to the graphical overhaul, the game features new modes of play and simplified control. Choose your champion from a stable of boxing'due south greatest, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Lennox Lewis. A new career mode allows y'all to play through several weight classes and to box at famous arenas all around the world.

Metascore:

81

User Score:

tbd

NHL FaceOff 2001

57

NHL FaceOff 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

Feb 5, 2001

Without a mouthpiece, yous volition lose a tooth! Lace upward your skates and get physical in NHL Face Off 2001. Choose from 30 different NHL teams, including the new Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets, and battle for the Stanley Cup. Play as or against 13 retired NHL legends including Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito, Marcel Dionne and more. Four new play modes including Tournament, ShootOut, Practice and Typhoon combined with fast, fluid game play make FaceOff 2001 the hockey game for PlayStation2.

Metascore:

57

User Score:

four.0

NBA Live 2001

74

NBA Alive 2001

Platform: PlayStation ii

January 22, 2001

The dominant hoops franchise returns live, delivering high-flyin', fast-paced NBA activeness plus a whole lot more than. With all-new player reactions and bench sequences, redesigned commentary, and crowd animations, NBA Live 2001 comes alive, bringing more emotion and atmosphere to the court than ever before. [EA Sports]

Metascore:

74

User Score:

tbd

NCAA Final Four 2001

49

NCAA Final Four 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

Dec 18, 2000

The merely college basketball game on the PlayStation 2 calculator amusement organization in 2001, and the only basketball game to bring you existent, live, 3D rendered cheerleaders! Take that to the bank, with your pressure level D and jive-talking inside moves -- this game is calling those who say they're "keeping it real," phony chumps. Some of the new features in the game include reworked role player models, 3D backgrounds and animated crowds, a plethora of options, updated controls, enhanced artificial intelligence and all-new play-past-play commentary past announcer Quinn Buckner. In addition, the game engine is closely related to 989's other b-ball title, NBA Shootout. And of form, higher hoops fans tin can play through an entire stat-filled season or head straight to the big tournament in hopes of winning the championship.

Metascore:

49

User Score:

tbd

NCAA GameBreaker 2001

57

NCAA GameBreaker 2001

Platform: PlayStation two

December 18, 2000

This game is streamlined and congenital for speed. With its combination of award-winning gameplay and 2001 updates, NCAA GameBreaker is the best higher football game bachelor. The first higher football game on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment arrangement, NCAA GameBreaker 2001 uses the ability of this new system to put together the most menacing offensive line ever to take the higher field. With every one of the 115 Segmentation I-A teams and stadiums, your gridiron alma mater should be well represented if they're blueish chip textile. Mr. Keith Jackson is calling the action all the way in one of the most realistic football audio presentations that includes over 30 college fight songs and trash talk from coaches. And speaking of realism, no game of college brawl has come shut to the incredible details on the field of this game--look closely at the high-resolution graphics, and yous'll see mouthpieces, flexing pads, heart grease, and even mesh holes in the jerseys!

Metascore:

57

User Score:

tbd

FIFA 2001

83

FIFA 2001

Platform: PlayStation ii

November 24, 2000

For those Americans who can't play "ISS Pro Development 2," or for those who absolutely must play as the San Jose Earthquakes, the L.A. Galaxy, or fifty-fifty Arsenal or Liverpool, we have EA's entry into the globe of next generation footy.

Metascore:

83

User Score:

7.3

NFL GameDay 2001

51

NFL GameDay 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

November 13, 2000

When the original PlayStation launched without a Madden title, SCEA seized the opportunity to successfully launch the GameDay serial. Madden returned burn the next year, and the salubrious contest betwixt the 2 football series has fabricated both better. Now 989 Sports brings its popular football franchise to PlayStation two with NFL GameDay 2001. Obviously, the biggest change from past games in the series lies in the graphics, which have been greatly improved. The game features ane,100 position-specific tackles, jukes, spins, and stiff arms motility-captured from 13 pro NFL players. Grass and mud stains grace the players' jerseys, and photorealistic stadiums help to make for a more lifelike atmosphere.

Metascore:

51

User Score:

tbd

SSX

93

SSX

Platform: PlayStation 2

October xxx, 2000

Remember when snowboard sims used to suck? The times take truly changed with the monster speed, detailed tracks and super-fast frame rates of EA's starting time extreme sports game for the PS2.

Metascore:

93

User Score:

eight.1

Surfing H3O

46

Surfing H3O

Platform: PlayStation two

October 26, 2000

Surrounded in beautiful scenery, you must master hardcore surfing techniques to handle ballsy waves. Equally real equally you lot can get...without getting wet. Before the nowadays 128-flake days, surfing was limited to rough, two-dimensional mock-ups of the real thing. Considering of the complex nature of water, a powerful system is needed to accurately return the oceanic environs. With the powerful capabilities of the PlayStation 2, Accept 2's Surfing H30 ups the level of surfing games with its visual splendor and water physics. With half dozen different locales full of sun and surf, eleven characters to ride the waves (all with their dissever strengths and weaknesses), and a custom 10-Lath controller to more than accurately reproduce the action with your Dual Daze ii, Surfing H30 aims to exist the closest matter to surfing short of waxing up your own board and hitting the beach.

Metascore:

46

User Score:

3.6

NHL 2001

85

NHL 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

Oct 25, 2000

EA's outset hockey game to grace a next-gen system features all thirty NHL teams (including the Wild & Blue Jackets) and emphasizes speed, with the "large hitting," "deke" and "speed outburst" buttons making their return along with such precise adjustable factors equally pass speed, shot accuracy, puck elasticity, and puck friction (?!?).

Metascore:

85

User Score:

eight.2

Swing Away Golf

78

Swing Abroad Golf

Platform: PlayStation 2

October 25, 2000

Swing Away Golf game is a game whose features and execution could barely be explained by a book, allow alone past a review.

Metascore:

78

User Score:

tbd

ESPN International Track & Field

72

ESPN International Runway & Field

Platform: PlayStation 2

October 25, 2000

Compete against the greatest athletes on earth in ESPN International Runway & Field. Compete as or against tiptop Olympic athletes in over 10 existent world events. ESPN International Runway and Field features over 750 motion-captured animations and truthful-to-life graphics and sounds that capture the spirit of international track and field contest.

Metascore:

72

User Score:

seven.3

ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding

73

ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding

Platform: PlayStation 2

October 24, 2000

ESPN Ten Games-Snowboarding challenges players to examination their skills in a variety of events and courses. The game captures the realism of the sport with authentic ESPN graphics and stats of the biggest names in the sport.

Metascore:

73

User Score:

tbd

Madden NFL 2001

91

Madden NFL 2001

Platform: PlayStation 2

Oct 23, 2000

EA Sports steps up to the challenge of Sega's "NFL2k1" with listen-blowing graphics and innovative "Madden Cards" -- Upper Deck creations purchased with tokens earned by completing in-game challenges which can be used as power-ups during the game. Match up all electric current NFL teams as well as bully teams from the past in Season, Franchise, or Practice modes.

Metascore:

91

User Score:

7.five

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2

75

Set 2 Rumble Battle: Round 2

Platform: PlayStation 2

Oct 23, 2000

Set two Rumble Battle - Round 2 will include a multifariousness of uniquely dissimilar, animated thugs that will punch their way upwards the ladder of the Ready ii Rumble battle earth. The game will also characteristic 2 new celebrity boxers: the King of Popular, Michael Jackson and Los Angeles Lakers superstar, Shaquille O'Neal.

Metascore:

75

User Score:

7.3

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