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In your magazine... Last issue it was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, tliis issue it's The Getaway. The fact that these titles have ended up as the two biggest games of the year is testament to your insatiable lust for blood, violence and general unpleasantness. But forget cheap psychoanalysis, which one should you buy? This autumn has been tough for serious PS2 fans due to the sheer number of must-have games
being released. You either live on beans for weel
' when it comes to Vice City and The Getaway, we
can only suggest that you buy both. They can't be compared in the same way as FiFA and Pro Evo because, although they share similar elements, they are markedly different experiences. Vice City is cleverly cartoonish; The Getaway is bleak, uncompromising, and completely engulfs you in its plot. There's not the same freedom as in Vice City, but you're propelled through the game with much greater urgency, developing empathy with the characters. The bloody finale will leave you drained. In short, even if you've got Vice City, you need to own The Getaway too. Merry Christmas, you muppets.
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the game's unsettling side right from the start - lead character IVIarIc Hammond watches as his wife is shot
in a bungled kidnapping. Yup, this game SAM RICHARDS Editor
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Buming up Buckingham Palace in Team
Soho's brutal crime epic, THE GETAWAY. Recreating real cities in videogames is nothing new. iviapping tliem as accurately as Team Soho has done in The Getaway is. Any developer can slap a clock face on a rectangular block, call it Big Ben and claim that gamers are in the nation's Capital, but from the moment you hi-jack your first hatchback as Mark Hammond, there's no doubt that this is something special. It's not just
the recognisable car models, interspersed with vans, taxis and the occasional Lotus. It's not just
the pollution-stained brickwork and the joyless
neon in Piccadilly Circus. It's not even the subtle
signs of luxury in the streets near St James's Park, or the sullen slate grey sky above the city. It's all of this and more. What seemed like a
visual gimmick at first has matured into something else. In The Getaway, London isn't just a faithful-looking backdrop to a Chas 'n' Dave cocktail of 'cockerny' violence. It's a character in its own right. Exciting and familiar one moment,
utterly alien and seedy the next. It looks and feels like the same place tourists queue to see waxworks and where tooled-up gangsters exact
brutal revenge on one another
If you know London at all, you'll be itching to get behind the wheel and tear the arse out of its streets and mow down passers-by in a way you
never could in real life. Even if you've not visited
the big smoke, you'll still be blown away by the most realistic city ever depicted in a game. *See our full review of Team Soho's gangster
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A broadband network has been up and running for PS2 owners in Japan since April 2002 and in the US since August
FANCY HURTLING AROUND
the leading console for online gaming. SCEi recently showcased Broadband Navigator version 0.2 for Japan, which added new functions lil
2002 where it has established PS2 as
announces PS2 broadband gaming for the UK
Icy hairpins in World Rally Championship, In a head-to-head
face-off against someone playing In Stockholm? How about a spot of This Is Football with an opponent In Munich? Better still, enlist some grunts from the far reaches of the world for some counter-terrorist online action in SOCOM: US
®snp IKTBH /n a hurry? Here's Hie condensed vers»oa.. Four months after the US get PS2 online gaming, SCEE announces
a
UK
spring launch. Costing just £44.99 and with online titles like GT4 and FIFA on the horizon, The Third
Place Just got a lot more exciting
Navy SEALS... We've been
banging on about it for months and now
excited! Spy can reveal that as of spring 2003 (exact date TBC), at a cost of £44,99, the Broadband
GRAN TURISMO 4 |SCEI) When 0PS2 spoke exclusively to Gran Turlsmo creator Kazunorl Yamauchi at E3
Gaming Pack will make online gaming in the UK a reality for PlayStation 2 owners. Future online services offered for PlayStation 2 will make use of a Hard Disc Drive, which is yet to be given a launch date and isn't mentioned in the recent press release (right). However, to make sure our readers have the complete lowdown we spoke exclusively to Nainan Shah, Director of Business Development at SCEE about the
It's finally coming
Hard Disc Drive,
Frankly, we're bloody
'The HDD remains a key part of our bigger plans - such as downloadable demos, games and
earlier this year he confirmed Polyphony Digital is already working on GT4 and that it would have a online components. He wouldn't divulge specifics but promised a demo at Mays E3 2003. RFA 2004, TIGER WOODS 2004 (EA) We've heard straight from the developers that both of these EA games will have online components in their 2004 guises. Expect online components In other EA ACE COMBAT 5 (NAMCO) Namco revealed an 'online flight combat game' earlier this year, and last month Ace Combat 4's Art Director, Kazutokl Kono, told Spy a team was working on a sequel. This would definitely mean online dogflghting deathmatches. Ace Indeed!
consumers can choose their own Internet
service provider (ISP|. it's the polar opposite to Xbox Live, where all online content Is managed by Microsoft,
I THE PRICE At £44.99 (the price of a game) you can be up and running online provided you have a broadband connection. The
Broadband Gaming Pack comes complete with a free game {Hardware: Online Arena/), a demo disc featuring playable demos and game video, a start-up disc and the all Important Network Adaptor.
■ THE US NETWORK This comes with a 56k modem and an
the present. Over on the right is the official press release from SCEE and we've dissected it to tell you exactly what it all means. Excited yet? You
Ethernet connection socket - the
European version will only have an TRIBES: AERIAL ASSAULT (SIERRA) Already out in the US, this is an online PS2 version of the team-based first-person
should be, □ GW
shooter made famous on PC. Stateside
users report the massive maps and engaging capture-the-flag gameplay make for a totally absorbing online blast.
'We'll have an in-depth feature with more from Nainan Shah next Issue
Ethernet socket for broadband
connection. Broadband is up to 20 times faster than a standanj 56k offering stability and speed for online gaming
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Broadband is available through your existing phone line, but you need to be close to one of BTs 1,117 telephone exchanges for it to work. _ ^hat they are
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publishers will be able to provide gaming content in the way they want and
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Vbu want online „ here whether you're
controlling the network - Instead,
Sports titles, too.
music, jukebox management and digital video recording," Shah told Spy, "But at present it's possible to deliver a comprehensive network with Just the 8MB Memory Card,'
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■ EXTRA DOWNLOADS — Cable providers NTL and Teiewest
Dont fret If you can't get broadband
currently provide 1,8 million users with their service This will mean a cable is
at the moment. Prime l^lnister Tony Blair has said that he believes
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Chris Deering President of SCEE says the Broadband Gaming Pack will be, "Simple to set up, exciting to play and affordable" Basically Just like the PS2, you'll plug It in and play Deering also mentions that the platform will be "diverse and Inclusive," hinting that accessible network content
will soon Include more than Just games, utilising the Harcl Disc Drive for storage.
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■ THE PUBUSHERS Capcom is currently developing Resident Evil
'There's a girl in pink sci-fi
Network and Auto Model/lsta; Actlvision has
Tony Howk's 4 and Star Wars: Galaxies In the pipeline; while Eldos could potentially bring
chic and another with a
panda fetish - and they're
Tomb Raider and Hitman online, with
TimeSplltters a definite given the series' on-off online history. EA is looking into online components of Medol Of Honor, James Bond 007 and The Sims as well as online elements
for its sports titles Including FIFA and Madden (already an online smash In the US). And with
■ CONRRMED ISP — Currently Telewest and NTL are the only broadband partners to have officially stated that they are working with SCEE. We expect
■ THE CONNECTION — ADSL means you can be broadband connected via your existing telephone line it's essentially a faster internet connection.
more to join them soon.
The other choice is to plug into a set-top
a mention of Take 2 could that mean GTA Online? We live in hope.
SPY IN JAPAN, F "Slip in patch of 'merry' yellow snow. Thro dice Move ahead one space if you get 1-
box that comes when you sign up to NTL or
THE 0PS2 BOARD GAME, F
Te i e w e s t ' s c a b l e s e r v i c e .
I SECURITY DNAS will stop hackers logging on with your user name and passwonJ to play games for free It will be essential
■ CONSUMER TRIALS
for downloadable content such as movies, music and
registration card and visit Sonys Web site j. ,,,^,,4-.
episodic gaming which you may have to pay for
just the audience"
Also known as 'beta testing', SCEE will be recruiting regular PS2 gamers - yup, that means you - before the end of 2002. So send off that
luk.piaystation.com) for more details. I'li!) bldllOn.tOni
■ As this is iust the
beginning, were'M be regular updates
Plus... Rotchet
about online gaming throughout the month. Keep checking tfie srte and remember to
interviewed (pg 38) and six
ADVENTURE BREAKER...ONIMUSHA 3 IS RUMOURED TO HAVE ONLINE ELEMENTS... AND YES, KOJIMA-SAN HAS HINTED AT ONLINE METAL GEAR..
man Ted Price
inches worth of NBA Street 2
details (pg 24).
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rhis month's
jiggest gobs n gaming. The game Formula One
?002| is true to formula One ind we wanted
0 pick up on its ^amorous side. Sabrieiie ticliens was the laturai choice 0 add that
Ill-important illure." XEE-s David
Vilson explains vhy the lad's nag favourite IDS been chosen
IS the unlikely ace of Formula )ne 2002.
i YA S M I N L f 0MB Find out
DW this feisty imme fatale got Tibroiled in
angland London.
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ANGEL OF L AT E N E S S
A Christmas without Lara? Come on now, be strong...
TOMB RAIDER FANS the world over will be heartbroken to learn
by rushing the game out for
whole and that it would have hit its
Christmas 2002."
optimistic November release date.
that Lara Croft definitely won't be
The delay doesn't come as much of a surprise to Spy - back in
the rumour mill and leaves the title
coming home this Christmas. Publisher Eidos recently confirmed that the eagerly-awaited Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness has lost its footing and slipped back to a February 2003 release. 'This extra development time will give us the opportunity to balance the gameplay and add that extra polish that seems to be missing from a lot of games nowadays," Adrian Smith, Operations Director at Core Design told Spy "We want to deliver the best Tomb Raider game ever and by putting the release date back it gives us the time to achieve our goal. We simply weren't prepared to compromise on quality
September, the Angel Of Darkness demo on display at the PlayStation Experience had trouble convincing even the most positive gamers that the next-gen Tomb Raider was approaching completion. Of course, it was an early demo version, but since then we've seen little more to
prove to us that Core Design's game is coming together as a complete ADRIAN SMFTH, CORE DESIGN
'THE EXTRA TIME WILL GIVE US THE
OPPORTUNTTY TO BALANCE THE G A M E P L AY "
US publisher Agetec has plans to release Japanese earthquake sim Zettai Zetsumei Toshi in the UK
under new name, SOS: Escape.
Unfortunately the delay only fuels open to more negative scrutiny from disappointed gamers. So what does this setback really mean to the Tomb Raider series?
The biggest worry is that the game will miss the Christmas buying spree in both Europe and the US, which may reduce the amount of copies that the finished game shifts. Smith, however, is adamant the delay won't affect its success. 1 think people will be pleased that we have taken this decision and know that even though they might have to wait a few extra months. It'll certainly be worth it." For the sake of Lara's future we
hope he's right □ GW
Film production company Mindfire Entertainment is making Sega's Shinobi into a ninja movie. It'll be out in the summer of 2004.
MORE JOBS FOR THE MOB I The Getaway 2 and add-on pack confirmed. TEAM SOHO INTENDS to release an add-on
pack for The Getaway next year which will consist of 12 new iviark Hammond missions. Brendan IMcNamara, Director of The Getaway, revealed that while one part of the SCEE studio was working on the new missions, another larger team would be creating a sequel. "It will be a back story for the existing characters, but
the emphasis won't be on Mark. Our aim is to play
Take your skull walnut for a bracing walk with 0PS2's trivia quiz. QUIZ QUESTIONS 1. What is the name of
around with the idea of being a bad guy, and find out
Capcom's proprietary
why these characters became who they are." With SCEE officially announcing broadband plans
eel-shading software used in
can IvicNamara imagine doing The Getaway Online? "Some of the guys here at Team Soho would love to
do it," he tells us. Gangland London on a global scale? Now there's something to look forward to. □ GW
*Turn to page 82 for the full review of The Getaway.
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Auto Modellista?
SOCOM: US Navy SEALS bring to PS2 gaming? 7. Spyro's back this month,
but when was the last year
2. In Sly Raccoon, what Is the Thievius Raccoonus?
of the Dragon in Chinese astrology?
3. Who invented The Sims?
S . P r o f e s s o r We r n e r Vo n
4. Makiko Hayashi and Aiura McCaii are characters in which new game?
Croy was who's mentor? 9. What's the connection between the film One Flew
5. In which superhero's comic did Wolverine first make an appearance?
the game Myst III?
6. What new element does
Over The Cuckoo's Nest and
10. In what year was the Dragonball series created?
/ ( , V ^ ■
ONUNE EVIL opcom takes survival horror online in Network Biohazard, \NYONE WHO'S WATCHED Night Of The Living Dead or any of its sequels will appreciate what a errifying prospect it would be to ;et stuck In a confined space with i gaggle of flesh-eating zombies. f you were to find yourself in this jnfortunate predicament, you'd lope there'd be a few people on land to help you bludgeon the
Kevin: The policeman.
The game is set In Raccoon City
- with the story running parallel to that of Resident Evil 1 and 2 - and
will be played as a co-operative experience with up to four players in a networked game. Instead of stepping into the role of S.TAR.S operatives, you are now just an average Raccoon City denizen protecting your turf from zombie
jndead back to hell. Which is
;xactly what Capcom has counted )n in its forthcoming Network iiohazard (likely to be Resident Evil Network when it hits the UK). S ANYBODY OIH" TXERE?
IIAMEPLAY WONT
3E AS CLEAR-CCnf \S YOU'D IMAGINE 'OR AN ONUNE
: 0 - 0 P E R AT I V E G A M E
F R E S H M E AT The unlucky playable populace of Raccoon City and their sUvnge Japllsh character descriptions.
■ M E AT Y O U O N U N E ? Ti m e t o
get psyched-up for zombie networking.
scum (see Fresh Meat for character
He's a brave American.
rundown). You'll also meet nonplayer characters who attack, help or rely on you for assistance.
George: The suijeon.
Interestingly, Capcom has indicated that gameplay wont be as straightforward as you'd Imagine for an online co-operative game you dont just hook up with the other players, form a mob and proceed with the zombie bashing To increase drama you are often forced to split up and then regroup later at a particular place. You'll also have to make a tense decision on whether to continue if one character fails to show. No definite release date has
been offered yet by Capcom. but
^ow SCEE has mentioned the publisher as an official online
partner, a European appearance is all but assured. _ GW
He also has a haid in
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Yoko: The mysttnous
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security company who has bad memories of
the Vietnam War' Cindy: The waitress.
Her cheery spirit |3S
she works Is a plus, David: The plumber. The type of guy vvho only says what needs to be said. Jim: The trains ii'an. Lets his mouth rim
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100 iames designed by you. This month: Bemani Stuntman in a circus!
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The number of hidden
packages you need to unlock GTA Vice City's Apache helicopter
CHRISTMAS UST
/ OFFICIAL mRGR2IN6-UK
Christmas is coming and so are the PS2-themed
cash-ins. We sort the stocl
e e e y m r i T i e foO £329-£899, ASH DESIGN
What is it? "Gives you arcade realism in your own home." In other words... It's a steering wheel welded to a seat Is it any good? For the driving game completest with a wad to spend the price Is probably justifiable. But consider this - for £899 you could buy a real car What could I get instead? A comfy chair
LOGirecM £49.99, LXMSrTECH
What is it? "A 2.4GHz radio controller with dual vibration."
words... It's a wireless Joypad. ' IsInitother any g ood? It sufers from long analogue sticks and wonky
D-pad, but is as responsive as a normal plugged-in joypad. Its' essential for anyone whose sofa Is 50 feet from their TV.
What could I get instead? A smaller living room. GUI 06
TD V t OB 0 ROUGH GUIDES What is it? "Lowdown on the best PC and console games." In other words... A high-brow look at videogame culture. Is it any good? It's incisive, accurate and well written. But dedicated gamers wont discover any major revelations.
What could I get instead? A subscription to 0PS2 (page 148),
CIRCUS FREAKS TCHED BY: ALEX HORNBY (VIA EMAIL)
M A K E I T O R BREAK IT? COMMENTS
Bemani games have a niche
appeal in the UK inus Freaks huh? Does that
iclude the bearded lady? could do. But check out Alex's
watch yourself in a replay If you're not happy with your act, you can try and try again for a better score,"
TK^ /_^(0 0¥^ £9.99, OSBORNE
circus is as
glamorous as it 19th Century.
off their game machine'
The idea is sound but we're not sure of the
In other words... A glorified instruction manual. Is it any good? You'll get just as much Information from
commercial
the white pamphlet you get free in your PS2 box.
the last - and all without the aid of a net." Can you watch that in a
Stuntman-style movie as well?
ito other circus acts.
Oh yes. "Once you've completed this challenge, and you're the star of the show, hit the 'Compile' button
>u mentioned Stuntman. Where
and watch a 15-minute film of all
>es that come in?
ght "Once you've completed the
your exploits." All the fun of the circus without drunken pikeys, rabid
Dwn routine you can save It and
Alsatians and satanIc clowns. □
lys Alex. The audience marks your ;rformance. Do well and you move
What could I get instead? Logitechs' GT Force wheel (£79.99^
you do? There are "seal tricks, elephant tricks, stunt riding show ponies and lion taming The grand finale is the trapeze act which Is made up of five swings each more difficult and dangerous than
)mes your first challenge: One of e clowns becomes III and you take s place under the big top. lown Bemani! Now this, 1 like, here are five routines to perform between one and five minutes,"
pretty poor This one doesn't exactly buck the trend. It's plastlcy, easily breakable and ugly as sin.
I see. What other circus acts can
mm, well. Circus Freaks Is a clrcus-
eaning out the stables. But soon
Is it any good? Steering wheel peripherals are in the main,
What IS It? "With this book, readers wil be able to 'blow the ild
Alex continues.
)ung runaway, you're put to work
sure that running away with the
W^ is ^ £39.99, JOYTECH wnat IS It? A replica of the Williams BMW FW23 Car wheel," In other words... A steering wheel with a clock.
was in the late
sncept for the game: a hybrid of tuntman and Britney's Dance Beat ut we found watching Britney ance for us frustrating... 3sed rhythm action game. You're a
and we're not
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prospects. Sorry Alex..
What could I get instead? Game On: The HistoryAnd Culture Of Videogames £19.99, Laurence King FROM £17.99, GUURIUA
REAK m
What is it? 'The new way to carry your game console." In other words... A special PS2 rucksack
Is it any good? It holds the PS2 snugly enough and the
foam insert wil insulate against any breakage should you accidentaly drop it. We'd feel a bit embarrassed if anyone
saw us actually carrying one, though.
What could I get instead? A carrier bag filled with cotton wool, VOVOand £1.50, LOCAL What IS It? A citrus fruit, a tasty tree seed product aV ictorian toSHOP y In other words... A satsuma, some nuts and a yoyo. Is it any good? Yes, Yes, And yes.
What could I get instead? Chocolate coins, socks and a spinning top.
1984 comedy horror Gremlins is getting the PS2 treatment by French developer I^P.
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'
-—
^ Woocfy battle to prove what's better.
1r I GTA: VICE CITY THE GETAWAY SELL 0PS2 gives games
publishers a ctiance to pitcli tlieir latest
wares to you in just 50 words.
■ DOIN'rrTODEF But can the rappers survive
DEF SLAM Hip-hop meets Shut Your Mouth in EA Sports BIG'S latest, Def Jann: Vendetta. K A Z TAKESHHA Director at
Sammy Europe sells Galerians... 'Galerians: Ash is an action
adventure game set in the near
future, in which Galerians fight, employing a unique battie system which utilises psychic power-inducing drugs. Galerians will draw gamers into the
supernatural world through incredible graphic detail and intense gameplay Featuring over an hour of excellent
movie sequences."
Fancy strolling into a mall and blowing everything to hell?
We're ashamed to admit It, but we tried. And succeeded. VC is
GIVING CREDENCE TO the theory that there isn't a game genre that can't be given the EA Sports BIG makeover, EA has announced Def Jam: Vendetta, the world's first hip-hop wrestling game. The publisher has struck a deal with New York-based Def Jam Records and
is using the formidable grappling game know-how of Japanese developer Aki to bring rappers like Method Man, Ludacris, NORE, Capone and Redman to life in a world of underground fighting for respect and 'dead
presidents'. The game will feature multlplayer modes for up to four players but will hinge around a single-player, story-driven mode which sees your hero taking on 45
opponents (including 12 of Def Jam's finest] while on your way to a showdown with uber boss of the underground fighting scene, D-Mob. All the rappers involved have collaborated with EA,
from suggesting fighting styles, finishing moves and clothes, to lending their vocal talents to their game
counterparts and even creating a number of tracks specifically for the project. The game
an 18 cert and proud of it. Dotted around Vice City are a
number of shops that sell tools: screwdrivers, hammers, chainsaws, machetes, etc.
Strange that there's nowhere in the game you actually have to
We might as well
There's enough activity to keep
cut to the chase - which one's the
Chmewatch on the air till
most bloody,
thinks nothing of It.
What about
It's like Charlton Heston's Christmas list: Heckler & Koch
weapons?
Anything a bit
more imaginative
MP5-A5, twin Glock
than the usual
17s and an AK-47 for
sniper rifle, Uzi
emergencies... you get the picture.
9mm and M-16?
Anything parked,
And vehicles? It w o u l d b e fi i n t o drive a double decker bus about..
simply waiting at a set of traffic lights 1 yours for the taking a Ferrari, a 600cc motorbike, a scooter, an airport
cop shop into a bloodbath and
violent and rude?
do any DIY. Use your imagination, eh?
unattended or
2010. Mark Hammond turns a
Well over 50 different motors, and these aren't cartoon
copies, either The game features fully licensed vehicles from top-name manufacturers. You can also nick black cabs.
Royal Mail vans, fire engines. Panda cars and - of course double decker buses.
baggage carrier, a sea plane, a dinghy, an Apache helicopter... That's just 7 out of 100.
already has the swagger and stylised 'BIG' look that defines the label.
Due for release in March next year, Def Jam: Vfendetto Is aiming to pop a
cap in the ass of the 'men In tights' wusses of WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth. □ GW
Vice City is positively brimming with criminal types, corruption, gang wars, porn actors and drug-addled pop stars. The sun always shines and women walk
Which game
provides the best opportunities for mischief?
London's streets teem with traffic. And because this is a
real city, any bad behaviour feels far more thrilling. Who wants to camp It up with Don
Johnson when you could be nicking slags with John Thaw?
around in bikinis. For aspiring
Tony Montanas It's like you've died and gone to heaven.
SNOW DREAM SSX3 confirmed! Well, sort of...
DURING A RECENT trip to EA BIG's headquarters in
Vancouver, Spy was treated to an ultra sneak preview of SSX3 (working title). Although the developer was tight-
lipped over game details we can hazard a guess that there will be new tracks, new characters and possibly (keep it
quiet, though) an online element. In-game footage wasn't forthcoming but a technical snow demo showcased new higher-res powder and an impressive avalanche that will
feature in one of the levels. No name was given other than SSX3 but we did spot a poster with the words 'Snow Jam' on it - but dont quote us on that... Look out for a full feature in the coming months. □ GW
A massive open-ended mission
structure. Complete the central set of objectives and you take
So how do they feel to play?
Hammond's crime spree, you
go back and revisit the same events as hard-
over a coke baron's mansion
^ boiled cop, DC
(complete with helicopter). You
,1^*^ Frank Carter, a
can then set about making
man who - wait
money by buying up city real
" for it - won't play
estate. GTA gives you an entirely free-roaming cityscape.
by the booK but
gets results.
Glitz, glamour and cartoon
Sounds Kite it's a
violence. For those who like to take their whore-
tough call to say
bashing with a pinch of salt.
Once you've completed Mark
which one's best
then, right?
Screw Irony, the Eighties were rubbish. The Getaway is more realistic, cinematic and
depraved than gangsters in pastel-suits. Anyone who says otherwise is a muppet.
□FFICIRL mnBRZINE-UK PlayStatlon.E 0
''I HAD TO INCLUDE THE ZOMBIE DOGS AND THE UCKER ON THE CEIUNG - PEOPLE'S FAVOURITE
The quality of PS2 games is heading through the roof. Ct/er 80 people worked for two years on EA's LOTR: The Two Towers, The Getaway has held the attention of 60
developers for three years, while 250 people slaved for wo years over Final Fantasy X. This is causing concern for smaller development studios who can't compete in terms of the cost of making triple A titles any more. "Game development has become increasingly expensive," explains Arthur Parsons, Producer at Traveller's
Tales. "For our PSone games, we had teams of ten peop e, but now we need around 20." The studio's just finished
Haven (estimated cost; £2million) its biggest game to date.
■
SCRUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
Concern also is being expressed by the larger studios. "Something's got to give," warns Martin Edmondson, Development Director at Reflections, who developed
ILLEGAL
AUEN There'll
be plenty of weird and wonderful foes.
repetitive corridors. You shoot
people. Then you change level and... you walk down more repetitive corridors (with slightly different wallpaper). Then you shoot people
(probably with a bigger gun|. But Warthog's forthcoming Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter turns this exploreand-shoot formula on its helmet, blending the old FPS basics with a space-based combat flight game. Now you can fly from location to
a once great inter-stellar cop, framed for murder and banged up in a deep space chokey Once Mace has escaped, he must make his way
Not to be confused with the Fett-
fuelled Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter isn't due out until next year Your character is
MARTIN EDMONDSON, REFLECTIONS
''DEVELJOPERS ARE L E S S I N C U N E D TO TAKE RISKS DUE TO THE COST OF FAILURE'
higher than he expected. As he points out: "Once you've got your technology up and running, it means you can make other games quicker and cheaper."
across a futuristic frontier star
system. Life isn't cheap, so the perfect way to earn a few credits while planning revenge is to take on
But both Edmondson and Parsons believe that one of
'bount/ or mercenary missions. Warthog promises a game with
the long-term effects of the increased cost will be the
expansive stellar environments, colourful alien worlds and a fiendish
"Publishers and developers have become less inclined to
production of less innovative games In the future. take risks due to the spiralling cost of a failure," reckons Edmondson. 'This doesn't mean that good developers aren't able to create original content, but it's certainly affected the introduction of new game concepts."
array of weaponry. Movement between the space- and ground-
location, land somewhere and then climb out to start the 3D carnage.
production has Increased many times ahead of any increase in the retail price," he says. Jeremy Smith, Operations Director at Core Design, agrees the initial costs of getting games started on PlayStation 2 have been
Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter Is gunning forJango Fett. nRST-PERSON SHOOTERS often feel all-too familiar. You walk down
Stuntman at an estimated cost of £5million. 'The cost o'
based combat levels Is seamless -
Mace can park up or docK then leg it down the landing ramp to explore
'The only reason we've been able to fund Haven is
huge spacecraft and space stations in a richly-populated Star Wors-style universe. Watch this 'space'... □ MW
because we've simultaneously worked on licensed products such as Crash and Toy Story," says Parsons. "Smaller companies don't have this luxury, which is why
^ gamers don't see too many original titles these days." □ JJ
iiintiii nitl" 4
Inches
I t n 1. As well as
featuring the entire NBA
player roster, Street 2 Is going to let you play as 25 NBA
all-time greats Including Magic Johnson, Larry Bind and Dr J.
^lLi4.1.11 1 iiI I i 1 1
11
2. NBA Street 2-5 retro look Is much
more
stylised than its predecessor and I s r e fl e c t e d i n
the planned soundtrack which aims to have
contemporary hip-hop
n i l
heeded gamers' comments about its
predecessor on forums, Street 2 will feature a
four-way multiplayer option,
IJXLXU 1
3 I 1 Li.
3. Having
15
4. The game will feature a new spin on the
familiar Replay mode that will
allow gamers to customise which
moments they want to see, in a way that won't Interrupt the flow of the action.
stars remix classic old skool tracks.
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5. Whereas the original NBA Street forced
you to choose a
trio of players from a single
6. The developer wants gamers to think of Street
2's players as weapons, each with their own
NBA team,
special strengths
gamers will now be able to hand
moves,
pick favourite
players regardless of w h i c h o f fi c i a l
team they belong to.
and finishing exaggerated to be in line with the game's visual style.
PlayStation,^
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CONTROL THE BALL AND YOU CONTROL THE GAME FIFA FOOTBALL 2003 has an all-new Al engine.
It fundamentally changes the way you play the game. The ball behaves like a ball. Better get back in training. Get on the pitch. Get in control. Be the 12th.
iiiillliiiiy fi f a 2 0 0 3 . e a . c o m
MODEL
Dead ball doesn't mean dead game. The new set-piece dynamic gives you complete control. You can shoot and dip your effort under the bar, drive it at pace through your own players in the wall or hit it like Roberto C: ridiculous
THE 2003
PA S S I N G MODEL
iMOMdMs
Dodgy headers, wild slices, overhit passes - you can do them all if you're not skilful enough. New ball physics
New team play and team tactics.
mean the ball won't do all th
Breaking down the opposition needs more precision passing and movement. See Edgar
work for you. The ball will res
Davids for details.
the ball that Roberto Carlos
like the ball that Davids wins
the ball that Giggs flicks and punctures walls with. This should sort out the men frorr
the youth team.
THE 2003 FREESTYLE CONTROL MODEL gives you individual moves for individual players. The kind of move to embarrass a
THE 2003 DRIBBLING MODEL
d e f e n d e r. T h e k i n d o f m o v e t o m a k e h i m
Inverse Kinematics taken
bring you down on the edge of the box. Over to you, Roberto.
to the next level. The ball
EA SPORTSFreestyle Control is a brand new bail control mode. Freestyle Control
doesn't stick to you, you have to stick to the ball.
Ryan Giggs can do this. Can you do this?
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24. You persuade
parents to buy Army Men games for kids and snag all the copies of Tony Hawk's
22. Your van stops. Roll the dice. Get 1-3, miss a go waiting for the AA. Get 4-6, you realise the van runs
4 (review page 92).
on brandy Pop to the
Move ahead six.
ofly and you're away!
21.
19. Find display of Ratchet & Clank
games (OPS2#26 9/10) in back of shop selling cheap tinsel. Buy the lot! Move on two spaces.
18, 17. A Security guard helps you load boxes . '; \OPS2#25 of TimeSplitters 10/10)2 into your festive van. Cheers! Accelerate
forward five spaces.
16. Your alarm goes off late. By the time you get to the shops, all the good games have sold out, leaving only Myst III left. Go back to the start!
15. Snow has
smudged Santa's list Buy crate of Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn in erro
Miss two goes trying to get a refund.
9 . Yo u r G r a n s e e s
you with 1500 copie
of Vice City 10PS2 #27 10/10) and moans for ages about the youth of today Miss a go.
□FFICIHL mRBRZINE-UK PlayStation.E 02!
1 This month: Our meat-loving
''NOTHING BEATS THE SMUG SATISFACTION OF NEATLY WEAVING THROUGH
\ madman puts a soggy banina up Gran Turismo's tailpipe.
T R A F F I C D O W N A PA R I S Rni
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WHY BOTHER THINKING for yourself when received
wisdom will do Just fine? After all, Fawlty Towers is tii^j funniest "TV show of all time, The Beatles were the be ;t
band ever and Gran Turismo 3 is the apex of the driv ng genre. Except there's something very wrong with that statement and it's not just the fact that the Beatles were ANSWER MACHINE "Oh, oh dear. I don't know the answer to that. Sorry love." Gah!
a bunch of gibberish-spouting, patchouli-sniffing hipp es. What are the most important characteristics of any great racing game? If you think it's the chance to get under a bonnet, stick your dipstick in and fiddle with the
muffler - then you'd be absolutely wrong. And possibly
TA R R A N T O N D V D
perverted. First and foremost, any truly great racing game
The millionaire-making quiz is bacl< in clever interactive DVD format
should be fast. But here's the big one: it should also be fun. Yes, fun. Sounds simple enough - cane big, turbo -
IHE LAST TIME Chris Tarrant asked f it was our final answer' on PS2 it ooked like he'd suffered a stroke. It
charged, gas-guzzling motors around sumptuous tracks but Polyphony manages to cock it up. Every. Single. Ti-ne. Before you start grizzling about authentic physics and
wasn't Tarrant's fault - he'd been
:omputer rendered with a crooked mouth, a body-builder's neck and he Frantically twitched while you
perfect handling, answer this: have you ever tried to coax a redlining Viper GTS-R through an S-bend? Of course you
Dondered a question. That was in
Eldos's botched attempt at a next'en Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. This Christmas, Tarrant will return
FOXY
to PS2, but this time you'll get the
Play for a million in the normal way, using the Dual Shock 2 or DVD
■Bal deal instead of a half-melted
r e m o t e t o i n t e r a c t w i t h Z O O ' s Ta r r a n t
waxwork ZOO Digital Publishing's
(presented in video footage]. It's totally convincing or downright annoying, depending on your feelings
lew Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
sn't a PS2 game, it's an interactive DVD you can play on your console. The digital technology company las pioneered DVD-Extra™, a system ;hat facilitates richer and more
:omplex DVD content. In the case of l/VWTBAM it means a DVD player can 'emember what lifelines you have ■emaining and how many questions i^ou've answered - something an average DVD couldn't achieve.
BROWN
ZOO have also
made a Pepsi Pop quiz version, presented by Dr Fox, priced £19.99.
brain teasers than Eldos's game did.
the ass off Trivial Pursuit □ GW
enough versions of that particular brand of racing rigor mortis. The game is designed by carburettor fetishists for Kwik-Fit employees. We want breakneck, pulse-quickening,
yMTBAM is out now, priced £19.99.
white line fever We've got alloy wheel upgrades and cars that bounce off barriers. Ever feel you've been cheated?
FROM THE DARK SIDE
CARBURETTOR VENDETIA
GET UNDER A BONNET,
Starbreeze Studios' fantasy adventure Enclave comes to PS2.
STICK YOUR DIPSTICK IN AND HDDLE WHW
0PS2 CAN REVEAL that Xbox
3D action adventure title Enclave
THE MUFFLER
is in the process of being ported to PlayStation 2. When it was released for Microsoft's console sarlier in the year it was met with
mixed reviews - highly praised For its visuals and size, but
)30 PlayStation.^ OFFICIRL mRGRZINE-UK
most masochistic of players bother persevering. Provided
the nitrous guzzling monsters in TOCA and Burnout 2. GT3 is dull and overlong. It would be the Formula One of driving games if there weren't already more than
Sunday dinner, it sure as hell beats
:orrectlng the problems for its latest release. Set in an elaborate fantasy world, players must choose to fight on the side Df the Dark or the Light in a massive military campaign, taking the role of one Df 14 characters each with their own swords, battleaxes, bows, daggers and magic wand, it'll be unlikely to trouble EA's similarly inclined Ljord Of The Rings Dut if Starbreeze can improve on the Xbox version as promised, it'll be enough :o stir the soul of any fantasy action fan. □ GW
spend so long trundling around in a glorified Trabant which handles like Brian Potter's wheelchair that only the
the car still feels like a motorised shopping trolley next to
Interactive DVDs will never
replace games, and you still don't get to win any real money but played as the shouly climax to a drunken
Dccasionally repetitive gameplay and problematic character artificial intelligence. Luckily during the port to PS2, developer Starbreeze Studios had time to absorb the more negative feedback of the Xbox version and set about
the faintest idea. It's a moot point anyway, because you
you don't lapse into a boredom-induced coma, even when you finally unlock a Skyline - granted it goes a bit faster -
for the man. ZOO also offers us more
criticised for its difficulty,
haven't, so let's ignore any suggestion that GT is The Real Driving Simulator because, frankly, none of us have got
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■JHi A NEW TENANT two doors down Invites a group of us to HUH her friend's Okinawan restauran
*^"*1 After sampling the most bitter
vegetable I've ever tasted, we tentatively tr her number one recommendation: deep fried pig's ears. Thumbs up, amazingly.
IBM BUY THE PATIASOR 3 Specic ■ —H Edition box The box comes witi
KING (D3)
a chunky storyboards book (In i mock brushed steel cover) and
6 M A RV E L V S
CAPCOM 2 (Capcom)
YUNA GETS TOUGH Square unveils Final Fantasy X-2 at its Autumn l^eeting 2002.
T^EWBODrS (M EGA^HrS)S I CElI 8 SIMPLE 2000 S E R I E S U LT I M AT E V0L13 THE RENAI ADVENTTURE GRASU NO MORI 1D31
an extra behind-the-scenes/interview disc SOMETHING YOU DONT see
■ every day is a guy In King's rob( and two girls dressed as French maids walking through the streets of KIchijoji. We go to inokashira Park where the parade judges await (my God! It's the voice actor from Fist Of The
WHILE rrs EARLY DAYS yet for a
also what appeared to be playable
Final Fantasy XII announcement,
sequences, which hint at some new In-game features. While exploration in FFX Involved simpiy walking between
footage from the imminent FFX spin-off X-2 was sinown for the first time at
Square's press conference in Tol
locations, Yuna was shown crossing a chasm by leaping onto a rock pylon
Reportedly a gift from feiiow FFX-er Riki^u, her travei friendiy" get-up consists of hotpants partiaiiy covered by a
her climbing up rocky outcrops a ia
half-skirt, a low-cut top and boots. A
scenes and X-2 is no different Flashes
pair of pistois completes her action
of the characters riding exotic hover vehicles culminated with a stylish
heroine makeover
At this stage very llttie has been reveaied about the game's story, which takes place two years after the events in FFX. But a new female character is T W I N G U N FA N 1 A S Y R A M PA G E ?
YUNA PUPPED
THROUGH THE AIR, RRING OFF HER DOUBLE PISTOLS BEFORE LANDING IN A COOL POSE
to
Vi/ondergoc
but it's sold out i cycle to the
local station area and check ol
all the games shops there. Nada. Catch tt train to the urban hub Ikebukuro. All gone Havent seen this happen for a while! Damn, I should have resen/ed a copy.
FFX dazzled gamers with Its cut-
IIMM THE SEARCH CONTINUES:
b—^1 check all the stores at my fave
I^CJ Sunday hangout, KIchijoji. No luck Nobody knows when the
climax; In a slow-mo CG sequence Yuna flipped through the air, firing off
next shipment is due. Spot playable demr of Uttmman Fighting Evolution 2 and klch freaky space invader Dada's arse - Yes!
her double pistols (while inverted) before landing in a cool pose without breaking sweat Yet despite these action overtones, Yuna Isn't poised to go on a rampage with twin guns blazing FFX-2 looks set to continue the RPG tradition:
combat will comprise of a battle system, although precise details of It remain under wraps at this stage.
outset, Square hopes to avoid the linear
users will have the chance to download
piot progression that restricted goanywhere adventuring In the source title. Amongst the trailer's fast-cuts were
tiny portraits of the company's famous characters for their standby screens and Install popular Square tunes as their ring tones. Could It be time
ancient tower in the clouds. There were
NAMCO'S TAIKO MASTER is
■3 1
Tomb Raider.
travel destinations accessible at the
glimpses of Yuna's village and an
SOURCE-
DENGEKl/OCr 21-27
North Star!). There's a girl in pink sci-fi chi and another with a panda fetish - and they're just in the audience. Cosplay band du jour, F^ycho Ije Cemu, take to the stag after the awards and the crowd goes wild
between two ciiffs. Another scene saw
Rnaliy, Square also announced Square Gallery and Square Sound for DoCoMo's iiviode mobile phones. For a minimal monthly fee, Japanese mobile
promised and by making a variety of
10 .HACK//VOL 2 iBandai)
■ BARKING
Comedy dog in nappy speaks shocker!
to change providers? □ AW
AMOS'S HAIKU REVIEWS New Japanese releases become poignant 17-syllable poetic nuggets.
P U P TA L K
See what your pooch is really saying about you. TAKARA CO HAS ANNOUNCED a Credit card-slzed toy tha:
K O G E PA N
WONDER ZONE
GURU GURU ONSEN 3
Let's play. Burnt Bread Ivlan. Voiieybaii, mini games. Cool! How much dough is it?
J-Pop, girl band game. Pervy rhythm action fun. (That line came out wrong.)
An online theme park But no roiiercoasters here.
Just board games and cards.
translates barks. The Bowlingual Is a microphone device that can be strapped to your pet's collar Its doggyspeak is then picked up by a wireless receiver and displayed as Japanese
text. Jasmine (pictured) said, "i don't feel too well." Ijocked In ; cage, "Let's play!" was followed shortly by "I'm bored." Curious.
□FFICIRL mRERZINE-UK PlayStation.E 03
■ DESK JOB The gun emplacement is where News Ed
George sits.
THE 5 P U
RESIDENT EVIL
NETWORK rrs ABSOLUTELY YONKS AWAY BUT ZOMBIE BASHING WITH YOUR MATES SOUNDS ACE
WIZARD WAT C H Tijtal role-playing game heaven!
PS2 ONUNE ANNOUNCED NOW WE WANT AN EXACT DATE AND MORE INFO ON THE GAMES.
A big month for RPGs... Square has made its
plans for Final Fantasy X-2
TKE GE1AWAY PHEW! TURNS OUT THE RNISHED GAME IS
clear at an event
in Japan (see
page 33 for info)
but nothing on FFXII as yet. The RPG specialist also leaked the names and
profiles of characters from
the forthcoming Unlimited Saga Elsewhere, MMORPG fans will
be please to hear Everquest is on its way to PS2 from Sony Online Entertainment.
G A M I N G I M M O R TA L I T Y
Design o TimeSplitters 2 mop and hove it included on the 0PS2 DVD. CARTOGRAPHY - THE ART of
making maps. It's not the most exciting profession in the world. Not when compared to, say, a spy, a spaceman or the guy who cleans alligators' teeth at the zoo. In fact, maps are rarely interesting unless you need to find your way to a service station or you're lost in the South Wales valleys searching for civilisation. Then, it could be argued, maps have some value. Making maps of imaginary videogame worlds, however, is far
more entertaining The Map Maker mode in the fabulous TimeSplitters 2 is a prime example of this. Having conquered all of the environments Free Radical Design can throw at you, why not construct your own individually tailored maps? 0PS2 reckons the potential for originally designed maps is so great that we've teamed up with Eidos to offer a very unique competition. We want to find the five best
TimeSplitters 2 maps that 0PS2 readers can create. The prize? Your
OmCE WARS We design an exact replica* of the 0PS2 office for ultimate deathmatch mayhem. To start the ball rolling Spy has designed a map based on our humble offices. It's virtually identical* down to the industrial-themed wallpaper* (3), dingy games room (1) and men with guns hiding in the stationery cupboard* (2). ciwytesnswy wwew»»»tMW
OUR STEREO DYING A BAD THING? YES, BUT YOU'VE NEVER HAD TD SIT THROUGH SAM'S JAZZ ODYSSEY.
map will appear in downloadable form on a future 0PS2 DVD. And
better still, the winners will be chosen and applauded by Free Radical Design. The five winners will also receive a TS2 prize pack
9 6
containing a TS2 Spoon watch, T-shirt and tracksuit top. □ GW
TOMB RAIDER DELAY LOOK WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A TOSS VERSION NOW OR AN ACE ONE WTER?
with a deathmatch in mind or is it a
Story mode map? 2. Save the map to a PS2 Memory Card. Make sure that the card Is blank
except for your TS2 save. 3. Send the Memory Card, plus your
5 1
V I RT U A T E N N I S 2 ONLY MISSING WIMBLEDON BY A MERE RVE MONTHS, BUT STILL TOPS.
10
OPSZ'S TIM CLARK LAST MONTH'S SUGGESTIVE VICE CITY PHOTO SHOOT RESULTS IN HOMOEROTIC FANMAIL KEEP THEM COMING.
75
FREE BOOZE PARTICUU^RLY FOR OUR FTTZ WHO GOT TO JET OVER TO VANCOUVER AND THUS FLUKILY SKIVE OFF DEADLINE WEEK.
name and address to the address
below. Your entry must reach Eidos before 23 January 2003. Please make sure it is safely packaged. 4. Once your entry has been Judged, Eidos will return your Memory Card. 0PS2 Map Maker Competition Eidos Interactive
Wimbledon Bridge House 1 H a r t fi e l d R o a d Wimbledon 3RU
■ All usual, competition rules apply (see page 159) for details. The Editor's decision is finai. He wont
change his mind even if you beg Or biub. Or both.
■ Please note that Future Publishing wlii not be heid
PIAN VIEW The 0PS2 office looks
small and cramped from this angle...
034 Play5tation.E OFFICIRL mHBRZINE-UK
GOOD MORNING Always a friendly face to greet you at 9.30am. Crikey.
responsible for the loss of your Memory Card. ■ Please do not send any Memory Cards to 0PS2/Future Publishing.
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT Paul Oakenfold and Time Macs to appear in Jester's Music 3. JESTER
INTERACnVE'S
FORTHCOMING
Music 3 will feature remixable tracks from the
back catalogue of music label Perfecto Records. Tunes already confirmed are superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold's Starry Eyed Surprise and Ready Steady Go! plus Timo Maas track To Get Down. They come as part of a deal between Jester and Perfecto which will see both companies working closely together to promote the game
PA U L A N D E R S O N RESi DIRECTOR GETS IN BECAUSE HE PERSUADED MS JOVOVICH TO WEAR THAT DRESS. GIA: VICE cmr JUST KEEPS ON GETnNG BETTER. MARK STia INSISTS ON WEARING ESPADRILLES IN THE OFFICE.
FA N C Y Y O U R S E L F A S A GAME DESIGNER? HERE'S W H AT Y O U H AV E T O D O . . . 1. Design your map. Be as imaginative as you can and try to theme it Is it made
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Players will be able to remix the Perfecto tracks in their own style or just use elements of the songs in their own musical creations. In the last PS2 Instalment (MTV Music Generator) artists like Goriliaz, Roni Size and Funkmaster Flex provided tracks for the awardwinning music creation game. Look out for a full preview of the game's new functions in next issue's Monitor section. □ GW
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We're eagerly awaiting monkey football in the forthcoming Ape Escape 2.
The most accurate release schedule in the biz.
December
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Publisher
Alpine Racer 3
Winter sports
SCEE
BMX XXX
Extreme sports
Acclaim
Castleween
Platformer
Wanadoo
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Shoot-'em-uB
Dragonball Z 1 Drome Racers Evolution Snowboarding
Beat-'em-up
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Girl Sim
Extreme
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Extreme sports
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Action
Activlsion
Girls
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Bam! Entertainment
Extreme sports
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Activlsion
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Platformer
EA
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Te n n i s s i m
Acclaim
Beat-'em-ul
Activision
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i FarM Fear Effect inferno
i Final FaMWX-2
Konami
Minority Report
The Simpsons Skateboarding
RADAR Thick/ng the progress of game-shaped projectiles.
TONY HAWK'S P R O S K AT E R 4 Like real
skateboarding, this is one tough challenge, but well worth the risk of bloodied knees. Go and
buy it now!
Genre
Publisher
Ape Escape 2
Platformer
SCEE
Battle Engine Aqulla
Shoot-em-up
infogrames
IronStorm
FPS
Wanadoo
ytJBds Of Wresting 2_ Midnight Club 2 i Raccoon
.,Wrestii^_
The Sims
Rockstar
Platformer
SCEE
God Sim
EA
Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
Action
3 D 0
Freaky Flyers
Flight action
Midway
fteguewyz
Rhythm action
SCEE
Freedom: Battle For Liberty Island
Action
EA
i Futurama
Adventure
SCI
Fugitive Hunter ' Galerians: Ash
FPS
Infogrames
Action Action/adventure
Activision
Lara Croft Tomb Raider; nieftX Of Darkness Action/adventure
Eldos
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
Beat-'em-up
Midway
Music 3
Music creation
Jester Interactive
Primal
Adventure
SCEE
UliiHl action
SCEE
I Batman: Dark Tomorrow Indiana Jones And Ttie Emperors Tomb
| 1
Ghost Master
1 Gio Glo's Bizarre Adventure Gladiator
i Gladius Gremlins
\ Good Ok Bad OB
f Malice
spent the best part of a week cracking Studio Soho's crime
1
masterpiece. His opinion? "It's the bdlocks..."
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
NBA Bailers
'rin-HiiiiMn i Pac-Man World 2
i P i W Pride FC
[ Alkrt BG & E Pterosaur
riiifB Blades
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Blood Rayne
Action
Universal Interactive
D e f J a m Ve n d e t t a
Wrestling
EA
Mark Of Kri
Adventure
SCEE
JSiiiD, 3LkoodJim Havoc
Platformer
Ubi
War Of The Monsters
Action
SCEE
FPS
Ubi
Platformer
Infogrames
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TBC 2003
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Broken
Sword:
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Midway
Extreme iHilHi
Acclaim
Action
Ubi Soft
Adventure
(Resident Evil Network \ Rise To Honor
Soft
TRUE CRIME: STREETS O F I A We liked the look of this
driving/crime/ action game when we played a preview version eariier
this year. Proves i
TBC
.
•
there's life after
GTA-Vice City after all.
Univereai Inter^ctiye
Strategy
Universal Interactive
DrIviS
TBC
Racer
Rage
FPS
Universal Interactive
Action
Ta k e Tw o
Platformer
Sierra
Action
1
Basketball
Midway
Basketbail sim
Konami
Platformer
SCEE
RPG
TBC
Beat-'em-up
THQ
Piatformer
Ubi Soft
Adventure
TBC
RPG
Wanadoo
Action
Capcom
Online adventure
gaaewi
FPS
Activlsion
Sammy
Extreme
Activlsion _
Shinobi
Action
SCEE
FPS
Codemasters
Sun/ival horror
Konami
Shoot-'em-up
Konami
Combat sim
SCEE
Action/adventure
JMha
Beat-'em-up
SCEE
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fsiientiiiaiia SOCOM: US Navy SEALS ; SOS: Escape Soul Calibur li
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Contra; Shattered Soldier
Action
Konami
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Beat-'em-up
Ubi Soft
Curse
Adventure
Wanadoo
Dark Angel
Action
Universal Interactive
Dark Chronicle
RPG
SCEE
Dead To Rights
Action
SCEE
This is Football 2004
Destruction Derby 4
Driving
SCEE
I Tribes: Aerial Assault
D i e H a r d : Ve n d e t t a
FPS
Universal Interactive
Dragon's Lair 3D
Action
Encore
Driver 3
Driving/action
Infogrames
Dr Muto
Adventure
Ecks Vs Sever
FPS
BamI Entertainment
Adventure
SwM
1 Starcraft Ghost 1 Star Wars: Galaxies Suikoden III
1 Tenchu: Wrath Of Heaven The Great Escape
1 The Lost
Tr u e C r i m e : S t r e e t s O f L A 1 Urban Vexx
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1
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1
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1 "■"1 J 1
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Acclaim ^
Action/adventure
Ubi Soft
Action
Blizzard Games
Driving/action
Empire
Online RPG
Activlsion
RPG
Konami
Action/adventure
Activlsion
Action
SCI
1 1 1 1
Adventure
Ubi Soft
Football Sim
SCEE
FPS
Sierra
Driving/action
Activision
Extreme Igigtl
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Platformer
Acclaim
1
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Wolverine's Revenge
Action/adventure
Activlsion
Worid fiilrChanfi^^ Online
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Xenosaga
RPG
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Konami
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WTTHIN MINUTES OF the big online balloon going up, you lot were regist Bring
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opinions In the forums. Mozle was first up with, 'The wait is finally over! I should warn you that when we go online, I will kick serious butt!" Moby offered a more
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issues.
balanced, but no less enthusiastic view; 'The price is right and the games; re coming thick and fast." Some were surprised that no mention has been m.ide of the Hard Disc Drive add-on yet (though It's stil! on the way). Famous Wot sounded a cautionary note; "Online play Is going to suck for a long time. The
;arah Whatmore,
Only the other day, we sat here wndering an online version of GTA You could travel the world wreal^ing lavoc," I suggested, "And you could orm gangs to fight turf wars," offered
teething problems wont be Ironed out until 2004." We'll have to wait and sue. For the most part, people were enjoying speculating about the online g imes to come. "Here's hoping the next versions of MGS, GTA and Pro Em are onll ie", said Heavenstorm. It also seems pretty clear that the announcement is goi tg to have an immediate affect on the uptake of broadband, 'That settles that, then," said edgel^utoko. "In one week (after I buy Vice Cityi i will get broadband." "How do you think they'll pick the testers?" quizzed JaysonG. Well, yo j
Seorge. "Stop playing Pro Evo 2 and lo some worK" chipped In Sam. 1mm... Pro Evo 2, eh? Eleven-a-side
jrudge matches against the Germans? Now there's a thought..
C/TOWERING SUCCESS? Early word is
positive, but we want to know more about the price structure and Hard Disk Drive. ■ MODEL LOOKS Capcom's Auto Modellista will get an online add-on.
might have noticed a hint in the story that a certain Web site - cough uk.piaystation.com - will be heavily Involved. We can't reveal exact details yet, but let's just say you'd be advised to register your hardware online (at www.ps2negistration.co.uk) as soon as possible. [email protected] ■ THtS IS ONUNE Networked gam 3S of VF 2004 should be superb.
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of the year. Look out for an update on the Tomb Raider situation and an exclusive Interview with Rebellion, the folks behind Dredd Vs Death. We are the law.
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RRTCHET BLOKE!
TED PRICE nsomniac's fresh-faced President chats to us about Ratchet & Clank. Ratchet & Clank boasts some pretty bizarre weapons. Where did all the
for the background engine. Part of our agreement is that we give them back the
deas come form?
improvements and additions we've made
We got everybody who was interested
to that code in the hope that they can use it on their next game.
;ogether in a room and all started ;hrowing out ideas. We ended up with about 60 different weapons and rejected all but 16.
Fell us about some of the ones you decided to drop. rhere was the Shrink-O-Ray, which made :he enemies tiny enough to step on, and :he Gigant-O-Ray, which turned enemies nto balloons that you could pop. Character design is notoriously hard to »et right. What would you say are the 'olden rules?
Well, you need a character that's versatile and you also need somebody who can Dortray emotions, which usually means a Dig head. Finally, you need a character :hat is aesthetically appealing to a A/orldwide audience - and that's probably :he most difficult thing We were fortunate :o get it right first time with Ratchet Decause when we showed it to Sony, all :hree territories said they didn't want any :hanges. Actually. Japan su^ested adding Jtripes and eyebrows which made a huge, Dositive difference.
' S H R I N K - O - R AY IVIADE ENEMIES HNY ENOUGH lO STEP ON" tatchet & Clank seems to be gunning br both causal and hardcore gamers, snt that a tricl^ balancing act? /Ve weren't sure about combining weapons and lots of explosions with ;haracters that were cartoony So, to put )urselves at ease, we did a lot of focus
Isnt that an unusual relationship? It's a fairly unique as there's no money involved. It's all about moving our genre forward and creating unique and separate experiences. The irony is that we actually named Ratchet & Clank before we knew what Jak
And Baxter was going to be called, and when they came out with it I was Just, like, "Nooooooool" What originally prompted your move into game development? Starting up a games company was something I did almost on a whim, because I thought, "this is a great way to write off the purchase of videogames." The scary thing was, we didn't know anything about making games. We only found out how difficult it was when we got going and almost failed miserably What's the worst thing about working in the games industry? All of us get so caught up in the creation process that we end up burning ourselves out, working away too many hours and neglecting our families It's still a lot of fun, so I can't really complain... as long as you have games that sell. How's the beard coming along? We don't have that much facial hair at
Insomniac; everybody's fairly clean shaven. We have a few goatees, but no full beards. □ TC
:ests - the surprising thing was the •esponse of the older kids. We thought :hat the bright envinonments would turn hem off, but they told us that they liked he more adult humour and they loved jlowing the crap out of everything! That vas heartening. R&C is constantly compared to Jak And Jaxter. How close is your relationship with Naughty Dog? We have a technology-sharing agreement vith Naughty Dog and [its co-founder] lason Rubin called me when we were
starting on R&C and said, "Hey Ted, are rau guys interested in using some of the echnology from our game?" We went over o Naughty Dog, checked out some of the
CURRICULUM VnAE Name: Ted Price Job title: President/CEO Insomniac Games
Nationality: American Date of birtii: 05/07/68
Gameograpiiy: 1996 Disniptor (PSone) 1998 Spyro The Dragon (PSone) 1999: Spyro The Dragon 2; Gateway To Glimmer (PSone) 2000 Spyro The Dragon 3; Veor Of The Dragon (PSone) 2002 Ratchet & Clonk
(PS2)
echniques they used and took the code
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Hobbies:
Practising Kenpo Karate, playing piano and gurtar, playing beach volleyball, wavesailing, playing videogames every now and then... Favourite director:
Ridley Scott Favourite authors:
Alistair Reynolds, Terry Goodkind Favourite bands:
Sevendust, From Zero
B I A L A W
Burning up the City Of Angeis.
■ INTERIOR MG Tiie cars iiave been "
intricately designed.
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What can Midnight Club 2 offer that Vice City can't? Spy investigates... WHAT IMAGE DOES the concept of illegal street racing conjure up? A bunch of Essex boys donutting modified Cosworth's around a
Colchester BciQ car park? Or maybe a few spotty oiks taking their panelbeaten Fiestas on five laps of the bus depot. Either way, it sounds pretty unglamorous. Change the location to lA Paris or Tokyo and swap kit cars for nitro'ed-up L^mborghinis and Suzuki superbikes, though, and it's a little more exciting It's this slant that Rockstar's new street racer Midnight Club 2 has opted for, taking its lead from blockbuster films like The Fast And The Furious as well as a rather
underground amateur video called Getaway in Stockholm. MC2 has come a long way since the first
you graze car or wall. The maps themselves are vast, entailing some 90-100 square kilometres of multilevelled track with ramps and hidden tunnels playing an important
launch title was released in October
2000. 'The original was a bit of a rush Job and very much imperfect, so we were very keen to do a sequel," admits Dan Houser, Producer at Rockstar "For the
part in time-saving short cuts. Despite the major graphical
sequel we've thrown away all the original technology but left in the core concept of street racing"
overhaul, injection of speed (easily comparable to Burnout 2 and Need For Speed 2} and the classy
There are now three cities, each
with weather effects (like rain and fog) plus variations on night-time lighting - dusk midnight and dawn. Roadside objects and buildings are
Putting the vehicles of MC2 through their paces... Motorbikes We take control of a motorbike on a free ride around Ljds
Angeles. It's tempting to lust open the throttle and bomb down any expanse of straight road you can find - like we did - and promptly crash More
motorbikes, MC2 may suffer by comparison to its epoch-defining
careful use of m and @ Ibrakel enables you to lean out and cause a sharper turn for tight bends Pulling back on the analogue stick and holding
stablemate Grand Theft Auto: Vice
down ID initiates a wheelie,
City. It's hand to see how gamers will
an endo.
noticeably improved and different locales such as docks, ghetto neighbourhoods and shopping districts are now recognisable within
react to a title that appears to ape
the featured cities. There's also
We'll report back in an extended
plenty of glowing neon, glistening rain-soaked roads and sparks as
playtest next month. MC2 Is set for
while pushing forward does
Cars Putting the zippy Velocette to the test we discover that MC.
wont disappoint speed freak; Drop a nitfo and - Sweet Jes - It all gets a little bit silly Players require nerves of toughened steel to negotiate oncoming traffic The use of muW-tleted tracks saw us
engaged In a roof-top short c taking a spin through the Louvre via a large plate glass window, and underground in the Paris catacombs HANDUNG: Very arcadey Th
the illegal driving elements of GTA but is missing the all important 'get
HANDUNG: Powerful, sensitive
brakes Im or @] often causi
and like all videogame bike
the back end of the car to
models, takes a while to
out and beat someone up' aspect.
master But nothing beats the smug satisfaction of neatly weaving through busy traific
swing out, which is great for tuming corners but awkward when you're trying to stop in straight line A first time user,
release in January. □ GW
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2 Give comfort to a games machine like the PlayStation 2 (7| 3 See 19 across
8 PlayStation 2 antics with remote control
4 & 18 across Brilliant WWII shooter that
cars (5,21 9 PS2 Pro Snowboarder, Palmer (5)
puts you in the Frontline (5,2,5) 5 Celebrity warrior in the pilot seat of an Episode i spin-off? (11)
10 & 20 across Boogie celebration a la Walt Disney's Jungle Book game (6,5]
11 Brilliant launch title and superb sequel from
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Eighties Antarctic alien movie (5)
7 Game series that includes Dino Stalker (3,8)
9 Iconic Sega hedgehog going multiplatform (5) 12 Ancient old bat and ball video game that caused a stink! (4)
13 Siipheed Planet, boring blaster (3,4)
19 & 3 down One of several disappointing
14 Animal behind the PGA Tour 2002! (5) 17 'Streets' where we'll be playing True Crime
Army Men releases (5,5|
as undercover detective Nick Kang (2,2)
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moved away from the videogame/ film crossovers and concentrated on scl-fi Wfith Event Horizon and action adventure with Soldier "After the
success of Mortal Kombat i got offers to do similar projects, but i didn't want to go back and do the same thing again," he says. Strange, then, that he returned to games, directing the film version of survival horror game, Resident Evil. I've always played games, i played Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3 back-to-back and thought, 'I've got to make a movie out of this', it went PA N T S H E E N I N G T E S T S C R E E N I N G
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beyond being a good game - it created a universe that 1 was really excited about. Tons of my favourite films are evident in the game - the i Romero zombie movies, and aiso
early John Carpenter - so it was a dual attraction for me to adapt a game i really enjoyed, but also to make the kind of movie that I grew
Rent Resident Evil
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up loving." So what was the trickiest part of
what happens when a virus turns people
turning such a well-loved series into
into flesh-ealing
a movie? "it was hard to decide
zombies? The DVD
which creatures to leave out, but i talked to tons of people who said i had to include the Zombie Dogs and the Licker on the ceiling - that's people's most memorable monster. It was most important for me to make a successful movie for the
fans. At all the test screenings I was shotting my pants thinking, 'if they hate this, I'm going to die!'" □ RM
Electmnics Boutique sold over 500,000 copies ofGTA: VC on day one of its US release, meaning it effectively sold out in 24 hours.
of the movie of Resident Evil arrives
to tent at your local video store on 23
December: Starring the lovely Milla Jovovlch and the
sassy Michelle Rodriguez, it's the blood-soaked movie
incarnation of s u r v i v a l h o n o r. Ttie retail version will
be out next year
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SOCOM: US NAVY SEALS Last month, we revealed the astounding online play options, but there's a superb single-player
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stealth shooter In here, too.
DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Invisible bird demons, goathomed weindos and crazy bitey monkey things: meet Dante's new malevolent menagerie.
METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SUBSTANCE No new game details ttiis montti,
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grizzly
detail.
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ISNT MORTAL KOMBAT A BIT RUBBISH? It's been a
long time since MK4 and things have changed for the better Deadly Alliance is still based firmly on the tournament beat-'em-up formula. But here's the good news; the combat, sorry 'kombat' system has been
completely reimagined. As soon as you start fighting
you'il realise that this is like Tekken meets Soul ^ Calibur on horse steroids. The 3D
environments are lush but keep you c o n fi n e d t o t h e fi g h t i n g a r e n a . T h e y '
also get liberally splattered with j,gore as you belt seven shades , of spit out of a variety of nattily dressed evil-doers. r Simple pleasures. /VHArS ALL THIS A B O U T A N E W
FIGHTING SYSTEM? ^ '% This series has always » s. V ' "fc
been rooted in faithfully ' ^
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now
each
character
will
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have three disciplines available "f
to them at any given time. Two ' ^ are hand-to-hand. For example, ' f
Scorpion has Hapkido and Pi Gua ' ' but he also has the Ninja Sword to V" '
fall back on. Not literally of course. ■
These fighting styles are easily ' " • interchangable using a tap of m at any j '(■ time. Each character has a unique fighting
m
blend so you can effectively tailor your combat style to your opponent, or your mood,
as well as spicing up combos by changing style midway through a bout VHAT ABOUT THE FAIALITIES AND GORE? Just look
around these pages for evidence of how much blood
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looks to have everything that makes for < classic next-gen update. It retains the styling that marked out Its forerunners
feel realistic and smooth, and the ability to chop and change disciplines varies the gameplay immensely
but has reinvented the fighting system.
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The trademark Mortal Kombat special moves look
■ To master all of ; ■ Jimbojones wails: the martial arts "Oh, how I long for available and not find the blood and gore
will be spilled (see Fatal Distraction). The game is as
better than ever and you'll be hard pressed not to get a little carried away as you impale your opponent on Scorpion's spear or thrust Sub Zero's sword into
someone's guts, leaving It there, oozing blood, for the
remainder of the match. Take it easy though, that kind of behaviour won't wash on the streets. □ MW
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we can do it ail by that is Mortal : mashing buttons. Kombatf
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game that fulfils
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large cast of fighters including
potential as a great
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AHEAD OF THE GAME
HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Just as Scorp's checking to see exactly where those 30 pints of blood went Johnny drops back to set up his fantastic fatality move.
One in ttie breadbox doubles the masked
lad up and gets him into position, But what's Cagey up to? Admiring his nice clean fist before...
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HEADS UP
.Ooh! "That^s gotta stingi Cage smashes his His bloody brain's out' Cage's DIY frontal Johnny takes a bow while Scorpion has a hand into the top of Scorpion's head. He's not rummaging around In ttiere for loose change y'know.
lobotomy is a complete (messy) success, lie down. And thafs not all we'll be Scorpion may not agree. Careful, blood Is bringing you plenty more fatalities In next hell to get out of Lycra. month's exclusive review.
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■ RERY RECEPTION Attacks
are not just limited to physic moves. Kombatants can also
unleash magical forces. FINISH HIM! Each character in the game can unleash unique and often spectacularly bloody special attacl
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^ STYLE TO SPARE The differet
fighting styles include Drunken Fist, Tai Chi, Jeet Kune Do, Cran Judo, Karate plus many more.
J YOU CUT I^E UP Alongside the fighting styles, MK-.DA features a
number of weapon styles Including Double Dagger and NInja Sword.
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SC£E's modem-day gothic fantasy isishape-shifting up nicely„. PRIMAL? AH YES. HOWS IT ALL GOING? Pretty well.
But fram the dim depths of Studio Cambridge's catacomb-like offices, there's certainly an oppressive atmosphere building as the game nears completion. Creative Director Chris Sorrell and the team are now
preparing to enter the final crunch period. So they've been working around the clock to refine their
stunning gothic adventure, surviving on a regular supply of takeaway food - Chinese, Indian, Thai and pizza. "Four choices but seven days a week," Sorrell points out. Back In the astral realm of Oblivion
however, things are a bit more tasty. SO WHAT ARE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS? Most of
the game's features and levels are now falling into place so the gameplay tweaking can begin. "We learned a lot watching people play the Primal demo
at the PlayStation Experience," Sorrell reveals. Pla^^r feedback has led to additional hints being added In the early stages of the game, while a switchable help and map system Is also being worked on. Current
builds now Include the high-quality voice acting, the orchestral soundtrack (which was recorded in Prague) and the completed cut-scenes. The cut-scenes are particularly important. Sorrell is keen to underline the game's original story line; something that will be
reinforced by the game's DVD-style chapter selection menu. The cut-scenes, when unlocked, will also be viewable as a complete movie. ANYTHING EXTRA-SPECIAL TO LOOK FORWARD TO?
Easy tiger There are still plenty of secrets to be
revealed. The latest to be unveiled is the game's TImeshlft mode which becomes available In the third
realm, Aetha - It's like Max Payne's 'Bullet Time', only much, much cooler □ JJ
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■ Get a wider view
of Primal by visiting the Mteb sfte to see t/ie latest screens.
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WHIP CRACK AWAY Look here. There's no better illustration
of the game's superb visuals and battle-orientated gameplay.
prettiness of the watery realm, Aquis. active volcartD.
THE ABYSS Deep in the waters of Aquis, ugly . trident-bearing demons
fi
i^ar Jen's progress.
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of the first missions in Oblivion is to rescue tt
king of Solum's son.
MORE THAN A WOMAN
When her friend Lewis is dragged into the othemoridly realm of Oblivion, Jen
quickly realises that being a normal girl is really a question of perspective.
Primal stars teiuctant but supematurally-powered
heroine Jen. She's helped through Oblivion by her smart-talking gargoyle helper Scree.
As well as general combat moves, Jen also has finishing combos which are required to defeat the mote powerful boss characters.
In the third realm, known as Aetha, Jen's demonic fonri gets to wield these neat-looking weapons to Inflict purple electric death on her enemies.
In her underwater form Jen grows gills to breathe The downside of this handy mutation Is that she suffocates when back on dry land.
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much more besides. What we thought was cunning and innovative in MGS2, SOCOM tal
slightly gung-ho and his casual fire may well alert reinforcements. No, it's best you monitor their
out any nearby lights to give you more cover before strapping on the night-vision goggles. ANYTHING ELSE TO DECLARE? One of your initial
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objectives is to 'eavesdrop for Intel', You do this by crawling behind some crates to overhear two foreign
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terrorists in conversation. If all has gone well (and your unit partner, who is fluent in Russian, hasn't been
killed) you'll be able understand what they say. If things have gone badly, you'll need to start again. It's
Sci-een gallery
trial and error stuff but once you get into the mindset of this game, anything is possible. □ RB
m
movements, wait for one to leave on patrol, then silently sneak up behind the other and sever his
shoot your own
Jugular But you must remember to move the body
music and, if you're playing through the headset, all
you hear is mono dialogue as your troops report in and you receive the occasional objective updates from HQ. Also, whereas the stealth in MGS2 was assisted by a map depicting the guard's field of vision,
in SOCOM your only tool for gauging where guards are looking is via the naked eye through a scope. This, coupled with strategic, rather than simply cosmetic
light sourcing means you have to be fully aware of your position and exactly what's around you. But
luckily, if you're feeling too exposed, you can shoot
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men, dammit.
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before his mate gets back
OW DOES IT FEEL? Eerie. There's no background
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■
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, able to do, you can and being in charge [ of a team makes it more engrossing. WHAT WE WANT _WHAT YOU WANT ^ ~ WHAT THEY WANT I ■ An MGS2-beater j ■ "Is anyone ^ ■ To put you right In , that works as a one- . Interested In a Ivl the thick of the . player combat game ' frostfire rush middle- action as one of the
I and a broad 16- I pistol toumament?" ' world's most feared
■
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■
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Once you've
killed a guard, hide the body.
■ LOOK BEFORE YOU ■ nRE IN THE HOLE Feel the adrenaline rush in a frontal assault.
LEAP With no MGS-style vision cones to help you, use the scope to spy on enemy movement.
, player online war , asks iJte2Duck , Special Forces units.
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BIRD'S EYE VIEW You'll be glad of Dante's double jump when these demon vultures show up.
DEVIL MAY CRY 2 Not too sum about all the crying. Plenty of devils, though. so, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? The first enemies to get stuck into in Devil May Cry 2 will be skeletal
corners you after an arduous flight up the inside of a gothic tower He's got boulders on chains where his
swordsmen, encased in iron maidens. They come in several guises - some have huge swords, others carty giant cleavers. Even more impressive are the guys who lob shields at you frisbee-style. Swords are better
arms should be, so he's understandably slightly miffed. There's no time for a hug though - he quickly proceeds to fling and swing his massive balls at you
than guns here, and back flips off the walls will allow you to get slashing attacks in fnDm above. There are
plenty of foes to choose from, even in the early levels. But you'd be forgiven for getting a little scared as the
with frightening accuracy Our tip? Get in close, use all of your acrobatic skills and put him to the sword. He's a hard bastard, but providing you have a decent amount of health under your belt, his demise should be pretty straightforward. □ MW
crazy bitey-monkey demons run amok while you're trapped in the courtyard area.
ANY ACTION IN THE AIR? Damn straight. But when you first encounter one of the flying bird-demons you'd be forgiven for missing it. These nasties are invisible until
they attacK but as long as you keep both of your guns blazing and stay on the move land in the air), it's
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fire electric yellow death from their hands and can
Give us huge demon hope that it's not as spiders to shoot. ■ repetitive this time
VmAT WE WAffT WHAT YOU WANT
" Demon spiders! ; ■ Dariops2 says, "I
around."
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and-mace nightmare boss you'll see on this page
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great. God only knows what we'll be seeing in the final version. Bosses are big, ugly and hard-assed and each
fairly simple to bring them down. Less easy to bag are the two goat-horned, leather-winged flyers that begin the levels as statues. Given the chance, they'll happily easily get the better of you when they fight together
OFPICmL
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adds something fresh to DMC but
keeps the style and substance fans love.
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NEW SCREENS
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svel finds Nico investigating
Jump Ttie ability to vault the wall is a good short cut and aids exploration.
nurder of a hacker in Paris.
BROKEN SWORD: FHE SLEEPING DRAGON s its game's classy art style and new control interface. devolution revea
WERE ARE THE NINJAS? Er, wrong game. Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (also known as Broken
Sword 3) is a rarity; it's a game tliat will reward quick thinkers, not button bashers, so no kung fu. Instead, think cutting edge adventure game with believable characters, plot and a cinematic art style. "It's an ambitious goal," says Designer/Creator Charles Cecil.
"We want to create a game that's dynamic, yet cerebral. We're bringing the whole adventure game
the player to feel they are solving the game the way they want to, not the way we tell them to." WHATS THE STORY? Well, following on from its two
successful predecessors, this third instalment pitches heroic duo George Stobbard and Nico Collard into a conspiracy theory that threatens the world. And it's based on historical references of the extinction events
that occurred on the Earth 10,000 years ago. □ JJ
genre bang up to date."
10 WHATS NEW THEN? There are two key innovations. First is the move to a 3D environment, adding an exploration element to the gameplay which, in the days of point and click adventures, just consisted of, well, pointing and clicking. The other improvement is the game interface indicated by the four icons in the
bottom right-hand corner of the screens you see here. Triggered by the four right-hand Dual Shock buttons, these will display the different available actions, whether it be legging it over a wall or throwing a stone to distract a patrolling guard. And as Cecil
explains, there will always be plenty of options so players can make their own decisions on how to
solve the game's puzzles. "Replayability is a veiy important element of this game," he says. "We want
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may revitalise the tired adventure genre If It can deliver on the promise of mixing interactive, emotional storytelling with beautiful graphics and cinematic framing,
^I ■WRevolution HATWEWtoAW WHATYOUWANTWHATTHEYWANT j ■ Ido's vKorrled the ; ■ To reinvent the prove computer shift to 3D could ruin adventure for a nev»
, games can be more ^ the series' reputation audience by mixing
than racing Jumping ] for its good interface ' an intelligent story
and shooting i and great plots. with Immersive 3D. nwT
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SLY RACCOON 0PS2 steals a precious hour with the master thief. 00:00 Feeling a bit listless we pop SCEA's brand new eelshaded platformer into our PS2. Thirty seconds later,
YOU CREEP S
we're sitting bolt upright as the gorgeous intro movie comes to an end. Then the penny drops: we're in the
host of tricks an
presence of a quality game here.
thief moves.
1 perform a
03^45 Despite sitting in a games room that smells like a gym sock at high tide, we are virtually transported to Paris where - playing as Sly Cooper, raccoon and
HANGING 01
There are many ways to get
master thief - we are given the task of breaking into
'Le Police' HQ. We also meet Sly's crew consisting of Bentley the snot-filled turtle and a pink hippo sidekick
around when j're a thief.
called Murray Naturally
07:00 Bentley tells us about blue auras These spangly clouds show thieving opportunities that only a master thief can detect We press @ and Sly edges around a rooftop vent like a furry Solid Snake.
09:25 Having busted through the vent with Sly's handy hook/curved blade doohickey we make our way to ■ OVER EXPOSED High contrast between deep shadows and sunlight is a noteable graphical technique.
the office of Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox and steal Sly's criminal record.
11:00 Exiting via a nearby window, we are suddenly confronted by a Fox. It's an ambush, and we guess Sly and Carmelita have 'a past'. Nothing else can explain the comment 'That bazooka really brings out the colour of your eyes." Well hello... 15:00 A fantastic retro cartoon reveals Sly's all-import:ant
back story (see What's The Story?). 23:00 The first real level begins. With tail twitching our hero shows that he's potentially the most appealing
game character ever seen on PS2. He's smart too, able to climb, scoot along pipes and negotiate
overhead lines. In fact, he's every bit a master tea leaf. Two hours later, 0PS2 Online Editor Tim comes in to
point out that this Is only a 60-minute playtest and he needs the PS2. Damn. □ PF
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; WAY TO GO
IT SEEMS THAT we're in a platform
Death by frying is just one possible exit for poor Sly.
renaissance. More linear than the
likes of Ratchet & Clank, this game feels and plays like the flipside of a
of master thieves. At least he have been if the Thiewius Racci
a booli and family heirloom di the tricks of the trade - hadn'
stolen by a bunch of criminals The Fiendish Five when he was
hardboiled detective story. W H AT W E W A N T
A true game icon
W H AT Y O U W A N T
Agent 47 would
WHAT THEY WANT ' ■ Overshadowed by
for what media
like a fun, cartoon
Ratchet & Clank in
observers would dub tiie 'PS2 generation'.
version of Metal
the States, Sly's
Gear Solid.
developers will want to avoid that here.
■ GORGEOUS GEORGE
There's something of the all-action hero
about George Stobbard.
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ANYTHING Decorate your lobby with a jukebox and a giant moose liead... ■ FACE OFF Two-player Sims battles are a new addition to the PS2 version.
es
FHE SIMS 7u/ned your own life? Try again with someone else's. JFE IS DULL WHY PLAY A GAME ABOUT n7 Think
ELECTRIC SHOCK How
to give yourself a mohican without using hair gel.
options to customise your individual Sim. Can you
back to your childhood days when you'd spend hours
fashion a spotty nerd and then hook them up with
inventing stories for Action Men, Barbie dolls and Weebles. The Sims Is essentially a much more
sophisticated version of this concept, giving you ultimate power to determine the destiny of complex
an It Girl? With a vanity mirror, leopardskin curtains and a strip poker table as unlockable Items, The Sims' Increased emphasis on shaping your character's love life (or lust life] should coax out the
virtual people. It's not like playing as yourself, It's like
latent Heat reader In us all. □ SR
playing God. As you can see from these exclusive
shots, the PS2 version of the bestselling PC game ever has been fully revamped with reward-based goals and challenges, making more of a structured
game from the original open-ended philosophy VHAT KIND OF UFE GOALS CAN YOU ACHIEVE? You
may start off as an unemployed layabout living with Mum, and through a series of crucial decisions what kind of job to apply for, who to make friends with - you're challenged to become your neighbourhood's equivalent of Hugh Hefner Mini goals, such as getting promoted at work, will unlock Items to stimulate your Sim's home life. :UT TO THE CHASE - WHERE'S THE RAUNCH? The
improved Create-A-Sim mode gives you thousands of
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games ever invented, and introducing twoplayer elements for PS2 is a great addition. Plus you can get yourself a monkey butler Need we say more? W H AT W E W A N T
1 M Two-piayer battles
to see who can get their character sent
to prison first
W H AT Y O U W A N T "The Sims: Uncensored with no
• biurring out the
' jacuzzi," says Wan-
W H AT T H E Y W A N T To t r a n s f e r s o m e
of that lucrative S/ms magic to PS2.
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NEW MINI-GAM^ ■ RAVE ON Timing is crucial on the monl
- Weni;ible!
, BOOMI Tlie 'quick pass and move' strategy - handy when the ball is a bomb.
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APE ESCAPE 2 We expose the mini monk^ marvels! WHAT ARE THE MINI-GAMES? They're quirky subgames which you can unlock by piling enough coinage Into the special prize vending machine located in the main hub room. There are three mini-games to unlock - Dance Monkey Dance, Monkey Football and Monkey Climber - and they all offer a welcome distraction to the endless chimp-catching that comprises the main game. Each of the three mini-games has it's own goals to strive towards and hidden levels to unlock all of which you save when you record your progress, as normal, in the main hub room.
HOW DO THEY PLAY? Dance Monkey Dance is a take on the Bemani rhythm action craze. Make your primate prance around on the dancefloor by manically pointing the Dual Shock sticks In the directions prompted. When the music ends, you'll be graded by a panel of Judges on how you performed. Monkey Football Is a full-on primate pitch Invasion In which you pick a team of five players (from the
PlayStation®^ /
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APE ESCAPE 2 doesnt just take the I original concept to new heights, but it
W H AT W E W A N T
beachballs, tennis balls and... bombs!
Finally, Monkey Climb is a nightmarish brainteaser that will test your co-ordination skills to the limit. You must scale great heights via a series of
i H More replay value
in the main game. Having time trials on ail ieveis seems a bit
, of a cop out.
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(by pressing the corresponding symbol button) to your
(which can be selected from a throw-in] that include
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ANY UNFINISHED MONKEY BUSINESS? Absolutely. We've been playing the preview code for days and we've still got Specter - the main villain - to defeat, extra chimps to snare in the 20 previous levels and plenty of extra prizes to win. Not least the extra RC cars that resemble wet fish and explosive puddings a proper chimp's tea party! □ RB
adds just enough zest to make it feel as refreshing to play as it did back on PSone, and we're loving every minute of it.
An added twist comes in the form of changeable balls
CHIMP MANAGER Pick a team from
releasing the ropes with the shoulder buttons to ascend, descend and swing acnDss gaps. It's worth noting that all three mini-games are two-player!
chimps you've caught in the main game) to beat an opposing bunch of haity-assed apes You pass the ball team-mate and shoot by charging up on the R-stIck
pes already captured in the games.
rcipes in order to collect bananas by moving your arms with the analogue sticks and seizing and
W H AT T H E Y W A N T
^ ■ SCEE would surely ■ Dalmaou wants the finai tiiree apes go ape if this game 1300 were quoted on ■ s e l l s m o r e t h a n t h e the Jap box, oniy 297 1 . 4 m u n i t s s h i f t e d o n have been found)!
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Creeping around gay Paris on the lam and saying hello to
We introduced you to this sultry blood-sucker back in OPS2#23's Spy section.
In last month's Monitor we tried out some of Snake's
This latest endorsed extreme
We toured Dredd's stomping ground back in the last
stealthy VR missions.
sports effort: has been on the cards for while. We even
marvellous Monitor.
Kurds Trent back in OPS2#26,
interviewed Shaun himself way back In OPS2#10.
Hey, we've got plot. Seeing to Prague as a fugitive, Lara uncovers a plot by The Cabal to unleash the dark powers of the Nephilim race. Soon she's knee-deep In the undera/orid.
Having had a brief introduction to the game, it's looking pretty decent with expansive levels, acrobatic action and plenty of
While most people know that
the red stuff.
be bundled with a DVD
We've also got some screens to whet your appetite. It seems that our Lara and N'Sync reject Kurtis don't get on too well when they first meet. Come on Kurt:, what's not to like?
The game's rammed with sexual Imagery, from phallic bosses to Rayne's own feeding/straddling tactics. It also promises plenty of Nazis
The screens below illustrate
and demons. So it's a full
nice touch.
Substance will contain five new 'Snake Tales' and 200 VR
missions, it's also rumoured to containing extra details.
some of the more interesting aspects of the Making Of... features. As you can see, the character art is a particulariy
house really.
At the front of our copy of Tony Hawk's 4 we found this surprise two-minute demo level. It's fun and surprisingly fresh, while still based on the faithfal 02 control system.
Weil, we showed you the exteriors last time, so here's a
One Innovation is that by pressing the ra button you can throw away the ski rope, do a massive trick unattached, then press IB again to have the rope thrown back. Simple!
We can confirm that teenage boys' favourite law enforcement psychic. Judge Anderson will definitely be in there although, sadly, there are no plans for the Lawmaster
little more on the Interiors and
a few characters you might meet. It looks like It'll be an
immersive experience alright.
bike. Letters to Rebellion.
^ i,' ': Solid Snake/Sfinkawa ' to^c'
(etal Gear fiAY Mass-produced type
' t Oiga GtirlukovKh (Tankir Chapter)
Given the new release date, we'll be looking to infiltrate Core and get our hands on it for you before the review. No, really, it's no trouble.
Weil, after a brief play we've got the hunger for more, so
We'll have a new batch of MGS2: Substonce screens in
Well, Mun-ays game is still a
we'll hunt down a Monitor
the very next Monitor Try to remain calm.
promise too much, but if they've shown us one level, more must be on the way.
In the next Monitor as
preview for the next issue.
www.eldosinteractlve.com is
There are plenty of Bloodsoaked tidbits, and more than a bit of the vamp herself, at www.bioodrayne,com.
The International site will tell
Catch up with all of your extreme gaming needs at
There's plenty for Dredd-heacs over at www.2000ad,com, including a forum.
Get nervous about overbites
Expect something Substancelal In April.
packed with info, as well as a few shots of your favourite pixelated pin-up.
Raiding your bank account in February 2003,
In the spring of next year
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you about the major features at www.konamljpn.com. Just
little far down the schedule to
www.activlsion02.com.
follow the links.
Should be dragged into view in spring 2003,
We're planning to give you a look at the grim-chinned on« Rebellion fill up the Mega Git'.
Mld-2003...
THE SUBSTANCE PACKAGE WILL CONTAIN AROUND 200 VR MISSIONS AND THERE'S ALSO R U M O U R E D TO B E A N E X T R A D V C S E E M E TA L G E A R S O U D : S U B S TA N C E
G A M E
LAST SEEN?
X-MEN: NEXT DIMENSION
DEFENDER
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P U B U S H E R : M I D WAY G A M E S DEVELOPER; SEVEN STUDIOS
You might have played the
Probably back in the arcades, if we're honest. Actually it was in Midway's round up In OPS2#25's Spy section.
demo we featured on the disc with issue #25.
WHAT'S NEW?
ANYTHING ELSE?
The preview has impressive 3D gamepiay and a voice-over by Patrick Stewart, reprising his role as Charles Xavier Big environments plus new and old characters are in there, too.
We enjoyed the playable code of the 'saving little space men' reprisal. Flying action lets you defend colonists from huge
The most impressive aspects so far are the special moves sequences. See below as long-time favourite Wolverine
Your multi-purpose range of craft can pick up anything from space-suited chaps, to tanks, guns and power supplies. Kind of like a futuristic Swiss Arniy knife.
slices and dices Gambit Also check out the lack of
insectold aliens who want to mutate them. Bless.
TENCHU: WRATH OF HEAVEN
AQUILA
PUBLISHER: ACnVISION DEVEUOPER: K2
PUBUSHER: INFOGRAMES DEVELOPER: LOSTTOYS
In last issue's Spy we gave you
This batdefleld beauty was Spy-ed on the horizon all the way back in OPS2#17
The Full Six Inches on the
Ninja stealth-'em-up.
BATTLE ENGINE
Plenty's been going on with the project. Mote of the strategies, like luring guards with rice, as well as the impressive stealth kills, have been implemented and are working a treat.
We hi-jacked the battle engine and took it for a quick spin. Transforming effortlessly from stompy robot to sleek aircraft was fun, blowing stuff to
Did you know that you'll be
As well as taking on all manner of enemy tanks, aircraft and mechs you'll be able to gun down Infantry. There were some friendly fire incidents, but hey, v»ar Is hell.
able to accumulate new kills
as you go along? You do now. After a certain number of
successful kills you'll receive more types to play with.
smithereens was even better.
boundaries for fights.
THINGS WE D I D N T H AV E TIME FOR Growing up, pulling our socks up, getting up (on time) and...
Another issue, another jam-packed Monitor Sorry, that's gamespacked Monitor Some fell by the wayside, but dont fret, they're top of our list for next issue.
We'll be catching up w/ith more on MGS2: Substance as well as
getting our filthy mitts on Devil May Cry 2's lovely Lucia. Oh, and we'll be going much deeper with Primal.
SCREENS
Add ail the best Information on Tomb
Raider: Angel of Darkness, plus a first look at Mace Griffln:
Bounty Hunter and SOS: The Final
Escape and the chance to get a bit grizzly with Wolverine's Revenge and we'll call it a date, shall we? BIG GUNS Lara says to put her in the mag... or else!
W H AT S N E X n
There are still a few finishing touches and cut-scenes to get in there, but we'll try to wrestle
This space Invader's another sure-fliB thing for the Reviews
Well, the game's pret^ close to the preview stage so we'll be practising stealth kills In the office to get ready Ki-Yai
Aquilcfs set to touch down here at any time, so it's a dead
Check out the latest news and
There's nothing on the
There's a scant summaiy and
screens on www.mldway.com.
section next month.
a review out for next Issue.
ANYTHING ON THE NET?
Oh yes, there's plenty for all you mutle-lovers at
RELEASE D AT E
We're warming up the yellow Spandex for December.
cert for next Issue's Reviews.
Actlvlslon site and no official
a few screens to be had at
w w w. u n l v e r s e o f h e r o e s . c o m /
site just yet. There's mote
game xmen nextdlmenslon
information and screens at
www4nfogrames.co.uk, but It'll hold you for a few weeks.
For all the release dates of
the latest games, head back to page 35 now)
uk.playstatlon.com though. We'll be killing space cockroaches In Januaiy 2003.
Coming out ol the shadows In the Spring of 2003.
Hopefully landing on its feet In January 2003.
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Rap meets wrestling in Def Jam Vendetta as Capone and Method Man don the lycra for us. Get ready to eat canvas.
LARA UFTS THE VEIL Core Design finally opens its doors to 0PS2 and reveals the reasons
behind Tomb Raider's lengthy delay. New gameplay features included!
ALSO REVIEWED
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PlayStation 2
This month: GTA: Vice
City busted wide open. Plus essential tips for Pra Evo 2, Kingdom Hearts WNE SmackDown! Shut Yo u r M o u t h a n d m o r e .
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TV's here and he's not going to let anyone stand in his way.
Cri-key! You're TY the Tasmanian Tiger™: The last of a rare breed out to explore the untamed and uncharted Australian wilderness in search of your lost family. Along the way you'll encounter some fearsome foes sent out by the evil Boss Cass to spoil your adventure. But no worries, you've got a heap of hi-tech boomerangs, plenty of mates and a set of chompers to help you tame the dodgy Outback. Good luck, it should be a ripper good time!
has taken up residence in Roclfstar's awesome new crime capital to bring you 25
defining moments from the best game of the year. ^ Last month we brought you the exclusive, UK
THE FULL SPECTRUM
review of Grand Theft
A brief nostalgic wallow in the days of cassette loading and rubber keyboards.
Auto: Vice City. But there was no way in hell we \/ere going to leave the best game of :002 there. While other mags were
till waiting for a first look at Vice City, /e burned the midnight oil (and a iot if cars), went deep and played hard, jelled by Pina Coladas and a single
It's impossible to fault Wee City's Eighties credentials. No sooner have you popped the disc in a PS2 than you're treated to a double whammy of retro references. The first, a pixellated, 8-bit loading sequence complete
^ with tinny, beeping soundtrack is a kick in the linen pants for anyone who remembers state-of-the-art
lesire to bring you 25 incredible noments that define this neon
renched experience in all its glory, lome you'll recognise with a guilty rin. Some will point you in new irections. So whether you're a
3sident, or planning your first trip to ice City, roll up your jacket sleeves,
lip on those espadrilles and boogie!
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gaming, Eighties style. The second shows just how far gaming has come, as a Jan Hammer-esque synth line kicks the game off proper, introducing a credits sequence worthy of a classic Michael Mann movie. And when the music finally fades, whose voice do you hear? Tom SIzemore'sl How f*cking cool is that?
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Radio-controlled 'copter chaos ensues in Demolition Man.
So you've met Avery, the crooked Texan real estate mogul and you've won his trust. Then he hits you wflth the big one. There's a building development that he wants destroyed, and he's got a peach of way for you to do it. Piloting a radio-controlled helicopter you've got to
each floor within a tight time limit. Oh, and did we mention the armed security guards? This mission Is no
breeze, but set the bombs in time and the pay-off brings the house down. Literally Even better, this Is great practice for flying the real helicopter later in fly It around the concrete shell and deposit bombs on the game...
Once you pick up a bomb the radar will show
you the position of the target relative to the RC helicopter.
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It's the middle of the night and as Tommy Vercetti
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you're enjoying a lull between Jobs Just cruising the streets, keeping your eyes open for any action. Nothing's doing on Vice Point so you make for the bridge over into Little Havana when you spot a set of steps by the water You stop, and head down. There, moored right In front of you is a Police Launch. You hop on board and press ®. Sure enough, you're at the controls of your first sea worthy GTA vehiclel Bombing across the moonlit bay, slicing waves of water into the air, you get to thinking: life doesn't get much better than this.
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Using a toy Helicopter to plant the dynamite is a genius idea.
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phenomenal Phnom Penh '86. Once you've won the trust of Cuban crimelord Diaz you get this asskicldng mission. With l_ance Vance at the controls of Diaz's chopper the two of you fly over to Prav^n isiand to 'collect' some money By collect, we mean hang out of the window
with a rifle clearing an estate of gun-toting goons before they shoot you out of the sity. And just supposing you clean up the area without haemorrhaging iserosene and corpuscle ketchup. Lance then drops you off to shoot your way through the house past a gang of henchmen to the roof where the
money's stashed. This is Vice City at its brutal, headlong best
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There's no finer example of VCs ability to combine several different styles of play in one comic mission than Martha's Mug Shot. Congressman Shrub has been opposing the release of your porno flick starring the insatiable Candy Suxxx. Your mission Is to tai^e the Sparrow helicopter and tail Candy as she maizes her liaison with the politician. As if that wasnt fun enough, you then have to position yourself across the street and get some 'compromising' shots. Have the chopper standing
Ijy as you'll need to hightail it bacl< to the studio.
TIME TO GET TA N K E D U P Rule the roost from the
armoured safety of a Rhino. You'll be able to drive the tank as
part of a mission, but if you dont parl( it up before the time iimit expires it'll explode. However, one
way to guarantee another ride in an
COPPER CHOPPER
armoured trucit is to head to the
Cause havoc when you hi-Jack the police 'copter.
Iviali. Here, stock up on armour and
fancy weaponry, then stand outside and kill anything that moves. Keep your armour topped up and aim for the maximum 'Wanted' level. Soon a
whoie army regiment wiii be on your ass. if you're quick and can get
to a tank before being wasted, you'll have no shortage of police targets to fire at. Happy tanking
MINIGUN MANIA
There are several helicopters for the curious to find. The key Is to search every stairwell in the city for roof access. Our goal has always been to nab the VCPD's Maverick for ourselves. Depending on the time of day It's actually a snap once you've explored Downtown. Alternatively grab a different type of air transport and search the rooftops from the sky. For added realism, why not dress up In the police uniform that you acquire from the Cop i^nd mission and live the dream. Impersonating an officer of the law while soaring In the azure skies above Vice City - magic!
Guns don't kill people. We kill people.
'THcAAiO^t Vice City has some real gems lying in wait for you explorative types. Have a nose around the Downtown area and you may well stumble Into this frenzied 'Rampage'. You'll have to mow down a load of gang members with this military-grade minlgun In the time limit. That's no problem as this beauty will take out a city bus In under a second. Cops aren't a worry, the only problem Is that you don't get to keep the damn thing once you're finished.
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property) is to advertise your skin-flick by producing a tasteful bit of spotlight advertising. The most logical way to get there is via a madcap roof jumping course across the city. The mission features some of the most insane stunts out there -
jumping between two skyscrapers anyone? It also requires a fair bit of concentration, but if your PCJ 600 skills arent up to snuff by the end of the mission, nothing can help you.
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pinpoint the exact whereabouts of our defining moments on the Vice City map.
ROOFTOP SNIPER
Use the vantage to your advantage. Climb on to one of Little Havana's rooftops and not only will yc see that there are plenty of ramps for insane stunt bonus opportunities, but if you ascend the steps in the yard behind the Kaufman Cabs blilboard, you can find a free PSGl iaser scope rifie. Jump onto the raii in front of the biliboard and as weii as a hidden pacl^age stashed there, you'ii discover it's an ideai vantage point to picl< off unsuspecting passers-by v/ith your new toy. Deeply questionable behaviour in the light of recent events, but hey, we didnt make the game.
TRANNY BASHER Deal with a stalling queen in Psycho Killer._ Some of the best sub-missions in the game
are to be found by hanging around With lairy, drug-addled Scottish rock combo Love Fist.
Psycho Killer Is a relatively easy mission, but where else would you get to chase after a
beefy male stalker in women's clothes and roughly-applied lippy?
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your soul the money w/ill come flowing in faster than you can say 'strawberry split'. Keep an eye out for swreet-toothed gang bangers though, they'll drag you onto the street given half the chance. Nice cones.
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Anarchy may be your stock in trade, but Messing With The Man really tests your rabble-rousing skills.
Meeting Kent Paul, we're not worthy.
The biker gang are almost as psychotic as you. In
Rockstar's spoof Web site www.kentpaul.com was the first contact anyone had with GTA: Vice City. Set up by Paul, 'The name's Paul, but I'm from Kent, rather
this mission, they want you to cause as much
than being called Kent," he claimed to have, "discovered most of the bands
chaos as possible in two minutes. It's tougher than
popular in the Eighties, but never got the credit." But what did Paul have to do
you think - shooting a few cops won't cut it. You must plan your chaos. Start by parking a few stolen cars and a skilfully thrown grenade will then set off
with the game? Complete a couple of missions and your mobile rings... guess who it is? It's Kent Paul, the loveable cockney wideboy! He actually exists!
an Impressive chain reaction. If you've already got
Holed up in the Malibu Club he provides a welcome breath of London air to Vice City and rocks a superb muilet
yourself a wanted level before you begin the mission, then the serious troops will soon arrive when you start shooting everything in sight. Fire rockets at the helicopter and tank and those sullen Hell's Angels will eventually be impressed.
HNA COUUM, PLEASE The Malibu - 5120,000 will buyyou tiis neon palace of delight.
DRIVEBYWTTHA DIFFERENCE Tony Hawk can only skitch, you can car surf. Climb onto the roof of a slower
vehicle and you can indulge in a spot of car surfing, taking down pedestrians as you glide magnificently past. See if you can leap from one veiilcle to another In
order to change direction.
DECADEISrr DECADE Act like a petulant rock star in your own mansion.
Following the Eighties theme to the max, Wee City is all about decadence. And what could be more
decadent than owning your own mansion (renamed
the Vercetti Estate, after you've assassinated previous resident Diaz)? It comes complete with your own Maverick helicopter and weapon stash, but nothing makes you feel more like the king of the realm than
driving your car up the front steps and into the lobby to the strains of Sunglasses At Night
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Your second mission for property tycoon Aveiy Carrington is straight out of a crime caper movie - thinly The Cannonball Run but with Cuban gang wars and machine guns. Vercetti Is sent to Littie Havana to
do a hit on a gang leader who owns a funerai pariour On arrival you're met with a hall of bullets before your target makes off In a hearse. During the ensuing cross-city chase, the hearse ejects exploding coffins from the boot that'll set fire to your vehicle. You quite literally have to dodge death!
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where Michael Douglas threatens someone in a goif buggy, causing them ■
to die of a heart attack. A classic nasty-but-funny movie moment. Well we took it a bit further After, erm, 'acquiring' the buggy (five fatalities - but
they were old anyway) we drove the buggy over the ramp near the club house and into town. It's difficult to stifle the laughter as you lay out
hapless pedestrians with the Uzi while pootling along at the speed of a milk float. Needless to say we're doing this a lot. Probably too much.
COP A LOAD OF-miS! Outwit the law in Cop Land. The final mission connected with
Tommy's mansion Is Cop Land, a combination of Tommy and L^nce enticing two cops into a garage |by shooting stuff), stealing their
KEEPY UPPY
Take time out to play with your balls.
uniforms and a car, then heading to the mail where there's an
Just when you thought Vice City was all guns and
unexploded bomb. Your bomb. Fix the job, blow the coffee shop up and hightail It out of there. Whether you escape by outdriving the cops, finding enough bribes to i(eep them off your tail or even switching cars and hitting the Pay 'N Spray, it's panic driving at Its best. Just
violence, up pops a little recreational activity to keep yoi
remember not to leave Ijnce behind. The Idiot
fit and on your toes. If you search the backyards and swimming pools of Starfish Island (this task is much easier if you're flying a helicopter) you'll find a few little surprises. One of which is an empty pool with a
beachball In it. if you're unarmed, just run up to it and you'll give it a boot. Stay under the ball and the game will start to count your keepy-ups. it's a bit tricky to get
the hang of at first, but makes a fantastic diversion to al that killing and maiming. On the head Tommy son!
SCRAMBLED OR FRIED? Destruction derbies and more in the Hyman Stadium missions.
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Depending on what time between 21:00 and 00:00 you enter it, the Hyman Memorial Stadium has a variety of
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activities on offer to you. One of which Is the painfully titled Bloodring, a destruction derby type mini-game
The ability to change outfits can help you escape a low wanted level, or just make you lool( good. You may want to start worrying though when you drive five minutes the wrong way
just because you want to do the
mission wearing a natty suit. Or better still, an oid-skool maroon two stripe' tracksuit, found In the laundromat in Little Havana.
where the only thing between you and arena checkpoint Is about 20 maniacs In bangers. Entertaining if
occasionally short-lived stuff. At other times you'll be ablf to practice your Sanchez action as the scrambler has a Kick Stort-style track to navigate In the arena. Hearing th music over the tannoy system is a nice touch, too.
H AVA N A B A L L O N T T I E W AT E R Prove to the Cubans that you've got
big cojones in Stunt Boot Challenge. The first mission you run for the Cuban caf6 owner Is a test of your manhood in a high-powered stunt boat A tough
NAME YOUR VICE Only for the dirty cheats among you, here's a fast track to some of Vice City's more outlandish treats.
driving challenge with plenty of ramps and tight bends, it requires expert control. Especially as you'll be distracted
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by a deranged gangster shouting In your ear that you "drive like a woman." When we did this mission, Kool And The Unlock Romero's Hearse 4,, (b, m, m,m, m,-
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JUmPING DN THE BRRNDUJRGON What would happen if
celebrities endorsed
videogames? With videogames firmly entering the mainstream media, surely It's only a matter of time before
famous and Infamous people scrabble to surf the Zeitgeist,
whether they have videogame-friendly skills or not. With this in mind, 0PS2 has taken the current crop of real celebrity endorsed games and given them a shameless soundalike spin. After all, if you like Tony Hawk's, you're bound to love Ethan Hawke's Pro Skater, right?
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THE GE1AWAY >hut your mouth, put your knickers on and read this review. BLISHER; SCEE VELOPER: TEAM SOHO ICE; £44.99 SYERS 1 J T: 11 D E C E M B E R :B SITE: A W . T H E G E T A W A Y. C O . U K HZ MODE: NO DESCREEN: YES ^RROUND SOUND: NO
BACK STORY e Getaway is - and Jet's not derstote this - criminoiiy iote. oegan life as a PSoneMtle ck in 1996. Having sfmed :us to PS2, Team Soho set out digitaliy recreating vast ■athes of London, but as the dget spiralled and release tes slipped, the game started
)klng like an albatross around EE's neck. Having cost In
cess of £5 million, nothing IS thon 0 mossiVe h/t will do.
1-1 Mark Hammond is a geezer on the edge. After his wife Is gunned down in the street our boy finds himself in the frame for " -
get are 24 missions with gameplay seamlessly shifting
between Triving and shootlngiectlons. Let's start with the
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^ . kidnapped his son. Time to teach these mugs a lesson,7:^TtTe*ei1Haiiy 3 gangland version of Gladiator but with sharp suits and sawn-offs replacing the sandals and swords. Given that development on
The Getaway actually began In the last nnllleni'iium, one-n?an-agalnst-the-wortd is probably a stoiy most
of the staff at Jeam Soho can relate to. But gue"ss what? It's here and it's good. Bloody good, in fact The Getaway comes on like an X-rated episode of
The Bill. You're thrown straigTit into the aqiion, screaming through London's traffic-choked streets iri pursOtt of the kidnappers, eventually tracking them to a warehouse owned by Charlie Jolson, a cigar-chomping crimelord and fully paid-up member of the National Front Jolson
makes Hammond an offer he can't refusa complete a ^ series of increasingly suicidal missions or|lie kid dies.;
Before long London really is burning and Hammond is q wanted man, hunted by the Yardies, Triads and'eveij his old firm. Then, Just when you think you'rfe dbrie, the action switches to DC Frank Carter - a rViaverIck cop
obsessed with nicking Jolson. Capcom employed a • ' similar concept for Resident Evil 2 - Intertwining events
seen from different perspectives - and it Works'supertiy here, providing a welcome change of pace. So, what you
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BABY YOU CAN, DRIVE MY CAR Imagine ttie sheer thrill of bombing down Oxford Street _ In a TVR, shifting up through the gears as you weave through heavy traffic with the horn blaring It's exhilarating, and the kind of experience we weren't
expecting to play before Drii©- 3 ^rived. Missions typicallyJwolve driving between locatlonslgaTnsTth'e clock, although you'll also find yourself tailing and ramming vehicles. So how do you navigate around 28 square miles of city without a map? Team Soho's solution is simple and elegantthe vehicle's indicators flash whenever you need to turn and once you arrive at the destination the hazard lights will come on. For the most part it works brilliantly although roundabouts can cause confusion. But even if you do stray off course, the route-finder quickly adjusts to compensate.
Playing as Hammond, you'll be constantly harassed
. by'.the filth ^ sorry, police - who set up roadblocks, ram you off th6 raad and even deploy tyre-bursting stingers, ', Yoii also come under attack from rival gangsters who pull up alongside and spray the car with Kaiashnikov reunds. Given the amount of traffic on the roads, crashes ' are Inevitable - the cars and locations are all real, so the
impact Is even more bone-shaking than Burnout 2.
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• HAMMING rr UP Shooters,
motors and a bag full of readies. The Getaway couldnt be more Lock, Stock..
SWEET JEHOVAH, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? THIS REALLY IS LONDON
■ SOHO PSYCHO Carter's shootout
at the Republic bar is heavily inspired by IVIichael IVIann's Heot and provides a truly amazing set piece.
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Armed with a gun, he coshes them around the back of the
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particularly as you're usually heavily outnumbered. ^ We state on our cover disc that demos don't
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I '"eluding a golf buggy and a go-kart.
lighting quick in comparison and the cars handle
AT ITS BEST THE GETAWAY FEELS UKE PLAYING A JOHN WOO REMAKE OF THE LONG G O O D F R I D AY
perfectly Sure, there's some slight pop-up and the occasional bit of slowfdown - but sweet Jehovah,
what more do you want? - this really is iDndon and
character will stand against the scenery. Solid Snakestyle. Once fixed in position, you can edge along popping out to squeeze off a few shots then ducking back before they can return fire. Alternatively, press @ while in
you get to hurtle around Its famous streets like an
unlicensed cabbie at kicking-out time. If anyone can come up with a better premise for a videogame, we'll eat our Dual Shocks. Now, on to the shooters.. And so to the coup de grace. Hammond presses his gun against the unfortunate's temple, iviurder Is merely a button's press away, but is this 'gangland' or 'execution' style?
Stealth mode to poke the gun around an obstacle and
shoot blind - this is perfect for taking out stationary guards and, more importantly looks ridiculously cool. Oh, and The Getaway doesn't do health packs Oust as it doesn't do switches or puzzles). The only way to recover energy Is by finding a safe spot and letting your character
THE LORD IS MY SHOTGUN Put simply The Getaway has the most kinetic, visceral gun battles we've ever played. One of the first missions involves a shootout at a swanky Soho bar It's jaw dropping but nothing compared to some of the scenes that follow. You'll visit locations ranging from a mansion and museum through to crack houses and lap-dancing bars, and they've all been
rest against a wall. After a while the bloodstains
specifically designed to recreate classic moments
of action cinema. The auto-targetIng system isn't perfect, but it's not far off - and is a lot snappier than it was in early code. Just as well because you're usually confronted by dozens of tooled-up wide boys. The geezers you meet aren't too bright (most are content to blunder forward like Cockney cannon
fodder) but sheer weight of numbers means you must learn to use every bit of cover, diving behind walls and hiding around corners. Press ® and your
POUCE, CAMERA, ACTION During the chase sequences, you really do feel like a getaway driver in a movie.
disappear and you're back in business. As a piece of game design, this is likely to divide opinion because it's intrusive and hardly realistic. But take a look at any of the screenshots on this page. Notice anything odd? You wont find a single piece of screen furniture. No health bars, no ammo counter and no radar It's an initially bracing, but ultimately refreshing approach, which unquestionably makes The Getaway a better, more immersive experience. However, things do get frustrating during the straight stealth missions. Second-guessing the Ai is a slightly haphazard process (say hello to our old friends trial
and error) but the key is to use the in-game audio to your advantage. The non-player characters chat
almost constantly meaning you can
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When the police are about to ram you, wait untii the very iast second before siamming on the bral(es and watch them fly straight past... just lil^e Top Gun.
Fooi the rozzers into driving the wrong way by darting from ieft to right. A bit iilie throwing a dummy in PES2, oniy with potentiaiiy iethai consequences.
And if all else fails, stop the motor, get
The best way to lose a tail is by constantly changing lanes and never braiiing Keep your nerve and John Q Law wili soon plough into a bus.
out and pump them full of hot lead (think Harvey Keitel in Reservo/r Dogs). It's brutal, but very effective.
BRENDAN MCNAMARA We spent a morning banged up with The Getaway's Writer and Director, Brendan McNamara and it wasn't long before he turned informer. To find out THIN BLUE WHINE Put on your sirens and the vehicles further up the road FEMME FA1ALE 'Vasmin helps Mark on the will pull aside to let you pass. The jam sandwiches have got plenty of poke, too. later missions, and she can handle herself. locate guards by eavesdropping on their conversations. Slightly more problematic are the controls, w/hich aren't quite precise enough to allow pinpoint movement. It's
particularly frustrating when you're sneaking past the laser sensors at Jolson's Mayfair house. The camera is
also aggravatingly erratic (it can't be manipulated manually and only swings behind your character when
you take your thumb off the left analogue stick] but despite these niggles, at its best The Getaway feels like
playing a John Woo remake of The Long Good Friday. The sense of excitement as you infiltrate a drug factory, or get
caught in the crossfire between rival gangs, is almost unrivalled as gaming experiences go. Would you rather be unloading a couple of Clocks in a London crack house or
fighting aliens on some far-flung planet? Enough said.
what Team Soho is doing next turn to spy, page 18.
will be chasing you continually, so taking them out often feels like the easiest solution. The game also features a
genuinely unsettling torture sequence and overtly racist villains, so it's hard to see anything but a media sh*tstorm looming ahead. But here's the thing: this is an 18-ceitificate title aimed squarely at an adult audience. Despite a script riddled with enough mockney crime cliches to make Guy Ritchie splutter on his Rosie Lee, The Getaway asks only to be Judged by the same criteria as cinema. If you're allowed to watch The Terminator then you should be allowed to play this. Which brings us to that score. One point less than the other crime spree vying for your attention, then. The Getowoy is certainly less freeform than Wee City, but fundamentally It feels like the fresher game. Make no mistake, you need both - but If you have to choose Christmas, Just dont mug yourself, sunshine. □ Tim Clark
woman partly responsible for his wife's death - all part
of the grieving process, apparently) as they attempt to escape from a police station. Before you can say "Where Is Sarah Connor?" Yasmin starts blasting away at the boys in blue. By the time you stagger outside, a dozen officers will be dead. And it's not ironic cartoon violence, either
This is shocking stuff, even by our
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licensed cars. Brands jjgesn't punish cold-blooded killings
'""satb' rSow harshly as GTA does. Towards the Honda, plus f"® end of Hammond's arc, the cops
At what point did you
mode that was going to be
reaiiy feel the game had come together?
in the game? We really wanted to do it but we basically just ran out of time. It might make it into the Japanese version, though - a cockney wanker rip-off-the-
The first time we showed
people It was seamless - you could get out of the car, run around and enter an Interior location with no load - that was when people really 'got' the game.
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- The most cinematic shootouts
not take this long
What happened to the Taxi
Two issues ago we described Hitman 2 as the most
Why we'd buy it - Breakneck driving through packed city streets - Scrupulous depiction of iJDndon
trying out new technology, and
such a big undertaking that it feels like the end of an era.
between a Hawaiian shirt and a Ted Baker suit this
spree he forms an uneasy alliance with Yasmin (the
and then move onl It's been
Kind of like finishing high
I FOUGHT THE LAW cinematic, unabashedly adult game on PS2. Well, it's been a short reign because Mark Hammond makes Codename 47 look like the Vicar of Dibley Midway through his crime
school - you lose four years
ask for big extensions and more money with cap-in-hand. But I don't know if you can be as ambitious as we've been,
So, how does it feel to have the game finished?
Why we'd leave it - Siight issues with the camera
IHow much pressure has there been to get it out
and controls
- More linear than Wee City - Slightly samey missions
before Christmas? There's been enormous
seen on PS2
Graphics
Evocative interiors and Lcndon looks pixel perfect
Sound
Decent cut-scenes, cheesy cockney cliches
Gamepiay
Motorlsed mayhem and stylish gunplay
Ufespan
A compelling trawl through London's criminal underworld. The most cinematic
experience yet on PS2 - a landmark title.
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pressure, just because the expectation in Europe is so high - and at one stage people didn't know if it was going to
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be any good. Did you ever think it might not come out?
Well, Ididnt, and I don't think
the management team funding it did either. But we had some difficult times when I had to
tourists mode!
Are you worried the game is going to cause controversy? I think the subject matter could be controversial, but we set out to make it for an adult audience, including people between 18 and 50. We are
reasonably comfortable that the material we've made is suitable for that age group.
The beauty of having the story Is that players won't be doing bad things just because they're fun to do - the story gives them a reason. Mark's kid has been kidnapped and in that situation everyone would do something pretty crazy.
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If there has ever been a figurehead for skateboarding It's Tony Hawk. Whether he's still the best skater In the world Is academic - he's retired from pro competition. But he's
still the first skater to have pulled off the mythical 900°
(two and a half mid-air spins] and Is, unquestionably, the best vert ramp skater of all time.
Hawk's Pro Skoter games, put together by Activision and Neversoft, have taken the console world by storm, with each new addition to the series improving on the last. And Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 is no exception.
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that reveals them, like helping a zoo keeper escape from a cage of lions by distracting them with your skateboard, or doing tasks for a park warden on Alcatraz while
the ageing game engine in Tony Hawk's 3. But Neversoft makes up for this by increasing the scale of the skating
skitching a ride on the back of his golf buggy. Elsewhere you'll find classic 'collect S-K-A-T-E', 'get a high score' or 'win a medal' competition challenges. When you're not taking part in a level goal, you're free to explore, practise and plan good skating lines for high-scoring combo opportunities. The effect is a far more organic and free-
to number one In the sales
environments and by adding more street furniture to
chart and stayed there for a month. Tony Hawk's 3 wos the first PS2 outing to feature massively enhanced graphics and Improved gameplay plus a Network Play mode.
trick off. Seven new/ levels have also been designed: a College, a realistic San Francisco, Alcatraz, the Kona Skatepark (based on the legendary park in Jacksonville, Florida), a Shipyard, a Zoo and Chicago. Progression through the levels is still achieved by
flowing game, allowing you to switch from free skating
■ BACK STORY The Tony Hawk Pro Skater series began on PSone In 1999.
After becoming a surprise bestseller, Neversoft made a
second game that went straight
Aesthetically, the series has come as far as it can with
LEVEL GOALS WILL TEST EVEN
THE EXPERTS... TRY SKITCHING ON AN ELEPHANTS TAIL WHILE IT SPRAYS YOU WITH DUNG
completing goals, but the twist is that they are now set by characters you meet. Remember the Suburbia
level in Tony Hawk's 3 where you had to help a thin old
IIVIANUAL ALIVE Doing manual:
I to chaining tricks together.
straight Into a challenge without any nagging time constraints, ^ la GTA
Level goals introduce players to some of the newer
additions to the skaters' tricking abilities. Continuous
high-scoring combos can now be created through linking moves. An example of this Is the revert-to-manual, in
which the skater switches stance after a ramp trick and
■ LONDON RACER Tony has to adopt a unorthodox stance in this supert) luge racing challenge.
goes straight into a manual (a roll on two wheels]. More experienced players will already be accustomed to such
moves. But in Tony Hawk's 4 beginners are encouraged to learn them as they are now vital to making progress.
"BUT THEYVE JUST STUCK A [4]ON IT..."
It would have been easy to just create a few new levels and get this out quick Neversoft don't do that.
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Objectives range from the obvious to the downri^t bizarre.
1. Spine D-ansfer
Tricks can now be linked across the spine of a ramp by hitting CD while in the air. Doing a revert-to-manual when you land enables you to continue a combo.
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2. Objectives Set By Game Characters Skate over to any characters who have floating blue am)ws above them and press Tfiey'll give you a challenge to complete. Fail it and you can just hit ft; and tiy again.
3. Stat Points Earned
Rather than being dropped around the levels Stat points now have to be earned. You can
edit your stats to tailor your character for different trick obiectives.
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TDNY HAWK'S PRO SKATEI ■ C A N N O N B AW L Each skater recorded their own bail noises.
S K AT E OR CRY Completing certain objectives earns yoi
cash and the means to purchase 'extras'. There's your standard big head cheats, the extra costumes and clown sho
decks, characters and tw secret levels. Our favourite treats we
the videos we could buy Homies Skatin' Is the be;
by the sheer wealth of options, stat points, scoring systems, tricks. Madonnas,
of these, and stars the Neversoft crew showing i how not to skafe...
Benihana's, Misty Flips... the list goes on. The learning curve will undoubtedly fnjstrate those who are expecting to do the 900° on
their first go. But those prepared to invest some time will find a game with unsurpassed depth.
Tony Howk's 4 has taken the series forward again. Its size and reliance on
supreme manual dexterity will initially flummox newcomers while delighting returning experts. But it's always an
exhilarating ride. And remember, Activision has committed to making Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games for the next 16 years It's shout-out-loud exciting when you manage your
so how the hell Is it going to improve on this? □ George Walter
first three-figure combo - but like real skating, it will take
practice to do it. While reviewing this game, our Dual
TONY HAWK'S PRO
Shock 2 was thrown aside with more frequency than In
any other PS2 game we've played. But the compulsion to
Why we'd buy it
return to a level and nail an objective surpasses even Stuntman in the 'one more go' stakes - of course, that's
skateboarding experience yet - Fun for experts and newbies alike - It's yet another top class Tony
'one more go' hissed angrily through clenched teeth. Some of the more technical level goals will test even
the experts. Check out the final few on the later levels -
performing 1,000,000 high scores, collecting S-K-A-T-E when the letters are 100 feet up on top of different
buildings, or skitching on an elephant's tail for 30 seconds (while it sprays you with dung). It's tough. At times, it feels like Neversoft has forgotten that not everyone is a Tony Hawk's geek Some people will come
- The most complete
Hawks' game Graphics Assured and resolutely solid as usual Sound ' Public Enemy and Jeru The Dama|a. Say no more Gameplay Finely balanced, but a steep learning curve Life span 'ibu could play this for six montlis Non
Neversoft has delivered again with one of L _ the most rewarding PS2 titles around. Not ■ rj just a sequel - it feels like a new game. ■
to the game as skateboarding virgins and be bewildered
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Be Bond, but also see Bond. That's EA's selling
V point for this latest 007 outing meaning that whenever you perform a typically mundane first-person manoeuvre such as climbing a ladder; you get a third-person view. Incredible!
So much for innovation. But then you wouldn't really expect any great surprises from a franchise that has seen
the same basic concept wheeled out for more movies and games than the average person has the will to
like they're firing ping-pong balls, and some enormous
exclusively for this all-fonnats videogame.
multiplayer levels to fill with computer-controlled bots. The premise might not have changed much since the
tsf oerby-based Eumcom,
Under Fire version 1.1, but it's certainly worth playing. And
through a combination of first-person action, on-rails shooting and high-speed driving, with the usual selection
maybe for the next Instalment, EA should hire the TimeSplitters 2 team... □ Martin Kitts
and It's arguably the best
Under Fire, you won't find a great deal here to convince
EA Bond to date, with iflfferent Ideas taken from
you that you're playing a completely different game rather than an improved sequel.
many of the movies.
previous game, and Nightfire may effectively be Agent
knees. And once again the only way to prevent disaster is
begins with a pre-title sequence shoot-'em-up, before a remarkably slick movie-style music video leads you to the options screen. A smart touch, but if you've played Agent
Development duties have
Other improvements include guns that no longer look
GoldenEyel, EA has created another stand-alone story
Agent Under Fire, with extremely nice presentation. It
once again been handled
with Bond's handy underwater Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me. The boffins at Q Division have done a
The game is effectively a more polished version of
EA's fifth Bond game.
write home about, the driving levels have been updated
great job keeping it rust-free for the past few decades, and it's one of the most visually impressive new features.
of unlikely gadgets employed to give our hero - In the image of Pierce Brosnan - an unassailable edge. licence back In 1997, this is
London to know that using his watch laser will burn
through the hinges of a safe? The fact that the hinges (and most other important items] are highlighted with a glowing light ought to be enough of a giveaway While the on-rails shooting sections are nothing to
classic Sean Connery flicks (which is probably the one thing that would persuade most Bond fans to stop
Once again it's all about a megalomaniac threatening the use of a super-weapon to bring the world to its
Having snapped up the 007
shouldn't need radio assistance from some old duffer in
experience in a lifetime. Rather than adapt one of the
comparing recent PS2 efforts to the sublime N64 game
■ BACK STORY
HQ. Surely if Bond is the worid's greatest secret agent, he
The first-person levels are, unsurprisingly, the most rewarding to play. Creeping around enemy bases, zapping circuit-breakers, hacking into computers and neutralising guards is as much fun as it ever was, despite years of familiarity. The game is extremely linear though, guiding you from objective to objective via regular orders from
JAMES BOND 007: NIGHTTmE Why we'd buy it
- TlietE's a new Bond flim out - Good Pierce Btasnan likeness
- Gneat flying driving and
Why we'd leave It - Very linear
- Too simiiar to Agent Under Fire
shooting sections - Loads of gadgets GrapWcs Competent enougti, without being spectacuiar Sound
Weii-produced incidental music and themes
Vbu dont tiave to be a super-spy to flgute It out Lifespan I Threedifflcuitysettings,muitiplaverlevels Garoplay
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If the Bond movies seem rooted in 1967, the Bond games are stuck 30 years later. It's progress, of a sort, but we want more.
OFFlDRygEROICT
THE GAME'S BOND It wouldn't be a 007 GUN LAW When the odds
% against you and all else lis, whip out the Walther..
movie game without those three essential ingredients we've come to expect from Her Majesty's finest secret agent..
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GADGETS The trusty old laser watch gets yet another outing useful for destroying the things that guns and explosives can't.
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AUTO MODELUSIA
PS2's best looking racer arrives, is it just pretty or is there a beast under the hood? PUBUSHER: CAPCOM DEVELOPER: CAPCOM PRICE; £39.99 PLAYERS: 1-2 O U T: N O W W E B S I T E : W W W. C A P C O M EUROPECOM 60HZ MODE: YES SURROUND SOUND: NO WIDESCREEN: YES
Auto Modellista is the anti-Gran Turismo.
What you get here is nine Japanese manufacturers (no American or European cars) each featuring a generous selection of rides, and the intriguing silhouettes of bonus
Where GTS conveys total visual realism, Auto Modellista vibes automotive idealism with its
stylish eel-shading and subtly tweaked lines. Where GTS is a worthy driving sim, Auto Modellista Is an arcade racer from Its spoiler to Its Bridgestones. Where GTS can be dull and Impenetrable, Auto Modellista is
models for you to unlock There's a clutch each of Evos, Skylines and Imprezas. There are Honda NSXs, Mazda MX5s, Suzuki Cappuccinos and a lovely, frog-eyed Tommykaira to name Just a few. You'll also find domestic market-only models like the
accessible and flip. It's The Fast And The Furious of the PS2 racing world, mixing posing power with raw BACK STORY Capcom's 23-year histoty Is littered with fighting, shooting, Diotform and adventure game hits. Surprisingly, Auto Modellista is the company's
first ever racing game.
quirky, retro Toyota Sports 800 and a lovely Mazda RX8 Concept car There's nothing fictional here, just a history lesson in Japanese dream machines past, present and
horsepower and putting a spark to the whole shebang Gentlemen, ladies? Start your strutting The game's chassis is free of unnecessary dead weight. You've got an Arcade mode split into single race,
future. Past? Progress through the game's challenge cups and you can get your hands some beautiful yesteryear
time trial and head-to-head options. This shares an initial
models. Our personal favourites include the sleek wedge
pool of available cars with the central 'Career' mode
that is the HInoru Hayashi 1978 concept car and the classic Nissan Fairlady 240Z. But choosing your car Is just the start. Once you've
called Garage Life. Here you customise your own garage, win new cars, upgrades and trinkets via a series of challenge cups. There's also a Replay Theatre and VJ mode but we'll get to these later Enter Garage Life and from the moment you start
given your motor a personalised number plate and 'parked' it in the game's garage, the real business of
customising begins (see Changing Vrooms). Tune-Up lets you beef up the parts fitted to your car - from tyres to
browsing for your first car you realise this is all about
personalising fine automobiles, not sloping your way up the petrol food chain from a Nissan MIcra to a Skyline.
TWEAK WILi£D Less of a
sim than GTS, but no less stacked with technical data.
turbines via suspension and weight reduction. And here too, advanced levels of kit are unlocked through your
CHANGING VROOMS Auto Modellista ^ wants you to enjoy tweaking and
personalising the ' contents of your garage. Here's how easy it is to make a cocky pocket rocket of your own.
Choose your basic car from tlie delicious selection of Japanese motoring's finest. Not that you
IBniub— Next up, Improve your car. Get
busy fitting high performance
could call a Honda NSX basic,
racing mufflers and the like to ensure that It goes like the
but you get the Idea.
clappers on the race track.
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Something's missing... Ah yes, a huge spoiler and vicious looking air Intakes. Aufo Me^Wsta may be all about raw speed. But speed Is nothing *)thout style.
Then it's off to the bodyshop for a paint job. Something sinister wethinks Add racing stickers to give your car that final boyracer touch.
And there It Is. Your very own, growling track muncher Overdesigned, over-powered, It's a car you can be proud of. Eat my dirty exhaust, suckers!
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■ SUCK lYRES Race on
day and night tracks and in wet and dry conditions.
efforts on the tracks. What's more, you don't need to be a mechanic to enjoy the process either The descriptions of the upgrades and merits of particular manufacturers' wares are brief and focused. Best of all, what you tweak here really does translate to the performance of your car In an utterly gratifying way In fact, noticing the handling characteristics of different marques and setups In Auto Modellista Is one of Its long term appeals. It's not going to challenge the ultimate driving sim™' for the realistic handling award, but If there's a Racing Spirit trophy up for grabs. Auto Modellista has It In the bag. Tune-Up done. It's time for Dress-Up. Really, that's what It's called, and It's a pretty accurate description of what you can do to your car Think your Tommi Maklnen Special Edition Mitsubishi Evo doesn't look tasty enough? Well here's where you can bolt on ludicrous body kits, attach spoilers the size of church pews, or an air Intake that wouldn't look out of place on B2 Bomber And then you can paint the lot In candyfloss pink with a lime green stripe from bumper to bumper Hell you can even pepper the paintwork with a vast selection of default stickers, or edit your own from scratch. It's a lot of fun, and remember, you haven't even taken the car out of the garage yet, A garage, we might add, that you can also decorate with collectable posters, tools, trophies and a host of gubblns that can be won, surprise surprise, as you race through the championship levels.
there was a tad more variety. This said, the courses that are on offer do make different demands on your driving skills, from the sheer speed of the Osaka Hi-Way track to the genuinely tricky Rokko and Akagi Hill tracks with their right turns and deceptive straights. Of course, and as the spectators who'll gather to watch you play will attest, all of this Is presented In delectable cel-shade-o-vlsion. Despite some initial doubts about the appeal of Auto Modellista's look over the long term, we can confirm the cartoon visuals still look great hours Into the game. The bright, bold colours make it unlike anything you'll have played before. The spattering rain effects need to be seen to be believed.
Anything missing? Well, online gaming for one. Rather than slightly delay the game's release to coincide with the launch of the PS2 Network Adaptor, Capcom has decided to go ahead with this seif-contalned version. Whether this will mean the release of an update disc for the game In the future or a wait for an inevitable sequel
Is yet to be decided. Hmm, Auto Modellista 2. Now that Is a good idea... □ Paul Rtzpatrick AUTOMODELUSm A
Why we'd buy it - We're tired of F1 games and
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS SSril'nst' OF THE PS2 RACING WORL^ total. By the time you reach MIXING POSING POWER WITn the seventh level of races
RAW HORSEPOWER you may Just begin to wish
- it's online Auto Modellista or
nothing
dull driving sims
- We iove siiowing off
- T fi e t e s i i o u i d b e m o r e t r a c i s
- it's anime! And racing! Togetherl
- Wfiene are the European cars?
ON THE ROAD And so to the tracks and the first hint of disappointment. Even if you generously allow for the fact that most of tracks available allow you to race In both directions,
Why we'd leave it
Justtai
around. This is beautiful
Sound
Cheesy J-pop and puning engines Great
Gamcplay Life span
Handling ha: Shortage of
Aiitn Modellista looks
CAR WARS A huge Fostei of Japanese roadsters will satisfy your lust for both sly and ludicrous speeding.
character
tracks is a shame
good, but the real f 1
bonus is how much iiiin it is to play. No online racing, but it's j^at while it lasts.
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VIRTIIA TENNIS 2 Virtua Tennis finally reaches PS2, but will it be o love match? Virtua Tennis on the Dreamcast was a
multiplayer masterpiece. A game that truly got under your skin and could turn the least competitive slacker Into a fist-clenching niM(<»DEAm
maniac. Tears would be shed, spittle would fly and toys
theWiUmSBfttffi
would be thrown - It was a game that could make or break friendships. So it Is with great pleasure and
lob... : the net
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great anticipation that we welcome the esteemed
Virtua Tennis black magic to PlayStation2. PUBLISHER; ACCLAIM DEVELOPER; SEGA HfTMAKER PRICE: £39.99 P L AY E R S : 1 - 4
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Nn- INCOME It s with the
four-player doubles option that this game begins to pay for itself.
Currently Smos/i Court Tennis Pro Tournament Is top
seed in the PS2 tennis rankings, but now It faces tough competition as Virtua Tennis 2 limbers up for action.
Both are great games but have very different approaches. Sega's offering immediately strikes you as being much more forgiving The main difference is that you can get away with much more in terms of positioning Just tap the stroke button in the general vicinity of the ball and your on-screen tennis star will stretch or dive to get it over the net, which means positioning isn't vital in terms
of continuing a rally. But here's the really clever bit... positioning is vital to winning a rally! The more time your player has to set themselves up, the sweeter and more
accurate the shot will be. Consequently, this means any fool can get the ball over the net, but only those who
as electro-tripe, while the crowd presence is cardboard. These aren't faults that'll ruin the game, but it often seems that Sega's approach has been somewhat careless and Inconsistent
Helping you to overlook these shortcomings, though, is a crafty selection of mini-games which are used to improve your World Tour pro's stats. From simple target practice to ten-pin tennis, these bizarre challenges extend the life span of what could have been a stunted one-player experience. However; where this game really
comes to life is on the Multiplayer modes. The singles matches are polite fun but If you really want the fur to fly a MuitlTap and three other mates are essential. As the rallies become more frantic and the returns more
desperate, things will soon turn ugly and lives will be
threatened, if not lost. Thankfully, these are the signs of a great sports game, and that's one label you can safely attach to Virtua Tennis 2. □ Dave Harrison
V I R n J AT E I « « I I S 2 Why we'd buy it
Why we'd leave it
wind up the calmest of gamers - Absurdly addictive
- We're accustomed to
- Fantastic multiplayer fun will
have practised ability can retum the ball with interest. It's not about power bars and special effects, it's about
- Takes time to master
timing feel and, as with all great arcade games, the hidden depths beneath the simple user-friendly icing
Graphics
Where Virtua Tennis 2 lets Itself down is not with the
gameplay it's with the general presentation, which is often scrappy at best. For Instance, the World Tour mode requires you to create your own player from scratch but
then only provides a pitiful selection of options for you to use. Then there's the music which can only be described
Sound
Gameplay Life span
- Some scrufV presentation Smash Courts tiandllng - One-player game has Its limits
Tight animation mixed vi/fth some ropey textures Let down by the Insipid electro-rock accompaniment So simple and yet so perfectly balanced Never gets tired when combined with a few friends
This is one outstanding tennis game, and is one of PiayStab'on 2's essential multiplayer experiences.
□FFlCIBygERDICT
■ BACK STORY Sega's tennis sIm lit up both ^he arcade and the Dreamcast back In its day.
Sega Sports has a long listory of producing quality sports games, particularly In \ m e r l c a . V i r t u a Te n n i s 2 h a s
oeen picked up by Acclaim n the UK and Is a surprise ast~minute addition to its end
jf year line-up.
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THE CIRCUrr MAKERS Keep well away from the Swedes and use
PAT RAFTER
one of these tennis
Britain's finest is a solid sen/er
superstars to blaze your way to glory.
and overall player, but his ability to volley at the net gives him
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the edge over opponents.
ff you play most of your games on the slow clay courts, Moya is a perfect choice as he's an
extremely strong stroke player
Venus and Serena are the pick of The Aussie heart-throb has a the women's roster as they're huge serve which, If mixed with both very quick and have spin lusing @1, can guarantee explosive shot power, you holding serve.
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I BACK STORY Ked In Surrey, Kuju has been
iveloping games for 12 years teclaltsing In car sIms (Lotus lallengel and flight sIms IreBladeJ. The company has It its experience In these two inres to good use in this marcher of a movie tie-in.
OLD FLAME If you stay put r too long this sort of thing bound to happen.
PARK AND RIDE As a human you'll have to put up with searing fi r e b a l l s f r o m a b o v e
and searing commentary from your leader, Van Zan. At \ least you'll be able to bomb around in these.
A LOT finally, the chance to stop running and inflict some real damage. COME IN, GOOD BUGGY
RHGN OF HRE the futuristic Dragon-siaying fiicf< mai
■HH been lying dormant wake up in the modem
day and wage war on the Earth. The only survivors of this post-dragpocaiypse world are small pockets of humanity who fight dragons using anything they can get their
hands on. Could cinema's loss be videogaming's gain?
soldiers. As a human, you play as one of Denton Van Zan's Kentucky irregulars, on a sojourn in the North East
of England fighting winged beasties. If you're familiar with the Warthog Jeep of Xbox's Halo you'll enjoy the control system of the vehicles. Point the gun target in the direction you want to go and hit ®. in intense battles
As soon as you've learned to control the dune buggy you
can avoid the larger foes.
gives you the basics involved in flight, evasion and even plucking vehicles off the road and flinging them at human
foes. While wiping humanity off the planet might not sit too well with some players, the dragon missions are a nice way to spice up the otherwise fairly straightforward gameplay It's not necessarily the strongest part of the
game though - you cant actually land your dragon - and it feels like Kuju has just tarted up a flight sim. That said. Reign Of Fire is a lot of fun while you're still
The game focuses on the best bit from the film:
dragons taking on Mod Mox-style groups of rag-tag
Small, lightly armed but fast.
JEEP AND CHEERFUL For
the redneck in you. The
pickup's got plenty of weapons and Is Ideal for escorting and rescuing.
discovering new areas or weapons and there's some
really intense fighting The human missions aside, being able to burp napalm at a column of tanks or throw a petrol truck Into the Tower Of London is a joy, although some may be put off by the clunky controls. Reign Of Fire is an impressive movie conversion but, despite best
efforts, doesn't quite set the world on fire. □ Mark Wyatt
you may find yourself charging towards ground-based
dragons while shooting aimlessly, but it is hugely
WHERE'S THE RRE? This 1 armoured peopie carrier has
satisfying when you finally get your hands on weapons
that are meaty enough to do some real damage.
a water cannon and hose ■
Missions are based anDund completing military objectives: defend, escort or attack You'll command
Why we'd buy it -We get to be a dragon - We get to shoot dragons - rs good-looking frenetic
everything from nippy dune buggies to huge tanks. Most tasks are lengthy and, in the latter part, under almost constant, impressive-looking fire barrage. You'll fight everything from ground-based velociraptor enemies to juvenile flying fire-breathers. Anyone who's seen the film
won't be surprised by the finale, although you may be surprised to find how quickly it comes along. Several levels In, you get to swap sides and play a
action either way
Why we'd leave it
- We're not big fans of drtving
attached, which Is Ideal for
flying or shooting - Only Ave hours of gameplay - Ttie film has put us off
and taking them to safety, f
putting out burning friends
Graphics Scorched earth, ash dust, expiosions and flames Sound Radio chatter and ka-booms aplenty Fast and turious by air and land
me span I Two games in one, but both pretty short A great idea that fleshes out the film's
anaemic plot, but is slightly restricted by its emphasis on vehicular battle.
variety of dragon missions to beef up the content.
Although pretty unwieldy to fly at first, the training level
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industries. In response, the dramatically cowled Darth
levels of expectation and excitement, they are
Sidious directs his apprentice Darth Tyranus to deal with the Bando Gora menace. Tyranus, formerly the Jedi Count Dooku, has also been tasked with finding a suitable specimen to act as a template for the Republic's
best approached w/ith a healthy degree of scepticism. As gamers we've been hurt before.
Star Wars: Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter were slick shooters, but a tad repetitive. Star Wars: Racer Revenge captured the full-throttle action of pod racing, yet was
■ BACK STORY Who /s Jango Fett? Father of Boba, Jango's parents were killed in a battle between rival mercenary armies - the Mandalore Warriors and the
Death Watch. The orphan Fett was inducted Into the
Mandalore Warriors and spent many bloody years fighting for cash until he eventually became the graup's leader. While fighting In the Galidraan system, the Mandalore Warriors were
clone army By putting a huge bounty on the head of the
too easy to complete. Star Wars games lure us in with
Bando Gora leader, Tyranus hopes to kill two Wamp Rats with one stone - wiping out the cult and recruiting the
movie-like production values and seduce us with familiar
resourceful bounty hunter that does so.
places (wow, Coruscant!) and faces (ooh, a Power Droidl). Then along comes the Jedi mind trick... 'You will ignore
That bounty hunter Is Jango Fett. Taking control of the fearsome Mandalore Warrior, you follow a central
the lightweight gameplay," whispers LucasArts with a lightweight gameplay" we reply in a monotone and
narrative spanning six story chapters and 18 levels of action adventure in pursuit of the Bando Gora leader it's a quest that takes you from the city of Coruscant to the
Force-manipulated daze...
deserts of Tattooine, a trigger-happy tour of grimy
wave of its giant corporate hand. 'We will ignore the
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is no different. Ahead of
industrial sectors and neon-lit bars, warehouses and
Star Wars: Clone Wars, Bounty Hunter is the first game to be inspired by the events and characters in Star Wars
defeated by the Jedi Knights and Jango was captured and sold into slavery. After years in
bondage, he later escaped to become a bounty hunter
While new Star Wars games generate high
Episode II: Attack Of The Clones. Set just after Episode fs climactic Battle of Naboo, a mysterious cult called the
Bando Gora has begun attacking the Republic's many
giant meat-packing plants. This is the seedy underbelly of the Star Wars universe, a darkly-themed game completely lacking in shiny-bottomed starfighters and noble causes. There's some adventuring, of course, some door-opening and button-pushing even some jumping
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Surprisingly, the bounty hunting part of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is optional. But should you wish to earn cash for
maifing the galaxy far, far away a safer place, here's how to go about it.
JET-SET JANGO Using the jetpack in battle is a handy way of dodging gunfire.
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PAYMENT
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Some bounties require targets to be captured alive rather than
Once captured or killed, the final
captured or killed until you have marked them in the ID scanner
terminated with twin blasters, a
thermal grenade or a guided missile. Jango Rett's Mandalorian
bounty on their head, how much it is and whether they need to be
Once marked, they are helpfully illuminated by a green target box which helps ensure that you don't accidentally grenade or blast them
part of the bounty hunting process involves running up to the target and claiming the reward. Any cash earned from successful captures or
battle anmour features a wrist-
kills unlocks the bonus extras
mounted whip cord for precisely
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captured or killed.
scanner can you sort the scum
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each level also has a certain number of wanted
JINGLE JANGO Like most one-man videogame armies, the antiheroic Jango Fett comes suitabiy tooied-up. Twin biaster pistois are his weapon of choice and
aliens hidden amongst its cast of lowlife proles.
THE ACTUAL BOUNTIT HUNTING D O E S N T P L AY A S B I G A PA R T IN THE GAME AS YOU THINK
these can be auto-aimed at two
Using Jango's ID scanner, you can identify these miscreants and kill or capture them for a cash reward. The process is often inconvenient. Switching to the ID scanner in battle leaves
targets simuitaneously. A wristmounted dart gun, a gauntiet flamethrower and thermai grenades
you vulnerable, and targets must be identified, then marked, then either blasted or bound. Yet missing these bounties doesn't affect your progress in the game.
aiso come as standard, whiie additionai weapons - a heavy gun,
grenade iauncher, sniper rifie and a biaster rifie - can be picl
' torch, the Jetpack adds an extra piatform eiement I to the gamepiay iviany of the ieveis can only be
compieted with jetpack-assisted piatform ieaping. On one of the grimier Coruscant ieveis, floating containers move across a vast and yawning chasm, forcing Jango to boost across (and down) using them as metal platforms. Jango's abilily to boost into the air during combat is also highly useful and guided or cluster missiles can be mounted on the Jetpack for area-effect attacking. Naturally, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is a thirdperson shooter with a twist. But the twist (ie, the actual 'bounty hunting'J doesn't play as big a part in the game as you might think. Although you are
^ in pursuit of the Bando Gora,
£10,000!
A huge bounty of £10,000 awaits one cunning sleuth.
So while there are bounties to claim and secrets to
Do you think you have what
flnd, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is limited. It's uber-stylish, of course, blessed with the extraordinary production values we've come to expect from LucasArts. Jango Fett actor Temuera Morrison provides the central voice-over, while original music sits seamlessly alongside excerpts from John Williams' Episode II score. Also on the plus
It takes to outsmart the
father of the clone army? The race is on and Jango's
bounty Is at stake. All you have to do to get your hands on It is to decipher a mjSad of clues^To be in witd a •
chance of winning the money you need to call 0906 3027 232 or log on to www.thehuntbegins.co.uk to pick up the clues from
side, the game features over 100 different characters, superb visuals (with very little slow-down] and neat boss encounters against fellow bounty hunters and aliens.
9 December 2002.
The lucky winner will be ■
However, the longer you play Bounty Hunter, the less
announced in January on the official Web site.
interesting it becomes. Jetpack-assisted platforming blends repetitively with the often mindless mayhem of combat Ftoor visual signposting means that it's easy to
Hundreds more will win Star Wars merchandise and other
goodies. So what are you
get lost or wonder what the hell you're supposed to do next. In short: this Star Wars game looks the part, but there's less going on than you hoped for □ Dean Evans
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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING ^here are now two Lord Of The Rings games on PS2. This is the one to avoid. JBLISHER: NIVERSAL INTtRACTTVE
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le Rings game Isn't to be jnfused with EA's The Lord Of
le Rings: The Two Towers
)PS2#20, 8/10! which is based T t h e fi r s t t w o m o W e s I n P e t e r
jckson's trilogy. The Fellowship f The Ring has been developed nder a seporcite licence
itlreiy, and is based upon Men's original writings - you low, the ones that started off le whole ores 'n' goblins gig.
It's difficult to know wliere to start when
describing a game that gets so many things so drastically wrong There's no doubting the quality of the licence on which The Fellowship Of The Ring is based - after all, Tolkien's original literary trilogy inspired the whole swords 'n' sorcery genre, and elements of his fantasy world-building vision inform the design of so many videogames today Now that Peter Jackson's silver screen interpretation of that vision has been taken to heart as a definitive work by a whole new generation of Tolkienites, Universal Interactive was always going to have a tough time matching the dramatic impact of EA's movie-based Lord Of The Rings game. But the failure to capitalise on the richness and popularity of such a lucrative licence goes way beyond just failing to match Hollywood.
Fellowship Of The Ring is going to be a disappointment. This introduction ought to be familiar to anyone who's read the books or seen the film. But it's not. Thanks to
some Insipid animation and flat voice acting, the doomladen scene has been stripped of any of the dramatic tension that infused the original, and consequently, the game gets off to a dull and lifeless start. This is merely a sign of things to come. Your first book-faithful task in the game is to take control of Frodo and find the deeds to his house (or hobbit hole] so that he can sell up and move on. But even this rudimentary task Is made complicated. First of all, there's effectively no map. Second, there's no clue as to where the deed is located. Why wouldn't Frodo know where he'd hidden them in the first place? Third, due to a lack of variety in design, it's easy to lose your
Perhaps it's best to begin at the beginning It's obvious - from the lengthy cut-scene prologue in which
bearings despite the fact
the wise and powerful Gandalf informs the humble
more than six rooms. It's
hobbit, Frodo Baggins, of the importance of the One Ring and sets him off on the start of his epic quest - that The
certainly not a difficult challenge, but it frustrates
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and shatters any suspension of disbelief. Unfortunately,
Cut-scenes are consistently lacklustre and uninteresting
this is fairly typical of how the game means to go on. After getting off to this underwhelming start, the
throughout, and frequently wrench you out of the action with disorientating effect. Visually, the game isn't so bad,
game continues to lurch from low point to low point.
but there's a lack of richness and variety that introduces
This basic structure of finding stuff without any clue as to its wheiieabouts persists throughout the game, which is essentially a third-person action affair with some
a sense of aimlessness and confusion to the most linear
unexciting combat, weal< platforming elements and simple puzzles thrown in for good measure. After finding the deeds to Frodo's home, for example, you have to wander around the Shire, avoiding the Darl< Riders by
superior visuals in EA's The Two Towers}.
sneai^ing, hiding and throwing stones to distract them. Sadly, this section of the game simply highlights the
between the US and the UK. We're not sure whether this
inadequacy of the level design and the extent to which the fiat graphics disorientate. It's not until you've
Ring, we think that the least Universal Interactive deserves is a rude awakening during the early hours. It would be nice to find out from the horse's mouth exactly
struggled through this that the game eventually moves on to more conventional hacl< 'n' slash sections.
TOLKIEN RUBBISH What's more, the game is unlil^ely to l^eep Toli
Rivendell and the Ivlines of ivioria (home of the mighty Balrog). But there are several omissions and one or two liberties tal^en with the original text - hardly a major flaw for the rest of us, but still, with so much to draw
of levels. The graphical style won't be to everyone's tastes either (certainly not anyone who's seen the far it's said that Tolkien used to regularly receive phone calls from his American fans in the middle of the night because they didn't realise there was a time difference is true or not, but after playing The Fellowship Of The
why it felt the need to release this lame piece of nonsense, in its defence, the company has produced the second best Lord Of The Rings title on PS2. Sadly, that isn't much of an accolade. □ David McCarthy
Why we'd buy it - Desperation or boredom - To take pleasure in noting what the film left out
Why we'd leave it - TTietB's already a better Lord Of The R/ngs game available - it fails to do any justice to the
Graphics
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Sound
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Gameplay
additional material.
Ufespan
severely lacking in several other respects, too. After the early levels, third-person combat quickly joins aimless wandering in forming the heart of the game, but the action is random, rudimentary and, above all, boring.
Hit him too many times in the trunl< and he'll squeeze the hob to death, ending your game. Move around too much and you'll yourself impaled on his roots, or crushed under his fists
books it's based on
inspiration from, it seems unnecessary to have invented You don't have to be a purist to see that the game is
Slop! Sl6p it! 'Dell 5qu*«ze me in two if yotJ don^ j^op! After Old Man Willow has grabbed Merry and Pippin, you have t hit his trunk. This produces a cut-scene in which he squeezes 1 two hobbits even harder And this is where things get confusing.
Oniy a dedit ated few wiii stick with this to the end Failing to capture any of the rich, creative landscape of the book fundamentally boring and a chore to play.
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TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2003 The Tiger is stili tiie best Couid do with o little work on his charisma, though... PUBLISHER; EA SPORTS DEVELOPER; EA SPORTS PRICE: £39.99 PLftYERS: 1-4 O U T: N O W WEB SITE; UK.EA.COM 60HZ MODE: NO WiDESCREEN: YES SURROUND SOUND: NO P E R I P H E R A L S ; M U LT T FA P
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■ BACK STORY EA Sports PGA Tour golf sims have a long and mainly distinguished hlstoiy dating back to 1992. The original PGA Tour bock on
the MegaDrlve was a thing of beauty - for its day, that
and so on. You can also enter tournaments as your new character or even challenge your mates on one of the
himself, the game Is near flawless and easily the best golf Sim around. But there Is something a little po-faced about It. Unlike the classic Everybody's Golf on PSone, there's little here to capture the imagination of those who see golf as nothing more than a nice long walk We don't want to be too mean spirited because there is a lot to like here. But there's also a lot that anyone who bought the last version six months ago iTiger 2002,
game. Playing St Andrews in the wind is very different to, say, Sawgrass on a summer's day, and this is accurately bought to life in Tiger 2003. The crux of the game Is that it is an exceptionally accurate golf simulation. Despite the variations, and the
control system remains - and this is what really marks
tournament structure was
Tiger out from the crowd. For the uninitiated, you hit the ball by pulling down on either of the analogue sticks and then pushing forwarel. These two movements perfectly recreate the up and down motion of a swing. While
and not bettered until EA
Sports got hold of the PS2.
many two to four-player games. The courses themselves - 14 in total - have been
lovingly recreated, and the real-life challenges and details that distinguish these great courses are all evident in the
presence of speed and street golf, it is about playing the game right, learning the courses and perfecting your swing. It isn't about having a laugh. Unless, of course, you're giggling at your mates as you hole out with an eagle while playing skins. Don't know what that means? Well, unless you do (or at least want to} know, you may be better off taking that walk after all. □ Richard Keith
OPS2#19 7/10) will recognise. The brilliant analogue
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doing this, you can also rotate the analogue stick round to the left or right to effectively create a spin which will draw or fade the ball (or hook it into the trees). The main single-player game Is the Tiger Challenge. Here you take on various tests - mainly beating other
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When you buy a Tom Clancy-inspired shooter you're buying into a formula. You'll be part of an elite special forces milltaty unit and the stoty line will centre on the 'near future' where a strong Soviet Union threatens the Coke-drinking
Ghost Recon never fails to be involving and exiting, but It's possible that many players will yearn for a little more freedom. Orders are orders - great for realism, but a little restrictive for gameplay On the plus side, the multlplayer modes and teamplay aspects really lift the
free world. Clancy must have been ruing the end of the
sparse feel of the game. So be sure to get your friends
Cold War - 'cos he's reinvented it. In Ghost Recon, you
Involved. It doesn't make any leaps and bounds from Its PC origins, but does that matter to fans of the genre?
are one of the 'Ghosts', a crack squad of killers who operate behind enemies lines In Eastern Europe and Africa. Cue lots of stealthy killing and rapid fire. This Is another technical FPS which doesn't reward
you for tearing off on your own. Victory relies on utilising
your six troopers, who are divided Into fire teams, and using them either as diversions or as part of a more choreographed tactical effort. Consequently completing the training missions is vital - you need all the help you can get. The 15 main missions vary from rescue, search and destroy, and defensive ops to full-on firefights these will have most appeal to those who crave an accurate battlefield experience.
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Sir, no SIrl □ Mark Wyatt TOM CLANCY'S WhywCdbiiyit: - We'd never get into the real SAS
Why we'd leave it
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Sound Q everything you'd want Gameplay S from a Clancy title:
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So much for topicality, then. If we were V releasing a platform romp starring two trlckor-treating kids and a bunch of skeletons, witches and werewolves, we'd make damn sure It was released In time for Halloween. But no, just
as everyone is getting Into the Christmas spirit, Wanadoo is releasing spirits of the paranormal kind.
The story of Castleween centres around two little kids dressed up as a devil (Greg) and a witch (Alicia). The aim of the game is to rescue your trapped friends from the world of the dead - the perfect cue to unleash a bunch
of slavering baddies straight out of a particularly scary episode of Scooby Doo. Except that none of these monsters pull their faces off to reveal a bad-tempered Janitor Along the way, you collect sparks which allow you
Instant death frustratlngly common, sending you ba< to the last checkpoint. Yet, as a whole, the game Is 1 short (we ripped through Its 11 levels extremely quic with little In the way of extras to tempt further plays The closest comparison is Rayman Revolution - a considerably older game that still offers more secret and surprises. Castleween Is relatively fun while it la but when there are so many better platformers aroL
Its appeal Is Inevitably limited. □ Stuart Dredge CASTLEWEEN Why we'd buy it - The colourful environments are suitably spooky Graphics
to switch between the two characters and overcome
certain obstacles that need either Greg's fire magic, or
Why we'd leave it
- Too short and simplistic compared to Its rivals
Run-of-the-mill platformer.
Nice In places, but doesnt | compare with better examples of the genre.
Alicia's Ice magic.
Castleween looks lush, but the pleasure Is short-lived. It's an old-skool platformer in the worst sense, with
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leveloping Run Like Hell for
Oh, dear. There's a serious problem with Run
Uke Hell - it's been designed using the 'Bag Of Cliches'. We'ii iet you in on a iittie industry
■■H secret: the 'Bag Of Cliches' is an oid game
If you wanted to show an out-of-touch Judge, or someone who's been cast away on a desert island for the
last 40 years, an example of an archetypal survival horror game, you'd show them Run Uke Hell. The game's not
creation technique that was big in the eariy Nineties, Just before the PlayStation came on the scene. It's literally a black velvet bag that contains folded bits of paper with
wholly bad. There are over 20 hours of third-person
popular game design elements written on them. Pick five out, mix them together during development and it should
well to create atmosphere and the shooting/running action, when it comes, is decent, if not heart-pounding Indeed, anyone new to gaming would probably get a good amount of enjoyment out of the game. But there's
produce a big hit title. Unfortunately Run Uke Hell proves that such cynical game creation is flawed. You can copy
gameplay. It's Just that we've been here so many times before. Music and a Hollywood-fuelled voice cast is used
ome time The game was
popular formulas all you want, but there's no substitute
little spark for those of us who have become accustomed
apposed to try and put
for original and polished game design. Cliche number one; Run Uke Hell is set on a space station that's been overrun by fearsome marauding aliens. Clich6 number two: you need to walk up to every
to the Silent Hilts and Resident EvUs of this world.
object and press ® to see if you can interact with it
many fiendish aliens you can start pumping bullets into
lesldent Evil Into space, but ithough there's plenty of tmosphere the team clearly asn't got the resources and
eritage of Capcom to produce game with the same chilling mblence. Responsible for the ireamcast's Super Runabout,
ilgltal Mayhem Is a company till waiting for a mega hit.
Clich6 number three: you can combine objects together to create new weapons or solve puzzles. Clich6 number
four: door codes must be found by searching bodies and drawers for diaty entries. Cliche number five: you must backtrack incessantly to feny vital objects from one place to another You get the general idea.
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Run Uke Hell would have been much better as an
out-and-out alien blaster The targeting system in the game works well, and once you're locked onto one of the its hide There are occasional camera problems but nothing too annoying It's Just a pity that there are so many tedious cut-scenes to break up the action. With faster pacing and a greater emphasis on blood
PUZZLE r RGHTIR SI
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games there are many moments to challenge the brain as well as the
reflexes. Here's just one of the more
imaginative puzzles.
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wanders the space station's corridors and can kill you with one single thump to the head. Conveniently, however, there's a gravity chamber that might pnDve useful..
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'n' guts combat Run Uke Hell could have been much
more enjoyable. The attempt to copy other games has Just resulted in too much laborious corridor wandering without the sublime polish and tension you'd get from a Capcom or KonamI game. There's no need to run like hell
from Run Uke Hell. But don't consider it unless you're a die-hard fan of the genre. □ Mark Walbank
SWITCH n The first thing to do is generate a robot
buddy by switching on computer located outside
the gravity chamber
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- Renty of weapons and puzzles
WWiy we'd leave it - More hackneyed than a Bob
- Makes a change from haunted
Monkhouse routine - Too many weak cut-scenes
mansions
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Into the gravity chamber GrapMcs I Alien ResufTBcOon on PSone was better Sound
Great haunting melodies
A solid, if uninspiring, mix of puzzles and gunfire Lifespan | Plenty to do, if you have the energy Gameplay
A valiant effort, but a game that feels two years out of date. There are much better survival horror titles on the market.
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SWITCH #2 Simply turn on the machinery and watch as the monster explodes like a gremlin in a microwave.
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V Essex slapper's story of bedding a Premiership footballer Make that mech games based on a best-selling anime series and you can Insert Beckham In between the hypothetlcally-speaking sheets. Rather than being born and bred on home soil, though, Robotech: Battlecry Is actually an American take on the
series, and with so many Eastern fans, we may be talking Pearl Harbour revisited if the Yanks cock this up! The action Is set near the end of the Macross Saga (the most popular of Robotech's three celluloid chapters! and focuses on Jack Archer - a rookie Robotech Defence
Force fighter pilot. He's In control of a reconflgurable craft that can alter form. Transformer-like, Into three separate
We'd like to say that this will appeal to everyone who likes a good extra-terrestrial dog-fight. In truth, only die hard fans will take to It. The action is delivered by vibrant, eel-shaded graphics (despite the anime series
featuring nothing of the sort) which are pretty, but lack detail. Sloppy physics and unresponsive controls mean that mecha fans will want to look elsewhere while casual
players ought not to bother at all. □ Ryan Butt ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY Why we'd ixiy it - We graduated from Battle Of The Planets on to harder anime
WWiy we'd leave it
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they'll answer In a flash. SSX Tricky set the benchmark with its high speeds, outlandish tricks and
engaging characters. Any game that goes up against It needs to be top-notch to even compete. Sadly, Alpine Racer 3 Isn't With limited tricks,
bland courses, no boost meter or fighting and a bunch of easily forgettable characters, it's hamstrung from the start. Its main Innovation Is that you can ski as well as
snowboard. It's competent, but extremely unspectacular and only covers the bases. There are Time AttacK four-
AR3 Just can't keep up with the competition. When
the most interesting thing about a game Is the little PacMan characters who scroll across the screen with your checkpoint times, you know something's not right. The Aipine Racer series started out as an arcade game, complete with a 'huge pair of skis' peripheral. It's
great when played that way, but at home with a joypad, it's on a slippery slope indeed. □ Stuart Dredge ALPINE RACER 3 Why we'd buy - We wanted skis ftin SSX Tricky
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MOBILE surr GUNDAM: FEDERAnON VS ZEON Dumb robot fun from the Far East. Gundam is big in Japan. It aiready encompasses movies and TV series, and there
have been countiess spin-off toys. Bandai's iatest offering, Gundam: Federation Vs Zeon, is
Just the iatest in a iong series of videogame tie-ins. The ■Ude»r: KER-BLAM Weapon jpgrades are unlocked hraughout the campaign.
it's not especially challenging, and it's hardly going to stretch those grey cells, but it can be brilliantly satisfying A Campaign mode offers both Federation and Zeon missions, that are condensed into smaller missions for
game's aiready been a huge hit in Japanese arcades, and
the Arcade mode, while Versus mode adds a two-player element. Our only criticism is that there isn't enough
now it's set for a European reiease on PS2 - siightiy
variation in the missions, but it's hard to complain when
surprising, given the reiative obscurity of the series in Europe. But if you're unfamiiiar with the space opera poiitics that form the bacl
there's so much fun on offer □ David McCarthy
iot to offer in a very simpiistic but stimuiating way Essentiaiiy, it's a third-person combat game. Choose the 'IMobiie Suit' you want to piiot, choose a weapon configuration and i^iil the enemy or defend aiiies in environments that range from the bottom of the ocean to outer space. The game's auto-aim system means that there's iittie subtiety to combat - once you've picl^ed the
MOBILE surr GWIDAM Why we'd buy it - Because it's brilliant mindless, robotic fun
Why we'd leave it
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Craggy-faced, clich6-spewing managers often harp on about football being 'a funny old game', but when this sentiment is taken literally and applied to a videogame, our enthusiasm droops quicker than Sven's over-active member when the morning tabloids arrive. Sega Soccer Slam is the latest cheesy culprit (after All-star Soccer and RedCanfj that tries to inject humour onto the pitch via over the top tackles, ludicrous tricks and bolshy commentary. Picking from a plethora of fictitious teams, players must embark on a series of four-a-side matches in which
cricket-sized scores can be achieved by mercilessly flooring opponents and then punting the ball net-wards via a series of over-elaborate shots. Each team features
its own unique roster of degenerates and each can be GIRL POWER Your outfield
layers consist of mixed 3xes, but the ladies wont
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'powered-up' by purchasing such performance-enhancing kit as eye-skewering knuckle dusters and headgear that supposedly improves your passing game.
The pitches are scaled down to contain your three controllable outfield players and the ball never goes into touch, so the whole thing plays like a twisted, drugaddled game of pinball complete with swirly, Matrix-style cameras to highlight the more far-fetched onfield feats.
Okay, so maybe it sounds like fun, but after only a few minutes play the Joke goes stale and what remains is a boring game of spoofball. Just pitiful. □ Ryan Butt
REUIEL
SPYRO: ENTCR THE DRAGON
SPYRO: ENTER THE DRAGONFL One of PSone's biggest stars returns. Re-enter the dragon... PUBLISHER: UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER: EOUINOXE DIGRAL ENTEFOMNMENT PRICE: £39.99 PLAYERS: 1 O U T: N O W
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Some games will be around forever. Games like Gran Turismo, Tekken and Grand Theft Auto absorb whatever extra processing power
a new console may offer and use It to enhance the driving, fighting or driving and fighting
experience. They become, In a word, Immortal, And then there are the games which flourish on one system, but
on to new levels. We say 'new', but 'new' is little more than a lick of paint, sadly peeling in places and exposing the true age of the game engine.
be able to get to grips with the action straight away. If, however, you're expecting this PS2 Spyro to have made
like Crash Bandicoot and... Spyra
a flashy next-generation leap forwards, you're going to
them (Naughty Dog and Insomniac, respectively) these games are now being fostered by new and less caring parents. Close your eyes because the results are akin to watching a prize fighter slog his guts out long after he should have retired.
The plot, never a strong point of any platformer, once
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for 'da kids', but the trlcklness of some of the controls makes even this label questionable.
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game, but it feels old and rehashed. The original creators of the purple dragon have gone on to make Ratchet & Clank, having taken Spyro as far as they believed he could go. Compare the two games and it's easy to
which have been littered throughout a mystical world.
support their decision. □ Lou Wells
vehicles in a tank and mowing down piggy Chinese
■ BACK STORY Created by Insomniac Games {recently
responsible for current PS2 piatform king, Ratchet & Clankj, Spyro made his debut on PSone back In 1998. His ties with Crash Bandicoot were as
apparent as the friendly rivalry between Insomniac and Naughty Dog (Cmsh's
PSone adventures
In addition to Spyro's staple flame attacK he can now spew out Ice, electricity and bubbles - the latter has been specifically added to catch the rogue
Why we'd leave it - Adds nothing signiflcant to the senes
- U>ads of challenging 'new
- Contains the same old faults pop-up, enatlc cameras...
-Painfully long loading times Graphics BriBht and jolly, but hardly next-gen
platform adventure bar new heights with Ratch & Clank The distinct
cartoon styling remains but R&C takes full
advantage of PS2's pow with gloriously detailed Intergalactic locations,
Upbeat tunes chip away at your sanity
fluid animation and a whole host of moves, gi
Gameplay
Love or loathe It, It's still the same game
and gadgets. Working w
Life span iDts to do, but can you be arsed again?
being fly-napped and are increasingly tricky to catch.
Spyro was cute as a kid, but has turned Into an ugly adult. What worked before is light years from what we demand now.
frustrating to the point where you wonder if you can
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dragonflies. The dragonflies, however, are unhappy at They can often spend a whole level floating just out of reach, blowing raspberries and taunting you. It's
R AT C H E T & CLANK
within an inch of its natural life. Insomniac Games has raised the J
why we'd buy it - We loved Spyro's previous
r
The Dmgon series to
SPYRO: iNTlR THE DRAGONFLY
levels to plunder
rickshaw drivers.
i
Having flogged its Spyrc
So Spyro, now older, bigger, ganglier and armed with a
include rounding up cows In a UFO, taking out armoured
BETTER ^
be disappointed. Of course. It could be described as one
again features stolen Items (in this instance, dragonflies)
few new flavours of breath attack, must jump, glide, scorch and scurry through garish lands, completing tasks to retrieve them. Such tasks, some of which are timed,
DOING rr J
If you're a fan of the original Spyro titles - and we are - then you'll know exactly what to expect here and will
fall to make the technical step-up to the next. Games Abandoned by the masters who originally crafted
■ EVIL This Is the guy who's stolen all the dragonflies.
dragonflies also act as currency and enable you to move
an old game engine,
Equinoxe could only tal the new Spyro so far. Ai it's not far enough.
O^lORygERDICT
really be bothered. But catch them you must, because
creator). And whereas Crash was always the
platfom figurehead, In truth Spyro was a/woys on a par quality w/se.
■ FLY ME TO THE MOON Tills
■ BOVINE MADNESS
lengthy loading screen sees Spyro travelling on a UFO.
In this mission you must transport cows
via spaceship.
9/21
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PC action from another age that's landed in the wrong era. This Ubi Soft offering is hardly representative of cutting-edge gaming You piay a nameless friend of the main character, Atrus, who's
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QuicK chase him for a
brief eternity.
move through them, dispels any feeling of connection you might have had. So, will we ever catch up with Saavedro? Will Atrus'
The plot and the five fantasy worlds are sound enough, but the mixture of live action and pointy-clicky controls are more at home on the PC.,. about five years ago. Myst
family ever be saved? Frankly, by the time you get there, you're past caring Designed around pleasing the kind of person who feels smug for completing the simplest
III also comes complete with a 'strategy guide' book - a
of tasks, this is one for geography teachers or shut-ins. Or perhaps both. □ Mark Wyatt
telling Indication of the type of game you can expect. ■ BOOK HIM! He's nicked that novel!
only point and click in the environments, rather than
It's all about solving puzzles, pure and simple. In fact,
everything's a puzzle, from getting into the first cut-scene, to getting out of the room afterwards. And life will be
even harder without a USB Mouse - you'll be following clues and flicking switches along the way and the analogue controls just don't cut it. It's intricate and Infuriating stuff, but the biggest problem is that there's no
sense of reward. You just move to the next puzzle or area. The five 'eras' are separate puzzle-filled worlds that
MYST HI: Why we'd buy it - We want a game to play while
If this is the kind of game S o u n d you really want to play, j°u"g
Gameplay 5 then a shopping trip to Utesnan B51 PC Worid is long overdue.
brought to rich life graphically, but the fact that you can
nJTT-UGLY MARIIANS: ZOOM
acialiy-chailenged aliens In would-be WipEout-beoter? Some chance. Nlnja Turtles, Power Rangers, Furbies... tJiey Bizarrely, the Butt-Ugly Martians - a franchise
based on the side-splitting premise of, yes, lattractlve aliens - is currently at the hot stage. What itter time, then, to start rolling out the console tie-ins? Zoom Or Doom is a bog-standard future racer that's
It ambitions to be a cut-price WipEout Sadly it isn't en a cut-price Super Bombed Racing. There's the usual
factor that you expect from this genre. There's none of the hair-trigger control seen in WipEout Fusion either. The characters are unengaging, and the comedy cut-scenes will barely raise a snort. Admittedly, some kids out there will lap all this up, making it the perfect Christmas gift if you've got a snotty little brother
Ultimately though, there are plenty of games doing this future racing schtick far better to make this worth your money Zoom Or Doom? Take a guess... □ Stuart Dredge
nge of racing modes: Practice, Time Attack, Speed
lallenge and a couple of split-screen Multiplayer modes, js the Conqueror's Cup tournament Racing, eanwhile, is a case of accelerating and power-sliding 3und a bunch of futuristic tracks (lava, snow, canyon u can practically hear the developers ticking their eck boxes] with the obllgatoiy pick-up weapons. Oh, id you can taunt your rivals, too - hardly an innovation. Although the graphics are bold and colourful. Zoom
■ Doom feels sluggish compared to the blistering speed its rivals - it doesn't have the pure stomach-churn
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Why we'd leave it - Because we can aflbrtl a ptt)per jet and laser racer
Deeply flawed compared
to its rivals A waste of a
ia licence that wasnt that great in the first place.
□FFiany VERDICT
- It's Just so dull and uninspiring
Graphics
you transport in and out of. TJie worlds themselves are
were hot and then, very quickly they were not.
Why we'd leave It
our teenage kids are at school
□FFlcmy VERDICT
REV^IEl
PRYZM CHAPTER ONE; THE DARK UNICC
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PRYZM CHAPTER ONE: THE DARK UMCORN The green-fingered RPG that's just plain rotten. Chapter One? Seems a bit ambitious. In fact, we're thinl
sequences of tiny platforms above seas of deadly lava are a pie-fingered, inertia-filled nightmare. None of which matters anyway because you get infinite continues from the last plant you healed. You need persistence, not skill. The pop-up's laughable. The controls feel like treacle. If, by some cruel twist of fate, you end up with this game, leave it in the box and ask for the receipt. □ Joel Snaps
PRYZM: THE Why we'd buy it - Aah, a cute little unicom. Lovely
Why we'd leave it - Its just totally Inept. And cute little unicorns make us puke
Love trolls and unicorns?
n Tlien stick with the miniature lead figures and percentile dice.
fighting monsters up ciose Is a random affair and you'll die in between every couple of plants. Pryzm can't stop
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Cruise and Spielberg combine for superior sci-fi action.
FILM: Having divided audiences with the visionary but somewhat inaccessibie Al, Steven Spieibetig's return to the
future is a far more orthodox and instantiy enjoyabie offering. Tom Cruise is Detective John Anderton, chief investigator with the Precrime Division; a secretive outfit that uses three Precognitives to predict murders before
they occur When Tom starts deiving too deepiy into an unsoived case he finds himseif framed for murder and on
the run, determined to clear his name and find the reai bad appie in the Precrime cart.
irs high concept stuff then, given an engrossing sheen by rich environmentai and technoiogical detaii. The action
tos and fros between hyper-modern shopping centres compiete with animated product placement, to
undenworld cyberpunk dystopias where black market eye surgeons ply their craft in garbage-filled apartments.
Cruise, haunted by the disappearance of his son five years before. Is at his suffering hero best, receiving quality support from Samantha Morton as the main Precog and Max Von Sydow as Ming The Merciless. Oh alright, as The Cruiser's gruff old mentor; Director Lamar Burgess. Scratch beneath the surface and you'll find themes
sxploring the subjective nature of guilt, and the danger to luman rights represented by invasive policing methods. But on the other hand, you could Just enjoy a rollicking :hriller with cool gadgets, unforeseen twists and some :racking action set-pieces. 8/10
Director
Steven Spielberg Starring Tom Cru/se, Somontha Morton, Colin Rimell, Max Von Sydow, Kathryn Morris Distributor Fox Out 2 December Price £24.99
Extras From Story To Screen documenta/y. The World of Minortty Report, Precrime And Precogs, The Spyder Sequence, Precog Visions, Velilcles (Of The Future), The Stunts Of Minority Report plus ILM and Minority Report feoturettes, Steven
Spielbery and Tom
m STRIKE A POSE How does Tom Cruise run from a band of
pro-psychics who know where he's going before he does?
EXTRA! EXTRA! Arochnophobes beware/ fn the future, spiders arentjust six-legged househoid pests, they're sneaky motion and heat sensitive government agents with three legs and a y in their name...
Crvlse Interviews.
Production Concepts. Stoiyboard Sequences. Tmllers.
EXTRAS: The kind of two-disc bonanza we've come to
;xpect from big new releases. Spielberg doesn't 'do' ;ommentaries but everything else is here from interviews vith the man himself and star Tom Cruise, to featurettes Jelving into every aspect of the production. 8/10 /ERDICT: A captivating mix of future noir and blockbuster iction, this is among the year's best movies. □ LH
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Back To The Future Tri
Unfortunately Back To The Future didnt help DeLonean get 'back Into profit."
Director Robert Zemeck/s/StarrIng M/choe/ J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, < Glover Mory Steenbufpen/Dlstrlbutor Unfversol/Out 2 December/Price £34.99
FILM: The finest
comedy time travel trilogy you'll ever see,
Successfully mixing knockabout comedy with the complexities of the space/time continuum, the series is
Back To The Future
an unmissable treat on DVD. While
gave birth to Michael J
the middle segment (the weakest by far) would probably baffle Stephen Hawking, there's enough fun in the others to cover the odd glaring
Fox and rediscovered
the madcap effervescence of Christopher Uoyd after a post-Tox/ career lull. The twisting narrative revolves around teenage skateboarder Marty McFly, throw/n back to the Fifties in Dr Emmett Brown's DeLorean where he
accidentally upsets the budding relationship between his parents. Having fixed that, McFly gets back to the present but, in number two, must go into the future to sort his kids out before hitching saddle for the old Wild West in the third and final part.
causality inconsistency 8/10 EXTRAS: Whoa there. A pile of goodies spread across three discs includes featurettes, out-takes,
deleted scenes and storyboard to film comparisons for ail three movies. An enjoyable commentary by Director/Co-writer Robert Zemeckis and Producer/Co-writer Bob Gale,
plus masses more. 8/10 VERDICT: Hugely entertaining trilogy presented in a quality box-set. □ LH EXTRA! EXTRA! From its origins to its legacy, take a trip down Back To The Future memory toneSplit into three chapters covering all three films/discs, Making The Trilogy Is an exhaustive documentary exclusive to this DVD release. It features rare behind-the-scenes footage plus new Interviews with the main players, in which co-creator Bob Gale reveais that the whole
Bob Gale Writer/Producer
enterprise resulted from the simple idea: "What if you could go to high school with your parents?"
■ YOINKS! No
■P H O N E H O M E A n d
amount of Scooby snacks can i)ep up
fates, ET can make a call for only £M67,089 a minute.
this lame tribute.
Hidden DVD treasures for your pleasure. ■ MR BROWN I Tarantino talks ?
shn again. DVDS YOU MUST OWN THE BIG LEBOWSKI
ET The Extra Terrestrial
Director Steven Spfe/berg/Starring Henry Thomas, Drew Bonymore, Robert MacNoughton, Dee Wallace/Distributor Universal/Out Now/Price £22.99
Scooby-Doo Director Rolo Gosnell/Staning Soroh Michelle Gellar Freddie Prinze Jr, Undo CardellinI, Mottfiew Ullord/Dlstributor Warner/Out Now/Price £15,99
RUVI: Mystery Inc reforms to investigate ghostly goings-on at a haunted Amusement Park, except this time the sleuths are played by real actorsi Oh, and a hilarious CGI dog Hanna Barbera's oven-ated cartoon paled in comparison with peers like Hong Kong Phooey and this live action version is even worse - a wretched, soulless
FILM: Twenty years after the stumpy alien first captured the hearts of millions of film-goers, Spielberg has re-edited and remastered his sentimental classic, adding a couple of extra scenes and replacing the at-times unconvincing ET puppet with CGI. The updates are unnecessary - especially swapping the guns wielded by the
government agents at the end of the film for walkie-talkies - but don't detract from one of cinema's all-time greats. 10/10 EXTRAS: A superb selection includes two documentaries tracing
the genesis of the movie in minute detail. Plus a Spielberg intro, a 20th Anniversary cast-director reunion and loads more. 8/10 VERDICT: Part sci-fi, part nostalgic rumination on the importance of family, ET is still as magical as it ever was. □ LH
Interpretation, aimed squarely at stupid Americans who think they're being, like, 'ironic'. Ignore the hype, stay well clear 3/10 EXTRAS: Two commentaries, an unbearably smug Making Of and seven additional scenes. But all you really need to know is Daphne and Velma's deleted snog doesnt feature. 5/10 VERDICT: Ttie only mystery here Is how this cartoon cack has become one of the biggest blockbusters of the year □ LH
Coen Brothers' fi l m s w i t h a
kidnapping heist twist may soon run into double
figures, but when they're as funny as this, who cares? Bowling, a missing toe and a dirty rug all come together with coarse results that are
complemented by sterling performances from both Jeff
Bridges and John Goodman.
RESERVOIR DOGS WHAT TREATS IN STORE? A 26-mini
interview with Quentin Tarantino that commissioned especially for the DVD release. Here the Director/Writer tells
where he got his inspiration for the s what films influenced it and where th title came from.
WHERE IS m At the Special Feature: menu highlight Quentin Tarantino am press 4. An ear will appear Press Ent and you'll get to view the intro. SEND US YOUR EASTER EGGS
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When the Soviets' first nuclear submarine malfunctions on Its
WIDOVKMAKERtlODecl.. ^ The writer of Being John
maiden voyage, only Harrison Ford playing a Russian can prevent a nuclear disaster In the surprise
Malkovlch returns with ace ~-~-.
comedy HUMAN NAnmllO
Diane Lane cheats on hubby Richard Gere and because UNFAITHFUL (17 Dec! Is directed
box office flop K-19:THE
triangle between a scientist, his P>
by Adrian 'fatal Attraction' Lyne, It
hairy female assistant and a young man raised as an ape...
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all ends In thrlller-dom rather than the divorce court.. Classic Scorsese/De Nim satire TOE KING OF COMEDY 117 Decl
And If you haven't caught ft at the
finally arrives on DVD. Pray for a
a shedload of behind-the-scenes
rapid Region 2 release...
goodies and deleted footage...
cinema yet, Vln Diesel's dumb but
fun action romp XXX |31 Dec) skysurfs onto DVD complete vnith
AND
THE BEAUTIFUL
The Big Vin and Italian starlet Asia
Argento do Bond for the extreme
bhe spi guide c
generation.
69 DUDES! For some, it was the end of tine Summer Of
Love, for others, it was the beginning of a brave new worid
PICK OF THE YEAR
as man wall
Bend It Like Beckham
Dennis Hopper and the crazed football-helmetted
Jack Nicholson. If you wanted a film to encapsulate a whole movement, this was It. In comparison to those wild open roads, the urban decay and degradation of MDNIGHT COWBOY was Certainly a shocking contrast. It was a candid representation of the turn of the decade as Jon Volght's wide-eyed stranger hit rock bottom on the
Director Gurlnder Chod/ia/Stamng Parmlnder K Nagra, Ke/ra Nlghttey Jonathan Rhys Meyere/Dlstrlbutor Helton SK/Out Now/Price 119.99
. HLM; Sadly not a sex instmctlon video by Posh Spice, but a football comedy taking In teen angst, generational conflict and swerving free kicks. Asian teenage footy fanatic Jess (Parmlnder Nagral dreams . of becoming a professional player - an ambition
WJf/trwslig htly at odds withoftheEast expectati onscultuiie of her parents, follows Is a kind Is East clash
mean streets of New York.
And talking of cowboys, butch cassidy and the SUNDANCE KD - famous for Robert Redford, Paul Newman and some crazy Old West bicycle antics - Is the
comedy meets Gregorys G/ri-style awkward romance. Predictable
fane, but its upbeat tone Is sure to put a smile on your face. 6/10 EXTRAS: Commentary by Director Gurlnder Chadha and Co-writer
Paul Mayeda, ten deleted scenes and a decent Making Of where
classic comedy westem. A far cry from the comedy genre
everyone Is brimming with enthusiasm for the project. 6/10
was Sam Peckinpah's gloriously ultraviolent the wbj) bunch. It depicted the end of the road for a gritty bunch
VERDICT: Likeable rom com providing further evidence that girls simply can't play football (complaints to the usual address). □ LH
of cowboy outlaws and superbly redefined the notion of the good versus evil standoff as Its spectacular bloodbath lit up the screen. In any year there Is always room for great crime films.
H A P P I N E S S I S A WA R M GUN Chow Ylm Fat shoots
to thrill (n the definitive John Woo movie.
EASY RIDER
Tills bumper crop
Get to know Woody
get your motor
a little better with extras that look at this film as a
running Dennis Hopper's
commentary and documentary complement the
Richard Donner's
The Killer
parable of truth, justice and
:;hu/Distributor Hong Kong Legends/Out Now/Price £19.99
Marlon Brando's
Director John Woo/Stamng Chow Vljn Fat, Danny Lee, Solly Yeh, Kong
FILM: Before the saccharine flst of Hollywood grabbed Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo by the wallet, he was turning out wonderfully nihilistic, ultra-violent thrill-fests like this. Chow Yun Fat Is the
disillusioned hitman who takes one last job to pay for an operation on a female singer he accidentally blinded during a shootout. The action sequences are /Voo at his incendiary best with no-one ever using a single gun vhen two will do. And if you thought the climax to Luc Besson's :lmilar Leon was downbeat, wait till you get a load of this, 8/10 EXTRAS: Cast & crew inten/lews, deleted scenes and a superb ;ommentaty by Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan. 6/10 /ERDICT: Arguably John Woo's finest movie, this features more iction than an entire summer of Hollywood blockbusters. □ LH
wage packet is the superhero fi l m . Av a i l a b l e a s a two-disc set
with Superman II, the re-mastered DVD includes
deleted footage plus excellent documentaries
and even longlost screen tests
of potential Lois
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
The seedy streets of New Yori< ar^nt
paved with gold but they sure do look great In this freshened up presentation, /ail. T H E fl A L I A N J O B The extras almost BUTCH CASSIDY
robbery caper take the money and run showed all of
^^gj|ANC£
blow the bloody door^ off and
everything from deleted scenes to documentaries
greatest heist comedies screeched Into view In 1969 with
make this Special
THE rmuAN JOR It showcased Michael Calne at his
Edition a steal.
ever put on celluloid.
BUTCH CASSBY
Britain had It pretty good with George Lazenb/s
AND
SERVICE. For those who want to see 007 as Fleming intended, this is for you. 1969 was also the pervy heyday of the Carry On films, and what could be better for your collection than carry on camping, a film that linked the
personal freedom, the great outdoors and smutty double entendres together for all time. Keep flinging those arms outBabs...
□
■ EASY RIDER
MW
THE
SUNDANCE KID
much-maligned Bond In on her majesty's secret
,
There's a great big bag of loot on this modem-day comedy Westem that includes interviews, trailers and documentaries
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
It's ageing but the disc's got more goodies than Q's lab. Plenty of commentaries and
galleries for one Bond film. Worth a new look
galons. Buy it
CARRY
THE WILD B U N C H
There's quite a carry on here and
Hand men. Hardly any extras. The print quality alone makes this classic live and breathe
again, though.
ON
CAMPING
all the exclusive
footage, interviews and biographies make this essential
for any life-long fan of this classic, cheeky smut.
Lanes. You'll believe a man
can fly. Ish.
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film well.
Cockney best, and the finest (perhaps only] Mini chase DVDS YOU MUST OWN SUPERMAN THE MOVIE
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Woody Allen's directorial debut In the comedy bank the bumbling genius he'd be famous for In the years to come. Blighty held the upper hand though, as one of the
TA K E T H E AND RUN
N E X T ' JustMwhen OM TH you ttiought we were going ail retro, up pops something a bit, well, modem. In a year of greats, we'll be looking at
everting from Toy Stoiy to Casino,
and we might just call in on The Usuo/ Suspects, too. Start saving up now.
Hideo kojima Rb The fTlavies r
After last month's examination of The Guns of Navarone, the legendary Metal Gear Solid game i
J
designer explains that without Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken, there would be no Solid Snake...
Escape From New York
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a movie popular among the public, but it was definitely the movie I got into the most.
SNAKE HATCHES I was especially electrified by the hero Snai^e Plissken.
Being in the midst of my rebellious period, me and the antihero 'Snai
hero that separated himself from the orthodox hero who was either part of some organisation, 'enslaved' by the
system, or was Justice personified. Noir novels, stories and movies with evil heroes are common now, but this
was quite rare back then. Although used, he ultimately lives by his own ideology. Although confined as a criminal, he was not true evil. Instead, he was a new type of hero with Justice not bound by others. Snake's words and actions, and every move looked so cool. I'm sure that when people came out of the theatre, they were all dragging their right leg Just like Snake. Me and my friends were no exception (by the way, 1 had one eye shut like Mel Gibson after seeing Mad Max 2). The name 'Snake' in MGS comes from creeping up on someone silently like a snake. The adjective 'Solid' expresses Snake's strong and blade-sharp image paradoxical when combined with a snake's litheness. Normally, 'snake' and 'solid' do not go together it's like talking about 'hot ice.' I came up with the name to express this lack of balance and equilibrium. But when I decided the codename would be Snake, the character was more Plissken than snake-like at the subconscious level. If I had used a different name for 'Snake' in MGS, he
probably would have been a totally different character So, why is New York the setting for MGS2? After taking care of business in Alaska, where would Snake go? When I asked myself this question, I concluded that he would be in a common location nearby instead of a
ME AND THE ANTIHERO ' S N A K E ' R E S O N AT E D
remote corner of the world. New York is the centre of the
H A R M O N I O U S LY ! ' '
Escape From New York
Director: John Carpenter/Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleet Ernest Borgnlne, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hub/ey, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau DVD Extras: TBC
THE BIG APPLE becomes
a maximum security prison in Carpenter's stylish sci-fi thriiier When the American
president crash-iands into this new New York, grizzled security chief Bob Hauk |Lee Van Cleef) offers convicted criminal Snake Plissken (Kurt Russeil) a chance for freedom. All he has to do Is sneak into the Manhattan slammer, rescue
the president and escape. With a time bomb in
Snake's head primed to explode if he fails, Ernest Borgnine's cagey cabbie and a cast of grubby crims, EFNY is full-strength post-apocalyptic cheese. The very definition of 'cult'.
world's economy and culture - a melting pot and 'mini Earth'. At the same time, it is a homage to the film. I said to myself, "If Snake escaped from New York in 1997, It is about time for him to return."
We are now entering Round 3 of this column. I have talked about The Great
Escape and The Guns of Navarone which I watched on the small TV monitor In the
living room Instead of on the big screen at the movies. The process was not really an active effort of
To win a DVD of
Escape From New York and a copy of Metal Gear
John Carpenter was a hero in the Eighties. He established the new genre of sci-fi horror and did not se out to Hollywood. He ran the dark side. From the late Seventies to the early Eighties, he was a director
Solid 2 signed by Hideo Kojima, tell
completely different from Spielberg and Lucas. He has
us which actor with a Death
films. No creator of our generation has been unaffected
coincidental encounters that created the foundation
Wish was initially
within me. When I grew up I was able to experience film 'actively' by going to the movies by myself. This time I
considered for the role of Snake Plissken. Send
would like to talk about a film that influenced me the
your answers to:
by Carpenter. 1 made sure to see every new film by him. This past summer, his Ghosts Of Mars has finally been shown In Japan. It was a B-movIe, but It revitalized me. was the Carpenter film of all Carpenter films. His 'rock spirit' was definitely there. I enjoyed it a lot. Like Escape From New York, it was indeed a true Carpenter film. In Japan, we released a Premium Package edition MGS2. In the package there was a pamphlet that included a comment from Carpenter himself. I have no met him in person, but he conscientiously played MGS was really happy to hear that. He gave me this praising comment: "Like Snake Plissken, MGS2 can't be stoppe( This game rocks!" □
'watching', but more of a passive experience of 'seeing' what happened to be shown on TV. But It was these
most in the birth of MGS hero Solid Snake - 198rs
Escope From New York (Japanese title: New York 1997). In Spring 1981,1 was a high school student I went to the movies with my friends. Considering myself an avid film fan, I certainly knew of John Carpenter Although I was not a worshipper yet. I was glued to Escape From New YorKs innovative idea and punk atmosphere. "How could such a cool movie exist!?" The movie and I shared
similar chemistry. The colours, the smell and the air were things that the director and I shared in taste. There Is no logical explanation. I believe everyone has had this kind of experience with music and film. It might not have been
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not created hits in the Nineties, but he keeps on creatin
'Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty is available now. Escape From New York will be available on DVD soon.
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LOWUGHTS: Not much weedy R&B to endure (hurrah!) but both Missy and
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Jay-Z should be embarrassed of crap, cap-doffing snoozer Back In The Day. VERDICT: She may describe it as a transition record, but Missy's at her best scatting sexily and spontaneously over these lo-fl staccato spurts.
nymes, no guns, no bullsht. And imbaland generously provides the
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at the Official PS2 Tips Magazine. Thanks mainly to
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the fact that we've been
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Sniper Rifle and Ammo. Grab 'em then retreat the way you came, taking out all cameras in your path. Grab the Shield in the window on the left. A turning will appear on the left, take it but use the sniper rifle to take the out camera at the bottom of the road. Ail this must be done quickly or the girl will catch up with you. Use the Uplink to see where she is - if she doesn't appear on it, you've got some breathing space.
The stairs leading down into the sewers will take you to the secret base where the hacker's heading Run down the tunnel and drop off to the left. Crouch and hide in this corner until she catches up and walks past. Slowly follow her - don't overtake her or make any noise and keep your Uplink on. When she turns at the top, hug the wail on the right so she doesn't see you. When she enters the base, run over to the left of the entrance. Another hacker will join her - when they start walking up, enter the room on
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take out the mini-gun on the roof. Go left and down the corridor shooting all the hackers. Enter the room at the top, grab the Digicam and Shield then take the SBP90 Machine Gun and the Astro
Lander Cartridge from the lockers. Exit, go left and then left again. Take a picture of the purple plans on the wall. Leave the room and take a picture of the freaky-looking stuff in the locked room. There's your evidence sorted, but before you do anything else, take out that other mini-gun down the corridor TIME MACHINE
Return to the room containing all the pick-ups and download the evidence on to the computer Ail hell breaks lose. Run into the previously locked room and shut down the Time Machine by activating the switch on the far right of the room. This'il kill the TimeSpiitter, but you must also get out
HRRDIZCJI: ■ CUT! Cameras are your
worst enemy. Take them out with a shot to the lens.
you - you'll hear them bounce. In a container on the right you'l flnd Grenades for your S47. Eventually, you'l find a door on the right - go through It and enter the room. Spin the wheel In this room to turn off a jet of steam In another room. Exit back Into the main hallway and shoot the mini-
gun with your S47. Go through the door on the other side, turn around and shoot the goons through the window. MAG-NUTTY
Go up to the panel - you've got to control a magnet to
of the room sharpish and l
pick up the moving bomb and drop It into the radioactive bin on the right. Exit, head back down the hallway and take out the ground mini-gun with a grenade. Switch to the sniper rifle to take out the goon on top of the container Wipe out the other goons with your pistols and grab any fire extinguishers you pass. When you pass through the middle of the last two containers, turn around and shoot the two goons Inside them. Put the fire out,
snipe the goon positioned up and to the left then turn left
Crystal can now be located. Mow down the baddle holding it, grab It and jump through the Time Portal. Nice one. LEVEL SEVEN
AT O M S M A S H E R 1 9 7 2 You Start without any weapons - your first kill ■ will be with your fists! For most of this level, you'll be on a timer so run and shoot like you've got a wasp up your arse. The second the laser
brings the door up, leg it to the other door (grabbing the Uplink] and hit the switch. When the door unlocks, follow the path round to the right and run down the corridor,
path. There's a mini-gun at the bottom - hug the right of the wall and use pistol shots from a safe distance to take It out. Goons will appear at the top of the first flight of stairs when you enter the next room. The one on the right has a Sniper Rifle so flnlsh him flrst. Spin the wheel on the
taking out the three goons here. Flick the switch to bring the gate down first then get one of the two scientists in
who throw melons. These melons explode with enormi strength so dodge them if you can. Take at least one o monkeys out from a safe distance before running in. T; a native out (another one will then turn up from behin( Set fire to the beehive through the gap and grab the Shield under the ramp. Now, those six pillars are a pu2 that opens the gold door with the symbol on it. Anotht naflve turns up while you're doing this so be ready Yol must spin the middle section around on each pillar so that all the symbols face each other All six need to ha the symbol that's on the door facing Inward and the symbols to the sides need to match. Here's a tip; on b' sides, one of the three pillars only has one door symb( so that must be facing inward. Now match the symbol the sides with the other pillars. The gold door now ope and two natives offer themselves for slaughter ROPEY BRIDGE
from another container and round up Ammo while you're
Run into the doorway and down the tunnel. Take the
waiting for the gate to drop. Once it's down, run through. The lasers on the right will kill you If you touch them and need disabling. Take a left, shoot the goon around the corner then charge up the ramp letting rip with your S47 these baddies have got machine guns and can cause serious damage. At the top, a scientist will take care of the last bomb. You're now off the timer, but things are tough. Flick the switch to open the door and you'll see two goons in the distance; one on the left;, one on the right
monkey out on the rope bridge then the one to the Ie1 the grassy platform. Cross the bridge and run around 1 the switch which you need to pull. This opens the first
STEAMY PIE
Snipe them In the head before crossing the red and white pipe on the left: - the one with the steam jets. They turn on and oft' so time your progress and stay In the middle or
pipe and grab the Remote Mines from under the stairs (chuck with CD, detonate with ml. When you start to run up the stairs, a yellow goon pops up. Pop him then creep up the stairs. Look behind and you'll see a goon In black shoot him before he sees you. FIRE-FIGHT
goons here. When you step over the yellow and black line, Khallos appears behind you. Mow him down sharpish
right. Snipe the goon on top of the container then, as you run in. the container door will open. Shoot the goon Inside and grab his S47 Machine Gun and a handy Shield. Wipe out the goons to the lefl: grabbing all the Ammo they leave behind. Watch out for the odd grenade being chucked at
pillars. There are two monkeys on top of two of the pill
one of the containers to disable the bomb Grab a Shield
you'll fall off. On the other side, enter the door, go right and take out the mini-gun with a grenade. Run around until you find a control room then flick the switch and the lasers will be disabled. Run out and drop back down into the container room. Run forward and take a right where the lasers used to be. Fire a few grenades to take out the
Grab the Fire Extinguisher [and all weapons and Ammo) and use It to put the flre out. This opens the door on the
himself You can pick up Crossbow Bolts and reuse the The gold door up ahead cant be opened by norma means, so ignore It for now. Go right and follow the pal
PESKY PILLARS You'll now encounter an open space which is home to
■ OPEN SESAME Circle the
swarming with goons. Use the Twin Guns to wipe them out then shoot the barrels on the right. Get the scientist to deactivate the bomb. Now leg It down the baddle-free
run back - follow him and a native will spot you; retres and the native will run into the flaming golem and tore
you'll see a goon. Snipe him then steam Into the level
fire with the extinguisher to open the fire door
head, but the chap In black's got double Handguns. Kill him and grab 'em for yourself. Flick the switch to open the next door then go left. The passage down the side Is
You start with a pistol and a cheeky monkey Follow him up the path and you'll meet a loi of monkeys. Use their hairy heads for target practice. Over In the far left corner you'll see beehive - keep away from this. Go left:, follow the path a native will jump out with a Crossbow. Kill him and tal it. This weapon can be lit at the end and Is great for torching baddies and beehives. Go down and to the rig and you'll flnd a stone table with a light on the top. Ligl up the crossbow then shoot the hive over to the side. Follow the path around and a big wooden golem w appear He can only be killed with flre, so give some. Hi
When the path opens up. another wood golem appean from the left. Spark him up (light your bow on the torcl in the tunnel) then take out the beehive on the right wi the same fiery fire. Go forward then left down the path' to the right of the diagonally collapsed pillar Shoot the native and go right up the stairs. Kill the monkey thrau; the window on the right (for fun) and keep going rounc
steal their Sci-FI Guns. Now head back around the streets
hugging the wall on the right to avoid the camera. Do this fast enough and the goon will still be facing away, so you can punch him in the back of the head. Grab his Gun and shoot the other goon to the right. Kill the goon who comes from behind then get the scientist to deactivate the bomb. Now backtrack and head right when you see the camera. Run up to the switch and unlock the next door The next few goons can be popped In the back of the
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and snipe the other goon up on the platform in the distance. If you've got over two minutes left, flick the switch on the right to bring the lifl: down - flick it again (when stood on It) to take It back up. While rising fire a grenade up to destroy the mini-gun above. Now run around the platform to get the sniper Ammo and Grenades. Drop off and keep running in the same direction as before. When the level opens up again, look up and
ramp will drop exposing two coppers. Wipe them out and - there are hackers and coppers everywhere. The Time
LEVEL EIGHT
golden door you saw early in the level, which you now need to backtrack to (go right after the rope bridge wi
the wood spikes have been removed, It's quicker). The place is swarming with natives - the Time Crystal is located when you reach the golden door Drop down li the hole and follow the tunnel - It opens Into a path. I the monkey on the floor, the one on the right then the in the distance on the left, otherwise they'll start chuci melons at you. This Is the lost temple, a place of extre ■ RUINED Go to the right of the collapsed pillar to reach the six rotating pillars.
(TImeSplltters start piling in so use the wall as cover) and grab the Time Crystal. Run into the reactor room and filck the three switches (run backwards as you approach them so you shoot the TImeSplltters that would otherwise be giving you serious backache). When all three are pulled, the Portal appears. No prizes for guessing the next move!
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there are no monkeys to hep you this time. There is. however, a Grenade l-auncher which will easily take them out Now grab the Crystal and head ttirough the Portal. LEVEL NINE
ROBOT FACTORY 2315 Take out the two robots that appear at the door
B (they have sci-fibouncing bullet guns so watch for rebounds!. Walk through the door and, as
hard trials tliat you must overcome. Run down tfie patii and take out the two natives. Go in and aim left, taking the other native out. Go round and another gap will appear,
producing yet another native. Down the big stairway, you'll see two more natives waiting. Try and take them out with a bolt to the head, if not, mow them down as they run up the stairs. You can pick your Ammo back up so fire rapidly - your health is far more important. Run down the stairs
blow It up. The explosion will kill some of the robots, your
You'll find another energy mode that's protected by a shield which is powered by three little boxes at the base of the mode. Shoot them up one at a time and the shield will shut down and the electricity in the room will destroy the mode. Use this railbot to take any other railbots down, then return and enter the big room. There are lots of
plasma rifle will finish the Job. Go up and left until you reach a Joystick terminal. Use this to take control of a railbot - smash it into the green laser door to disable It. Grab the shield over to the right then make your way through where the laser screen was and flick the switch, this creates a bridge which you'll need shortly There are 10 Plasma Grenades down there, too - save these for
desperate moments. Backtrack to where you started the level then head down and go through the wide silver doors.
shots to the lasers will take them out. A robot materialises
too - take him out. Go through the next set of doors. The two hulking swines on the right use the same plasma rifle as you and are very dangerous. Chuck a plasma grenade at each one - if they survive, a couple of shots will finish them off. Run up and through the silver doors on the right. Take the two dusty bins out then open (but don't go
F O U L FA C E S
You'll now find yourself on a bridge that doesn't quite reach the other side. Pick up the Sniper Rifle and shoot out the evil stone faces. The faces rotate one at a time to
show red eyes that fire lasers at you. The one nearest on the right goes first, then nearest on the left. Next up is the one in the distance to the right of the doorway With the first three removed, you can now keep a check on the rest and
lengthened to reach the other door Run up the steps and kill the native that appear The tunnel starts to go red there's fire that needs to be avoided here. Take the native on the left out
before you run onto the stairs. Now, stay exactly in the middle of the stairs (don't touch the firelj and run down. When you reach the bottom, head right and through the stone doors. There's the Time Crystal, but the last three golem's are here and
126 PlayStation.^ DFFICIRL
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beam to the chops sees these walking bins dead.
There are two dusty bins In here and their lids pop up to reveal twin lasers than fire green death your way Plasma
through! the next doors. A robot Is making his way down this ramp - wait until he appears then chuck a plasma grenade at the back of his head. Watch out for the fire bursts that appear on the right. Run up the ramp, take the dusty bin out then cross the bridge. Three more robots appear on the bridge. Kill them, the dusty bin on the other side and any railbots that go under the bridge. Follow the path around and you'll come to four cannon-type objects. Two of these will spit out a homing bomb which must be shot down. Keep going and you'll see a big energy mode to the left. Go down the ramp and grab the Shield under it. Now you've got two big robots, one on each side, tooled up with the deadly Laser This cannot be dodged once fired as its ray moves at the speed of light, but when you see a little red light on the gun it means it's about to fire, so use that as a warning to move out of its path. Take out the one on the right with a grenade, grab his Laser then go after the other one. if you hold down m you can use it to create a shield (m projects a laser!, oa powers it up for a more beefy shot, but uses power that's in short supply The silver doors both lead to the
same place, so go on through (watch out for homing bomb cannons!! and destroy the drone on the floor. The weapon in the light Is the Electrotool - you'll need this to destroy the four energy modes.
take them out as they turn. The place
then starts to shake as the bridge Is
laser for the end of the levelj then grab the Shield. Another posse of robots appears out of nowhere. Do the deed, grab
This controls another railbot. Take the railbot into the gap
You now have to defeat seven golems, and they're tougher than old boots. None of your weapons will scratch 'em. There are two ways to kill them. The first is by making use of the monkeys on the pillars. The melons they throw are
path. Spikes jab out at you here - Just get close to them, let them stick out and pass as soon as they've retracted.
and make your way down the path. There's another spiderbot down here - use a grenade (try and save the
you reach a room containing robots and a laser Wait until the machine firing the laser is next to the robots then
GO GOLEMS GO
you! Try playing a matador and bull game with them over the trapdoors, they might Just fall in. Keep the monkeys alive until the golems are dead. Then kill the monkeys. Once you've defeated the first two, go to the other half of the temple and kill the other two. At the bottom there's a Shield hidden in the door to the right. Go into the exit at the top and you'll see a monkey who runs away Follow the
grenade. To the right is a massive robot that's a git to kill. Use the grenade on him then grab any extra Grenades
the Electrotool then Jump on the Joystick...
TED ROGERS
distance, is to run at the monkey with the golem in hot pursuit. The monkey will chuck his melon at you but if you dodge them at the last second, they'll miss you and hit the golem. You could try to persuade the golems to fall down the trapdoors - anything that falls in them dies, including
you. Destroy any railbots that appear then ready a plasma
soon as the robots materialise, reverse back into the room and take them all out from there. Go left, and left again through the door and follow the path until
and flick the switch under them. This'll open the doorway which you should aim for, grabbing the Shield next to it. There are natives on these stairs so be ready
powerful enough to kill golems. Get the melons to hit the golems by circling around the monkeys with the golems chasing you - the melon will be aimed at you, but the golem might end up where you were when the monkey took his aim. Another way, and this must be done from a
destruction. You'll now see a red laser door drop - go through it (up the ramp! and you'll see a rail Just above
homing bombs in these cannons - all you can do is walk forward and retreat back when they appear and take them down from a distance. Run through the next door and you'll see another Joystick This is perfectly targeted on the next spiderbot so leave it for a second. Run into the next
room, grab the Plasma Ammo then head towards the spiderbot. The second it starts its transformation, leg it to the Joystick and kill it. Now take the railbot around so it's facing the exit of this room. Run into the level, take out the dusty bin and, when the robot appears, run to the Joystick and shoot it with the railbot. It'll shoot back and destroy the railbot, but you'll have weakened it. Head into the next room and throw a grenade at the big robot with the laser Now grab the Shield under the ramp. When you reach the bottom of the ramp, a spiderbot appears at the top. Use the laser on It then go over to the other computer to activate the crane. ThIs'll bring the third mode over to you - electrotool it to pieces. Use the next computer to move the energy mode across the roof. Use lasers to take out the three robots from a distance, then leg it up and around the ramps. Kill the spiderbot with a grenade then grab the Shield from under the ramp. Cross over to the other side, take out the next two splderbots and use the shield above the ramp if your current one has depleted. Touch the terminal, grab the Rockets from the room and use one on the green laser door, which takes you back to where the third mode was destroyed.
, NASTY SRDER BIN But, that's no ordinary dusty bin next to it. Oh no. It's a tricky spider bin. As it's transforming release a shot between the eyes or a plasma grenade at its face then leg Grab the Electrotool then take out the four robots that arrive. Make sure the ray doesn't touch the red laser wall or
you'll receive damage. The electrotool regenerates, so you can run back and
stock up on power whenever you like. Head back to the energy mode
1^^'/ and use the electrotool to spin it into
VALLEY OF DEATH
All hell now breaks loose! When the gate drops, it means everyone's dead. Go and collect Ammo, then head down the new pathway The Time Crystal is located as you make your way into the factory core. You've now got to fight a robot that makes Metal Gear look like R2D2! There's a little
robot on the right - shoot him, grab the Homing Rockets then keep letting rip into the front of the robot where the Machinist is The rockets and the little robot keep regenerating, so use your plasma rifle to take the robot out then use the rockets on the Machinist When you've beaten the Machinist, run up the stairs, grab the Time Crystal, and run through the Portal.
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HnMAN2: S ILENT ASSASSIN To k/l/ or not to kill? Judge not whether it is right or
We reveal how to get
GRAND THEFT Aim) III QUESTION: So what's the deal with picking
up hookers? Besides the comedic value of picking up a 'woman of the streets', fornication replenishes your health while simultaneously
diminishing your wad (of cashl. Get behind
When defeating bosses stick with Aragorn at first; he's the most
the wheei of a civilian
baionced character and has
and drive around until
some very powerfui moves...
wrong, but how quietly you can get away with it...
t h e a c t o f fi n a n c i a l
vehicle lie, not a police car, FBI car, taxi, fire truck or ambulancel
CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH One of the most intriguing aspects of Hitman is that you can complete each level in an impressive number of different ways. Here are some ideas to help you out. IN LEVEL ONE Instead of taking the postman's clothes, kill the delivery boy and don his keks. Place
L yourwal guns in through the basket ' and k on the
you find a iady touting her womaniy wares. Pull
^ gate. The Don won't
up next to her so she Is standing beside the
RRST BOSS
driver's door and she'il
GATES OF MORIA - WATCHER
getting Into the car:
The strategy to defeat this lurking monstrosity is simpie when you know how, but if you don't, you couid find yourself knocked to the floor time after frustrating time. Basically, there are three attacking tentacles. Keep tapping @ to block until all three tentacles have been deflected and are waving about in the air Slice the third tentacle with your sword, quickly press m and hold down ® to ready a fullstrength arrow, because his head pops up - a prime target. Repeat this method about four or five times to kill it without taking a single hit.
SECOND BOSS BALIN'S TOMB - CAVE TROLL When he first bursts into the tomb, don't face him
head on unless absolutely necessary - his club causes a lot of damage. Circle around to his side or rear, use a couple of heavy strikes, then Jump back using IB to avoid his swing Make sure you keep your health topped up because in the second section there's none to pick up. After dealing about 20 percent damage to him, you'll end up on the walkway. Position yourself Just to the side of one of the pillars (so his chain strikes it, notyoul and shoot him as quickly as possible, moving on when the pillar is destroyed. Kill the occasional goblin that runs at you, pick up the arrows to the right if you run out, and you shouldn't even take a single hit.
THIRD BOSS AMON HEN - LURTZ
Getting to Lurtz is actually more difficult than beating
the great Uruk Hal himself. He ( starts off firing arrows from a
\ six bald delivery [ boy puts a bullet i in his scull.
Once she's in, you'll be spending money, so quickly drive to a nice
T H E PA R K LEVEL
THREE This provides
park up. When the
car starts rocking, your health wlli
several deviations.
increase. When the
Our favourite
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LEVEL ONE: Kitchen Knife: Kitchen Golf Club: Don's Bed Betetta 92 9mm: Guards
Desert Eagle .50: Don's brother Doubie-Banelied Shotgun: Lawyer Colt Python .357: Don Biaser R93: Garage
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Heckler and Koch MP5-SD6; Guards
Beretta 92 9mm SD: Guards
Beretta 92 9mm: Guards
Beretta 92 9mm: Guards
LEVEL ELEVEN:
Dragunov Rifle: Locker
Beretta 92 9mm: Guards
may run away after firing a few rockets. If
LEVEL SIXTEEN: SPAS 12 Shotgun: Contact Colt Python: Guards Desert Eagle .50: Guords
LEVEL SEVENTEEN:
Beretta 92 9mm: Guonis
him with the D-17. He
which to take your shot. The mosque roof provides more cover but several other buildings have easier coverage of the motorcade. To be extra smart, hit the Kahn without stopping the UN convoy ahead. It's tricky, but posslblel
LEVEL TEN: Desert Eagle .50: Guards
mission?
ASKU Assault Rifle: Guords
Rre Axe: Fire station
LEVEL EIGHTEEN: Scalpel: Anaesthetic Room Desert Eagle .50: Guards ASKU Assault Rifle: Temple
LEVEL THREE:
LEVEL TWELVE:
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AKSU Assault Rifle: Guofds
Beretta 92 9mm: Guards
Israeli Military Industries Uzi:
Beretta 92 9mm: Guards
Colt Python .357: Guards
Guords
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he does, follow him and take advantage of his
LEVEL FOUR:
LEVEL THIRTEEN: Beretta 92 9mm: Guards
back being turned and
AKSU Assault Rifle: Guards
Colt Python .357: Guards
LEVEL NINETEEN: Desert Eagle .50: Guo/ds
shoot him. After a while
Beretta 92 9mm SD: Stash PSM 5.45mm Pistol; Guards
ASKU Assault Rifle: Guords
Walther WA2a00:17
he'll jetpack up to the
walk-ways lining the
Desert Eagle .50: Guards
LEVEL FOURTEEN:
walls of the room. Fire at him with the S SR 4000. His movements
are predictable so you
should be able to get some good head shots
LEVEL TWENTY:
Barrett M95 .50: Contact
Beretta 92 9mm: Guards Heckler and Koch MPS: Guards
Beretta 92 9mm:
LEVEL FIFTEEN:
Dragunov SVD: Guards
Desert Eagle .50: Guards
Kitchen Knife: Kitchen
standing. Unable to hit
PSM 5.45mm: Guards
'^next you, walkway he'll moveand to the 1' There's into yourarmour sights.to
and so on. You should move
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Draganov SVD Rifle: Stash ASKU Assault Rifle: Guards
LEVEL FIVE:
duck under where he's
bother you. His sword attacks are very powerful and you can't block them, so don't even try.
LEVEL NINE: Ruger .22 Silent Pistol: Museum Katana Sword: Ninjas
AKSU Assault Rifle: Guards
Get into a pattern of blocking ^
he summons any Uruk Hal to
Instead of killing Hyamoto In his room, plant the bomb you have on the helicopter and create an almighty disturbance. Let him escape and watch as the chopper char-grllls his pathetic
LEVEL TWO:
In, particularly if you
onto the second stage before
IN LEVEL NINE
In the Evil Summit
showdown, strafe left and right, shooting at
IN LEVEL FOURTEEN There are several areas from
launcher-toting Bloch
At the start of the
off an alarm.
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS
distance, so return the favour
firing as quickly as possible then blocking the next arrow
THE LASER BEAMS IN LEVEL EIGHT These are blocking your way, but they arent harmful. See if you can get to the end of the level without actually disabling them.
IN LEVEL TEN In this level you can dress as a pizza boy Instead of a fireman. Drop your guns down the laundry chute so you can get through without them being detected. Kill the target quickly, before he sets
You really should look to collect every single piece of weaponry in Hitman, so here's a run down of every gun in every level. Make sure you finish the level with the gun you want.
Guords and Stash Heckler and Koch MP5: Guard's Loci
arrows with @, drawing and
bushes. Once that's done, take his clothes, then wander up to the car and plant the bomb.
MEETING IN
quiet spot Ian alley or your hideout] and
corpse. You can also escape in the chopper as well, instead of simply running out of the door
for him to take a leak in the
know what hit him L when a six-foot-
talk to you before
out of the car If you
boss's llmo. You need to strangle the driver by climbing out of the hatch nearest his car and waiting
ASKU Assault Rifle: Guards SACO Defence M60: GuanJs
Custom Rifle: Guards
Spas 12: Serge/
LEVEL SIX: Kitchen knife: Kitchen Beretta 92 9mm SD: Guards Heckler and Koch MP5: Guards
wall to the left of the
Eventually, ■ containers. Bloch will flee the
[ room destroying a
gangway that'll fall and give you the means to f o l l o w h i m . Yo u ' l l e n d
Run around and circle one of
I up on a moving
the white statues, keeping it between you and him, until one of his attacks makes his sword Jam
I platform with Bloch.
through It. While he's struggling to free the blade, hit him with your most powerful attacks rinse, and repeat. As ever, try not to get hit.
k MRL-22. Fire a rocket
Stay still and the
, platform moves you to within reach of a
lat Bloch and you'll kill Ihim and win!
LEVEL SEVEN: WaltherWA2000 Custom Rifle: Guards Crossbow: Ventilation Shaft Heckler and Koch MP5-SD6: Guards
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14X4 EVOLUTION i Jazzing around in 4X4s should be more fun than this, surely? I REVIEWED OPS2#06/OVERALL05
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J Beardy feudal real-time strata ttie from the makers of (ssh) Xbox.
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'BASS STRIKE
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▶ REVIEWED OFS2#23/OVERALL 07
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REVIEWED
Defiantly otd-skool antics from Capcom. 5. KLONOA 2: LUNATEA'S VEIL
Sadly overlooked, eel-shaded cutie.
0PS2#20/OVERALL
04
CENTRE COURT: HARDHIHER Cheap as chips, arcade-style tennis sim - but It's no Smosrt Court REVIEWED ORS2#17/OVERALL 04
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] CONFLICT: DESERT STORM brc— Ttiird-person shooter with superb team-based dynamics
Distinctly unemotional racer from Final ftntosy people. Square.
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I CONFLICTZONE I War-based real-time strategy In the style of Command & Conquer.
REVIEWED OPS2#17/OVERALL 05
"EXTERMINATION ■ Alien-Inspired horror adventure. Hardly original, but worth a try. * REVIEWED OPS2#08/OVERAL107
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1 DYNASTYWARRO I RS2 2 Feudal battler; mixing stt3tegy, swordplay and, um, horse-riding
!F1 2001
SECOND COMING
I Solid but enjoyable F1 sim from EA Sports, REVIEWED OPS2#13/OVERAa 07/»OVD#15
I REVIEWED OPS2#02/OVERALL 07/»CIVD#03
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1 REVIEWED OPS2#19/OVERALl 08/*DVD#18
■F1 championship season 2000
■ EA Sports gives the gentleman's game a gently addictive PS2 spin.
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CRICKET
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IRPG meets 3D real-time strategy in this enthraling Japanese tile.
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■dark SUMMIT
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ji SSX meets The X Fe li s n i a novel but mote l y sports-adventure.
I Know your deep house from your handbag? Then get mixing!
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OPS2#19/OVERALL05
ENDGAME
I DAVE MIRRA FREESFt'LE BMX 2 I Solid BMX Sim with a suitably gnarly array of tricks and jumps, f REVIEWED OPS2#12/OVERALL 07
BT DAVID BECKHAM SOCCER
• Way too easy for the hardcore F1 fan.
I New Age dolphin adventure that's a lot more fun than It sounds.
Tedious lightgun shooter - wait for the next Time Crfs/s instead. REVIEWED OPS2#23/OVERALL 03
Laudable attention to detail, but a lot less fun than its rivals.
MIss/fe Commond with fireworks (strange as that sounds).
RPG suffered badly
REVIEWED OPS2#01/OVERALL 07
from ail the Zefda
comparisons. Back
FERRARI F355 CHALLENGE
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Good, if fiddly, driving sim featuring Ferrari's super sexy baby
gave Dork Cloud
REVIEWED OPS2#26/OVERAll 07/»DVD*26
7/10 saying its plot is cack-handed
EOE: EVE OF EXTINCTION J Poor futuristic action adventure from the makers of SmockDown!
^»REVE I WEDOPS2#22O / VERALL04
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^ DEAD OR ALIVE 2
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lad with 'attitude')
\ ESCAPE FROM MONKEY ISLAND —m ^ Witty, retro point-and-ciick adventure gets a well-deserved update.
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IMu-tig l enrehybrd i thatbreaksnewgroundforthePS2FPS.
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dungeoneering sections soon pall.
houses and furniture to put in
your gingerbread-
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' ESPN INTERNATIONAL WINTER SPORTS ' Event-based winter sports sim. Stick with SSX Tnci
is essential to keep ail the inhabitants
Playable ice hockey sim, but there are others better than this.
I REVIEWED 0PS2#03/OVERAU. 04
REVIEWED OPS2#05/OVERALL 06
~ESPN NBA2NIGHT 2002 Yet another reason to avoid Konami's ESPN NBA basketball series.
Bloody manga-slyled adventure with gene warfare at Its heart REVIEWED OPS2#14/OVERALL 06
I REVIEWED OPS2#22/OVERAll 05
^tr-
'FIREBLADE
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often find yourself
REVIEWED 0PS2#05/OVERAU. 06
REVIEWED OPS2#20/OVERAL108/»DVD#20
obsessive. Getting
happy, and you
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FINAL FANTASY X ; From Square, the best-looking and most challenging RPG on PS2.
borders on the
ESPN NATIONAL HOCKEY NIGHT
Dated now in gameplay and stats, this is for NBA completists only.
IA welcome return to form from EA's once-dominant foo^ franchij I REVIEWED OPS2#27/OVERALL 08
style village soon
4 Dull platform adventure spin-off of a dull Disney movie,
5 REVIEWED OPS2#04/OVERAa 04
f FIFA 2003
building aspect
IDISNETS DINOSAUR
5 Cartoon platformer aimed at the kids', Rty the kids
FIFA 2002 Well reinvented but a definite goal down to Konami's Prt> Evo. ' REVIEWED OPS2#14/OVERALL 07/«>VD#X6
and the relentless
;ESPN INTERNATIONAL TRACK & FIELD
I REVIEWED OPS2#24/OVERAU. 07
D N A IIDONALDDUCK;QUACKATTACK
REVIEWED OPS2#02/OVERALL06
to a spiky-haired
g Athletics Sim that's graphically impressive but limited in gameplay,
I Enjoyable dino-obiterating lightgun actioner, laced vtrth power-ups.
I REVIEWED OPS2#25/OVERALL 04/«DVD#2S
Premier League graphics, Tliird Division gameplay
Churchill left the defence of Britain
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I REVIEWED OPS2#20/OVERAl 09 Ultra-cool survival hom)r romp from master arcadesters Capcom.
FANTAVISION
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^ I Mr Posh lends his name to a shoddy arcade-ish footy game
rH j Bsiltern i g, buxom 3D beat-e ' m-up wtih an emphassi on tactcis.
REVIEWED OPS2#06/OVERAll 05
DARK CLOUD
Ainvo/^ fans unltel A helicopter combat game for coin-op jock^.
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; Debut Fomiula One sim fram W/pEout pioneers Studio Uverpool. 1 REVIEWED OPS2#07/OVERALL 08/«)VD#09
just wandering around, admiring your handiwork.
■""FORMULA ONE 2002
Who would have
Comprehensive spin on F1 racing but not a huge leap from 2001
thought that town planning could be
REVIEWED OPS2#27/OVERAll 08
so much fun - roll on Dark Chronicle.
[FRANK HERBERTS DUNE
Poor sci-fi action adventure for hardcore beards only.
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ESPN WINTER X GAMES SNOWBOARDING
FREAK OUT
Rne snowboarding sim. ruined by a distinct lack of excitement.
Gorgeous cartoon adventure from cult developer Treasure.
REVIEWED OPS2#01/OVERML 06
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I Surprisingly fun spin on F1 racing - think Cort Fury, but better.
Passable skate sim, marred by dodgy graphical glitches
SSX Trlch/ meets motocross in EA Sports BIG's arcade stunt race
^REVIEWEDOPS2#21/OVERAL106/»DVD#24
R E V I E W E D O P S 2 # 1 3 / O V E R A 11 0 5 / » D V D # 1 S
REVIEWED OPS2#23/OVERAa 06
jI D RAGONS ' LAIR 'Choose-a-path' adventure that should've stayed in ttie Eighties... u REVIEWED OPS2#03/OVERALL 02
ESPN X GAMES SNOWBOARDING 2002 . Second in the ESPN X Gomes series, but now going downhill fast. REVIEWED OPS2#18/OVERALL 04
FREQUENCY Totally hypnotic rhythm action game for gamers and clubbers alii REVIEWED OPS2#21/OVERALL 08/*DVD#21
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Ultra-inventive and rewartilng cartoon hendlng 3D adventure,
Cute eel-shaded platform adventure featuring ttie lovable 'rabblf.
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REVIEWED OPS2#18/OVERALL 08/*OVD#18
' HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC Avrful adventure that loses all Its appeal in the pott from PC. REVIEWED 0PS2# OS/OVERALL 03
iHG I HHEATMAJORLEAGUEBASEBALL2003 I Chunky, deep and enjoyable baseball game.
jIH T I MAN 2:SL IENTASSASSN I Contract kn il gs' the game. Steatlh or sxi-shooter? Ist' your chocie. I REVIEWED OPS2#26/OVERAL1 09/*DVD#26
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Hasselhoff and car anive on PS2, and are at least a decade late REVIEWED OPS2#27/OVERAll 04
■KNOCKOUT KINGS 2001 ' A competent If a touch sluggish, boxing sIm from EA Sports, ' REVIEWED OPS2#05/OVERALL 06
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HOLOGRAM TIME TRAVELLER
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■knockout kings 2002 . The latest EA Sports boxing sIm (and way better than the last one). ' REVIEWED OPS2#19/OVERAU. 07
J KURI KURI MIX Uitra-cutesy co-operative platform puzzler for Tetris fans. ^ REVIEWED OPS2#07/OVERALL07
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REVIEWED ORS2#18/OVERALl 09/»OVD#19
REVIEWED OPS2#20/OVERAll 02 I
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REVIEWED OPS2#27/OVERAa 07
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REVIEWED OPS2#10/OVERA1102
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IRON ACES 2: BIRDS OF PREY
LEGION: LEGEND OF EXCALIBUR
Weak flight sIm in which you fly your way through aviation history.
Rop^ batter 'n' bludgeon actloner, vdth RPG and strategy knobs on.
REVIEWED OPS2#18/OVERAll 04
REVIEWED OPS2#25/OVERALL 05
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'LEGO FOOTBALL MANIA
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• Pre-pubescent soccer sim built from famed Danish bricks... REVIEWED OPS2#25/OVERALL 05
I LEGO RACERS 2
JADE COCOON 2 Pok6mon-for-kidufts RP6 with a neat Japanese twist.
J Average block racer that could've been fer more inventive.
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JAK AND DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY IVER Great free-nwmlng platformer from the makers of Crtjsh.
Fun and accessible day-long racer, with thrills by the bootioad.
REVIEWED OPS2#15/OVERALL 09/«DVD#15
REVIEWED OPS2#09/OVERA1J.08/M>VD#10
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j REVIEWED OPS2#15/OVERALl 08
Weak motocross game tiiat lacks realism, thrills, speed, etc, etc... REVIEWED OPS2#16/OVERAi±03
REVIEWED OPS2#25/OVERAU. 04
S (a re tg ci cn yicgl gamehtataddsneww tstiothtea rn ciggene r. REVIEWED OPS2#23/OVERAa 06
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jLMA MANAGER 2002 wqnze ) Codemasters' extremely playable football management game, jREVE IWED0PS2#20O / VERALL08
JET SKI RIDERS
LMA MANAGER 2003
Great water effects, race action and 'official' jet skis. Hmm.
Stat-heavy management sim for lovers of sheepskin coats
REVIEWED OPS2#15/OVERAU. 06
REVIEWED OP$2#27/OVERAa 07
'JONNYMOSELYMADTRIX
7^^ LONDON RACER II
1, Tony Howk's-style tricks on skis. Offers nothing new.
Tv/itchy, slu^sh racer that's visually unworttiy of PS2. ' REVIEWED ORS2#25/OVERAL103
! REVIEWED OPS2#18/OVERALL04
' KELLY SLATER'S PRO SURFER " Passable, if uninspired surf fun. Oh, and Kelly's a bloka.. he says.
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LOTUS CHALLENGE A Lotus fan's dream, but lacking the necessary raw speed. REVIEWED OPS2#14/OVERAU. 05/#DVO#U
KENGO: MASTER OF BUSHIDO
'MADDEN NFL 2001 «onze
Remember PSone ninja fighter BushJdo Blade?
t The long-time cult NFL sim touches down on PS2,
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F REVIEWED OPS2^01/OVERAIL 08
KESSEN
5 MADDEN Na 2002 SJlVEf?
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^ Even better the second time out. 'Dear EA, v*tty isnt RFA this good?*
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V REVIEWED ORS2#13/OVERAll 09
^TTKESSEN II / V Everyttiing gets a generous polish in tills rewarding strategy sequel. REVIEWED ORS2#18/OVERALl 07
KINGDOM
HEARTS
"MADDEN NFL2003 bronze Padded-up gridiron goliatti returns to PS2 in world-beating form. REVIEWED OPS2#26/OVERAa 08
bronze
MAD MAESTRO!
Disney partners wfith Square for the uifra-cute RPG crossover.
Bizarre orthesti^l addition to the rhythm action Bemani family.
REVIEWED 0PS2#27/OVERALL08
REVIEWED OPS2#20/OVERAU. 06
KING'S FIELD: THE ANCIENT CIT*'
MAGIX MUSIC MAKER
Below standard RPG. Dok, buy Rnat Fantasy X instead.
Music creation tool wtth loads of sounds and samples.
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REVIEWED ORS2#17/OVERALL 06
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REVIEWED OPS2#22/OVERALL 08/»DVD#28
running the latest In Konaml's Pro Evolution Soccer series
WACKY RACES STARRING DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY Cel-shaded kart racer with all your fave cartoon characters.
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2
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u Fun Beotmon/chs^e dance mat game with Disney appeal.
Il REVIEWED OPS2#08/OVERAL104
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■W/AY OF THE SAMURAI Dismal, often tedious Sus/ildo Blade wannabe. Utterly avoidable.
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IREVE I WEDOS 'f2#26O / VERALL05 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE: 2ND EDITION Scary animation of Tanant and ea^ questions make for a dull game.
games have shifted big units, EA Isnt nicely to be .complaining too hard.
CODEMASTERS
TimeSplitters 2 4 1 Burnout 2: Point Of Impact
I REVIEWED OPS2#07/OVERAa 03/«DVD#07
from EA But as both
EA
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deservedly outsells Its fierce rival RFA 2003
INFOGRAMES
21 1 IMedal Of Honor: Frontline
EA
REVIEWED: OPS2#15/OVERALL 04
The Terminator: Dawn Of Fate
"WILD WILD RACING S Off-road buggy racing game that's okay for a spin or three.
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SNOOKER 2002 Detailed and Incredibly playable snooker sim, REVIEWED OPS2#ll/OVERAa08/#OVD#ll
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Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
CAPCOM
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex (piatinuml UNIVERSAL
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13 53 1 Grand Theft Auto III
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2's oh-SD-brief tenure at EIDOS
15 1 15 NHL 2003
EA
Fun arcade tank sim with an ace four-player Deathmatch mode. REVIEWED OPS2i05/OVERAll 07
WORLD DESTRUCTION LEAGUE: WARJETZ i Poor plane-based future war game. Can we go now, please?
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^■WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 2001 ^ An immersive driving sim for novices and experts alike.. REVIEWED 0PS2# 14/OVERALl 09/*OVD#14
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IWRECKLESS: THE YAKUZA MISSIONS I Hurtle around Hong Kong In this car-based action titie I REVIEWED OPS2#27/OVERAU. 07 ■WTA TOUR TENNIS ^ If this game was a tennis player It'd be a British woman. Awful.
TAKE A JOURNEY WfTH US, BACK TO THE CHART THAT TIME FORGOT
LUKE BROUGHTON, LANCASTER,
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Time Crisis 2 Frenetic llghtgun action.
Spy Hunter Retro classic embraced 3D with style.
W [I sticW ESMACKDOWN!SHUTYOURMOUTH k, supple wrestling titie with commendable attention to detail.
This Is Football 2002
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Chart trajectory matched by T1F2003.
[IXTeam-based -SQUADthird-person shooter superseded by Project Eden.
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X Those zonnbles dldnt stop munching
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"Racing at the speed of sound.'
Ttie true handcone fighter."
"One of the best sports games ever."
"Nothing beats it for style."
Madden NFL 2003 No, we still dont get it...
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responsible for the highest divorce rate in the world. Probably.
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So what's the appeal? Exquisitely-textured tracks,
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PlayStation,?
)0, you feel the need, the need for speed. M which games go like the clappers and vhich are, well, just plain clapped-out? Games consoles are born and
whole new level of excellence. Now the
games consoles die. That is a
feel' is treated with equal importance to the graphics and fantasy car design Is slowly being outlawed in favour of pixel-
certainty. But one striking similarity with each new birth that there'll be a racing game breast-
coupes and saloons.
ay to showcase the capabilities of a ew console than by thundering along
all the Exchange & Mart info you need to
retching velocities in a car that you'll ever own. The PSone had Ridge Racer Id, five years later, the PS2 had, erm, idge Racer V- although it was the lure F the much-flounced Gran Turismo 3
lat persuaded many of you to part with le readies. But the power of PS2 has 3vertheless taken driving games to a
WRCII Extreme
perfect recreations of the planet's sexiest
leding at the new machine the second arrives. Why? Because there's no better
itricately textured Tarmac at face-
■ BEFORE GT Racing games were more dodge than drive.
Spread over these next two pages is ensure that the racer you're buying is a belter, not a banger We tell you whether it conveys the feel of the summer breeze in your hair and a busty blonde's hand
on your knee, or the tedium of being caught in a jam on the A36 In the
SCEE/EVOLJnON SIUDIOS
■ AFTER GTYou need never
endure tedious sales patter when test-driving a car again.
it was a close call between this and McRae's
rally opus. But WRC II Just shaves it thanks to
that bit of paper from the WRC that says they can use all the real tracks, drivers (minus youknow-whol and all the other fancy confetti. To play it and keep your car on the track requires great determination and concentration - very much the ideal rally companion to GT3.
pissing rain. So buckle up and get ready for rush hour with the ultimate 0PS2
"A really full-bodied sim with a satisfying
road-test - remember; mirror, signal, manoeuvre. Yeah, right! □ RB
learning curve." OPS2#27
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with Formula One 2002 you can l
TOCA Race
Driver
CODEMASTERS/CODEMASIERS
TOCA goes Hollywood shocker! We doff our caps to Codemasters for
V-Rally 3
Driving
When this game emerged, gleaming and ready to get caked in dust. Its
lype-S
Emotion
INFOGRAMES/EDEN STUDIOS
EA/SQUARE
only rival was WRC. Fast-fonfl/ard five
attempting something different to the racing norm. But sibling rivalry and love interests just chip away at the
months and V-Rally 3 gets dumped out of contention by the slick Colin McRae Rally 3 and WRCs much
Square might know how to make life-absorbing adventure games, but
game's overall credibility. Which is a real shame because the racing - all
Improved sequel. And those games take great delight in highlighting the
exciting bumper-to-bumper jostling - can be absolutely great.
shortcomings of this onel
attempt a racing game again. Not ever It has all the speed of a Sinclair C5 and handling to make you puke.
"Unforgiving to the point of
"Tiresome handling and mediocre
frustration..." OPS2#22
structure..." OPS2i05
Also...
Also...
For training purposes why not test your endurance skills by rocking around the clock in Le Mans 24 Hours. Or perhaps
other rancid roadkill to steer well clear of include chugging lony sim Super Thicks and futile offroader Pro Rally 2002 - looks like more time was spent securing the (obscurel licences than making the games.
"Uncompromising gameplay with an evolving story line." 0PS2#24
you can try out a whole new take on the driving theme with Stuntman.
on this evidence It should never
P S D N E R LT E R N R T I V E S
Gran
Hirismo SCEE/POLYPHONY DIGim.
cdin mcrae rally 3
What do you mean you don't own a
copy of Gran Turlsmo? Get down those shops, And it and buy it. Now! With the classic GT you witness the start of something massive, the first
Colin McRae
Gran lUrismo
PlayStation game you can proudly
Rally 3
Concept
was part of the scene when God laka
Already sadly outdated on its release (with McRae defecting from Ford to CItroen next year and Nicky Grist In the dole queue) the flying
Dumbing down the sim aspects of
COOEMASIERS/COOEMASIERS
hold aloft and shout, "I was there, I
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Kazunori Yamauchi) smiled on us!" The PSone's ultimate high.
GT3 for nervous newcomers, this GT-
Scotsman's belated PS2 debut is
lite provides loads of rare conceptual motors for you to drive. Lightweight, but a slick and giving counterpart to
nevertheless brilliant to play.
its more famous big bro.
"...APART FROM GRAN TURISMO 3.. ERM... WHAT ELSE IS THERET' We asked forumftes which games got their motor runnin'...
"White knuckle racing that is instantly accessible." OPS2#27
"A lack of depth scrapes a key
Also...
Also...
You should be able to pick up the original Worid Rally Championship for 20 notes, or perhaps you could get leathered and lose a couple of wheels with Moto GP2?
if you crave more car-crumpling F1 action, it's well worth checking out EA's durable F1 2001 and the sequel F1 2002, tliougti the latter is more arcadey.
down the side. "OPS2#23
What a waste of time that was.
As soon as the words 'racing' and 'game' were mentioned, a mental barrier came up in your minds that seemed to block out all PS2 matter other than Gran
Hirlsmo 3. And once you lot got talking amongst yourselves about
s
GT, there was no stopping yoi.. Until, when we asked for some controversial choices - lesser-
loved games that have one or two redeemable features. One
racy chap caiied Xiaemes piped up, "Well, WIpEout Fusion was quite good." D'ohl
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DURING THE OPENING intno sequence, press ® to be presentecl with a New Game option (though do take the time to adjust your screen ratio via the Options first). You then have two chunks from the
up like a 'kippah' and forced to begin again. Keep an eye on your indicator lights to see which way to go next and track the goons to their lair to release the next stage. You're now charged with finding Charlie
finished game to swagger through. After the
Jolson who's holed up in a first floor office.
Intro movie, follow the 'Charlies' who've
Should you cop too much 'claret' press against a wall to rest. Keep an eye out for 'shootahs' and remember: if you go In guns
'half-inched' your 'nippah' In high-speedstyle through the streets of 'Uhndahn', Lose
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A two-part challenge for a two-part demo. Firstly get to Jolson's hideout without crashing your motor once (ie, don't bash it up like a 'muppet') then take out his entire gang without resting once - real vigilante style.
, then scroll
veen games and ig demos using 4/ and f keys, elect wittiln a
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Press ® to start
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the left of your
HUDl, Landing tops It up again. Shield strength is shown via the
green scale on the right, while the map Is bottom right.
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THERE ARE TWO levels to choose from here (done by pressing up and down on the D-pad or the L-stick), The first is platforming fare (Jumping running collecting etc) and a list of the tasks to be accomplished is shown by pressing IS;. You'll find lots of sub-missions unfolding as you play but the extensive ingame help will keep you on the right track The dial (top left) shows your strength with a further display showing the status of your current power-up, Retuming to the green portal at the level's start will allow you to try the game's second level. This stage shows off the Racing mode, and has its own set of challenges. Again, see the full list of tasks by pressing !*; and avoid anything that looks like molten rock.
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the full game, remember).
The Exhibition mode lets you ride like a loon around a deserted oil field while the mini-game lets you live the dream and deliver pizzas scattered around the deserted city (the brown dots on the map) and take them to the designated drop zones (the red dots on the map).
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m CD
Pause with status report
I ^Use the double-Jump move to clear wider gaps and scale greater heights. Or use it if you Just want to be sure of avoiding plummeting to your doom.
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In the Exhibition Race (selectable from the main
menu after pressing IS I you compete against a complete field of rival racers over the stripped-down distance of a single lap (this being merely a taster of
on a motorbike. Locate the pizzas
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DEFENDER See how Defender has come of age.
Once It was just a flat and dull arcade game, now It rips up your PS2 and scorches your eyeballs like Laslk. Reason *1: It's now In 3D.
Reason #2; It's now on PS2. Taste the alien thrills promised by this
classy 2002 reworking.
MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE Tearing the guts out of the beat'em-up genre (often rather too literally], Mortal Kombot is back and
BIG MUTHA TRUCKERS When you think of the Deep South you think of moonshine, Smokey and his Bandit, and a worrying young boy with a duelling banjo. Add to this list Big Mutho Truckers, a game featuring trucks, truck driving and the assorted Japes of Inbred rednecks.
badder than ever The old favourites
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Jlnks of a young dragon with mischief on his mind. This cute platformer has made the move from PSone, and see what we said In the review on page 111. Ah, that's better. Breathe deeply Relax...
MICRO MACHINES The thinking Is that small cars mean big entertainment. But we beg to differ We prefer our motors to be as large and as threatening as possible. The dinky racing of Micro Machines managed a score of 6/10 in OPS2#27. Respectable enough. But come on, where would you rather drive? Around the Nurburgring or across
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my gratitude would be boundless and my soul much cleansed. If, for some incomprehensible reason, there is no such place, then shame on you. How can those of us with tainted pasts ever
Apologies to everybody who was following the Gemocide guide As part of the recent magazine redesign, we
redeem ourselves?
decided that the Yabasic column was
Jane McDonald, via email
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subscribe (see page 1481. GEMOCIDE GENOCIDE I decided not so long ago that I would follow your instructions and complete the Gemocide guide in the Yabasic column in Spy. I reached part six, waited a whole month, saved all my pocket
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WISH YOU WERE HERE... The revelation you made in OPS2#25 about gamers being unable to surf the Web with their PS2s (well, for now
message with 0PS2.
Ali texts cost 25p, plus the usual cost
of your usual tariff. LIKE THE NEW L U C H A G . L U V G TA VICE CITY! ROB BARNSLEY.
fsy ps2 i fflv only friend, it S3V5
specisl.
JST got T S P LT R S o n
pldtlnuiR. Endless fun! BARGAIN!!! To i /
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would become The Third 'Holiday' Place. There are Just so many possibilities... Matthew Hall, Warwickshire
WHY CAN'T A
anyway) surprised me. Hopefully, some
PS2 CGHPAHY
We were os surprised as you when
day, someone out there will realise that eventually, we're all going to want to surf the Net with our PS2s, as well as play
C OIN C ID E WITH i ^ A R E
we discovered that SCE America had
AND REHAKE
CANDYHAN CANDYHAN,
money for the next magazine and had been eagerly awaiting part seven as
goal at the moment). Just imagine what life would be like if you could book a holiday
launched its online package in the US without giving gamers the opportunity to surf the Net, especially as this was a feature it had been talking up since the PS2's launch. Sadly, it looks like the
ARGK!
same is the case in the UK because no
. ; HGS2 sucked,
mention of a Web browser has been
promised. But to my horrar, on buying
through your PS2 - it
Vi c e C i t v i s g o n n a
made in the latest online announcement
take
(see page 161 Online gaming Is the
GOLDENEYE, JIVOL E I G H PA R K .
games online (although I guess providing Internet access is not Sony's primary
CANDYMAN CANDYHAN CANDYhAN
over
the
universe!
HEY TEACHER LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE Why do schools take such a poor view of videogames? My school has now decided that anything PlayStation is banned.
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dream any more, we will soon be playing over phone lines.
We all know that it is not a good idea for students to be checking out the latest PS2 news or playing games during lesson time, but do teachers not realise that stimulating interest and giving students a bit of fun, when appropriate, would surely outweigh any negative aspects of playing on a PS2? Students should, in their own time, be able to let off some steam and interact with their friends. Isnt there
. Ue xpect d3 best/ an u give da best, keep it up guys! NELLYS/ ■ DEEEEEEE! I TRADED HY SOUL 4 G TA : V C O N E B AY I T S RAD BUT NOW IH A SLAVE
not really understanding the culture of videogames. There's definitely a perception from people who havent grown up with videogames that they all promote competitiveness, violence and anti-social
behaviour; and for anyone who's been playing Vice City this month... no, hang on, bad example. But the fact that you've drafted such an eloquent letter, Mark, should be a Jolly good example for your teachers that your education is not somehow being hampered by the ploying of videogames on your PlayStation 2, any more than it is by playing 'headers, volleys and beats' for an hour every lunchtime. BAD EXAMPlf But if
you're under 18, you shouldn't be playing Vice City anyway, right?
bloody amazin'! I played it all night and was wondering do pish breaks count as
Matty Kerr, Scotland
what's 'good' for us forever making decisions that dont seem fair? I
although it may be a case of an older generation
BURNED OUT I Just had my first erotic session of Burnout 2: Point Of Impact This game is
eye breaks? And do women get more facial hair as they grow older?
reputation, or are we doomed to have someone who thinks they know
Down with teacher! Skool sux! We dont get it either,
option in the very near future.
WARRINGTON
something the games industry can do to give PlayStation a better
^ don't even have access to your excellent Web site any morel ^ ^ Mark, Tottenham
priority and Sony wanted to get this function sorted first, but we're convinced that surfing the Web will become an
ROCK HARD We
may have been iate, but we were still first
with the Shut , Yo u r M o u t h r e v i e w.
A warning: when embarking on a marathon Burnout 2 session, do set aside some time to blink. There are
only so many consecutive burnouts a brain can take before it melts
down, as Matty's psychotic ramblings attest THE GREAT LATE DEBATE I live in a decent size
city with access to all the major stockists of your mag and I also have access to
plenty of Independent newsagents. I have looked in every single outlet including all the high street music and game stores and all my local supermarkets for a copy of 0PS2#26. They all tell me exactly the same boring old tale: it isn't out yet.
This Christmas's hot toys are the Race-Tin Radio Controiied Cars. These nippy 1:32 scaied vehicies come in a tin and there are 29 different models which are
fuiiy upgradeabie. Each car has its own frequency
aiiowing four cars to be raced against each other, and at £19.99 they're not going to breai^ the banit
I normally acquire a copy of 0PS2 w/lthin five days of the release date listed. However, I've been trying to buy OPS2#26 since 4 October and guess what? That's right; no magazine at any stockists - and
POSTAL BYTES >:
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out
Surely If dally papers can reach the shops on time seven days a week, a class publication such as yours can
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My friend and I have recently been playing around on GTAIII. We noticed that
photo which we are unable to reproduce
the hideout on Staunton Island could
impressive claim]. Can anyone beat this? Adam Barclay and Matt Hamer,
only hold two cars. We were desperate to break the laws of GTAlii |as the game clearly encourages you to| and fill the garage with more cars than It Is supposed to hold. We eventually found the six fastest cars in the game (Police Car, Banshee, Yakuza Stinger, Stinger, Infernus and
but does Indeed corroborate this
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Vice City moy be out now, but people are still finding daft things to do in Liberty City. If you come up with any challenges along these lines for GTAIII or GTA; Vice City, let us know and we'll publish the best ones at a later date Get breaking those rules!
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- the best game on PSone? Not Metal Gear Solid then? And if
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be the prvud owner o Auntie Elsies handtMQ.
to be great! Give us more Information on lesser-known, potentially great games like Evil Dead: A Fistful Of Boomstick!
Nirvana college tribute band strumming
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some Motorhead, Puddle Of t^udd or
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Kyle Sawhney, via email 1. A next, next-generation PlayStation is Inevitable, but it is way too early to start talking specifics What we do know is
1. Yes, the DVD remote will work perfectly well if the receiver is plugged into the second controller port.
irritations.
1. Can the G-Con 2 be used with PSone
W h o ' s fi r s t i n t o
games, like Time Crisis? 2. Could you possibly list all the games
CHARLES SMALL wants to know what he can do
available for PS2 that use the G-Con 2? Barry Gannon, Caithness
1. Yes It can, provided you're playing
that Sony, Toshiba and iBM have recently
1. Not sure about this. Any THPS3
about a baby
them on a PS2.
inked a deal to jointly develop a new.
experts out there who can clear this up? 2. This is true. At the back of the pirate
b r o t h e r - i n fl i c t e d
2. Try these: Time Crisis 2, Vampire Night,
ship in the secret outside area, there Is a hidden treasure room under the bowl.
scratch that has
led to his copy of FFX seizing up.
Ninja Assault Dino Stalker and Resident Evil Survivor 2 Code; Veronica. Info and
review scores con be looked up In the Shortlist section starting on page 130.
1. My brother is emigrating to Australia with his new Aussie wife and a friend of
L How do you defeat the Queen at the
theirs has bought them an Australian PS2. It says it's a PAL machine, but will it
end of /CO? I have struck her several
play British games? 2. What region DVDs do Aussie PS2s play? 3. If the answer to the last question is not Region 2, then will the DVD Region X utility work? Graham Campbell, Edinburgh 1. Ves.
2. Region 4. TEAM-IACTKS Pro Evo 2's Master
League is greatly improved.
semi-conductor-based, broadband-
enabled wonder chip called The Cell', and that this is likely to sit at the heart of the PS2's eventual successor. As
always, 0PS2 will be the first to report on any developments. 2. To unlock a cheat menu featuring invincibility and a level warp, hold CB+m +<-+® then press IS; during play L What new English club teams are featured in Pro Evolution Soccer 2 and, more specifically, are Spurs in there? 2. What improvements have been made to the Master League? Kevin McCawly, via email
3. Yes.
1.1 recently played your TimeSplitters 2 demo and was annoyed that I couldn't fight the gunship at the end. But, after persevering I discovered another way of taking it on without ending the demo. Here's how: After you've done the rest of the demo, get In the lift and take it to the top level. Once at the top, a health bar should appear When this happens, do not exit the lift or the demo will finish. Instead, take the lift to level five
and go to the place where you started the demo (the compound near the
tunnel] and face the dam. You might have to wait for a while before the
Bar taking it back to the shop and trying your luck exchanging it, the best thing you can
do is keep your games safe from your brother's grasp. Next up is M AT T H E W
cheats for
of the screen towards the sword. When It
Commandos 2.
can be dragged no further, look at the
No, but you can unlock bonus
missions by collecting all the brown bonus
books during a mission to
complete the photograph at the end. Finally, ALEX know if Japanese earthquake game, Zettai Zetsumei
2. Improvements are plentiful. There are
complete the demo!
title of SOS
now three separate divisions and a cup competition that runs parallel with the league fixtures. You can play preseason
Stephen Warr, via email
Escape] in the UK in February.
by changing the name, home and away strips, flags and team colour (which determines the colour of the seats in
1. Expertly done, that man.
friendlies with other club teams for extra
revenue. But perhaps most engaging of ail is the new transfer system in which you negotiate contracts for new players or entice them with inflated wage loan deals You can also buy inexperienced youth players on the cheap, draft them into the squad and earn points over a set period to bolster their stats.
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ground behind the pillar. When the Queen does her wave attack, you'll see an area that Is shielded by it Move to the very edge of this area and, when the attack is finished, quickly run to the sword Now deliver that fatal blow and
watch the rather special ending sequence unfold.
HORNBY wants to
providing you don't run out of ammo, the gunship should crash and you can fully
teams to 'become' your beloved Spurs
X. You can pinpoint the location of the sword by pressing m to make the camera move across to it Basically the sword is quite a way down the passage
there are any
your selected home stadium!.
Villa, but you can edit any of the existing
gunship appears, but when it does, move to some high ground and carefully aim at the gunship (make sure you have full machine gun ammo and good accuracy for this). Repeat this a few times and,
Darren Little, via email
you entered by so after it flies off, retreat behind the right-hand pillar then drag the pillar lyes, you can move themll out
DUDLEY who wants to know if
Toshi, will be getting a PAL release. Well, we are pleased to report that Agetec has snapped up the rights to release the game (under the new
1. The only new English team is Aston
times with the Ultimate Weapon but when the weapon flies off, I simply can't find its location again In time and the evil bitch turns me to stone. Help!
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flicks at you and, immediately afterwards, he will be vulnerable - hit him three times and he will fall down. Use this
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Like your games and movies in equal measures? Then you want the latest in multi tasking humans from the Mr and Mrs Rawlinson range, exclusive to Arkos. Lucy functions in both proactive game playing and passive DVD moviewatching modes and is newly multi-content enabled, allowing you to enjoy rom coms and cannibal slasher flicks in the same sitting Unlike the majority of XY gamers on the market, this XX chromosome model is fully self-cleaning and very
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hand-eye co-ordination available. State of the art Steve is compatible with every genre and has a clocked single session attention span of over eight hours. At a compact 170x35x80cm and featuring a
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your mates at the hottest new titles before they hit Europe? Then you want Kozue. Most UK gamers are incompatible with Japanese game text, but Kozue is fluent thanks to Tokyo-Childhood™' technology. Never again will you misread 'let's play!' as 'please wipe my Memory Card'. Kozue is fitted with mech recognition and anime tolerance software so the discerning PS2 can enjoy a world of 22-storey-tall wrestlers and doe-eyed assassins in sailor outfits. Price: £155.99 (Not compatible with Pie, Mash, Marmite or Milky Tea energy sources. Steamed buns and cookies shaped like Hello Kitty are available.)
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