Best Games for PlayStation 2 of 2002 / Page 3

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

June 20, 2002

Metacritic: 75/100

This action role-playing game takes place in The World, an online game where schoolboy Kite encounters the aftermath of an attack by an unknown monster. His...

Lego Soccer Mania

Top-down view, Sports game, Football

June 17, 2002

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Lego Soccer Mania — The game features a simplified version of association football with 6 players per side and no offsides, throw-ins or fouls. The game has...

Salt Lake 2002

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Snowboard

January 19, 2002

Metacritic: 49/100

A winter sports simulation featuring six Olympic events: alpine skiing downhill and slalom, snowboard parallel giant slalom, freestyle skiing aerials, ski jumping...

Tetris Worlds

Strategy, Puzzle

September 5, 2001

Metacritic: 52/100

This puzzle game offers six variations on Tetris, including Hot-Line Tetris, Cascade Tetris and Fusion Tetris. Play takes place across six worlds, each of which...

Thing (2002)

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

August 20, 2002

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This third-person action horror game follows a military rescue team sent to Antarctica to investigate the mysterious deaths of an American scientific expedition. In...

Disney Golf

Golf

October 16, 2002

Metacritic: 72/100

This arcade golf game features Disney characters and six courses, with several modes to choose from: Match, Stroke, Skins and Best-Ball. A simple mode evens the...

Antz Extreme Racing

Action, Racing, Third-person view

July 26, 2002

Players: 10/10

Antz Extreme Racing is a third-person action game with racing elements from the developers from the Magic Pockets studio. The game is published by Light &...

Dark Summit

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Skiing

November 12, 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

A snowboarding game in which the young rebel Naya sets out to climb Mount Garrick, closed to riders by Chief O’Leary. Players perform tricks and explore the...

Disney•Pixar's Monsters, Inc. Scare Island

Action, Third-person view, Comics

October 30, 2001

Metacritic: 65/100

Gungrave

Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

July 18, 2002

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person action game with anime-inspired art follows Grave, a long-dead assassin sent back to Earth to destroy seemingly endless hordes of enemies. He...

NFL Blitz 20-02 (2002)

Arcade, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sports game, American Football, Rugby

September 17, 2001

Metacritic: 67/100

NFL Blitz 20-02 (2002) is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of sports game, American football simulator and rugby simulator from the developers of Midway...

Wave Rally

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

November 26, 2001

Metacritic: 62/100

This sports racing game centers on competitive jet ski events across waves and coastal courses. The player speeds over waves, launches from jump ramps and performs...

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Platformer, Arcade

October 9, 2002

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! is a third-person action game with a dash of shooter from the developers at Blitz Games Limited. The game is published by Infogrames...

NBA ShootOut 2003

September 25, 2002

Metacritic: 62/100

A basketball game centered on NBA matchups, with controls built around quick commands and detailed player movements. It features 18 one-touch actions, including...

Ape Escape 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

July 18, 2002

Metacritic: 82/100

This action platformer follows Jimmy, who is tasked with delivering monkey pants to a park, but a shipment of intelligence-boosting helmets gets mixed in by...

Conflict Zone

Strategy, In real time, Isometric

May 25, 2001

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 53/100

A real-time strategy game about the conflict between the International Corps for Peace and GHOST, a secret organisation that instigates conflicts to serve its...

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

November 29, 2002

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A 3D fighting game based on Dragon Ball Z, featuring battles between heroes and villains from the series. Players test their skills against the universe’s most...

Drome Racers

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

November 20, 2002

Players: 1.2/10

Metacritic: 65/100

A futuristic racing game centered on the Drome Championship, where driver Max Axel competes in multi-stage races. Each race links several stages across tracks in...

Dynasty Warriors 3

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Historical

September 20, 2001

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This third-person historical action game unfolds on the battlefield, with 40 playable warriors to choose from. It features more than 20 stages of varying sizes and...

Godai: Elemental Force

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

January 21, 2002

Metacritic: 27/100

This third-person fantasy action game follows Hiro as he seeks to avenge his family and confront the forces of darkness. He commands four elements, but to face the...

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Action, Fighting

November 16, 2002

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is a fighting game built around a combat system that gives each fighter three styles, including hand-to-hand combat and weapon...

NHL Hitz 20-03

Hockey, Third-person view, Sports game

September 16, 2002

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

NHL Hitz 20-03 — Players have the option to play 3 periods of 1, 2 or 3 minutes. At the beginning of the game, a center, winger, defender and goalkeeper are...

TimeSplitters 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cyberpunk

October 8, 2002

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This first-person science-fiction shooter follows a race of TimeSplitters that travels through history, altering events in an effort to enslave humanity. The player...

Global Touring Challenge: Africa

June 14, 2002

Metacritic: 64/100

This off-road racing game features circuits across Africa, from the streets of Cape Town and the Libyan deserts to the misty jungles of the Congo. Players race...

Evolution Skateboarding

October 9, 2002

Metacritic: 44/100

This skateboarding game takes riders from the neon streets of Tokyo to the dungeons of a European castle. In Evolution Skateboarding, players perform more than 70...

Burnout 2: Point of Impact

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

September 30, 2002

Metacritic: 88/100

An arcade racing game set on American roads, where dense traffic forms part of the challenge. Burnout 2: Point of Impact features point-to-point races and a...

Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics

October 30, 2002

Metacritic: 48/100

A third-person sci-fi action game about Donald Duck’s superhero alter ego battling an invasion by the alien Evronians. Armed with a powerful cyber-weapon, the hero...

ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 (2002)

Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Sports game, Stunts, Snowboard

January 28, 2002

Metacritic: 62/100

A winter sports game featuring competitions with ESPN presentation. It includes 10 events, among them downhill alpine skiing, freestyle mogul skiing, speed skating...

Hot Wheels: Velocity X

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

October 22, 2002

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 54/100

A cyberpunk racing game featuring criminal gangs, stunts and armed races. Players speed through huge loops, perform stunts, crash into rivals and drive up walls...

Madden NFL 2003 (2002)

Third-person view, Sports game, American Football

August 12, 2002

Metacritic: 92/100

An American football simulation in which players lead an NFL team through games and shape its tactics. Franchise mode spans up to 30 seasons, with an annual player...

Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots

December 6, 2001

Metacritic: 73/100

An arcade action shooter centered on the conflict between the Earth Federation and the Zeon Forces. Players choose a side and fight in combat robots, either as a...

Mystic Heroes (2002)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

March 29, 2002

Metacritic: 67/100

A third-person fantasy action game about four Mystics who rise against the darkness engulfing a land once thought to exist only in legend. Players level up the...

Pac-Man World 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

February 24, 2002

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This third-person platforming action game follows Pac-Man on a new adventure against the Ghost Gang. His journey spans six lands, where he solves puzzles and takes...

Shadow Hearts

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

June 28, 2001

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person, turn-based Japanese role-playing game follows a hero with a mysterious past, a young woman who holds the key to world domination, and a villain...

Spider-Man: The Movie

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

April 16, 2002

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Spider-Man: The Movie — The plot of the game coincides with that of the title film. Peter Parker gains super powers after being bitten by a genetically...

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Dai Bouken

Adventure

July 11, 2002

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Dai Bouken is an adventure from the developers of the Millennium Kitchen studio. The game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment...

Dropship: United Peace Force

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tanks

January 16, 2002

Metacritic: 78/100

Set in 2050, this futuristic action flight simulator takes place in a world where the United Nations and NATO have been replaced by the United Peace Force. As a new...

Jonny Moseley Mad Trix (2002)

Action, Isometric, Sports game, Stunts, Snowboard, Post-apocalyptic

December 26, 2001

Metacritic: 44/100

An arcade skiing game built around Olympic champion Jonny Moseley and a roster of other athletes. Freeride lets players explore the slopes and perform tricks, while...

NBA 2K2

Third-person view, Sports game

October 24, 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 91/100

NBA 2K2 — Each player's abilities reflect abilities based on the 2001–02 season, so shot placement is important depending on the athlete. Moves such as cross...

Nickelodeon: Rocket Power - Beach Bandits

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Sports game, Skateboards

September 2002

Players: 5/10

Nickelodeon: Rocket Power — Beach Bandits is a top-down arcade game with elements of action, platforming, sports and skateboard simulator from the masters at...