Lollipop Magazine

Star Trek – Elite Force II – Review

February 2, 2004

Its 2000 predecessor proved a first-person shooter set in the Star Trek universe can bear excellent fruit, so it’s no shock Elite Force II is a very good game.

Rainbow Six – 3: Raven Shield – Review

February 2, 2004

Rainbow Six is an intense and super-realistic squad-based tactical shooter that puts you in command of the world’s finest counter-terrorism unit.

Day of Defeat – Review

February 2, 2004

Day of Defeat is not really a game for newcomers, it’s best suited for WWII buffs, people who like their shooters with a heavy dose of entertaining realism.

X2 – Wolverine’s Revenge – Review

July 23, 2003

Better than previous attempts at bottling X-Men magic, Wolverine’s Revenge has style and nice features, but it’s dragged down by a terrible fighting system.

Unreal 2 – The Awakening – Review

July 23, 2003

Short and poorly-executed. Its apex is a poor imitation of Alien vs. Predator, its worst resembles Battlefield Earth in a foreign language without subtitles.

Tenchu – Wrath of Heaven – Review

July 23, 2003

Three ninjas run errands for Lord Ghoda, a daimyo threatened on all sides by rival lords, ronin, corrupt officials, demons, and the undead.

Freelancer – Review

July 23, 2003

Freelancer is an entertaining spacebound dogfighting and exploration epic charged with resurrecting an endangered genre.

Wild Arms 3 – Review

April 18, 2003

Four strangers confront each other on a train and draw guns on each other in a John Woo style stalemate. Freezeframe, and pick whose shoes you want to walk in.

The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers – Review

April 18, 2003

Does a good job distilling all the major action sequences from the first two films into an insane hack and slash action game.

Jet X20 – Review

April 18, 2003

A pretty but depressingly standard-issue extreme racing game based on the occasionally exciting, but rarely innovative extreme sports racing formula.