Game Informer Issue 122

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Features:

• Letter From the Editor: The Licensed Game Curse (Andy McNamara discusses the trend where licensed games tend to be poorly designed)
• Dear GI (Reader Letters, Responses and Artwork)
• SOCOM’s Second Tour (Sony announces second SOCOM game)
• Namco For The Soul (Namco announces Spawn game)
• Nintendo Gets Exclusive Metal Gear Solid (Gamecube to get upgraded port of the first Metal Gear Solid title)
• Capcom & Mikami Rethink Gamecube (After sales fall short of expectations, Capcom moves to better support PS2 and XBOX)
• Mo’ Morrowind For XBOX (Bethesda to release Game of the Year edition of Morrowind on XBOX that will include the two PC expansions)
• Universal Everywhere (A quick look at upcoming games from Vivendi Universal)
• Earthbound Incoming on GBA (Nintendo announces Earthbound 1 + 2 for GBA in Japan)
• Classic GI (History of Zork)

Cover Story: Spider-Man 2 and Tony Hawk’s Underground (PS2, XBOX, GC)(Double feature that looks at the new tie-in game releasing in conjunction with the next Spider-Man movie, where Treyarch hopes to deliver the best and most realistic web-slinging ever as well as the next entry in the Tony Hawk series, which will ditch the Pro Skater name and shake up the established formula for the first time in the series)

 

Sphinx and the Shadow of Set (PS2, GC)(A look at new platformer from THQ that finds its inspiration from the mythologies and culture of ancient Egypt)

 

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (PS2)(A look at the sequel to Insomniac’s smash hit Ratchet & Clank, which plans to inject some rpg elements into the series, allowing the character to level Ratchet up as they go around blasting enemies with any number of different weapons)

 

Previews:

• Vectorman (PS2)
• Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (XBOX, PC)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PS2, XBOX, GC, GBA)
• SSX 3 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (GC)
• The Italian Job (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Sega GT Online (XBOX)
• The Suffering (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Ape Escape (PS2)
• Batman: Rise of the Sin Tzu (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PS2)
• NARC (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Mario Kart: Double Dash (GC)
• Soul Calibur II (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• P.N. 03 (GC)
• Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• StarCraft: Ghost (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Masters of the Universe He-Man: Defender of Grayskull (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II (PS2, XBOX)
• WWE Wrestlemania XIX (GC)
• NBA Ballers (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Monster Rancher 4 (PS2)
• Madden NFL 2004 (PS2, XBOX, GC, PC)
• NCAA Football 2004 (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Downhill Domination (PS2)
• Fatal Frame II (PS2)
• Armed & Dangerous (XBOX, PC)
• Call of Duty (PC)
• Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (XBOX)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (PS2, XBOX, PC)
• Secret Weapons Over Normandy (XBOX, PC)
• Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (XBOX)

Multiplatform Review:

• Shadowbane (PC, Mac)

PlayStation 2 Reviews:

• Enter the Matrix
• Chaos Legion
• Unlimited Saga
• Resident Evil Dead Aim
• X2 Wolverine’s Revenge
• Auto Modellista
• Dot Hack Vol. 2: Mutation
• Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick

Gamecube Reviews:

• Enter the Matrix
• Lost Kingdoms II
• Mega Man: Network Transmission
• Tube Slider
• X2 Wolverine’s Revenge

XBOX Reviews:

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War
• X2 Wolverine’s Revenge
• MLB Inside Pitch 2003
• Roller Coaster Tycoon
• Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick

PC Reviews:

• Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Postal 2
• Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
• Medieval: Total War – Viking Invasion

Game Boy Advance Reviews:

• Donkey Kong Country
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel
• Splinter Cell

Quickie Reviews (Short, one paragraph reviews):

• G1 Jockey 3 (PS2)
• Indycar Series (PS2)
• Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22 (PS)
• World Racing (XBOX)
• Furious Karting (XBOX)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (XBOX)
• MotoGP 2 (XBOX)
• Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (XBOX)
• Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II (XBOX)
• Burnout 2: Point of Impact Developer’s Cut (XBOX)
• Muppets: On With the Show (GBA)
• The Lost Vikings (GBA)
• Mega Man battle Network 3: Blue and White (GBA)

Secret Access (Cheat codes and strategy guides):

• Def Jam Vendetta (PS2, GC)
• Chaos Legion (PS2)
• Amplitude (PS2)
• Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (PS2, XBOX)
• MLB 2004 (PS2)
• NBA Street Vol. 2 (PS2)
• X2 Wolverine’s Revenge (PS2, XBOX, GC)
• Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (XBOX, GC)
• State of Emergency (XBOX)
• Prisoner of War (XBOX)
• Roller Coaster Tycoon (XBOX)
• V-Rally 3 (XBOX)
• WWE Crush Hour (GC)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC)
• Red Faction 2 (GC)

Retro Reviews:

• Déjà Vu (NES)
• California Games (Lynx)
• Wild Woody (Sega CD)
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault II (PS)

Classic Strategy (Strategy guide for the first Final Fantasy game using a party of a Warrior, Thief, Black Mage and a White Mage)