Reviews of Sony Playstation2 Games & Accessories

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Super Dragon Ball Z is an incredible fighting game that takes great advantage of the Street Fighter concept. It maintains a lot of references to the TV hit show, which make it that much closer to being part of the Dragon Ball Z world.

State of Emergency 2 is an intense mixture of a strong action-packed brawler and a good third-person shooter. It contains almost the same amount of violence as it is in Grand Theft Auto, but with a twist.

[...]Star Wars fans got quite a treat earlier this week with a double dose of Star Wars media hitting store shelves. Along with the Episode III DVD, LucasArts also shipped Star Wars Battlefront II, the sequel to last year's Battlefront. Battlefront II, the sequel to the first team-based shooter set in a Star Wars universe, adds a few notable improvements, but doesn't stray too far from the formula that made the original game a big commercial success. You'll still take control of various infantry classes and vehicles as you fight for control of capture points on conquest-style maps. New space combat maps and playable Jedi represent some incremental improvements, but for the most part, Battlefront II treads familiar ground, which is great for Star Wars fanatics and fans of team-based online shooters.Space combat is arguably the best new feature in Battlefront II.

The biggest improvement made to the standard vehicle-infantry combat combination is the addition of the new space combat maps in Battlefront II. Playable in both single- and multiplayer modes, the space combat maps enable you to jump into small starfighters, fly out of the fighter bay of capital ships, and dogfight in outer space as naval combat rages between massive star destroyers, frigates, and the gnatlike fighters that buzz around them. The sense of scale between the ships is great, as is the rush you get from trying to shoot down other fighters. The best part of [...]

"The Splitfish eyeFX 3D is apparently the only real 3D adapter for the Sony Playstation 2. I could not find any other accessory like this on the market. Splitfish found some way to get existing games display shifted images to generate a 3 dimensional picture when viewed through the shutter glasses. The effect is quite amazing."

"Every once in a while you’ll come across a game made by some developer you’ve never heard of, and it will simply blow the competition out of the water. For the PS2, Flatout by Bugbear Entertainment easily falls into this category. With damage modeling that affects performance, a vast array of cars that can be fully upgraded, and non-stop action that will have you flying out of your car in no time, Flatout will give Bugbear Entertainment a very good reputation."