Mercenaries (Lucasarts) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Near-limitless in its scope and power, Mercenaries is the first brilliant game this year.

Miami Vice (Davilex) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Like a big Dyson sucking your soul out of your nostrils, Miami Vice is franchise abuse of the highest order. Absolute tripe.

Ghost Recon 2 (Ubisoft) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Ghost Recon 2 comes within a bullet's width of brilliance, but the inability to save during missions is a total nonsense.

King Arthur (Konami) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

A tedious telling of the Arthurian legend, and a game which is uninteresting without ever being downright poor. Dull, dull, dull.

Scaler (Global Star) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Destined to be overlooked in favour of bigger, better games, Scaler is nonetheless a pleasant slice of platforming.

Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (Activision) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Riddled with witty writing and excellent characters, but essentially it's short, easy, and wholly unsurprising.

Power Rangers: Dino Thunder (THQ) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Rangerettes might be temporarily roused with interest, otherwise it's really not worth any of your time, money or patience.

Spongebob Squarepants: Movin' With Friends (THQ) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

The usual EyeToy games dressed in different pants. Not really a bad collection, but no real stand-out titles, either.

Syberia II (Microids) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Ponderous to the point of expiration: this is a nail in the adventure genre's coffin that's best left out in the cold.

Garfield (Hip Games) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

You're an unfunny wiseass cat cleaning up a house. In real time. We can't even begin to sum up how pointless this 'game' is.

Fight Club (Sierra) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

If the first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club, then that's fine by us. It's best for all to pretend this never existed.

Junior Sports Basketball (Atarisoft) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

All very well if you like your sports sims to be frantic, pointless and drastically unrewarding. Save your cash for NBA Street instead.

GT Racers (Oxygen Games) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Short of illiteracy or raging madness, we can see no logical reason why this game should be bought. Even by accident.

Call Of Duty: Finest Hour (Activision) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Fresher, fiercer and graphically finer than Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun, Call Of Duty suffers in the final push from a lack of heart.

Euro Rally Champion (Oxygen Games) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

It's highly unlikely that there was any point in the history of time that this would have been an acceptable videogame.

Intellivision Lives: The History of Videogaming (Play-It) (PlayStation 2 (EU Version))

Just because the Intellivision system deserves a place in videogame history, it really doesn't mean you should be playing it on your PS2.