The 21 Best Video Games of 2001 & 2002 (According to NEXT Generation Magazine)

What do the games Max Payne, Gitaroo Man and SSX Tricky all have in in common? These three amazing games were all reviewed back in 2001, but they were NOT that year’s best games. At least, not according to NEXT Generation magazine, who gave all three of these undisputed classics four stars out of five. As crazy as it sounds, NEXT Generation gave 21 different games a higher score than Grand Theft Auto III. I’m talking about the perfect 5-star rating, and today we’re going through all of these reviews to see what makes them worthy of this coveted prize. This is NEXT Generation’s Five-Star Reviews, and these are the 21 best games of 2001 (and a little of 2002). 0:00 – Introduction 0:57 – Commercial: Dead or Alive 3 (U.S.) 1:29 – Battle of Britain (PC) 2:25 – Black & White (PC) 3:20 – Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore (PS2) 4:24 – Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox) 5:27 – Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (PS1) 6:03 – Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2) 7:05 – Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) 7:59 – Commercial: Gr