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Game No. 171 Title: Summoner 2 Developer: Volition Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: September 23, 2002 (North America) Comment: The second and to date last installment in the Summoner series featured reworked gameplay mechanics and an all new female protagonist. The following...

While I do not bother to organize my collection in a physical manner, I have found a few useful sites that I deem helpful in keeping track of games I've played across different platforms. First off, GameFAQs has added some handy functionality in recent years that allows one to list games in...

Game No. 170 Title: Suikoden III Developer: Konami Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: July 11, 2002 (Japan) Comment: The third entry in the Suikoden series marks the franchise's debut on the second PlayStation and was the last title in the series directed by its creator Yoshitaka...

I find it somewhat surprising that the Gnasher in the Gears series hasn't been mentioned yet. I think that a good deal of that particular shotgun's popularity stems from its high damage output coupled with its relatively generous effective range. Having said that, a lot of players never use...

Game No. 169 Title: Golden Sun: The Lost Age Developer: Camelot Software Planning Platform: Game Boy Advance Release Date: June 28, 2002 (Japan) Comment: Released less than a year after the first installment in the series, Golden Sun: The Lost Age was highly anticipated by the video...

Game No. 168 Title: Final Fantasy XI Developer: Square Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: May 16, 2002 (Japan) Comment: The eleventh main entry in the Final Fantasy series marked Square's first stab at adapting the franchise formula for a massively multiplayer online context...

Game No. 167 Title: Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku Developer: Webfoot Technologies Platform: Game Boy Advance Release Date: May 14, 2002 (United States) Comment: The first Dragon Ball Z themed role-playing game to be released in nearly ten years, The Legacy of Goku was also also...

Game No. 166 Title: Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade Developer: Intelligent Systems Platform: Game Boy Advance Release Date: March 29, 2002 (Japan) Comment: The Binding Blade could be argued to have signaled both the end of an era and new beginnings for the series. It was the last...

Game No. 165 Title: Shining Soul Developer: Nextech Platform: Game Boy Advance Release Date #1: March 28, 2002 (Japan) Comment: After Camelot Software Planning had entered a partnership with Nintendo, Sega retained the Shining trademark and decided to hand development reins to...

Game No. 164 Title: Kingdom Hearts Developer: Square Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: March 28, 2002 (Japan) Comment: A critically well-received and commercially successful fusion of material culled from Square's own Final Fantasy series and the various works of The Walt Disney...

Game No. 163 Title: Wild Arms 3 Developer: Media.Vision Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: March 14, 2002 (Japan) Comment: The third installment in the Wild Arms series marked the franchises debut on the second PlayStation and provides an example of a visual trend among video...

Game No. 162 Title: Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Developer: Monolith Soft Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: February 28, 2002 (Japan) Comment: The debut title of Monolith Soft, a company founded by Hirohide Sugiura and Tetsuya Takahashi after they left Square...

Uninvited, part of the MacVenture series of graphic adventures, doesn't seem to attract as much discussion as its presumably better-known "siblings", Deja Vu and Shadowgate. The game apparently had a more pronounced horror theme than the other titles in the series. A partly censored version...

Game No. 161 Title: Grandia Xtreme Developer: Game Arts Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: January 31, 2002 (Japan) Comment: Released on the same day as the preceding entry in this chronicle, Grandia Xtreme is a spinoff to the first two installments in the series. During...

Game No. 160 Title: La Pucelle: Tactics Developer: Nippon Ichi Software Platform: PlayStation 2 Release Date: January 31, 2002 (Japan) Comment: Sharing the same setting as the games in the Marl's Kingdom series (including Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure), but set centuries later and...