Eve of Extinction

XenGamers

A beautiful action adventure that incorporates a dash of RPG and a dose of fighting game, Eve of Extinction suffers from a dull, weak plot.

GameSpy

Poor sound effects, sometimes misused, uninteresting music, bad voice acting, merely decent graphics, the same enemies over and over again, only seven and a half hours of gameplay, and the game still manages to be fun.

Media and Games Online Network

Enemies should have been varied, the game should have been longer, the complaints go on and on, yet EOE can still prove to be fun.

GamerWeb Sony

Because the combo system doesn't play a major role in the game due to the AI being brain dead, the game dies out rather quickly and many will get instantly bored with the title.

GameZone

The enemy AI is so poor that fighting becomes repetitive . . . and boring.

Game Informer

I went from disliking the lack of depth in EOE, to enjoying all the extras, to getting fed up with the control flaws; all in the span of one sitting. [Apr 2002, p.74]

Gamezilla!

It left a bad taste in my mouth.

Electric Playground

A goofy, good-looking fighter, with a definite challenge to dexterity but devoid of any real depth, especially geared to those who enjoyed the Anytown urban cinescapes of "The Matrix."

GameShark

There's a ridiculous amount of flickering and billions of jaggies per square inch. There's also a small amount of slowdown when there are a lot of enemies on screen as well as some background animations.

GameSpot

With its main story mode clocking in at around five hours, there's little long-term replay value.

TotalGames.net

Most shocking of all Eve Of Extinction doesn’t even offer a multiplayer mode. This is practically a crime in this kind of game.

Maxim Online

Like most outings with the little lady, this one gets tired, but ample eye candy—and violence—ensure that Eve is one traditional kiss good night that occasionally slips you the tongue.

Hot Games

It's a modified "Fighting Force" with a little thought behind it, but it is also hamstrung by controls that are less than intuitive.

Play Magazine

If Yukes would have had the sense to tone down the enemy encounters...Eve of Extinction could have been better than merely good. [Apr 2002, p.60]

GamePro

A good brawler disguised as a bad one, and it takes some time to get to the fun underneath.

PSM Magazine

Decent, but it should have been incredible. [May 2002, p.30]

Gaming Maxx

The classic damsel in distress tale takes a sci-fi twist and then falls flat on its face.

All Game Guide

Simple graphics, awkward camera angles, dumb enemies, limited animation, and some questionable control decisions undermine an interesting fighting system peppered with some role-playing aspects and flashes of Matrix-style action.

Armchair Empire

Nothing really stands out in EOE, I had to force myself to finish it; nothing compelled me to do so.

Total Video Games

If trudging your way through uninspired level after level, button bashing through a bunch of mindless drones to finish up with some of the most unimaginative bosses in videogames history is your idea of fun then go for it.

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine

The controls – coupled with the awful camera – hold it back as a whole. [May 2002, p.100]

Game Revolution

The smashing of heads and delivery of pain is fun, but is ultimately undermined by the awful camera and limited gameplay.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

With its bleak environments, surreal plot and button mashin' gameplay, Eve of Extinction is one big mess. [May 2002, p.106]

TotalPlayStation

A game that could've been so much more has turned into a pile of... well, crap.

Gaming Age

There is nothing about the game's style that particularly stands out; it has a decidedly generic feel.

Yahoo! Games

The idea is good; a sort of modern weapons-based update to the old-school brawler genre, but the implementation is poor, riddled with camera and control issues, resulting in a less than enjoyable game.

PSX Nation

There's just no way around it, the camera is terrible and contributes to making this game’s fun factor go way down.

IGN

A decent little action game to pass the time away, but only if you're desperate.