11,287 reviews · showing 5,881–5,900
Staff SNES HG exclusive
Your hero might be a standard silent protagonist and his supporting cast isn't really given any motivation for their actions other than utter devotion to your quest, but as I played Dragon Quest V, I felt more of a connection to them than…
Rob Hamilton · October 10, 2008
Staff DS HG exclusive
The thing that keeps a person digging is the sense of ownership. Once you've crafted a beautiful maze, it's fun to return because then you'll get to see what monsters have decided to inhabit your dungeon. If you just built a few bland…
Jason Venter · October 9, 2008
Staff TurboGrafx-16 HG exclusive
As you progress through its eight stages, it seems near-impossible to stay alive as enemies dart onto the screen in erratic waves, spewing bullets here and there, while various indestructible obstacles such as moving statues and clapping…
Rob Hamilton · October 9, 2008
Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
This is a game where your skills start out rusty, yet your experience as you improve goes from “pretty good but wow is this game hard” to “I can't believe I used to have trouble with that!” The sense of accomplishment as each stage is…
Jason Venter · October 8, 2008
Reader PlayStation 2 Review of the Week
The Resident Evil series' supposedly exclusive move from the Playstation to the GameCube kicked off in 2002 with the arrival of the cripplingly good Resident Evil Remake and Resident Evil Zero. Resident Evil 4 was still three years away…
bloomer · October 8, 2008
Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
The perv ideas begin with the outfits, which range from form-fitting hot pants to your basic wrestling thong. Once you’ve selected your hottie and dressed her as skimpily as you like, choose an arena and get to fighting. Even while duking…
Marc Golding · October 7, 2008
Reader NES HG exclusive
Despite the popular notion that the Mega Man series never evolved (or became more “intelligently designed”) as it progressed, the series actually underwent many fundamental changes in its early NES installments. While the differences…
dagoss · October 7, 2008
Reader PlayStation
The great thing about Koudelka is the atmosphere and storyline. This is not your typical Japanese RPG with cheery graphics and a cutesy storyline with a bunch of children. This game takes place in a haunted castle in 1898, and you control…
psychopenguin · October 7, 2008
Staff DS HG exclusive
Even if the simple gameplay were tweaked to its maximum amount of enjoyment, no link is established to the main attraction: breakdancing. Sure, if I refrain from moving the stylus, my tiny dancer will passively bob to a generic beat. And…
Benjamin Woodhouse · October 6, 2008
Staff PC HG exclusive
his means that anyone who has touched anything resembling a turn-based strategy before will easily pick it up but the simple setting change doesn't make the game good. Its kind of like how many people say that Firefly was just a Western…
Freelance Writer · October 6, 2008
Staff PC HG exclusive
Does a game lose worth for providing too much of a challenge? Forcing the player into a routine of patience in order to beat its difficulty is the very crux of the Thief franchise, so it seems a little unfair to berate an admittedly…
Lewis Denby · October 5, 2008
Reader Xbox 360
"Be careful out there! You haven't done this in awhile!"
dementedhut · October 4, 2008
Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Giant robot games bore me. While a handful are good, especially the tough-as-nails sidescroller Assault Suit Leynos 2 and the well streamlined MechAssault, the vast majority of them bog themselves down in too many mechanics to be of any…
Cornwell · October 4, 2008
Reader Saturn HG exclusive
Dear friends, I am about to admit something that I’m sure no one will forgive me for. It’s something I should have known about for ages, but sadly, I did not, thanks to my restricted knowledge of video games a child. My friends, I… I don’t…
wolfqueen001 · October 3, 2008
Reader DS Review of the Week HG exclusive
Attention, Soldier! We have a mission for you. We’re not altogether sure what this mission will involve as of yet, but we’re giving it the code-name Operation: Vietnam. We know you’re probably keen to know why we’re sending four of you on…
JANUS2 · October 3, 2008
Staff Xbox HG exclusive
It's pointless cosmetics-first-gameplay-last software at its worst.
Gary Hartley · October 1, 2008
Reader PC HG exclusive
Imagination is a very powerful tool we often take for granted. For instance, can you imagine yourself something of a hero in a world where technology and magic mix? Can you picture yourself being the one who decides the fate of the world…
darketernal · October 1, 2008
Reader NES HG exclusive
"Now it is the beginning of a fantastic story! Let us make a journey to the cave of monsters! Good luck!" Those words kick off a grand adventure. While I'll never be sure what's so fantastic about the story, the introduction to the game…
dragoon_of_infinity · September 30, 2008
Staff DS HG exclusive
Any year with the Olympic Games is a good year for Olympic games. At least, that seems to be the idea behind New International Track and Field, A DS facelift of Konami's old Track and Field franchise. After lying dormant for eight years…
Josh Higley · September 30, 2008
Staff PC HG exclusive
I don't think I've played a game with this much all-round polish since Half-Life 2. Mass Effect simply sparkles, overflowing with cinematic sci-fi design, brimming with utter, undebatable confidence in its approach. It's about as close to…
Lewis Denby · September 29, 2008
