Reviews, page 308

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 review

For a few of us, the end of Rainbow Six: Vegas left a bad taste in the mouth; a sudden cliff hanger that provided little satisfaction or resolution. For everyone else, it was just a side commentary to combine smoldering action set pieces…

Crazyreyn · June 14, 2008

Staff Arcade HG exclusive

Splatterhouse review

I didn't think I'd be smacking rotting zombies to death with their own limbs or smashing corpses hung from nooses like macabre piñatas wide open with axes. When a disturbing individual with a cloth bag tied over its head assaulted me with…

Gary Hartley · June 14, 2008

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Roogoo review

It’s an extremely simple concept, but it has an addictive quality to it and is easily accessible for the hardcore and casuals. As you progress through the forty-five single-player levels, various obstacles are introduced to makes things a…

Paul Josua · June 14, 2008

Staff Sega CD HG exclusive

Road Avenger review

Road Avenger isn’t just Wolf Team’s finest laserdisc conversion, it’s clearly the greatest FMV game on Sega CD and the best damn thing Data East was ever responsible for in their long and largely mediocre history! Maybe those last two…

Sho · June 13, 2008

Reader DS

Rondo of Swords review

For a strategy RPG set against a traditional medieval backdrop, Rondo of Swords tries to surprise you. It introduces a radically different method of moving around and engaging the enemy. The objectives of its stages can change at any time…

woodhouse · June 13, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

Speed Racer: The Videogame review

You won’t have much time to pay attention to your surroundings, however; in the vein of such series as Wipeout and F-Zero, Speed Racer: The Videogame is set in a futuristic society where races move fast! At the beginning of the race, you…

yamishuryou · June 13, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

BioShock review

BioShock is an expertly crafted and finely tuned videogame: every inch of the level design has its place and purpose, and most of that purpose involves creating an astonishingly believable world out of something so incredible. The series…

Lewis Denby · June 12, 2008

Staff Wii HG exclusive

George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret review

Despite being an initially promising platformer, its charm is spoiled by pointless motion control, absent collision detection and unforgiving enemy encounters.

Matthew Reynolds · June 12, 2008

Reader Xbox 360

Viva Piñata review

Viva Pinata is, in a word, unique. It incorporates many familiar simulation and animal care aspects, yes. But when I say you unique, I don’t mean in terms of gameplay. I mean that this is a complex, deep game marketed almost entirely to an…

Muk1000 · June 12, 2008

Reader NES HG exclusive

Journey to Silius review

Journey to Silius was originally slated to be a game based on the Terminator movie license, but shortly before its release that license was mysteriously revoked from Sunsoft, either because Terminator 2 was less than a year away and a film…

dagoss · June 11, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Belief & Betrayal review

Belief & Betrayal is the latest adventure title from Italian developer Artematica Interactive, the company behind such horrors as the horrible Druuna game from 2001. Seven years later, and things haven't moved on all that much. The…

Lewis Denby · June 11, 2008

Staff Arcade HG exclusive

Revolution X review

Maybe I feel sorry because it gives me less of a chance to rip on the idea of a heavy-duty assault rifle's secondary weapon hurling CD's so destructive they effortlessly destroy APCs. And helicopters Maybe I feel robbed of the opportunity…

Gary Hartley · June 11, 2008

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Medal of Honor: Vanguard review

Now, instead of using canteens and first aid kits to restore health, all you have to do is duck out of the fray for a bit. Keegan can completely regenerate his health in a matter of seconds if he is able to avoid getting shot. To make this…

Rob Hamilton · June 11, 2008

Reader Xbox Review of the Week

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance review

One square section, about as long as a public restroom... that's just how big the first virtual mission is. And with your avatar, an oddly-dressed, white-haired "man", at your disposal, what is it that you'll do in this mission? You have…

dementedhut · June 10, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Dracula: Origin review

Torchlight flickers ominously, shifting the shadows cast by ghostly slivers of light invading the darkness through a network of cracks in the ancient ceiling. A silver tomb sits surrounded by a slew of human remains; bared ribcages, chewed…

Gary Hartley · June 10, 2008

Staff Wii HG exclusive

Emergency Heroes review

Well, the way this works is that you have one of three districts—later all combined into one—where you drive through crowded traffic to find glowing columns of light that represent missions. The time spent between said missions is mostly…

Jason Venter · June 9, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Half-Life: Blue Shift review

If Blue Shift were merely a simple rehash of everything we saw in Half-Life, I’d be cool with it, since I adored that game and would have loved to see more. But this expansion lacks many of the masterful touches that made Valve’s…

Mike Suskie · June 9, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Great War Nations: The Spartans review

I thought this was supposed to be a historical RTS. You know, based on actual history. That's what it sells itself as, anyway...But I'm reasonably certain none of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean had the power to throw…

Will Roy · June 9, 2008

Staff Game Boy Color HG exclusive

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons review

Take Dodongo, for example. To defeat this chap, you first have to use the tried and true strategy of feeding him bombs. Then, after he's stunned by the explosion, using the power bracelet, you must pick him up and toss him onto a bed of…

Rob Hamilton · June 9, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Half-Life: Opposing Force review

My least-favorite segment of Half-Life was the journey through the border world Xen at the end, only because the human factor had been taken out of the equation, and battling the far less intelligent alien grunts got old after a while…

Mike Suskie · June 8, 2008