Reviews, page 432

Heavy Nova review

The collision detection kills any possible entertainment value. Even the reviled Rise of the Robots, for all its flaws, got that part right. When someone appears to kick you onscreen, IT HAD DAMN WELL BETTER HURT. But in Heavy Nova, it…

Zigfried · April 24, 2005

Reader PC

The Lost Vikings review

The Lost Vikings is bursting at the seams; not just because of the intensely challenging puzzles, the sheer mass of levels but because of the creative and innovative style that it brought forward. Its genre is a well crafted blend of a…

goldenvortex · April 24, 2005

Staff Xbox

JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future review

It's easy to lose yourself in the game's enormity, frustrated at your inability to find the deviously hidden final tags or even simply at the fact that you have to backtrack halfway through all creation to reach them.

John L · April 24, 2005

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Shadow of the Beast II review

Psygnosis apparently thought that their cavemen were so cleverly hidden that the player would not be able to see half their bodies poking out from the leaves. No, you are only able to attack the cavemen once you walk beneath them (which…

Zigfried · April 24, 2005

Reader PlayStation HG exclusive

Driver review

Being an undercover cop sounds to me like a kind of mental torture, where I am always constantly paranoid that my identity shall be exposed at any moment and inspire the wrath of several Mr. Blonde types with Brooklyn accents, begging the…

johnny_cairo · April 23, 2005

Reader NES

Wizards & Warriors review

One of the first NES games I ever played was Acclaim’s Wizards and Warriors. Back then, I thought this game was flat-out spectacular. Yeah, it was a bit on the easy side thanks to a system that gave you unlimited continues, but all that…

overdrive · April 22, 2005

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Final Fantasy X-2 review

Final Fantasy.... you may like it, or you may hate it, but the fact is that you've heard of it. No matter if your gaming habits are centered around consoles, or not, the chances are that you will have heard of the Final Fantasy series on…

darketernal · April 21, 2005

Staff PlayStation Review of the Week HG exclusive

Monsterseed review

As soon as he walks on screen, you can tell the ferociously-named Daniel is your heroic protagonist. Wearing last summers generic hero apparel, the blocky and squat graphics do what they can to represent him in shiny silver armour…

Gary Hartley · April 21, 2005

Staff Xbox

Doom 3 review

It's an edge of your seat roller coaster ride fired through a minimalist world of spine chilling terror. Intelligent plot twists and character development? Whatever. Such things cloud the atmosphere and instead we're given heart. Bloody…

Michael Scott · April 21, 2005

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Tsukiyo no Saraba review

I remember walking out of the theatre after watching the original Matrix movie, totally blown away at all the fresh ideas it had brought to the table, and completely stunned at how insanely cool Bullet-time was. Then a year or so later the…

guts · April 20, 2005

Reader Xbox

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords review

Now, I’ve played the original Knights of the Old Republic, and found it simply extraordinary. That was a game that offered everything: an unforgettably epic story, the ability to explore worlds one could only otherwise imagine, as well as…

disco1960 · April 19, 2005

Staff PlayStation 2

Shinobi review

What of the game design we thrilled to in Shinobi III, the game most widely considered to epitomize Shinobi? What of double jumps and rainbow shuriken showers? Oh, they're still here. They just don't matter.

Marc Golding · April 19, 2005

Staff DS

Kirby: Canvas Curse review

If you had asked me 12 months ago what I thought of Nintendo's Kirby, chances are I would have compared the little guy to an ill-formed testicle before slapping you across the back of the head. Ask me again today however and I'll happily…

Michael Scott · April 19, 2005

Staff SNES HG exclusive

Joe & Mac review

Besides the fact that Joe and Mac toss weapons as if their arms are made of string cheese, there’s the matter of narrow platforms. Most of these are saved for the end of the game, in the last level or two. It’s easy to spend a few lives…

Jason Venter · April 18, 2005

Reader Sega Master System

Taz-Mania review

That dizzyingly hyper Taz is hungry once more. Of course, anyone familiar with that cooky freak knows that when Taz's stomach rumbles, he needs something fast to go yummy in his tummy. This time, Taz disembarks to the Lost Valley; a hidden…

masterzero99 · April 18, 2005

Reader PlayStation 2

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening review

When I think of sexy, the first thing that comes to mind is a lovely young woman. But when it comes to games I think “Devil May Cry 3.” The wait is finally over, and Capcom finally did things right. Anything and everything that went wrong…

alucard517 · April 18, 2005

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

El Viento review

When Annet leaps into the air to avoid gangsters' bullets, she lets her bare arms fly loose, ribbons from her hair and waist flowing with the wind as her skirt lifts ever so slightly in the breeze. After falling back down, Annet's slender…

Zigfried · April 17, 2005

Reader GameCube

Viewtiful Joe review

Viewtiful Joe failed to live up to its hype. I read a ton of magazine reviews on the game and I found scores of 90% and over. I checked GameFAQS (hardly the most trustworthy of places to go to for review scores) and found that amongst the…

goldenvortex · April 17, 2005

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Elemental Master review

While running between cliff walls, you have to watch out for the punks on either side that are trying to roll boulders on your head. But then a gust picks up, creating a wind tunnel within the canyon — so now you've got to fight not only…

Zigfried · April 16, 2005

Reader SNES

Kirby Super Star review

If the only part of Kirby Super Star that I’d played was the “Milky Way Wishes” adventure, I’d be slapping a “10” on this SNES compilation cart so fast it’d make your head spin! Sadly, that ultra-cool game is only one of many present in…

overdrive · April 15, 2005