Reviews by K T

Major League Baseball 2K10 review

When batting, you will have to be patient in identifying pitches, rather than taking a rip at everything thrown. Pitchers often straddle the outer-edge of the strikezone, and a batter caught trying to pull a ball way out there will often…

K T · April 12, 2010

Reader Genesis HG exclusive

Ka-Ge-Ki: Fists of Steel review

Let’s not drag this out too much, it hurts. Ka Ge Ki: Fists of Steel is a Pit Fighter-esque beat-‘em-up, replacing the cliché strongmen and kickboxing champions with your Puerto Rican hero, out to spoil the party of some Japanese bullies…

dogma · August 12, 2009

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

The Bigs 2 review

TB2 is all spectacle, but it’s well done. Gargantuan sluggers take powerful rips at incoming pitches, practically jumping out of their cleats; pitchers throw fastballs almost exclusively in the triple digits and curveballs with such acute…

K T · July 26, 2009

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Major League Baseball 2K9 review

In short, your hopes are strung along at first by a satisfactory visual presentation, with the telecast handled by two well-known baseball buffoons. It feels reasonably similar to a day at the park.

K T · March 18, 2009

Reader Arcade HG exclusive

Night Slashers review

I’m a beat-‘em-up enthusiast. I don’t see how anyone couldn’t be. You pick them up and you play them, and they’re action-packed. There is no plot to plod through. There is a clear enemy, sometimes a MacGuffin, some rundown settings plagued…

dogma · October 6, 2006

Reader PC HG exclusive

Uplink: Hacker Elite review

There is a brilliant idea that inspires Uplink: Hacker Elite, and it largely rests at the intersection of the state of present day technology, and the timeless intrigue that surrounds crime and criminals, so deeply-rooted that it taps…

dogma · September 14, 2006

Reader Arcade HG exclusive

Sly Spy review

There is a glee about Sly Spy, a maniacal urge to so blatantly steal and simultaneously disrespect the source material it pays cynical homage to, the wonderful 007 canon, that makes it a grotesque spectacle, somehow both irritating and…

dogma · September 10, 2006

Reader Arcade Review of the Week

Mug Smashers review

Mug Smashers, though devastatingly threatening by name, is more of a womanly slap across the cheek than any truly bruising smash. It isn’t as good as Final Fight or Streets of Rage, and certainly doesn’t appear to be too worried about it…

dogma · September 8, 2006

Reader SNES Review of the Week HG exclusive

Ken Griffey Jr Presents: Major League Baseball review

Perhaps more than any other video game, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball is firmly entrenched in a part of my mind from which it cannot be uprooted, forever connected to a reality that is experienced by most boys in childhood…

dogma · August 24, 2006

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

James Bond 007: The Duel review

It’s difficult to say which side of this battle is the more feebleminded; it’s a close race. Enemy henchmen run on-screen and fire a shot at you within a second of appearing. Because they are unbelievably stupid, they can fire only on a…

K T · June 28, 2005

Staff SNES HG exclusive

Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie review

But do not fail to take advantage of your craft’s second capability. While you fly along idly, perhaps through a rare spot of peacefulness where no foes dwell and your guns lay resting silently, a gold, magnetic electricity will surround…

K T · June 17, 2005

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master review

The settings don't just differ from area to area --- they completely change in theme within stages. Your five-minute horseback ride --- during which, as in every level, you battle with a midpoint boss --- is followed by an entry into a…

K T · June 17, 2005

Staff NES HG exclusive

Balloon Fight review

Starbuck faces shortcomings in technology that don’t hinder his enemy. When he manages to pop an enemy’s singular balloon (to William J. Starbuck’s advantage, he has two balloons!), they have parachutes that allow them to fall gently…

K T · June 10, 2005

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Road Rash II review

There’s little you can’t do, and there isn’t much that can’t happen, especially over the course of a full race. Fight off the aptly named WAR HAMMER with your bare fists or with an available weapon; swerve in and out of the lanes, avoiding…

K T · June 10, 2005

Staff NES HG exclusive

Jaws review

Your average encounter with Jaws himself plays out just like any other confrontation; he’ll swim back and forth as you spew rice at him. He’ll swim in your general direction, but unless your deep-sea diver suddenly loses all of his motor…

K T · June 10, 2005

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Streets of Rage 2 review

Streets of Rage 2 is, apparently, one of the most beloved Sega Genesis titles ever created – rarely have I found so much near-unanimous gushing praise for a side-scrolling beat-‘em-up. I’ve read more than once that this is the best brawler…

K T · June 7, 2005

Staff NES HG exclusive

Friday the 13th review

At first, you’ll be reduced to throwing lowly rocks at a being so untouchable that, according to the films, shotgun blasts don’t even affect him.

K T · May 13, 2005

Staff Arcade HG exclusive

Cadillacs & Dinosaurs review

C&D is a monstrous freak, imprisoned in the cage of the side-scrolling beat-em-'up. The difference between this one and its more popular peers is its unrelenting willingness to be absolutely out of its mind. Any boundaries in the odd or…

K T · May 12, 2005

Staff SNES HG exclusive

Sunset Riders review

SR humors us, and tells us lies. In chronological order, the first lie is that in the Old West, there were cowboys named Bob. I know one thing: Bob is not a cowboy. Bobs are office productivity consultants. Bobs aren’t gun-wielding lawmen.

K T · April 30, 2005

Reader Arcade Review of the Week HG exclusive

WWF WrestleFest review

The Back Then Wrestling was represented by just two major parties: The WWF, and the WCW. Each had its own popular stars to carry the company name. The WWF had Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, The Big Boss Man, and Sgt. Slaughter, to name…

dogma · April 9, 2005