Staff reviews
4,690 reviews · showing 2,161–2,180
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Staff 3DS HG exclusive
Bust-A-Move Universe review
What Arika doesn’t appear to have realized is that players will want some substance, even if they’re ready to forgive the lack of a three-dimensional twist. Past Bust-A-Move games have provided all sorts of bells and whistles that kept…
Jason Venter · April 24, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Crystal Defenders review
Even if you have the proper characters on the map, sometimes that’s not enough. You might have placed a bunch of archers but if none of them are leveled up, later foes can shrug off their attacks and rush through an entire gauntlet of…
Jason Venter · April 23, 2011
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Staff DS
Crime Lab: Body of Evidence review
Crime Lab tries to present an interesting run through puzzles and crime scene investigation, but it's underwhelming in all respects.
Julian Williams · April 23, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 Review of the Week HG exclusive
Beyond Good & Evil HD review
The Live Arcade download is a perfect way for any of the too many people who missed out upon release to catch up. It has shiny new HD enhancements, and Christophe Héral’s fantastically atypical score is all the sharper. More to the point…
Gary Hartley · April 23, 2011
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Staff 3DS HG exclusive
Super Monkey Ball 3D review
In appearance, it’s the polished follow-up to Super Monkey Ball, with moderately large environments full of bumpers, slopes, sharp curves and rail-free edges that allow you to drop frequently to your doom. Purists will probably object…
Jason Venter · April 21, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
NASCAR 2011: The Game review
There's plenty of good in here for the true fan; a lot of love went into trivia, racers, cars and feel. If you're into NASCAR this is a good buy, but a leftover copy of Forza 3 or Gran Turismo 5 would be a better purchase for the casual…
Julian Williams · April 19, 2011
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Okamiden review
The game’s structure most closely resembles something that you’d expect to find in The Legend of Zelda. There’s a general overworld, with fields and mountain pathways, forests and beaches. That world connects a number of small towns…
Jason Venter · April 18, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Hydrophobia review
There’s now enough going right to subtract from the things that go wrong in Hydrophobia’s increasingly damp world. Survivalists may want to get in on the action early while the genre-curious might want to hang on and see what the completed…
Gary Hartley · April 14, 2011
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Staff 3DS Review of the Week HG exclusive
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition review
The game’s third significant change is more difficult to pin down as either a flaw or an improvement. Since the 3DS only has so many standard buttons available, extra moves are now mapped to the touch screen (which is quartered). By…
Jason Venter · April 10, 2011
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Staff Arcade HG exclusive
Donkey Kong Junior review
With all respects to Ms. Pac-Man, you've heard of Donkey Kong Junior because it is perhaps the first great sequel to advance the original concept, cleverly reworking the formula while at the same time feeling immediately familiar to…
Winston Wolf · April 2, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Homefront review
That Homefront permits us to wage warfare in our neighbour’s backyard is an instant coup; the gritty, literally grassroots shootouts elevate the experience from me-too shooter; a role which most other FPS games have seemed content to fill…
Marc Golding · April 2, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Super Meat Boy review
With its retro aesthetic and punishing difficulty, Super Meat Boy is the type of release that shakes things up and gets people’s attention.
Calvin Kemph · April 2, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Epic Dungeon review
Epic Dungeon does itself credit by showcasing the best elements from years of Rogue-liking, but then manages to stand out of the crowd by daring to be different. Successful runs can last a matter of hours, premature ones a matter of…
Gary Hartley · March 31, 2011
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Staff 3DS HG exclusive
Pilotwings Resort review
There are more than 40 missions, the game’s packaging cheerfully notes, but those missions typically can be completed within 2 or 3 minutes each. A higher score and a better star rating are your only reason to return to a mission once you…
Jason Venter · March 31, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Dreamcast Collection review
Sega had a legacy here to uphold. You know how hardcore gamers love to laud accolades on lesser known, dead systems and celebrate their obscure appeal? Well Dreamcast was one of those systems. Hell, Dreamcast might have been the system –…
Marc Golding · March 28, 2011
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Myst review
If you bought a computer between about 1993 and 1996, you'll have got a free computer game with it. Perhaps your mum will have played it, sitting in front of the PC for hours on end, trying to figure out solutions to the game's many…
Lewis Denby · March 25, 2011
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle review
This is an interesting try at making the game a portable smash, but in the end it falls a little short of the mark.
Brittany Vincent · March 24, 2011
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! review
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! is a side-scrolling throwback that classic gamers should definitely enjoy.
Brittany Vincent · March 24, 2011
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Staff Game Boy Color HG exclusive
Lufia: The Legend Returns review
Anyhow, not only is the Ancient Cave back in this game, but with twice the number of floors (because, you know, measly 100-floor dungeons are for wimps) AND every single dungeon in the game takes its cue from this place. Yes, they all are…
Rob Hamilton · March 24, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 Review of the Week HG exclusive
Dragon Age II review
I guess people liked the origin stories in the first game so much that BioWare went ahead and made the sequel one giant origin story that cuts short just before it actually goes anywhere. It’s as if someone made a Batman movie that ended…
Mike Suskie · March 24, 2011
