Staff reviews
4,689 reviews · showing 2,321–2,340
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Staff PC HG exclusive
The Silver Lining: Episode 1 - What is Decreed Must Be review
The Silver Lining: What Is Decreed Must Be is aimed squarely at hardcore King's Quest lovers who want to see the series given a proper send-off. As a loving fan service, there's quite a bit to like, but as a game, it stumbles rather badly.
Andy Chalk · July 11, 2010
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Staff PC Review of the Week HG exclusive
Armada 2526 review
Armada 2526 is a hard game. It doesn’t have a plot, but it does have a big, wide open galaxy to explore and twelve distinct races to base your own story on.
Gary Hartley · July 11, 2010
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Staff SNES HG exclusive
Doom review
After mere moments of playing through the first level of the first (of three) episodes, I was wondering if my killing machine of a space marine had been replaced by Stephen Hawking. You will move really slowly and choppily through levels…
Rob Hamilton · July 8, 2010
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Staff Nintendo 64 HG exclusive
Diddy Kong Racing review
Diddy Kong Racing smartly mimics SMK’s well-founded principles while expanding in different directions. To call it just a go-cart racer gives too little credit. As if it were no big thing, DKR boldly introduces the physics of plane and…
Winston Wolf · July 8, 2010
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Staff PC HG exclusive
System Shock review
It's true that the interface is clumsy, with far too much dragging and dropping going on. But away from the peripherals, here remains a game of survival horror resource management, careful RPG stat-planning, and basic but tactical…
Lewis Denby · July 8, 2010
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable review
Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES both arrived much too late in the PlayStation 2's life cycle. The current console generation was already well under way and new releases on that platform were regularly being overlooked in favor of the titles on…
Rhody Tobin · July 8, 2010
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
The Godfather II review
Battles are won before a single shot is fired, business taken without so much as a pride-obliterating pimp slap and the game completed without effort or, ultimately, interest.
Gary Hartley · July 7, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Naughty Bear review
Each new weapon has a kill animation to go with it, but none of those animations are all that amusing after the first three or four times that you see them. I enjoy pouncing on an over-sized bear and hacking apart his face with an ax as…
Jason Venter · July 7, 2010
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sam & Max: They Stole Max's Brain! review
Here, he needs to disturb an alliance between previous chapter’s villains using chicanery and random vandalism, while disembodied Max, his brain kept snug in a sealed jar, complete with electronic voice box and L.E.D mouth, antagonizes all…
Gary Hartley · July 3, 2010
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo review
Dragonball: Revenge of King Piccolo has some potential as a side-scrolling adventure, but some unfortunate stumbles prevent it from serving as the enjoyable introduction to the game franchise that it so easily could have been.
Brandon Thissell · July 2, 2010
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Staff Arcade HG exclusive
Gang Wars review
What's harder to explain are the numerous other problems. Gang Wars is characterized by slack issues that have grown increasingly noticeable since the Prisoners of War codebase it probably leveraged. Animation is stilted and choppy with…
Winston Wolf · July 1, 2010
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Staff NES HG exclusive
TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Dai Maou review
In Detana!! TwinBee (aka: Bells & Whistles), the entire game exhibited the same sort of imagination these bosses did. There were floating cities, waterfalls in outer space and other enchanting sights to fly over. Here...there's a quintet…
Rob Hamilton · July 1, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
RISK: Factions review
The "Factions" mode adds a few wrinkles to that classic formula. The maps that you'll explore are different, with special new attractions that give particular territories new value. For example, it's possible to lay siege to an island…
Jason Venter · June 29, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
8-bit Girlfriend review
8-bit Girlfriend is a paper thin joke that doesn’t even stay around long enough to wear out its welcome.
Gary Hartley · June 29, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Resident Evil 5: Untold Stories review
Untold Stories, as a whole, is a fantastic package that allows you to experience both sides of Resident Evil 5‘s extremes in their very best light.
Gary Hartley · June 27, 2010
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor review
It's hard to do justice to the intensity and creativity of Successor to the Skies. All I can hope to do is to convince you that the foundations are in place and give you a mere glimpse of the imagination that flows through this title. If…
Tim Ayre · June 27, 2010
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Staff Mac HG exclusive
Starcraft review
This is Starcraft. This is a game that can still inspire excitement and interest more than a decade after its initial release. It does this despite having outdated graphics, without including branching paths or moral choices, and with nary…
Jonathan Stark · June 27, 2010
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3 review
The experience resembles what it might feel like to walk into a room with a huge chest, dig through it and yank out a bunch of my favorite toys, then toss them together and relish the crazy results. Players are presented with a virtual…
Jason Venter · June 24, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 Review of the Week HG exclusive
Alpha Protocol review
Alpha Protocol isn’t excused of anything it does wrong. There’s the overwhelming sense here that Obsidian bypassed the game's flaws rather than fixing them. That’s almost as good, though, because it makes everything about Alpha Protocol no…
Mike Suskie · June 21, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Dead Space review
Dead Space doesn’t want to be another forgettable survival horror wannabe. It desperately wants to be taken seriously and, as such, has poured tremendous efforts into establishing its credentials.
Gary Hartley · June 20, 2010
