Staff reviews
4,733 reviews · showing 2,581–2,600
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Batman: Arkham Asylum review
Batman's a game with a few problems, yet it remains utterly captivating throughout the journey. Every inch of Arkham Island, every character nuance, every animation and every gameplay mechanism has been refined to a ludicrous extent. Every…
Lewis Denby · August 29, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Disaster Report review
Each subsequent step in Disaster Report can prompt an aftershock and a split-second decision. There are instances where Keith needs to ignore the shaking ground and just run like hell. The rush from knowing Death is following one step…
Benjamin Woodhouse · August 28, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Metroid Prime Trilogy review
Those who have played through the games before can likely think of a number of places where improved control would come in handy, and they should rest assured that in most cases the experience feels every bit as wonderful as they imagine.
Jason Venter · August 25, 2009
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Staff Game Boy Advance HG exclusive
Mazes of Fate review
Despite not being overly enthralled with this place, it was paradise compared to the Underground Temple, which started with a lengthy fetch quest. In this sort of game, I might be told to obtain one item or another, but I won't feel like…
Rob Hamilton · August 20, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 - Siege of Spinner Cay review
It's a thoroughly good, thoroughly traditional adventure game that's sure to please fans of the original Monkey Island series and adventure-savvy newcomers alike. It's nothing remotely special, but it's unlikely that was ever its…
Lewis Denby · August 19, 2009
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Pangya: Fantasy Golf review
This game is a time-killing, cute-girls-dancing golf epic. Using the "tap for power, tap for accuracy" gauge system that evolved across years of video game golfing, Pangya mixes tournament play with versus-mode battles against oddball…
Zigfried · August 16, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Fat Princess review
Units look like little toy Vikings and they scream defiance and taunts with the squeakiness of cartoon chipmunks. Watching them jump off pirate ships or run through treacherous lava fields brings to mind a nostalgic sense of playing with…
Jonathan Stark · August 16, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Ghostbusters: The Video Game review
It's got the script, style, and soul of its source material, but fails to build a compelling game around these elements.
Jeffrey Matulef · August 16, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Killing Floor review
Killing Floor's amateur origins are uncomfortably clear, and there's no doubting that a little more polish would have gone a long way. Still, when you find yourself scurrying between cover in an open field at night, carefully aiming for…
Lewis Denby · August 15, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra review
Instead of copying something like Halo or even a third-person shooter along the lines of Gears of War, two options that surely must have been appealing and may have led to something interesting, the developers went a different route. The…
Jason Venter · August 15, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
The King of Fighters XII review
The King of the Fighters XII may have a new sheen, but it's missing a lot of what made some of those early titles so entertaining. At times it just feels incomplete. Some characters have regressed to their move sets from much earlier…
Freelance Writer · August 14, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra review
Finishing a mission on "Casual" level won't award you as many tokens as the more challenging choices and effectively prevents you from ever recruiting a full team of mercenaries. That's disappointing since one of the game's coolest…
Jason Venter · August 12, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
'Splosion Man review
In possibly the most massive scientific lab ever imagined, the scientist you control made an awesome discovery allowing him to detonate his own body regularly with no physical harm. Unfortunately, there was a minor side effect, as the chap…
Rob Hamilton · August 9, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Ghostbusters: The Video Game review
The plot begins by ambitiously introducing two new central characters—a strange young woman and a rookie member of the ghostbusters team—but after that it almost immediately turns into a retread of familiar adventures. Many of the same…
Jason Venter · August 8, 2009
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Staff GameCube HG exclusive
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 review
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 pretends it doesn't have that little number at the end of its title. It uses the same cel-shaded graphics, features the same fighting engine, and even recycles combos for reappearing characters. The game goes so…
Benjamin Woodhouse · August 8, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled review
Something a lot of fans will appreciate is the ability to chase Krang and Shredder through time as a united team. On consoles, no more than two friends have ever been able to team up for the cause, but now you can gather three other…
Jason Venter · August 6, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures: The Bogey Man review
It's never overtly bad. It's just grossly unambitious, lacking in any real flair, and growing stale at an alarming rate. So while Grand Adventures has been a fun ride, it's for the best that it's reached its conclusion. It just could have…
Lewis Denby · August 6, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Icarus: Alien Vanguard review
Shuttlecraft, the first level, is arguably the best introduction to a Doom game I've experienced. It's longer than most and there are a few sneaky little tricks to ensure it's a good bit tougher than expected for the first map. It has this…
Rob Hamilton · August 5, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
The Conduit review
The Conduit most often feels like a light gun shooter that’s been ripped off of its tracks, which is due as much to the arcade-like nature of the level design as it is to the control scheme itself. There’s a light, frenetic nature in the…
Mike Suskie · August 5, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 review
You might be wondering how the game could possibly be difficult. The answer is that you suddenly find yourself working with extreme limitations. Besides gaining life meters several times the length of your own, enemies gain the ability to…
Jason Venter · August 2, 2009
