4,730 reviews · showing 2,761–2,780
Staff DS HG exclusive
The DS version doesn’t do a very good job at selling itself. More on that later, though, because while at first I suspected that Trackmania was going to be collecting dust on my shelf alongside Trace Memory and Lost in Blue, I have found…
Jonathan Stark · March 5, 2009
Staff DS HG exclusive
Spend a few hours with any Fire Emblem game and you’ll see why the series is revered in the world of turn-based strategy games: Its emphasis on the immediate and long-term effects of death is brilliant. The knowledge that each downed…
Mike Suskie · March 4, 2009
Staff PSP HG exclusive
Rather than working to avoid such situations, the developers do their best to replicate them numerous times throughout each zone. Stages seem to have been built specifically to trick you into making mistakes. You'll find moving platforms…
Jason Venter · March 1, 2009
Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
The whole thing comes off as an interactive Fantasia: a beautiful and poignant blend of sound and movement that tells an active story.
Jonathan Stark · March 1, 2009
Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Though I didn't find a convenient way to determine a competitor's skill level until after he beats me—or loses—that didn't actually work out too badly. I'm someone who likes to get right into another round of fighting, anyway, and the…
Jason Venter · February 27, 2009
Staff Wii HG exclusive
Similar to Super Mario Galaxy, Deadly Creatures will take you through each desert environment in ways you never imagined. Walls are so easily traversed that you may begin to lose track of your surroundings. This illusion is broken –…
Louis Bedigian · February 27, 2009
Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Ayumi has to be somebody's wet dream. The press releases talk-up the sexy art style, and emphasize how both action and anime fans will slobber over her figure and fighting moves. And no doubt, some people will be drawn to her brash…
Benjamin Woodhouse · February 27, 2009
Staff Apple II HG exclusive
While "Tame" doesn't allow even remotely suggestive language, in "Lewd", anything goes. Sexual encounters are spelled out and dirty language is recognized by the computer. Obviously, that was the only mode I ever played, although, upon…
Rob Hamilton · February 25, 2009
Staff Wii HG exclusive
...all of the games are emulated wonderfully - without any sound problems that sometimes plague compilation discs.
Jeremy Peeples · February 23, 2009
Staff PC HG exclusive
Challenging, addictive, thoughtful and beautiful, Spelunky is a stream of constant delight. The icing on the cake is that it's free, and a mere 8mb download. There are no excuses not to play this. You have been warned.
Lewis Denby · February 22, 2009
Staff Wii HG exclusive
Nancy Drew has too much time on her hands; she's ready to take on any mystery at a moment's notice. Thanks to extra duties in this investigation, though, time isn't on her side. She has to collect laundry by noon and produce three square…
Benjamin Woodhouse · February 20, 2009
Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Ar Tonelico 2 took me by surprise. It feels weird to say that given that I played the first one, and I can't really say that the two are all that different. Gust is infamous for making the same game repeatedly but somehow, it just gets…
Josh Higley · February 20, 2009
Staff PC HG exclusive
Overture is a slightly uncomfortable amalgamation of half-finished ideas, but, when it's at its best, it's surprisingly brilliant. If it were a little more inventive beyond its physics engine, and a little less clunky in its mechanics, we…
Lewis Denby · February 20, 2009
Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
It [Afro Samurai] may not be the masterpiece it could or even should be, but it's still one of the better games of its kind to come along in awhile.
Jeffrey Matulef · February 20, 2009
Staff PlayStation HG exclusive
X-Com gives you quite the daunting task to undertake in saving the entire world from invasion. But despite the many challenges it presents, playing it is an enormously rewarding experience that, even in this day and age, has yet to be…
Gary Hartley · February 19, 2009
Staff PSP HG exclusive
As you work through each stage, you'll find that you don't actually control the slime. Instead, you can slightly tilt the perspective to the right or left using the PSP's shoulder buttons. This simple mechanic works very well, mostly…
Jason Venter · February 17, 2009
Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Here's the set-up. You're an American soldier in Vietnam. You ain't never been so scared in your life, the title screen informs you. And then, suddenly, you're in a building filled with smoke, and some dispicable army veteran starts being…
Lewis Denby · February 17, 2009
Staff DS HG exclusive
Even for people like me, who never played the original, there was a sense that something was terribly wrong. The feeling was so strong that I did some research and discovered that not only had all of the voice overs been cut out, more than…
Jonathan Stark · February 16, 2009
Staff DS HG exclusive
Retro Game Challenge features eight games in all. That doesn't sound like much, and in some ways it isn't. After all, we've seen compilations of classic games that boasted three, four... even seven or eight times that number. Keep in mind…
Jason Venter · February 15, 2009
Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Blacksite: Area 51 is just another shooter. You’ve played this game before; you’ve played it better and you‘ve played it worse, but this doesn’t change the fact that, as a title, it simply exists.
Gary Hartley · February 14, 2009
