Staff reviews
4,693 reviews · showing 2,801–2,820
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure review
Most of the time you play, you'll probably be thinking that you must have missed something. Sometimes the hero will muse about a possible solution and point you in the right direction, but typically that only happens once you've finally…
Jason Venter · January 18, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Hokuto no Ken review
What Hokuto no Ken lacks in balance, it attempts to compensate for in flash. Huge Engrish proclamations such as "THE BATTLE OF DESTINY" and "THANX FOR YOUR PLAYING!" adorn the screen, blows connect with explosive impact, and animations are…
Zigfried · January 18, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Kidz Sports: Crazy Golf review
Compared the rest of its Wii budget label brethren, Crazy Mini Golf is by far the favoured game, but it’s a little like saying testicular is your favourite form of cancer.
Gary Hartley · January 18, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Castlevania: Judgment review
Why would someone bother mastering the art of knocking someone into the air, canceling out of a ground-based combo to follow-up with an air attack and then come down with a crushing to finish things off when just waving the Wii Remote…
Jason Venter · January 14, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey review
EverQuest II has fought hard to redeem itself from the hollow shell it once was, and it’s made this possible by dumping uncountable options right into the lap of the player. Returning players will find an extension of worth and new players…
Gary Hartley · January 14, 2009
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi review
That, unfortunately, is where Rise of the Fungi’s problems begin. Most significantly, the level designs just don’t work. One could argue that they feature the same amount of platforms and climbable objects as any other game in the genre…
Louis Bedigian · January 14, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Kung Fu Panda review
As one of those older gamers, the main thing I enjoyed about this game was its level design. While the stages were all fairly short and very linear, there was a lot of variety. In one level, I was scaling a mountain while not only fighting…
Rob Hamilton · January 14, 2009
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Final Fantasy IV review
Final Fantasy IV DS is not a new game, nor does it pretend to be original. As with many of Square Enix's re-releases of older titles, it is aimed primarily at the nostalgia factor for those of us who were old enough to play it the first…
Lassarina Aoibhell · January 13, 2009
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Big Bang Mini review
I’ve learnt to destroy heat-seeking cod skeletons with fireworks. Now excuse me while I save the world.
Gary Hartley · January 13, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Lumines Supernova review
Each stage is played in a series of “skins.” These skins make up a background and a musical track. Every time you do anything, whether it be moving a block or erasing a stack, the music reacts. the background pulses and shifts. As you stay…
Jonathan Stark · January 9, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Valkyria Chronicles review
Valkyria Chronicles looks like a water color painting in motion. Whoever made this artistic decision is a genius, because watercolors make anything look amazing, whether it be a stream or a pile of rocks, and here you’re seeing whole…
Jonathan Stark · January 8, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Meteos Wars review
When I first started playing this game, I felt like I was being dropped into the fastest level of Tetris with no warning. While I now feel I've gotten the hang of things, it still moves fast enough to demand all my concentration in order…
Rob Hamilton · January 8, 2009
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Staff SNES HG exclusive
Final Fight Guy review
What the player actually gets is the exact same game as the original SNES version with one difference — Cody is gone and replaced with Guy. Yep, that’s it. The fourth level doesn't find its way back into the game and there still is no…
Rob Hamilton · January 7, 2009
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Staff DS HG exclusive
TrackMania DS review
The sulky shot soon turned into a toast. I have no idea how the Scots at Firebrand have managed it, but Trackmania DS is a triumph. I can’t help feel this may have been to spite me.
Gary Hartley · January 5, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga review
You could, in fact, buy the entire compilation for ‘98 alone, and not a single person would blame you. But included is five years of iconic team battling all held together by an over-branching plot that would do numerous RPGs proud, the…
Gary Hartley · January 4, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Perfect Dark Zero review
Co-op modes commonly up the enemy count with the inclusion of a second player, and as well they should. Taking a friend in tow demands more targets to aim at, and Zero obligates. It obliges in the form of crippling overkill.
Gary Hartley · January 4, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl review
Stalker is so far removed from the relentless fright-a-minute conventions of the genre that it somehow works on a much higher level than any of its competitors. A staggering majority of Stalker takes place in wide, open and relatively calm…
Lewis Denby · December 31, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Thunder Force VI review
It's obvious that Sega and the former Technosoft employees who worked on this project still love the same scenes that I loved ten, fifteen, seventeen years ago. That reassures me; my fascination with such details was clearly no accident…
Zigfried · December 31, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Rogue Galaxy review
It also doesn't help that the two companions you can have at your side at any time are idiots. I didn't notice those guys going for charge attacks when necessary, leaving me to do that myself while they ineffectively flailed at the…
Rob Hamilton · December 30, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
LittleBigPlanet review
Suddenly I felt hope. Hope for myself. Hope for humanity. Sony might’ve intended HOME to be their global glue for PS3 players, but the true community is right here, in Little Big Planet.
Jonathan Stark · December 30, 2008
