Staff reviews, page 142

Guardians/Denjin Makai II review

Picture yourself as a buxom beauty, your long blonde hair flowing in a ponytail as you sprint across the scorched desert sands of an oil field, your thigh-high white heeled boots kicking up puffs of silt and debris. Generic, gray uniformed…

Jackie Curtis · December 24, 2008

Staff Game Boy Color HG exclusive

Daikatana review

Due to fancy time/space manipulation, Hiro has his own Daikatana, but his version of the sword has no magic power. Fortunately, for a villain, Kage is remarkably helpful and repeatedly decides to assert his power over your group by…

Rob Hamilton · December 24, 2008

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories review

A departure from the hit-the-x-button gameplay of the rest of the series, this system is lauded as either brilliantly strategic or pathetically broken. I myself call it strategically pathetic, but I like it nonetheless.

Jonathan Stark · December 24, 2008

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Indigo Prophecy review

It’s around here that Marcus stops worrying about his mental health and starts trying to be middle America’s answer to Chow Yun Fat on a tabletop-sized slab of LSD. It’s about here you may want to start thinking about employing your…

Gary Hartley · December 23, 2008

Staff NES HG exclusive

Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus review

And after seven sequences of this, it all abruptly ends. No more muted, garish colors. No more laughable showdowns. No more trying to hit a miniature velociraptor with a stupid arcing bomb because the power-up literally blocked your path…

Jackie Curtis · December 23, 2008

Staff NES HG exclusive

Lot Lot review

If this sounds a bit more like a drawn-out chore than an actual puzzle, it is. You’re merely switching contents around and waiting for membranes to give way as you keep one square completely cleared to avoid losing. Keep swinging contents…

Jackie Curtis · December 23, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion review

This is the thing with Oblivion. Just as you manage to suspend disbelief and let the high-fantasy tide wash over you, something completely moronic happens and you're thrown rather aggressively back to the dismal reality of sitting in front…

Lewis Denby · December 19, 2008

Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive

Everyday Shooter review

I don’t care what you’re doing, it’s instantly way cooler when things are exploding and someone’s riffing on a guitar behind it. That you’re the cause of these explosions and riffs makes Everyday Shooter not only amazingly cool, but also…

Jonathan Stark · December 17, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Europa Universalis III Complete review

Approximately a year ago, Jason Venter reviewed the vanilla version of Europa Universalis III for this very site. Jason articulately chronicled his rise to power as Calais in the fifteenth century, writing of how rebels would easily seize…

Freelance Writer · December 17, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

March! Offworld Recon review

If March-exclamation-mark-Offworld Recon had simply flashed up a load of static images of killer robots and huge chain-guns, layered on top of its preposterous midi-techno soundtrack, I'd have had a hell of a lot more fun. This is a…

Lewis Denby · December 16, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

Chrono Trigger review

The best addition to the game proves to be the use of the DS to redesign the menus and controls, and the dual screen functionality which makes viewing the menus a breeze. It might not be much more than a fresh look at the classic, but then…

Jonathan Stark · December 15, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! review

Despite my worst fears, Nancy Drew has not undergone a lobotomy. Lights, Camera, Curses! is the premier of the Nancy Drew Dossier series, designed specifically for detectives crunched for time. But even though it requires less brain power…

Benjamin Woodhouse · December 15, 2008

Staff Arcade HG exclusive

Hot Pinball review

The theme of each board? Health class diagrams of the female reproductive system!

Jackie Curtis · December 15, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

Football Director DS review

Football Director DS is a promising youth team player. The foundations for a worthwhile asset are there for all to see; it simply needs to be carefully cultivated in the future to reach full potential.

Gary Hartley · December 15, 2008

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows review

So to conclude that Web of Shadows was loaded with potential would be quite the understatement. Ultimately, the game fails miserably to live up to that potential, sort of like Penny Hardaway. And why is that? Because Web of Shadows drags…

Marc Golding · December 15, 2008

Staff Atari 2600 HG exclusive

Kaboom! review

Notorious serial bomber Baron von Blitzkrieg is astir once more, perched against an entirely gray background atop a solid olive green wall, awaiting his cue to strike. Still adorned in the black-and-white striped jailbird outfit he broke…

Jackie Curtis · December 14, 2008

Staff Atari 2600 HG exclusive

Boxing review

Despite its rudimentary appearance, fundamental match rules, and the fact the only sound effect present is the ungraceful grunt of worn leather connecting with human hide, Boxing still manages to present an engaging experience, albeit for…

Jackie Curtis · December 14, 2008

Staff Game Boy HG exclusive

Super Mario Land review

Two levels amongst the dozen total stand out; the conclusion of the second world forces Mario into a missile-armed submarine for some side-scrolling shmup action while in the finale he becomes a red baron and takes to the skies to battle…

Jackie Curtis · December 14, 2008

Staff Game Boy HG exclusive

The Castlevania Adventure review

Virtually all of this level is you in a race against time while spikes descend upon you, chase you as you ascend a tower and follow after you while you sprint to the left. You'll be jumping across plummeting platforms and narrow blocks…

Rob Hamilton · December 11, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

A Vampyre Story review

A Vampyre Story has the overflowing charm of the Lucas Arts classics, it's voiced properly and it's completely stable. It's fabulously drawn and suitably silly, with puzzles that follow at least the classic adventure school of logic. It…

Lewis Denby · December 10, 2008