Staff reviews
4,690 reviews · showing 3,161–3,180
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Art of Fighting Anthology review
Art of Fighting will break you harder than Ivan Drago.
Gary Hartley · February 17, 2008
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Zoo Tycoon 2 DS review
It's easy to get sidetracked, since there's so much to do. For example, you might be asked to build cages for animals that all come from Africa. Of course, some of those critters can be pretty expensive, so you have to build up revenue by…
Jason Venter · February 14, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Devil May Cry 4 review
On the normal setting, DMC4 isn't anywhere near as difficult as the previous game, but it's still challenging enough to entertain long-time fans of the series. On the easy setting, enemies still put up some resistance, but the battles are…
C J · February 13, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Taito Legends 2 review
A Taito shooter showcase would not be complete without representation from the Darius series of shooters. The side-scrolling fish-featured mainstay makes two welcome appearances here: in the shmup fan favourite Darius Gaiden, beloved for…
Marc Golding · February 13, 2008
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
TimeShift review
I would like to know why giant robots roam the streets of 1939, why the rebellious Occupants are battling the empire of Dr. Krone, and most of all, why those rebels trust me without so much as a “hello.” If a stranger popped into my house…
Brian Rowe · February 11, 2008
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin review
Fans of the series will find Days of Ruin the perfect sequel, but those who don’t enjoy the slow pace and steep difficulty curve won’t find anything new to tempt them.
Paul Josua · February 7, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power review
This is a strategy game for people who love strategy games. The amount of depth and complexity here is pretty much unparalleled, and the sheer quantity of menus, statistics, and text will doubtlessly scare off a lot of players.
C J · February 5, 2008
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Staff Amiga HG exclusive
Uninvited review
You might be Uninvited, but the longtime residents lurking inside can’t wait to have you for dinner.
Sho · February 4, 2008
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Staff Xbox HG exclusive
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball review
Whether you like him or not, you have to give that smug bastard Tomonobu Itagaki his due – the man’s got an enormous set of balls, and I’m not talking about the beach variety.
Sho · February 2, 2008
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Rez HD review
This is one of the only games where the graphics and sound are as important, if not more important, than the gameplay. The A/V presentation defines Rez. The visuals consist of wireframes and simple polygonal figures on sparsely detailed…
C J · January 31, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Tales of Legendia review
Now, if I wanted to use a bit of tactics, I’d hit the O along with the directional pad to use one of Senel’s special attacks. And if I REALLY wanted to go overboard, I’d program a magic-user’s healing spell to either the L2 or R2 button…
Rob Hamilton · January 31, 2008
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence review
Often, the interface is the issue. The Wii Remote directs a cursor on the screen. Hover near the edge and, if there's more to see in that direction, the view will glide until you've reached a boundary. The same is true of vertical planes…
Jason Venter · January 31, 2008
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Maniac Mansion review
Why is there a chainsaw in the kitchen? Who’s that mummy and what’s he doing in the bathtub? How does Razor get her hair to stand up like that? Every LucasArts devotee worth his rubber chicken should already know the answers to at least…
Sho · January 30, 2008
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Staff PlayStation HG exclusive
Final Fantasy Tactics review
To win this fight, the game encourages you to run around the edges of the screen spamming Ramza's stat-up skills to boost him to super-human proportions while an enraged, mutated Weigraf chases you around like the victim of a poor Benny…
Gary Hartley · January 30, 2008
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Furu Furu Park review
Consider Bubble Bobble. You can still capture enemies in bubbles and collect the fruit they leave behind, only now there's no advancing to another screen. You just keep playing for most of two minutes—if you can survive that long, which…
Jason Venter · January 28, 2008
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
No More Heroes review
There are a decent number of activities to take on in Santa Destroy, but the open-world portions are the game’s biggest weak point. There is a huge lack of polish in the city, and niggles like the shoddy collision detection and the…
C J · January 28, 2008
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sam & Max 202: Moai Better Blues review
It even makes time to take sly shots at other games such as Portal’s teleport system, Duke Nukem’s inability to release a damn game on time and Metal Gear Solid’s over-dramatic death-scream. You know the one!
Gary Hartley · January 28, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
MX vs ATV Untamed review
There seem to be scores of cookie-cutter ATV racing games to choose from these days, all of them involving taking the four-wheelers through winding, bumpy courses, endeavouring to both win races and earn big points for pulling stunts along…
Marc Golding · January 27, 2008
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Staff Arcade HG exclusive
BattleToads review
Despite also being the last, the arcade version of BattleToads is definitely the best entry in the series, and in a total coincidence marks a radical departure from all the other games.
Sho · January 26, 2008
