Staff reviews, page 190

Staff NES

Karnov review

Whether I’m smirking at the sight of a macho circus strongman clad with a mermaid’s tail during the underwater portions of the fifth stage or wondering just how a common boomerang can INSTANTLY kill an enormous dinosaur, I’m typically…

Rob Hamilton · January 13, 2006

Staff PC

Stay Tooned! review

I'd bet you've never seen Stay Tooned! before, and I'd also bet why: it's a decade-old graphic adventure that gets wrongly marked as edutainment. A game with a worse rep there may be, but I haven't heard of it.

Zack Little · January 13, 2006

Staff SNES

Kirby Super Star review

With eight games stuffed in the cart, Kirby Super Star looks like precisely what it is: A compilation game. But this isn’t some mega-collection of past Kirby games, this is a tour de force of Kirby; Bohemian Rhapsody in videogame form. It…

Zack Little · January 11, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Pump It Up: Exceed review

The center button is your start point. During gameplay, you can stand on it with no effect, or bunny hop to press it in time with the music and score a point. What’s important to note is that you never have to press “left” or “right” on…

Jason Venter · January 11, 2006

Staff DS HG exclusive

Pac-Man World 3 review

When you’re not grabbing dots (which I’d imagine could just as easily be acorns or gold coins), and when you’re not running from ghosts in the infrequent maze puzzles (which make up only a minority of the game’s events), you’re just…

Jason Venter · January 8, 2006

Staff GameCube

GUN review

Life's never been fair, it'll never be fair, and it sure as hell wasn't fair in the Wild West. But that’s Gun: true to the real.

Zack Little · January 6, 2006

Staff SNES

Mega Man X3 review

When you first dash through the stages, which initially seem massive and at times empty of anything interesting, you’ll wonder if Capcom bothered to hide any special treats at all. Then you find that one heart container, nestled securely…

Jason Venter · January 5, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Suikoden Tactics review

But don’t start thinking that this is just your standard war game, because that’s the kind of thinking that gets your ass kicked. Suikoden Tactics has some surprises.

Zack Little · January 4, 2006

Staff SNES HG exclusive

Mega Man X2 review

Every last one of those zones now has a hidden chamber. There, you can meet with the ones who seek to reassemble Zero, and battle them for supremacy and a piece of your old comrade. These battles are nasty, some of the most challenging in…

Jason Venter · January 4, 2006

Staff PSP HG exclusive

PoPoLoCrois review

The story clearly isn't intended to be deep or complex. True to the oldschool RPG spirit, PoPoLoCrois's plot provides just enough backbone to support an adventure based around cute atmosphere and fun gameplay... and it's got both in spades.

Zigfried · January 2, 2006

Staff Xbox 360

Wrestle Kingdom review

Microsoft's conquest of Japan begins here. Designed to appeal specifically to local gamers and developed by genre specialists Yukes, Wrestle Kingdom features the combined talents of the All Japan, New Japan, and Pro Wrestling NOAH leagues.

Michael Scott · January 1, 2006

Staff SNES HG exclusive

Mega Man X review

New to the series are blue pods left behind by the now-deceased Dr. Light, the scientist who created X. These are located in out-of-the-way places that you really have to search extensively to find. Collect them and you’ll be able to break…

Jason Venter · January 1, 2006

Staff Xbox HG exclusive

Beyond Good & Evil review

Just who are telling the truth and who are the traitors? Jade, and ultimately, you, will have to see this through your photographic lens to believe it and expose it to Hillys before it's too late.

Gary Hartley · January 1, 2006

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Gaiares review

Zigfried Ages 2500 Volume 1: Gaiares Across a series of 5 or 6 ads spanning SEVERAL YEARS, we learned important things like how to pronounce the name "Guy-Are-Us" (no comment) and we got to watch "professional gamer" Jamie Bunker fumble…

Zigfried · December 30, 2005

Staff PlayStation 2

Soulcalibur III review

“NAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMUUUUUUU!!”

Zack Little · December 30, 2005

Staff PlayStation 2

L.A. Rush review

When I’m speeding through Los Angeles and I look behind to see twenty cops cars in hot pursuit, I half-expect a jazz band to start playing.

Zack Little · December 30, 2005

Staff PlayStation 2

Sniper Elite review

It may not be your cup of tea if you're a fan of manic action games like Devil May Cry, but if you don't mind the idea of leisurely capping people from afar then it's definitely worth a shot.

John L · December 30, 2005

Staff Xbox HG exclusive

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 review

But you'd have to go back a long way -- all the way back to Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3. A game that might well be the best entry in the series but at the sacrifice of being the last decent title the franchise will ever see.

Gary Hartley · December 28, 2005

Staff PlayStation 2

Raiden III review

There's a noticeable absence of firepower on the screen at any given time, particularly when compared to the latest generation of shooters. As such, players new to the genre might find Raiden III the perfect stepping stone into a few of…

Michael Scott · December 28, 2005

Staff DS HG exclusive

Mario Kart DS review

With so many great tracks, it’s hard to pick a favorite. If you’re missing some of the good times of old, a lot of those are back, too. You can race through re-imagined versions of the tracks from each of the past games in the series…

Jason Venter · December 27, 2005