Staff reviews
4,690 reviews · showing 4,221–4,240
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Staff PlayStation 2
Activision Anthology review
Activision was kind enough to include scans of original instruction manuals, and it's fun to see the lame covers that decorated these early classics, if you're not lucky enough to own them yourself. Not only that, but I guess back in the…
Jason Venter · January 31, 2004
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Staff Game Boy Advance
WarioWare, Inc: Mega Microgame$! review
If there's one flaw in the whole presentation, it's that sometimes the games begin so quickly, you don't really have time to react to your surroundings. You'll start to mess up more than you would if you had time to get your bearings. Of…
Jason Venter · January 30, 2004
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Staff PlayStation Review of the Week HG exclusive
Bushido Blade review
Imagine two swordsmen facing each other across the moonlit pagoda courtyard. The older man holds his blade steady in a frontal kendo stance, and the younger brandishes a sabre above his head. As the silence of the night punctuates the…
Zigfried · January 30, 2004
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Staff Turbografx-CD Review of the Week HG exclusive
Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo review
Just watching someone play through a level, PC-Engine Dracula X looks damned good, as any Castlevania would, but might not appear to be the holy grail of gaming as some have hyped it. Spend one night with Dracula X — one night exploring…
Zigfried · January 24, 2004
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Staff Xbox HG exclusive
Dead or Alive 3 review
It's true that only a superhuman could endure brainbusters, dragon's palms, and ten-story drops from skyscraping towers (breaking a few neon signs in the process, no less). But, beyond the beastly stamina, this game sets a benchmark for…
Zigfried · January 22, 2004
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Staff Game Boy
Tetris review
To summarize the Tetris experience is to quote Maynard James Keenan of the great rock band Tool -- as I am often wont to do: I know the pieces fit!
Marc Golding · January 21, 2004
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Staff Saturn HG exclusive
Sexy Parodius review
The "bad" endings for each level are very bad. While a good ending might reveal a picture of sexy women in suggestive poses, the "YOU SUCK!" ending might show your character crying or, even worse, a 70-year-old hag in the nude. GROSS!…
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff Sega CD HG exclusive
Earnest Evans review
Vampire bats EXPLODE in waves of blue. Giant naked earthworms stroke the hero to death. Priests hurl Kris daggers across the screen, ceremonial knives whose length put even Shaq to shame. The designers even incorporated the best part of…
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff Sega CD Review of the Week HG exclusive
Lords of Thunder review
With stylish (if less-than-stellar) graphics, solid and smooth gameplay, variety within each level, and throngs of demonic enemies, Lords of Thunder stands tall as one of The Great Shooters. Definitely worth owning.
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff SNES
Super Castlevania IV review
The game exhibits useless imagination from the very beginning, with two-tiered levels (walk through a gate and traverse the background — pass back through the gate and you're in the foreground again) and new enemies such as a skeletal…
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive
Final Zone II review
The hilariously incomprehensible cinematics and the ill-fitting CD music bring the game down. Yes, thanks to the extra space afforded by the CD medium, this game is actually worse than if it had been a TurboChip! Pulling off such a feat is…
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive
Gate of Thunder review
From the beginning assault upon a planet-hovering dreadnought to the final encounter in the depths of the beautiful Dark City, Gate of Thunder exhibits stylish intensity, intelligence of design, and a well-rounded sense of quality.
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff TurboGrafx-16 HG exclusive
Blazing Lazers review
This particular game falls firmly into the "overhead space shooter" genre, and smooth control combined with a fairly intriguing powerup system set it firmly at the top of the heap. It was the fastest shooter — vertical or horizontal — that…
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff TurboGrafx-16 HG exclusive
The Legendary Axe review
Since just walking through a jungle, cavern, or castle wouldn't be nearly exciting enough, Gogan found himself an axe. A REALLY BIG axe. He can't throw it like Simon Belmont, he can't use it as a boomerang (Lycos of Shape Shifter), and he…
Zigfried · January 16, 2004
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Staff Genesis
Golden Axe review
It seems as if some nefarious evildoing knave by the name of Death Adder (how corny is THAT name) has stolen a Golden Axe. The Golden Axe isn't a weapon you get to use or anything, it's just the sacred artifact that needs rescuing, in…
Marc Golding · January 14, 2004
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Staff Genesis
Gaiares review
I have seen evidence of reviews, ‘professional’ or otherwise, where the reviewer seems not to have been able to get into the belly of the game, and writes of early passages in an attempt to skirt the issue of his superficial foray. It…
Marc Golding · January 14, 2004
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Staff PC
Alone in the Dark 2 review
AITD2’s Carnby is the hardest individual you’ll come across. He’ll fight off ghouls, ghosts, and pirates dressed as gangsters (stop hunting for a typo, it’s true) with Tommy guns, a derringer, a sword stick, frying pan, battledore or his…
Marc Golding · January 14, 2004
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Staff PC
Alone in the Dark review
AITD is far more fun to play than the flashy and fleshy games it has spawned over the years. The Resident Evils, the Silent Hills, and even the new incarnation of Carnby's adventures, all fall short of the fun and fear factors that the…
Marc Golding · January 14, 2004
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Staff PC HG exclusive
System Shock 2 review
In System Shock 2, an alien intelligence-cum-virus known as Xerxes, begins to mutate your human comrades aboard the ship, the Von Braun, attempting to degrade them into pawns of the growing alien consciousness known as The Many. You will…
Marc Golding · January 14, 2004
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Staff PC
Noctropolis review
Let me help you out. If you're checking this game out for the adult/sex factor, don't even bother. Succubus shows us nothing, and Stiletto shows us her breasts for like, two seconds. They're a rather nice set, granted, but you'd be better…
Marc Golding · January 14, 2004
