Reviews by Gary Hartley
641 reviews · showing 561–580
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Staff PlayStation HG exclusive
Soccer '97 review
What do you give a game that’s great for all the wrong reasons? You give it a 5. And a hearty recommendation.
Gary Hartley · May 7, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle review
Everything’s wrapped up in a torrent of solid voice acting living within a cel-shaded, cartoon-tinted wonderland that thrives in a sea of bright shades and pseudo-realism, gifting the game with a unique look and feel. The backdrops…
Gary Hartley · May 3, 2007
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Staff Dreamcast
Demolition Racer: No Exit review
Forget Destruction Derby: The best videogame to ever capture this is Demolition Racer. Even the name oozes more machismo.
Gary Hartley · April 24, 2007
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Spectrobes review
That your angry little pets never leave your side is doubly annoying; not only does it mean you need to put yourself right in the face of intergalactic forces that want to eat you, but should you move away when they’re attacking to avoid…
Gary Hartley · April 23, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sam & Max Episode 5 - Reality 2.0 review
Max demands your attention!
Gary Hartley · April 9, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Patriots: A Nation Under Fire review
The second level (that starts where the first ends, but under the cover of night, suggesting you stood in the same spot for several hours until the sun went down) has you running around putting fires within the base out. Tiny little blazes…
Gary Hartley · April 2, 2007
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Staff PlayStation HG exclusive
Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels review
Better as a general; lacking as a footsoldier.
Gary Hartley · March 30, 2007
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
PDC World Championship Darts review
The conclusion gets stressed early today: PDC World Championship Darts can be a lot of fun, especially when you're playing the highly enjoyable multiplayer offerings. Such pub-friendly dart games like around the world, killer and fives…
Gary Hartley · March 19, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
SkiFree review
Originally named VAX SKI, SkiFree is loosely based on an old Activision game for the Atari 2600. Sporting the green-on-black graphics -- as was the style at the time -- the original code visualised the epitome in simplicity. Trees were…
Gary Hartley · March 8, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
The Mark review
Not that the terrorists will use cover much; they much prefer to stand in the open beneath big neon arrows adorned with “Shoot Me!” in flashing electric pink. And so, you shoot them, as peace-keepers are wont to do, either mowing them down…
Gary Hartley · March 4, 2007
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy review
Establishing Cyberpunk Deus
Gary Hartley · March 1, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sam & Max Episode 4 - Abe Lincoln Must Die review
If the question was “did Taletale listen?” the answer offered by Abe Lincoln Must Die is “as much as they could".
Gary Hartley · February 26, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
UFO: Afterlight review
For a solid attempt and otherworldly genocide, things worked out great.
Gary Hartley · February 22, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express review
There's a lot the game does right to endure itself to pre-existing fans of the genre, but it doesn't contain nearly enough correctly or differently to endear it to a new audience or indeed help it stand out amongst the crowd.
Gary Hartley · February 15, 2007
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Staff Xbox HG exclusive
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey review
Welcome to Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. Welcome to a world that you will never want to forget.
Gary Hartley · February 8, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sam & Max Episode 3 - The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball review
Because although the comedic script is sharper than ever in this episode, Sam & Max Episode 3: The Mole, The Mob and The Meatball suffers a few problems.
Gary Hartley · January 26, 2007
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Eragon review
Even before you take to the air to take part in clumsy dogfights that put you in a continuous loop of see-off-foes-munch-respawning-health-up-see-off-respawned-foes (repeat until your sanity cracks or your thrown pad cracks your TV), young…
Gary Hartley · December 27, 2006
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sam & Max Episode 2 - Situation: Comedy review
Wherever they spew their spontaneous insanity, they do so comfortably in the knowledge that everything around them works. Sam's laid-back noir voice narrates proceedings with a smooth, practised hands while Max overwrites sense with…
Gary Hartley · December 23, 2006
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Staff Xbox 360
Gears of War review
You'll be surprised how much you can do with so little buttons. Take control of Marcus Fenix, and marvel at how easy it is to throw him around the battlefield. Within minutes, you'll have him hurling himself behind cover, popping around…
Gary Hartley · December 8, 2006
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Staff Genesis HG exclusive
Master of Weapon review
If that didn't make things easy enough, then reveal in the hailstorm of power-ups that drip from the screen every time you manage to shoot down one of the many lime-green penile-shaped ships that explode upon the merest of bullet grazes…
Gary Hartley · December 3, 2006
