Reviews by Genj

Crime Crackers review

If there is one thing the classic FPS title Doom did not need it was a bunch of numbers, but evidently someone in Japan thought differently. Import-only PlayStation launch title Crime Crackers is essentially a ‘Doom RPG’ full of…

Genj · October 2, 2010

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Shadow Hearts review

On a train heading through China, Alice Elliot finds herself in custody of the Japanese military who intend to deliver the girl with mysterious powers to their homeland. Unfortunately a dapper English gent named Roger Bacon has other…

Genj · August 20, 2010

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Bullet Witch review

In Atari’s Cavia’s third-person shooter Bullet Witch, the dead roam the Earth spreading anarchy and wrecking havoc on the living. Only the sexy, leather-clad witch-babe Alicia stands to exorcise the minions of SATAN with her boomstick. She…

Genj · August 8, 2010

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Too Human review

When I first read about Too Human, I was intrigued by the concept of a cyberpunk RPG about humans becoming more machine than man. But at the time I was 13 years old and it was going to be an 8 disc Playstation game. It took nearly a decade…

Genj · July 30, 2010

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad review

I’m not exactly sure what did it, but I had huge doubts about Onechanbara right from the start. Maybe it was the opening cinema where our buxom hero Aya showers, lavishing the player with her glistening lower back tattoo while dripping…

Genj · July 23, 2010

Reader Dreamcast HG exclusive

Jet Grind Radio review

Speak with someone who owned a Dreamcast in 1999 or 2000 and they’ll likely recall fond memories of a fantastic library tailored to the “hardcore” gaming crowd. But gamers who never adopted the console usually aren’t hunting it down on…

Genj · July 15, 2010

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Dead Rising review

Frank West is a photojournalist, but I think he played a bit of football in college. I say this because in Dead Rising Frank bludgeons, maims, shoots, and burns more zombies than any Redfield has. Sensing a juicy story, Frank heads to a…

Genj · July 8, 2010

Reader Saturn HG exclusive

Panzer Dragoon Saga review

I don’t know the name of this world, but it’s a bleak, somber wasteland hoping to get by on scraps left behind by a dead people. An advanced civilization known as The Ancients originally spanned the globe until it was destroyed by an…

Genj · July 1, 2010

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Brutal Legend review

Eddie Riggs is the world’s greatest roadie working for the worst heavy metal band. Following a stage accident, Eddie inadvertently summons the beastly fire god Ormagöden and is transported to a fantasy world of METAL. Brütal Legend’s…

Genj · January 16, 2010

Reader PlayStation 2 Review of the Week HG exclusive

The Bouncer review

On the back of DreamFactory’s The Bouncer (developed by makers of such fine software as Tobal No. 1 and Ehrgeiz), the tagline “Play the Action Movie” is prominently displayed. When I unloaded a whole six dollars on this game, I didn’t…

Genj · June 26, 2008

Reader PlayStation 2 Review of the Week

Drakengard 2 review

Drakengard 2 will piss off Drakengard fans. It’s your standard bad sequel, but it goes further than that. Developers Cavia actually took steps in the right direction and then blew it. With the tweaked mechanics of the flawed yet beloved…

Genj · July 14, 2007

Reader PlayStation 2

God Hand review

I knew God Hand was special shortly into the game. After smacking around hordes of goons armed with sledgehammers, two by fours and spiked clubs, I found myself in the most unusual of situations. My character had entered a colorful hidden…

Genj · January 15, 2007