11,288 reviews · showing 4,081–4,100
Reader NES HG exclusive
All the time spent trying improve your Temple of Doom skills could be better spent mastering far more interesting games, ones that don't consist of banal collecting in a confusing mess of platforms.
JoeTheDestroyer · September 5, 2011
Reader Saturn HG exclusive
Going into this installment for the first time, with experience of the previous three titles to aide me, Sexy Parodius still managed to surprise.
dementedhut · September 4, 2011
Reader PlayStation 3 Review of the Week
El Shaddai has a lot of interesting ideas, but it fails to fully implement them.
disco · September 4, 2011
Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
You control a quartet of preschool kids who, while playing in a sandbox, get warped to a mystical world and placed in bodies more capable of monster battling than the average tyke. Kind of like Avatar without the ungodly budget. Or the…
Rob Hamilton · September 2, 2011
Staff Wii HG exclusive
There are three settings. As a rookie, you won’t have any trouble at all. Just mashing buttons or waving the Wii Remote around is enough to pass half of the challenges with flying colors. Before long, you’ll earn a promotion and the game…
Jason Venter · September 1, 2011
Staff Wii HG exclusive
Unlike other gimmicky racing titles, there are no tricks, upgrades, weapons, or anything else to distinguish 3D Pixel Racing from your typical racing game apart from presentation. Even if you do master the controls, it's hardly worth the…
Joseph Shaffer · September 1, 2011
Staff PlayStation 3 Review of the Week HG exclusive
While the story is new and its high-quality presentation is a delight that long-time fans by now take for granted, you’ll likely be surprised by some of the other improvements. For instance, it’s now possible to assemble your own pirate…
Jason Venter · August 30, 2011
Reader Saturn HG exclusive
I feel like I'm telling a joke if I even mention those three bosses: a singing panda, a school girl with bunny ears, and a living spaceship with a giant bra walk into a bar.
dementedhut · August 28, 2011
Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
The persistent silliness is supplemented nicely by a unique mix of action and strategy elements. A given round begins with the human hero locked in a fortress on one side of the map while his antagonist is sequestered in a similar…
Jason Venter · August 27, 2011
Reader DS HG exclusive
Dragon Quest VI's main draw will always be its extraordinary plot and immense world. The plights of each world's citizens feel real, raw. They’re moving and inspire players to do all that they can. The enormous map will ensure that you're…
wolfqueen001 · August 27, 2011
Reader SNES Review of the Week HG exclusive
ActRaiser blends hack-n-slash platforming with downscaled simulation to create a unique game. The stellar soundtrack and mad sick enemy design, particularly the parts that borrow from mythology, reinforce the gameplay to create an epic…
JoeTheDestroyer · August 27, 2011
Reader Saturn HG exclusive
After the "thing" (Gradius III) was released in arcades, the main line of Gradius games went into hibernation for most of the 1990s; it was only at the tail end of the decade where two, big titles were released, Gradius Gaiden and Gradius…
dementedhut · August 21, 2011
Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive
We see human communities in which everyone contributes, everyone does their part and everyone looks out for one another. We see people sitting around fires, sharing drinks, and playing music. We see soldiers risking their lives for their…
Suskie · August 20, 2011
Staff Genesis HG exclusive
So, just this once, I’ll ignore the easy digs, like how the game starts in 1940, while America didn’t enter the war until 1941. Or how the P-51 Mustangs I assume the game is based around were not readily available until around 1943…
Gary Hartley · August 20, 2011
Reader PC
The great dream of space-flight! Romantic and glorious. But how would you actually fly a space-ship in completely dark space anyway? And how about spotting those incoming black dots travelling at near light speed, for example?
fleinn · August 19, 2011
Reader NES HG exclusive
The gameplay remains repetitive, the pace never quickens, the challenge spikes early on, and if you haven't lost interest by level 3 I would be surprised. Elevator Action may be regarded as a classic, but that doesn't mean its still…
JoeTheDestroyer · August 18, 2011
Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
You take control of Lovecraftian Elder God Cthulhu as he surfaces in order to take over (and destroy) the world. Not even tentacle-faced deities can have an easy time of things, though, as a mysterious wizard strips him of his powers…
Rob Hamilton · August 17, 2011
Staff Wii HG exclusive
The Smurfs Dance Party is a simple, relaxing title featuring silly fun for kids. Anyone over the age of nine might want to consider a title with more substance, but you might want to give the game a go if you’re just looking for a simple…
Joseph Shaffer · August 16, 2011
Reader PC
The rocket jockey theatrically loses the grip with one arm as the cable disengages, but hangs on valiantly around the improbable turn anyway. How does the rocket not start to rotate and spin out of control, you ask? Well, obviously the guy…
fleinn · August 16, 2011
Reader PC Review of the Week HG exclusive
Left 4 Dead is an intense horror experience with a pitch-perfect atmosphere of paranoia and portending doom, punctuated with madcap battles against massive zombie hordes. Or, at least, it is for about an hour or so. Once the player becomes…
SpencerTSisson · August 16, 2011
