Reviews by dragoon_of_infinity
60 reviews · showing 41–60
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Staff PC HG exclusive
UFO: Aftershock review
The odds are stacked against you, yes. But when you can freeze the odds where they stand and think your way around them, it's not so overwhelming. Few games manage to portray the same sense of complexity that UFO Aftershock does. And even…
Josh Higley · September 14, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Kudos: Rock Legend review
If you can find satisfaction in high percentages, Rock Legend just might be your game, as It's basically clicking through menus until as many bars as possible say 100%, but with a theme. Because without the theme, it'd hardly even be a…
Josh Higley · August 20, 2007
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Reader PC HG exclusive
Within A Deep Forest review
If you are just one person, and you want to make a game, what should you focus on? Maybe the first thing is to get the ball rolling with a hero. A ball of goo formed when the appropriately-named Dr. Cliche failed to create his doomsday…
dragoon_of_infinity · August 1, 2007
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Brave Story: New Traveler review
Brave Story is the type of game that takes the core things that make up its genre, and then does them very well without adding a lot of fluff. It has no qualms about telling you bluntly that it is a symbolic plunge into your own…
Josh Higley · July 30, 2007
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Marvel Trading Card Game review
The nice thing about card games is that they allow for an absurd number of characters to be included, even if their roles are nearly meaningless. This lends itself nicely to a world like Marvel, where characters already exist in spades…
Josh Higley · July 12, 2007
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Code Lyoko review
Code Lyoko is the game adaptation of of a French children's cartoon. The back of the box outlines the game's sales gimmick in one succinct, entirely capitalized phrase. "4 UNIQUE WAYS TO PLAY!"
Josh Higley · June 20, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Virtual Skipper 5: 32nd America's Cup - The Game review
32nd America's Cup is a sailboat racing simulation, and a sailboat racing simulation by its very nature is pretty much the exact opposite of the white knuckle speed-thrill games (for comparison, the top speed I've seen in this game is…
Josh Higley · May 26, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Bone: The Great Cow Race review
What the game lacks in complexity, it makes up for with simple charm. Bone quite nearly drips with personality. Every bit of dialogue is an opportunity for a wry quip or a zany grin-to-yourself kind of line, all of which are delivered with…
Josh Higley · May 18, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Dinohunter review
We've all played a multiplayer FPS before, unlike games like Far Cry, Dinohunter's gimmick isn't readily visibile in screenshots. All those show is a generic husk, a gun barrel and that familiar point and click interface. Indeed, this game…
Josh Higley · May 5, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Freak Out - Extreme Freeride review
Whenever I'm exposed to skiing or skiing games, someone inevitably mentions powder hills, and immediately my mind drifts to donuts. Specifically the mini powdered-sugar ones. It seems strange, but after spending some time with Freakout…
Josh Higley · April 20, 2007
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Reader PC HG exclusive
Phantasy Star Universe review
Phantasy Star is one of the older RPG series out there. Many are the people who look back with fond memories on the aging Sega Genesis classics, and remember RPGs that could compete with the SNES's much larger library. That's why it's…
dragoon_of_infinity · January 16, 2007
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Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Robot Alchemic Drive review
The movie Godzilla is probably one of the most well known titles of all time. This isn't because of the fact that it was good, or even because the majority of the people who mention it have even seen it. Rather, Godzilla's notoriety stems…
dragoon_of_infinity · August 17, 2006
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Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Metal Saga review
Humanity. Like cockroaches, they continue to scrape out what meager existence they can in the post-apocalyptic world wrought by the hands of NOAH, the obligatory evil super-computer. Initially an artificial intelligence created in order to…
dragoon_of_infinity · August 10, 2006
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Reader PC HG exclusive
EVE Online: Second Genesis review
Imagine a sprawling universe at your fingertips: thousands of space stations ringing thousands of stars that await your presence. Beyond that, imagine that enterprising people with the necessary materials and know-how would be able to…
dragoon_of_infinity · July 27, 2006
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Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Grandia III review
A sense of serenity permeates the night air, blinking lights lining the makeshift runway providing a fitting opposite to the sea of stars above. A blue-haired boy, Yuki, is sitting at the controls of what looks like a boat with wings, and…
dragoon_of_infinity · July 20, 2006
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Reader GameCube HG exclusive
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones review
Everyone wants to take something back. They want to rewind that one crucial moment of their life where the school bully threw them in a dumpster, sentencing them to a lifetime of torment from their peers, or undoing that time where they…
dragoon_of_infinity · December 18, 2005
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Reader PC HG exclusive
Unreal Tournament 2004 review
The adrenaline pumps through your veins as you make your way through the damp cement hallway alongside 5 other burly, grungy, generally unpleasant looking folk. If you met them on the street you'd probably tuck your valuables a little…
dragoon_of_infinity · November 11, 2005
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Reader Xbox HG exclusive
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath review
The Wild West is a staple fantasy setting for youth. Before we graduate to mature things like lasers and starcrusiers with hyperdrives and screens that scroll with technobabble, we entertain ourselves with simpler stories of simpler days…
dragoon_of_infinity · October 7, 2005
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Reader PlayStation 2
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War review
Fifteen years ago, there was a war. Left with no other alternative, the Belkans detonated seven nuclear weapons on their own soil to halt the advances of the enemy. A world horrified by this turn of events sheathed its weapons, and uneasy…
dragoon_of_infinity · September 9, 2005
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Reader GameCube
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean review
Let's say that one day you and your company of gamers make a hit title, but feel that you're shafted out of making this title everything that it could be. You then split off from your parent company to set things right, but somewhere along…
dragoon_of_infinity · June 8, 2005
