Reviews by eddy555

Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol review

The Army Men series has, over the years, accumulated a degree of infamy; no matter how asinine and critically incinerated the previous title had been, the developer used it all over again, maybe adding in a toy helicopter gimmick, for the…

eddy555 · October 22, 2004

Reader PC

Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun review

When the very first Command & Conquer game was released by developer Westwood, there was a sneak peek on the CD which showed gamers a hint of Tiberian Sun. We were drooling from there. The superb 1996 smash Command & Conuqer: Red Alert…

eddy555 · October 22, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Hitman: Contracts review

Hitman: Codename 47 was an average PC action game in which Agent 47, a genetically engineered executioner much in demand, would be regularly hired by clients through an invisible government “Agency” to carry out hits across the globe. The…

eddy555 · October 8, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Resident Evil: Director's Cut review

The first survival horror game was called Alone in the dar... *gets shot* THE first survival horror game was called Resident Evil, a terrific little title from Capcom. Its base premise is still being cloned even though it was released in…

eddy555 · October 6, 2004

Reader PC

Grand Theft Auto III review

As controversial a reputation the original Grand Theft Auto had on its release, I can’t confess to ever enjoying it. The only way to realistically collect enough money to advance to the next stage was by doing jobs for bosses, and these…

eddy555 · October 5, 2004

Reader NES

Metal Gear review

Back in 1987, a creative young man named Hideo Kojima was assigned the task of heading the development of an action game by the top dogs at Konami. The then-unknown Kojima wanted to cook up an original concept that he would get recognition…

eddy555 · October 5, 2004