Reviews by icehawk

Final Fantasy VI Advance review

(Note: I never played the original FF6, so I have no real views on the new translation debate. However, from comparing scripts, I think the new script is a lot better and more clear. If you are playing the game for nostalgia, you should…

icehawk · March 1, 2007

Reader SNES HG exclusive

ActRaiser review

For years, two questions have constantly been on my mind. Is there a god, and could a 2D platformer/strategy game actually work? Imagine my delight when I found out about a game where you play as a god in an Action/strategy game. Finally…

icehawk · November 22, 2005

Reader Game Boy Advance HG exclusive

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku review

When I think of Dragonball Z many things come to mind. The dozens of filler episodes. The lame dialogue, and not to mention a pretty uninteresting story compared to most anime. DBZ’s saving grace is its insane fights, and long, epic…

icehawk · July 29, 2005

Reader Game Boy Advance

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance review

Robots, thousands of them were gathering in the middle of a secluded bit of desert out in Arizona. I was hiding behind a cactus, watching them. The Robots were gathering and rallying for the soon to be invasion of Phoenix, several thousand…

icehawk · July 18, 2005

Reader Game Boy Advance

WarioWare, Inc: Mega Microgame$! review

200 mini-games? Wow that sounds… I mean it’s Nintendo, how could they go wro… I really have to get… Do those sentences look incomplete to you? Welcome to WarioWare Inc.: Mega MicroGame$. The most incomplete and empty game experience of…

icehawk · December 22, 2004

Reader PlayStation

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete review

I knew a girl once. We got along perfectly. She was the most interesting and fascinating creature I ever met. I could spend hours with her, always happy, sharing the good and the bad times. It seemed like every time I talked to her I…

icehawk · November 29, 2004

Reader Xbox

Halo: Combat Evolved review

Two dropships swoop in from the sky. Eight soldiers are going to land on a beach, to take it from some aliens. They know they are outnumbered. Yet they look somewhat eager for battle. Are they suicidal? Do they lust for battle so much that…

icehawk · March 15, 2004

Reader NES

Dragon Warrior II review

The original Dragon Warrior was about as downgraded as a RPG can get. There weren't a lot of spells, or equipment. The world map was pretty small, and not tons of direction was given. To top it off all the battles were one on one. Enix had…

icehawk · March 11, 2004

Reader Xbox

Top Spin review

''Tennis? Boring.'' That is the response one might get when talking about Tennis. It's really not the most popular sport out there to watch, or play. If you give it a chance though, it is a lot of fun to play, like a really advanced…

icehawk · February 6, 2004

Reader Xbox

Shenmue II review

The original Shenmue was a pretty big hit for a Dreamcast game, considering the lack of owners, so naturally a sequel was highly anticipated. American gamers got a nasty shock though, when they found out Shenmue 2 would be coming out only…

icehawk · February 6, 2004

Reader NES

Dragon Warrior review

''Why am I still playing this game?'' I asked myself as I slowly trudged through enemy after enemy, desperately trying to build my level, and gold so I could cross a bridge and do it all over again. Despite the voices in my head pleading…

icehawk · February 6, 2004

Reader Nintendo 64

Harvest Moon 64 review

Guy gamers are notorious for not being able to get the girl. Why is it though? Mostly because sitting around playing video games all day, is really LAME compared to, oh say watching movies all day. It makes perfect sense! Also, I guess…

icehawk · February 4, 2004

Reader Xbox

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic review

Oh RPGs, where art thou! Screamed the fair Xbox. Hey now baby, said Halo, along with many other action games. You got us baby, you don't need any RPGs! It's not the same, the fair Xbox said, trying to hide her tears. I can't be just seeing…

icehawk · January 17, 2004

Reader NES

Mega Man 2 review

Mega Man 2 filled me with so much hope as I first put it in to my NES. After hating the original Mega Man, Mega Man 2 just seemed like a huge change for the better. There was actually a story in the game this time (although it's pretty…

icehawk · January 16, 2004

Reader NES

Mega Man review

Mega Man has always been one of the stranger names in video gaming. Just about any Mega Man game that is released is bound to sell a lot of copies. Yet, you don't see a bunch of Mega Man fanboys out there, especially compared to Mario, and…

icehawk · January 15, 2004