Reviews by lasthero

Catwoman review

99.999% of the people reading this review have either seen or heard about the horrendous Catwoman movie, and are coming into this review expecting it to be bashed. Though I hope the great majority of people enjoy the read, know that I'm…

lasthero · December 23, 2007

Reader Xbox 360 Review of the Week HG exclusive

Mass Effect review

The moment that made me realize Mass Effect was a great game came about thirty minutes in. My ship touched down on a world under attack, Eden Prime. I’m making my way to the target area, when a soldier - probably the last surviving soldier…

lasthero · November 25, 2007

Staff Xbox 360

Spider-Man 3 review

Gang wars take over the streets. An alien symbiote pops out of nowhere and gives him a new suit with incredible strength - but makes him a complete asshole. Kraven the Hunter, Calypso, the Lizard, the Rhino, the Scorpion, the Kingpin, the…

Zack Little · May 10, 2007

Staff PC

Pirates: Battle for the Caribbean review

If you're expecting me to break into some tirade about how Pirates is much more intricate than it seems, well, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed.

Zack Little · May 5, 2007

Staff PlayStation 2

Mademan: Confessions of the Family Blood review

If you’re looking for a innovative game with blazing action and insane challenge, you could do a lot worse than Made Man…but you could do much better, too.

Zack Little · April 18, 2007

Staff PlayStation 2

Ghost Rider review

Ghost Rider rides a motorcycle, has a skull for a head, wears a leather jacket with spikes, is engulfed in unquenchable hellfire, and makes the corrupt relive their sordid crimes - from their victim’s point of view. That sells itself.

Zack Little · March 23, 2007

Staff PlayStation HG exclusive

Grandia review

Grandia is one of the most clichéd RPGs ever made. It’s also one of the best. The key is execution.

Zack Little · February 28, 2007

Staff PlayStation 2

Justice League Heroes review

And that brings up the main reason I love Justice League Heroes: It's not just an excellent superhero game, it's a excellent game. Period.

Zack Little · January 16, 2007

Staff PlayStation 2

Trapt review

Allura has the ability to instantly create traps, and the only way to get enemies to fall in said traps is by leading them; wait for them to pass the right spot at the right time, press a button and watch the carnage. Slower paced than…

Zack Little · November 21, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

God Hand review

When God Hand’s not funny, it’s thrilling. When it’s not thrilling, it’s funny. And sometimes it manages both at once.

Zack Little · November 9, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance review

Like its big brother X-Men Legends, Ultimate Alliance wastes no time; there’s no cities to traverse, no prologue to wade through, no sappy love story to stomach. Things start off blazing and they stay that way right up until the final…

Zack Little · November 3, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Bully review

It's not odd for weaker individuals to be singled out by stronger individuals, made the butt of every joke, ostracized and degraded just because they're good in school or they know how to play chess or they know what ‘dilettante’ means…

Zack Little · November 1, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Just Cause review

When all these elements come together, you might actually be fooled into thinking Just Cause is a decent game. Don't. All is not what it seems.

Zack Little · October 5, 2006

Staff GameCube

Mega Man X: Command Mission review

This isn’t the first Mega Man RPG, but it is the first Mega Man RPG that hasn’t used weird some weird card system or had grids to move around on or wasn’t a blatant Pokémon knockoff. In Command Mission you play as X, robot fighter…

Zack Little · September 30, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Batman: Vengeance review

That’s how Batman operates: Intelligence. You’re required to think, conserve and take account of what you’re given to work with, what you need to survive against Gotham’s criminal element.

Zack Little · September 24, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra review

I enjoy fighting in Episode III, and I couldn’t be more pleasantly surprised. But the fighting wasn't what I came for. I came for solid characters and a solid plot held together by a solid science-fiction setting, something that the first…

Zack Little · September 13, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

RPG Maker 3 review

Sure, it won’t be easy. Just like with RPG Maker 2, you’ll have to spend hours typing on the keyboard. Being a fan of fantasy helps, since making any other genre is impossible. Crafting an RPG still requires the patience to master complex…

Zack Little · August 28, 2006

Staff Genesis

Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage review

Maximum Carnage may not be 100% faithful to the comic's experience, but it comes as close as a sidescroller could hope.

Zack Little · August 21, 2006

Staff Xbox

X-Men Legends review

That’s the best thing about X-Men Legends; it totally discards any of that overbearing crap. There is a story, there are plot twists, but, ultimately, it’s about Magneto trying to dominate the world and the X-Men trying to stop him. The…

Zack Little · August 16, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Indigo Prophecy review

Sometimes making the wrong decision leads to a setback, a step missed along the way. Sometimes it leads into a side story you wouldn’t have noticed otherwise, like a quaint night of ice-skating between two friends. Sometimes it leads to a…

Zack Little · August 12, 2006