Reviews by Zack Little, page 5

Virtua Fighter 4 review

An odd thing happened to me today. As I was sitting at my computer, working on this and working on that and wishing I had something better to do on a Friday night, I saw a funny thing lying in my game rack. Sitting right at the bottom…

lasthero · August 22, 2005

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Chessmaster review

As a reviewer, I think the highest praise I can get is to hear someone tell me that, because they read my review, they feel compelled to go out and buy the game. There’s just something about having that sort of influence, that ability to…

lasthero · August 19, 2005

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Star Fox Assault review

Imagine a universe with no Slippy Toad. In such a universe, I would not have to endure Slippy’s wussy whining and obvious observations before, after, and during all the missions. I would not have to rescue his pointless, green, warty ass…

lasthero · August 13, 2005

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Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose review

Dig, if you will, this picture. You’re walking through a desert. Typical desert; full of sand, scorpions, snakes. Sun’s beating down, burning away the few brain cells that the videogames haven’t. You’re hot, you’re sweaty, you’re thirsty…

lasthero · July 29, 2005

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Skies of Arcadia Legends review

I should have hated Skies of Arcadia. The battle system was fairly standard turn-based stuff; it didn’t have any special concepts or revolutionary new techniques. The ship battles were nice, but they were far from being complex matters…

lasthero · June 17, 2005

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Spider-Man 2 review

Superhero games have this weird habit of sucking. It’s weird, because they really don’t have much of an excuse to suck. In theory, making a game that lets you play as a superhero should be a license to print money; you’ve already got a…

lasthero · June 14, 2005

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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening review

I wish I had a sword. A nice, big, demon-slaying sword. And guns, two guns, so I could go John Woo all over legions of the demons. I wish there were legions of demons for me to go John Woo on, endless throngs on hell-spawns ripe for the…

lasthero · June 8, 2005