Reviews by Richo Rosai

Pikmin 2 review

Pikmin 2 has a lot to live up to. Its predecessor, Pikmin, was one of those beautiful, typifying moments for Nintendo when they released a genre-bending new franchise that really lived up to their name. Pikmin was my favorite first-wave…

richorosai · December 8, 2004

Staff Xbox

Panzer Dragoon Orta review

Orta takes everything its predecessors had to offer, polishes it until it shines, and then fancies it up with glitter paint and elbow macaroni. It’s just as breathtaking, just as intricate, just as feature-laden, and (wait for it…) even as…

Richo Rosai · April 21, 2003

Reader Xbox

Turok: Evolution review

The original Turok was amazing to me, especially as I had been a console-only gamer up to that point. The wedding of fast, fluid, non-linear FPS action with well-conceived levels struck me as a great and original formula at the time, and…

richorosai · March 22, 2003

Reader Xbox

Max Payne review

Plenty of games borrow from pop culture, but few do it heavily without insulting intelligence. Many games base their gameplay on a single gimmick, but a scant minority of these flesh the gimmick out or prop it up enough to be anything but…

richorosai · March 21, 2003

Reader Genesis

Sonic 3D Blast review

Fans of the Sonic series have long sat back and listened to Nintendo fanboys balk about how much better Mario is than Sonic, even though most of these people never gave Sonic a chance. Sonic the Hedgehog and its 16 bit sequels are good…

richorosai · February 7, 2003

Reader GameCube

Super Mario Sunshine review

Are We Disappointed Yet? A release like that of Super Mario Sunshine brings with it some pretty high expectations. The last time Nintendo gave us a Mario game (and a rushed one at that), it was so spectacular that most would wonder if it…

richorosai · February 4, 2003

Reader Game Boy Advance

Metroid Fusion review

A Tear in this Old Man's Eye In my heyday - back when polygons stayed in geometry class where they belonged - the American entertainment industry first became host to what would become perhaps the most powerful symbiotic entity ever to…

richorosai · February 2, 2003

Reader Nintendo 64

Doom 64 review

In the Beginning… …there was Doom, and it was good. Since then, the SNES, Playstation, 32X, Jaguar, Saturn, GBA, and even the 3D0 have all had Doom ported to them. Any Doom connoisseur can probably appreciate any of these ports on some…

richorosai · January 28, 2003

Reader GameCube

Star Fox Adventures review

Charming, and Somehow Familiar… Like many gamers, I have a history with the Star Fox franchise filled with fond memories. So when I heard that the game was switching developers and genres for a trip to the Gamecube, I was very intrigued…

richorosai · January 27, 2003

Reader Xbox

Genma Onimusha review

About four years ago we first heard about the ''ninja Resident Evil''. I was excited about the idea at first, but it all but left my mind when I played and was disappointed by the similarly-marketed Dino Crisis. Now that the eventual…

richorosai · January 26, 2003