Reviews by sho
111 reviews · showing 21–40
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Staff Genesis HG exclusive
Splatterhouse 3 review
From the day it first oozed forth into unsuspecting arcades, the SplatterHouse franchise has been synonymous with outrageous violence, undying horrors from beyond the grave . . . and equally musty gameplay. Yet where its predecessors may…
Sho · October 25, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
The Legend of Kyrandia review
With The Legend of Kyrandia RTS-kingpin Westwood Studios aptly demonstrate this principle in action – despite pretty graphics and outstanding music, it plays like a blueprint on how NOT to design an adventure game.
Sho · April 4, 2009
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Staff Amiga HG exclusive
Planet of Lust review
After the eye-melting monstrosities of SEX VIXENS FROM SPACE, Free Spirit apparently decided to hire an actual artist for this subsequent attempt to create an actual game. Unfortunately they must have been so busy wanking over the new…
Sho · November 18, 2008
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Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive
Exile review
Today’s review is brought to you by the letter E, commonly found in such words as "execution," "eviscerated," and of course "eroticism" – all of which can likewise be found among the desert wastes of Exile.
Sho · November 14, 2008
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Taboo: The Sixth Sense review
Despite bearing Nintendo’s protective Seal of Quality, Taboo was clearly hewn from naught but the crimson hand of Satan himself – and believe me, I know a thing or two about Satan.
Sho · June 19, 2008
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Staff Amiga HG exclusive
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True review
This is no time for ridiculously cheesy monologues – there’s a body upstairs suffering from a serious case of lead poisoning and Chicago’s finest are already out for your head, assuming what’s left of your brain doesn’t do itself in first.
Sho · June 16, 2008
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Staff Sega CD HG exclusive
Road Avenger review
Road Avenger isn’t just Wolf Team’s finest laserdisc conversion, it’s clearly the greatest FMV game on Sega CD and the best damn thing Data East was ever responsible for in their long and largely mediocre history! Maybe those last two…
Sho · June 13, 2008
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Staff Amiga HG exclusive
Uninvited review
You might be Uninvited, but the longtime residents lurking inside can’t wait to have you for dinner.
Sho · February 4, 2008
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Staff Xbox HG exclusive
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball review
Whether you like him or not, you have to give that smug bastard Tomonobu Itagaki his due – the man’s got an enormous set of balls, and I’m not talking about the beach variety.
Sho · February 2, 2008
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Maniac Mansion review
Why is there a chainsaw in the kitchen? Who’s that mummy and what’s he doing in the bathtub? How does Razor get her hair to stand up like that? Every LucasArts devotee worth his rubber chicken should already know the answers to at least…
Sho · January 30, 2008
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Staff Arcade HG exclusive
BattleToads review
Despite also being the last, the arcade version of BattleToads is definitely the best entry in the series, and in a total coincidence marks a radical departure from all the other games.
Sho · January 26, 2008
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Staff Saturn HG exclusive
Gals Panic SS review
This atypically console-native edition of Gals Panic is hands down the best offering in the beloved “uncover a glowing silhouette to see some skin” genre – which is why it gets a seven. No seriously, it’s actually a surprisingly decent…
Sho · January 26, 2008
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Staff NES HG exclusive
The Adventures of Bayou Billy review
Since it’s a widely accepted fact that when it comes to action games we American gamers are veritable supermen compared to our nerdy, Dragon Quest-loving Japanese brethren, Konami laid the foundations for such future translations as…
Sho · January 19, 2008
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Sweet Home review
You know, I can remember once seeing this game on the release forecast within the hallowed pages of NINTENDO POWER – man, Nintendo of America must have shit themselves when they got a preview copy, because Sweet Home is the grotesque…
Sho · December 21, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Maniac Mansion review
Dave has it rough. As if the pressures of putting off those pesky term papers and sleeping through exams weren’t enough, his cheerleader girlfriend Sandy has been abducted by a mad scientist who wants to suck out her pretty brains. She…
Sho · October 31, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sid Meier's Pirates! - Live the Life review
Sacking formerly prosperous colonies into fiery ruin alongside your crew of drunken buccaneers, forcing snooty enemy captains to walk the plank after making off with their fancy doo-dads, or showing a buxom doxy just how you got the name…
Sho · September 19, 2007
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Simple 2000 vol. 101: The Oneechanpon review
In this sequel to the popular Oneechanpuruu, you assume the role of a hot Japanese babe in a bikini who carves up the walking dead with her bloodthirsty katana. Besides providing a little insight into the Oneechanbara series’ selling…
Sho · August 10, 2007
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Staff PlayStation HG exclusive
Clock Tower: The First Fear review
As its title implies, The First Fear is an enhanced update of the original Clock Tower on Super Famicom. Unfortunately these enhancements are so meager that you’d have to be a really hardcore fan of the series to even bother with it.
Sho · August 5, 2007
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Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive
Dragon Knight III review
As a professional video game expert, it’s my job – no, my duty – to tell you all about the awesome obscure imports that you’ll never get to play because you suck. But I’m also a lazy bastard, so I decided to pull this disc out of the…
Sho · August 2, 2007
