Reviews by timrod, page 2

Metal Slug 6 review

Metal Slug has had a prominent position in the history of arcade gaming over the last ten years. From Metal Slug 1, which was one of the opening titles for the Neo-Geo arcade hardware, to Metal Slug 5, which was one of the final titles for…

timrod · December 20, 2007

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Contra 4 review

Contra 4 is probably the hardest game I've ever wanted to review. On one hand, it's incredibly stupid to dock a game points for being too hard - case in point, the infamous case of an IGN staff member that gave God Hand a 3/10 because he…

timrod · December 17, 2007

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Team Fortress 2 review

Until recently, Team Fortress 2 was classified as vaporware - software that is hyped up, then never released, ala Duke Nukem Forever. It appeared on every major vaporware list, and was considered a joke to players of Team Fortress…

timrod · December 14, 2007

Reader DS HG exclusive

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 review

Take the essence of Phoenix Wright (or for those of you who have experience with Japanese games, a so-called "play novel"). Add in backgrounds done by what look like Team Silent during the time they made Silent Hill 1, and some film noir…

timrod · December 7, 2007

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Mega Man ZX Advent review

Most people stopped liking Megaman at X3. There was X4, which was painfully mediocre. X5 - X9, all of which were horrid abortions of games. There was the Megaman Zero series on the Gameboy Advance, all of which were either unplayably…

timrod · December 3, 2007

Reader DS HG exclusive

Animal Crossing: Wild World review

A long, long time ago on the Dreamcast there was a game called Shenmue. Not many people remember much about Shenmue, but it was a game where you played as a young Chinese man attempting to avenge his father's death by buying furniture for…

timrod · January 20, 2006

Reader DS HG exclusive

Trauma Center: Under the Knife review

Trauma Center is one of those staple games that becomes pretty much a household word if you're talking about the DS. At first, it's pretty hard to tell why - it looks like a hentai game that tries to make the touchscreen look useful. While…

timrod · December 18, 2005

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Resident Evil 4 review

To most people, Resident Evil 4's very existence is surprising, even moreso that it came out for PS2. Coming in at the tail end of what had so far been a consistent series of flops (except for possibly the remake of Resident Evil 1 on the…

timrod · November 18, 2005

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Counter-Strike: Source review

A few years back, after the release of Half-Life, a team of modders released Counterstrike, a revolutionary modification that became the single biggest online multiplayer game in history. Counterstrike was so popular that people devoted…

timrod · November 11, 2005