Reviews by zigfried, page 6

Castlevania Double Pack review

After playing the disappointing Castlevania Double Pack, the "Castlevania" name now brings back memories of emasculated bishounen dunderheads, forgettable filler music, long empty hallways, and tiresome backtracking. Quite frankly, this…

Zigfried · July 4, 2006

Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive

Motoroader MC review

In the tradition of the legendary Super Sprint, each Motoroader race is presented in a single-screen birds' eye view, so that you can see all the racers, all the obstacles, and all the action without any view-changing or mirror-flipping…

Zigfried · June 13, 2006

Staff Game Boy Advance HG exclusive

Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006 review

World Championship 2006 is a great game that hints at a potentially excellent future. Unlike its drooling idiot siblings on the half-powered Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack, this final GBA edition combines all the card game's actual rules (including…

Zigfried · May 19, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked review

Despite all the silliness surrounding it, the core gameplay is both intuitive and smooth. At its heart, Sidetracked is a single-player hack-and-slash, most similar to a fully-3D Golden Axe. Like the classic old-school brawlers, levels are…

Zigfried · April 23, 2006

Staff Game Boy Advance HG exclusive

Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack review

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack is a bit more engaging than the cartoon. For one thing, it's definitely more fun to play than to watch (even if the real-world rules have been drastically over-simplified). For another, even though it uses the…

Zigfried · April 16, 2006

Staff Dreamcast HG exclusive

Merge Marginal review

Marginal is unusual because the women are actually animal spirit maids. Sure, Tail Tale and Legend of Fairies featured animal spirit girls, but no developer has ever crossed that sacred line in the sand and mixed the "maid" and "animal…

Zigfried · April 10, 2006

Staff PSP HG exclusive

Ys: The Ark of Napishtim review

The PSP port's issues begin and end with the frequent loading. Every time Adol moves from one screen to the next — even if he's just walking into a house — a loading screen will appear. Sometimes NOW LOADING is white. Sometimes NOW LOADING…

Zigfried · April 1, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

MS Saga: A New Dawn review

When it comes to anime, people have different ways of expressing their love. Some cosplay, some create fansites, and some draw parodies. SD Gundam was originally intended as an all-out parody of the super-serious Gundam series. SD Gundam…

Zigfried · March 12, 2006

Staff X68000 HG exclusive

Telenet Music Box review

A young boy flees from a burning village. Behind him, grim armored invaders methodically purge hut after hut, torching the walls and turning every once-happy home into a sickening slaughterhouse.

Zigfried · March 6, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Drakengard 2 review

If Dynasty Warriors wrote the book on manly brawling, then Drakengard 2 filled a library. By game's end, thousands of ogres, undead soldiers, and knights will fall with blood spraying from their broken heads. However! Fans of the first…

Zigfried · February 20, 2006

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

GUN review

It's one of those "good but" games. GUN is good, but its Western atmosphere is disappointingly sedate. With yellow ground, brown buildings, and simple textures (why is this on 360?), it's not nearly as visually appealing as Death By…

Zigfried · February 11, 2006

Staff Atari 2600 HG exclusive

Chuck Norris Superkicks review

I think it's safe to say that Chuck Norris is truly a legend among men, and he deserves nothing but the utmost respect and reverence for being able to legitimately kick anyone's butt.

Zigfried · January 23, 2006

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Dead or Alive 4 review

Whether it's drunken master Brad immersing himself in drink, Helena discovering the truth about her mother's murder, or the "romance" between Leifang and Jann Lee coming to its conclusion, Dead or Alive 4 is the true sequel to DOA2 that…

Zigfried · January 20, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Shining Tears review

It's like a 2D mission-based Dynasty Warriors. From your headquarters, you'll pick a new objective then run out onto a hand-painted map and button-mash to kill all the orcs, skeletons, and whatnot in sight. There are some skills that you…

Zigfried · January 17, 2006

Staff PSP HG exclusive

Armored Core: Formula Front - Extreme Battle review

If you play manually and ignore the AI, the chip bonuses are meaningless and the overall game simplistic... but those who defy conventional "control it yourself" wisdom and strive to hone their core's AI performance will be pleased by the…

Zigfried · January 13, 2006

Staff PSP HG exclusive

PoPoLoCrois review

The story clearly isn't intended to be deep or complex. True to the oldschool RPG spirit, PoPoLoCrois's plot provides just enough backbone to support an adventure based around cute atmosphere and fun gameplay... and it's got both in spades.

Zigfried · January 2, 2006

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Gaiares review

Zigfried Ages 2500 Volume 1: Gaiares Across a series of 5 or 6 ads spanning SEVERAL YEARS, we learned important things like how to pronounce the name "Guy-Are-Us" (no comment) and we got to watch "professional gamer" Jamie Bunker fumble…

Zigfried · December 30, 2005

Staff Saturn HG exclusive

Christmas NiGHTS review

Nights soars past lavishly decorated Christmas trees, cute Nightopian creatures wear bright red Santa suits, and candy canes sprout from the snow-covered earth. By reading the Saturn's internal clock, Christmas Nights adjusts the game's…

Zigfried · December 25, 2005

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Wild Arms Alter Code: F review

Wild Arms Alter Code: F combines the smooth play mechanics of Wild Arms 3 with the original's promising storyline... but it's not a re-hash. From reinvented dungeons to exponentially superior character development, Alter Code F…

Zigfried · December 24, 2005

Staff PC-FX HG exclusive

First Kiss Story review

Unlike something like Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, First Kiss Story doesn't try to make you feel bad about anything. It's an optimistic game that promotes "love of life" instead of "self-destructive despair", which makes the game a heck of a lot…

Zigfried · December 18, 2005