Reader reviews
6,526 reviews · showing 2,001–2,020
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Mega Man review
I relish fighting off a legion of floating animate flames or blasting shark-faced missiles out of the sky. I still get a giant kick riding the annoying moving platforms in Gutsman's stage. No matter how many f-bombs left my mouth when said…
JoeTheDestroyer · September 10, 2011
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Rampage review
It's understood that many arcade games are repetitive, but most of them packed on the challenge and changed up what variables they could to make each level at least feel different. Such tiny changes keep a game from going stale. Rampage…
JoeTheDestroyer · September 7, 2011
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom review
All the time spent trying improve your Temple of Doom skills could be better spent mastering far more interesting games, ones that don't consist of banal collecting in a confusing mess of platforms.
JoeTheDestroyer · September 5, 2011
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Reader Saturn HG exclusive
Sexy Parodius review
Going into this installment for the first time, with experience of the previous three titles to aide me, Sexy Parodius still managed to surprise.
dementedhut · September 4, 2011
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Reader PlayStation 3 Review of the Week
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron review
El Shaddai has a lot of interesting ideas, but it fails to fully implement them.
disco · September 4, 2011
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Reader Saturn HG exclusive
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius: Forever with Me review
I feel like I'm telling a joke if I even mention those three bosses: a singing panda, a school girl with bunny ears, and a living spaceship with a giant bra walk into a bar.
dementedhut · August 28, 2011
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Reader DS HG exclusive
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation review
Dragon Quest VI's main draw will always be its extraordinary plot and immense world. The plights of each world's citizens feel real, raw. They’re moving and inspire players to do all that they can. The enormous map will ensure that you're…
wolfqueen001 · August 27, 2011
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Reader SNES Review of the Week HG exclusive
ActRaiser review
ActRaiser blends hack-n-slash platforming with downscaled simulation to create a unique game. The stellar soundtrack and mad sick enemy design, particularly the parts that borrow from mythology, reinforce the gameplay to create an epic…
JoeTheDestroyer · August 27, 2011
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Reader Saturn HG exclusive
Parodius review
After the "thing" (Gradius III) was released in arcades, the main line of Gradius games went into hibernation for most of the 1990s; it was only at the tail end of the decade where two, big titles were released, Gradius Gaiden and Gradius…
dementedhut · August 21, 2011
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Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Metro 2033 review
We see human communities in which everyone contributes, everyone does their part and everyone looks out for one another. We see people sitting around fires, sharing drinks, and playing music. We see soldiers risking their lives for their…
Suskie · August 20, 2011
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Reader PC
Independence War review
The great dream of space-flight! Romantic and glorious. But how would you actually fly a space-ship in completely dark space anyway? And how about spotting those incoming black dots travelling at near light speed, for example?
fleinn · August 19, 2011
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Reader NES HG exclusive
Elevator Action review
The gameplay remains repetitive, the pace never quickens, the challenge spikes early on, and if you haven't lost interest by level 3 I would be surprised. Elevator Action may be regarded as a classic, but that doesn't mean its still…
JoeTheDestroyer · August 18, 2011
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Reader PC
Rocket Jockey review
The rocket jockey theatrically loses the grip with one arm as the cable disengages, but hangs on valiantly around the improbable turn anyway. How does the rocket not start to rotate and spin out of control, you ask? Well, obviously the guy…
fleinn · August 16, 2011
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Reader PC Review of the Week HG exclusive
Left 4 Dead review
Left 4 Dead is an intense horror experience with a pitch-perfect atmosphere of paranoia and portending doom, punctuated with madcap battles against massive zombie hordes. Or, at least, it is for about an hour or so. Once the player becomes…
SpencerTSisson · August 16, 2011
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Reader PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Dead Nation review
Dead Nation did something that I didn't think could be done anymore: it scared me with zombies.
SamildanachEmrys · August 14, 2011
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Reader Saturn HG exclusive
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus review
1986's Salamander, the first title in the 1997 release of Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus, acts as an ungrounded version of Gradius, which came out a year prior. Whereas Gradius required a near-methodical mindset, thanks to its checkpoint…
dementedhut · August 14, 2011
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Reader PC
Lander review
"It takes subtlety to succeed here. But it is extremely rewarding when you do, and float through the maze-like levels inside the planet's surface - or through the canyons and caves. The eerie space-music perfectly accompanies you on the…
fleinn · August 13, 2011
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Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive
West review
West is not quite the deep wonderland I had hoped for. It's a straightforward RPG with overt moral prattle. Guiding us into deep thought is something an intelligent game should do, but forcing us down that avenue dulls the experience.
JoeTheDestroyer · August 12, 2011
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Reader PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
The Fancy Pants Adventures review
Run Fast! Run Fancy!
fleinn · August 6, 2011
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Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Dragon Ball Z: Sagas review
Dragon Ball Z: Sagas is an uninteresting brawler made worse by a gaping hole in the gameplay. It was a novel idea turning DBZ into a brawler, but Avalanche would have been better off taking the expected route in creating an arcade style…
JoeTheDestroyer · August 6, 2011
