Reader reviews, page 127

General Chaos review

I'm a huge strategy fan, so imagine my delight when I was chosen to review General Chaos for the Sega Megadrive. Its one of the founding fathers of the genre and a lot of RTS details we're now all familiar with made their premier here…

Melaisis · October 8, 2009

Reader PlayStation Review of the Week HG exclusive

Warhawk review

I’ll lay it down upfront: I did not like Warhawk. From the sometimes indecipherable graphics to the unwieldy controls, every part of my aesthetic was offended. Take the cutscenes. They all play like under-budgeted reproductions of the Wing…

zippdementia · October 6, 2009

Reader Xbox 360

Halo 3: ODST review

If you own Halo 3, and want to get Halo 3: ODST just for the multiplayer, then I highly advise you to pass; the multiplayer in this release is literally the multiplayer from Halo 3, with the only legit difference being the inclusion of…

dementedhut · October 5, 2009

Reader PSP HG exclusive

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona review

You know, Shin Megami Tensei fans have had it pretty good lately. The demon-centric RPG series has seen more than half a dozen stateside releases in the last few years alone, and the breakthrough success of Persona 3 and 4 has finally…

Daisuke02 · October 4, 2009

Reader PlayStation 3 Review of the Week

Katamari Forever review

The King of All Cosmos has amnesia. Despite all his power, getting hit by a passing meteor was enough to take him down. Now that he’s out of the picture, there’s no one left to manage the Cosmos. You’d think the Prince and the rest of the…

disco · October 3, 2009

Reader PlayStation 2

Space Channel 5: Special Edition review

Visually and musically, Space Channel 5 for the Dreamcast was an experience. However, as a rhythmic video game, it fell flat on its face. I'm not talking about the Simon Says gameplay, where you copy the dance moves your opponent does, no…

dementedhut · October 2, 2009

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

The Orange Box review

Every home lining the barren coast of City 17 tells a different story, and none of them end well. The first is barricaded from the inside, presumably thanks to the ruthless Combine if we can rule out social anxiety disorder. Too bad for…

Cornwell · October 1, 2009

Reader Wii HG exclusive

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lightsaber Duels review

When the Nintendo Wii first launched in 2006, conversations sparked among gamers of what titles could be made using the system’s groundbreaking gyroscopic technology, and it seemed that almost all of these exchanges came to the same…

Ferraratron · October 1, 2009

Reader PlayStation 3 HG exclusive

Trine review

... "Once upon a time", the narrator assures you, accompanied to Ari Pulkkinen's playful soundtrack, "there was a King". Naturally, there's a kingdom as well. And magic. I'd be sceptical about the magic if I were king, because it always…

fleinn · September 25, 2009

Reader NES HG exclusive

RoboCop 2 review

Robocop 2 is not a good game. Its title character is a dead human strapped into approximately six tons of metal. Furthermore, he was built by a budget-conscious weapons company using barely tested technology. Technology fueled, I might…

zippdementia · September 22, 2009

Reader SNES Review of the Week HG exclusive

Der Langrisser review

I had quite a dream the other day. In it, I went to my local retailer and excitedly bought a copy of "Shining Force, Expanded Edition". However, after I arrived home and opened the box, I was quite disappointed to find out that what…

zanzard · September 21, 2009

Reader Apple II

Bureaucracy review

Douglas Adams's name is not featured prominently in the packaging for Infocom's text adventure, Bureaucracy. He got distracted from it by the Dirk Gently books, and eventually the game got written by committee. The result was a game that…

aschultz · September 18, 2009

Reader Genesis

Mega Bomberman review

No game has portrayed bombs in a more novel fashion than Hudson’s Bomberman series. The balls on dynamite haven’t done any favours to my mental perception of a bomb, and they certainly don’t just send a blast in a four directions. The…

bigcj34 · September 17, 2009

Reader PlayStation 3

WipeOut HD review

... If you are new to the Wipeout franchise like me, Wipeout HD is a futuristic racing game. There's probably something going on in this futuristic racing league in terms of plot. No doubt reminding slightly of movies like Death Race 2000…

fleinn · September 16, 2009

Reader DS

Scribblenauts review

There’s a cat stuck on the roof. It’s been there for hours, yowling its lungs out. It’s almost as annoying as its owner, a young girl who’s too lazy to get it herself. That’s why Maxwell is here; he‘s a problem solver, and it‘s your job to…

disco · September 13, 2009

Reader Game Boy Advance Review of the Week

Final Fantasy V Advance review

You might say it's the black-sheep of the SNES Final Fantasy games; sandwiched between two notably story-driven entries, Final Fantasy V doesn't have a memorable lead akin to Cecil of IV or Terra of VI. Furthermore, you'll accumulate only…

PAJ89 · September 13, 2009

Reader PC HG exclusive

Fate/stay night review

I am the bone of my sword. It seems rather straightforward to give a plot summary of Fate/stay night (F/sn). There is an incredibly powerful magical artifact called the Holy Grail. It is capable of granting any wish that its possessor…

whatev · September 12, 2009

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Defense Grid: The Awakening review

OPENING SHOT: This is a tower defense game for Xbox Live Arcade where aliens have come back to the planet and you fight them off alongside the computer AI that waxes romantic about...raspberries. Yes, raspberries. Apparently the AI loves…

ManOWarr · September 11, 2009

Reader Apple II

A Mind Forever Voyaging review

I don't believe A Mind Forever Voyaging is more profound than the emotionally apolitical Trinity or even the wildly clever Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but it's another successful text-adventure experiment from Infocom. It features…

aschultz · September 11, 2009

Reader PC Review of the Week HG exclusive

System Shock 2 review

There’s an interesting theory that I learned about in sociology called «flock theory». Basically, if a high enough number of people report to an individual that Pearl Harbour is a masterpiece of cinematic history, even the most sane of…

darketernal · September 10, 2009