Reader reviews, page 181

Cool Croc Twins review

Allow yourself to be subjected to one of the cheesiest-but-good platformer-action type games from 1992. It drips with style and cool, or it at the very least tries to. You are one cool crocodile. You wear your baseball cap backwards…

KompressorFromGFAQs · July 17, 2007

Reader Saturn

Christmas NiGHTS review

When you begin Christmas NiGHTS, you realize there's only one dream to play in, Spring Valley. That's nothing compared to the original title's seven dreams, and you assume you'll finish this game in a matter of minutes, living up to being…

dementedhut · July 16, 2007

Reader Game Boy Color HG exclusive

Metal Gear Solid review

Treating Metal Gear Solid as an unchangable work of art probably wasn't the most intelligent thing Konami could have done with this 8-bit re-imagining. Its story is almost an exact retelling only with different character names and a less…

johnny_cairo · July 16, 2007

Reader GameCube

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat review

Do you remember when they used to make good, classic Donkey Kong games? You know, the side-scrolling kind? With the release of the original Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Kongo Jungle was the place to…

wayne_steed · July 16, 2007

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Final Fantasy XII review

Progression is a simple concept, I thought. You give me money for every hour of work I put into your company and eventually, there may come a day when you decide to give me more money. . . for whatever reason. When SquareEnix is your boss…

carcinogen_crush · July 16, 2007

Reader Xbox HG exclusive

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne review

Currently, on Max Payne. . . A man who once looked constipated with blind rage has since been run down. As the story goes, he left the DEA and returned to where it all began, his place in the NYPD. He was a star detective at one time, but…

carcinogen_crush · July 16, 2007

Reader PC HG exclusive

Alien Vendetta review

Alien Vendetta is everything that Final Doom's The Plutonia Experiment should have been, a brutal pack of levels unbeatable by all but the hardiest veterans of Doom II's Ultra-Violence difficulty. Tough enemies aren't tough when Plutonia's…

mardraum · July 14, 2007

Reader PlayStation 2 Review of the Week

Drakengard 2 review

Drakengard 2 will piss off Drakengard fans. It’s your standard bad sequel, but it goes further than that. Developers Cavia actually took steps in the right direction and then blew it. With the tweaked mechanics of the flawed yet beloved…

Genj · July 14, 2007

Reader Saturn

NiGHTS into Dreams... review

NiGHTS into Dreams... has got to be the prettiest time attack game I've ever played. Sonic Team took good advantage of the dream aspect of this title to make really vivid and twisted dream worlds for you to explore. Like the valley and…

dementedhut · July 14, 2007

Reader PlayStation HG exclusive

Syphon Filter review

In the spring of 1999, following the milky virtual explosion known as Metal Gear Solid, Sony had their precisely engineered follow-up with a similarly nonsensical title: Syphon Filter. Part Tomb Raider, part GoldenEye, wholly derivative; a…

johnny_cairo · July 14, 2007

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Romancing SaGa review

Snow capped summits and frozen glaciers in the winter-land of Valhalland. Sand that burns so hot under the sun that it threatens to eat through your boots, in the confusion of storms that are the Kaklim Desert. Kick back a drink with the…

carcinogen_crush · July 13, 2007

Reader DS

Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 review

With DS rhythm games winning hearts on both sides of the Pacific, iNiS has developed a formula that works, and Moero Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu Tatakae Ouendan 2 doesn’t deviate from the mold. The musical adventure follows the (mostly)…

woodhouse · July 13, 2007

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

N3: Ninety-Nine Nights review

mardraum: HOLY SHIT mardraum: that's a LOT OF FUCKING PEOPLE Whether you're a grizzled manly brawler vet who plowed through Chaos Legion on hard and found every weapon in Drakengard or you're a genre hater who got Dynasty Warriors 2 as a…

mardraum · July 12, 2007

Reader SNES HG exclusive

Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome review

There comes a time in everyone's life when they reflect back on their accomplishments and question if what they've worked so hard for has truly been worthwhile. For the hero of this tale, the silent, violet-clad, nameless (until you give…

espiga · July 12, 2007

Reader Game Boy Advance

The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery review

If you ever get around to playing The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery, then your health and safety may be at risk. As the warning screen at the start says, you need to read the Health and Safety Precautions Booklet before you start the…

dementedhut · July 11, 2007

Reader Commodore 64

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles review

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of the hottest franchises of the eighties(and slightly, the nineties). Quickly, Ultra worked at releasing a game for multiple systems that was based on these young heroes. One version hit the NES and…

MercenaryCobra1 · July 11, 2007

Reader Commodore 64

Frightmare review

A realm of shadows and horrors awaits those who insert the disk containing this game into their system. But will those nightmares follow you after you turn the computer off? Lost in a dream. Your adventure begins in the middle…

MercenaryCobra1 · July 11, 2007

Reader Xbox 360 HG exclusive

The Darkness review

Going past the main menu and into the first chapter of The Darkness, I had little idea what would be in store for me as the purchase came on a whim. It's going to sound a little peculiar, but The Darkness unfolds its pages to you with an…

carcinogen_crush · July 11, 2007

Reader Xbox HG exclusive

Splashdown review

Splashdown, a game developed by Rainbow Studios released in the United States in mid-2002 portrays the sport of Jet Skiing in a race-style atmosphere. The basic point of the game is to race against many other computer characters and, upon…

bostonfuse51 · July 11, 2007

Reader Game Boy Advance

Pocky & Rocky with Becky review

Ah, yes. You were one of the players with nostalgia in your eyes as you picked up a copy of Pocky & Rocky With Becky. Memories of the older games gave you hope...strength. How much did you pay for it? 15-20$? And what did you trade it in…

MercenaryCobra1 · July 11, 2007