6,557 reviews · showing 4,601–4,620
Reader SNES
Donkey Kong was a horny gorilla that shot to fame in the mid-eighties in his rusty arcade classic. It introduced us to the big ape, who had kidnapped Mario’s girlfriend, Pauline. Back in 1981, it was the hottest game in town. It was the…
goldenvortex · May 7, 2005
Reader Saturn HG exclusive
Shining Force has always been the pinnacle of Sega’s role playing games. It kept me loyal to the company long after I heard it was on its way out and forced me to buy every sequel made. I still have some of the games even though I don’t…
True · May 7, 2005
Reader NES
If there is one fond memory I have of Gradius and its hordes of sequels and spin-offs, it is simply the way that all the levels meld together to form what appears to be a single, constantly-shifting juggernaut of a stage. That just gives…
overdrive · May 6, 2005
Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
The idea behind “The Guy Game” is similar to playing Trivial Pursuit in a strip club. However, actually playing this horrendous mass of immorality could be compared to stapling your eyelids to a jet plane: there’s absolutely no reason you…
True · May 6, 2005
Reader Xbox
Ninja Gaiden certainly had its share of delays before being released; a lot people were eager to take a stab at this action-adventure game by Team Ninja, and they finally got a chance in March of 2004. Was it all it was cracked up to be?…
dementedhut · May 5, 2005
Reader Xbox
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay is a chapter in the life of everyone’s favorite B-list sci-fi badass, Richard B. Riddick. He is a bruiser, plain and simple, and the antics continue in this videogame prequel to the films…
careless_whisper · May 5, 2005
Reader Xbox
For the mountains of glowing praise that have met Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, it is a pretty crappy game. Not a crappy game sttraight-up, but I think it will go down in history as one of the more pathetic "Game of the Year"…
careless_whisper · May 5, 2005
Reader Dreamcast
Welcome to BANG’AI-O!. Some would say they were playing Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh, but they would be playing a Japanese Nintendo 64 cartridge, while you are in fact experiencing the sumptuous thrills of a Sega Dreamcast GD-ROM disc. This…
careless_whisper · May 5, 2005
Reader PC
Load, Save, Delete…woah, hidden messages. No matter how much great window dressing a game has, it's the rare game that achieve greatness without a great foundation. In the case of American McGee’s Alice, when you strip away the fantastic…
careless_whisper · May 5, 2005
Reader PlayStation 2
At the garish title screen, a woman’s voice can be heard. “AHHHHH….GITAAROOOOO MAAANN,” she moans orgasmically. You may very well have the same reaction. Gitaroo Man thrashes, shreds, jams, wails, and rocks its way to legendary status. But…
careless_whisper · May 5, 2005
Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
My previously stated annoyances about this review aside, Smackdown Vs. Raw reminds us that every yearly franchise is under constant scrutiny. As Triple H told Goldberg “It’s easy to get to the top. It’s hard to stay there.” While producing…
True · May 5, 2005
Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
How many of you out there enjoy a good kill’n? I know I do. In my spare time, I like to run people over, steal fighters from military bases to wreak havoc, and go hooker beat’n. Of course, if I really did this stuff I’d probably be…
heroofthewinds · May 4, 2005
Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Perhaps the most violent time in existence has found a new home. Not in the history book but in a digitized, pixel form. Shadow of Rome has no qualms about throwing you to the lions and applauding as you’re devoured. If you strain your…
True · May 4, 2005
Reader Game Boy Advance
I’ve been writing reviews only for the games I like, but this is real life and if I really want to do this for a living then I am going to have to come to terms with the hard fact that I will end up doing reviews for games I hate as well…
True · May 3, 2005
Reader Genesis
I didn’t want to play Phantasy Star IV when it first came out. Rumors had spread that this was the end of the series, and I heard the same from my friends. “So who wants to watch the end of an epic?” I asked myself. But as soon as I…
True · May 3, 2005
Reader PlayStation 2
Bloodrayne has a formula that works. Who is going to complain about a busty red head in tight leather chopping up nazi’s? Most of us will never admit it, but that’s why we played the game in the first place. It’s hard to deny, though, that…
True · May 2, 2005
Reader PC
Lemmings aren’t stupid. They don’t really commit mass suicides and jump off cliffs into the merciless sea. In fact, the poor souls usually bite off more than they can chew by swimming across water that is excessively deep for them. They…
goldenvortex · May 2, 2005
Reader GameCube HG exclusive
Realization of the importance of plot in games took another giant step when Konami released it’s best-selling Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation. In the years before, storylines had been evolving slowly, getting it’s first big boost with…
yamishuryou · May 2, 2005
Reader Genesis
One day, as the human army was defending the castle against a goblin attack, a large and unpleasant-looking vortex appeared out of nowhere engulfed the castle and its people. When the humans wake up, they find themselves in a land of…
disco1960 · April 29, 2005
Reader Genesis HG exclusive
Trouble Shooter is a horizontal shooter. More importantly, Trouble Shooter is a horizontal shooter for girls. Instead of a space ship armed with lasers, missiles, or bombs, you’ll control two jetpack-propelled teenage girls wielding laser…
radicaldreamer · April 29, 2005
