Reader reviews, page 231

Bangai-O review

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

American McGee's Alice review

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

Gitaroo-Man review

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

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW review

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

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review

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

Shadow of Rome review

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

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls review

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

Phantasy Star IV review

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 2 review

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 review

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

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes review

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

Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun review

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 review

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

Reader PlayStation 2

WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain review

I’ve been an avid fan of wresting for about six years now. I’ve also been a fan of video games with the same setting for just as long. In all honesty, WWF Attitude was so enjoyable it made me start watching the actual show. With all the…

True · April 29, 2005

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Shadow Hearts: Covenant review

Whoever said turn-based combat games are boring… well, was probably right for the most part. Shadow Hearts: Covenant, however, pummels your head and your reflexes in a manner I haven’t seen since Legend Of Dragoon. While Covenant’s…

True · April 29, 2005

Reader Game Gear HG exclusive

Shinobi review

GG Shinobi is not a down sized conversion of the original arcade game. Nor is it a shrunken down version of the Mega Drive’s The Revenge of Shinobi. It’s a completely different kettle of fish from any Shinobi game featuring a collection of…

goldenvortex · April 29, 2005

Reader TurboGrafx-16 Review of the Week HG exclusive

Bouken Danshaken Don San-Heart Hen review

Bouken Danshaken Don San-Heart Hen takes the world of horizontally-scrolling shooters and cracks it with a sledgehammer two or three times. Produced by I’Max for the PC Engine in 1992, it combines a few out-of-the-ordinary gameplay…

overdrive · April 29, 2005

Reader NES

Ultimate Basketball review

With the explosion in accessible information and playable video game roms via the Internet, few video games remain truly obscure to this day. Chances are, if a game is worth playing for any reason, someone has played it and felt the need…

sgreenwell · April 29, 2005

Reader Arcade HG exclusive

Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III review

If this game were content to be called, unremarkably, Warrior Blade, it would not annoy me nearly as much. As it stands, the full name of this unremarkable beat-em-up is Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III, allegedly part of a trilogy…

johnny_cairo · April 29, 2005

Reader PC HG exclusive

Ys II Eternal review

In an age of bad graphics and niche systems came a game known as Ys. The name, near-impossible as it is to pronounce to those who first see it (It sounds like east, without the t) sparks one of three emotions to those that hear of it…

espiga · April 25, 2005