Reader reviews, page 263

Reader PC

Time Stripper Mako review

Foster may have been the greatest bishoujo game developer ever, but the English speaking world would never know it. Only three of their products were ever translated, all a part of Otaku Publishing’s mid-90’s attempt to popularize the…

woodhouse · May 8, 2004

Reader NES Review of the Week

Kickle Cubicle review

Demented, terroristic clowns? Pugnacious and deadly puddles of water? A monstrous palace carved from a hollowed-out pumpkin, surely a pulpy nightmare for the Puerto Rican single mother who cleans up each week? These are just the mundane…

denouement · May 2, 2004

Reader NES

Kickle Cubicle review

Whoever said that truth is stranger than fiction may want to step back and re-evaluate that position after taking a look at Kickle Cubicle, one of the most certifiably weird games to squeak by the Pacific shoreline and get into this…

snowdragon · May 2, 2004

Reader NeoGeo

Alpha Mission II review

Plagued by atrocious graphics, sluggish gameplay, a poorly-construed power-up system, unimaginative enemies and bosses and countless other flaws, the original Alpha Mission (at least the NES port) set a standard for poor play in a shooter…

overdrive · May 1, 2004

Reader Sega Master System

Psycho Fox review

What connotations to you get when you put the words Psycho and Fox together? Possibly your mind will come up with some bizarre images but I bet that you won’t even come close to what the game Psycho Fox is like. When I first head of this…

goldenvortex · April 29, 2004

Reader PC

Aliens Vs. Predator 2 review

“Scary as hell” is a term I rarely, if ever, use to describe a game. So many games that claim to be frightening end up being relatively low on the scares due to poor atmosphere, weak gameplay, or a little of both. I can honestly admit that…

djskittles · April 27, 2004

Reader Game Boy

Kwirk review

It's hard for puzzle games without much resolution to have the flair that helps make a game addictive, so the creators generally go in for a weird title. Kwirk tries for this, but it drops the Q, which is much weirder than stuffy old K. Oh…

aschultz · April 26, 2004

Reader Arcade

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom review

Don't be duped. The 'net and its brood would have you believe Heroes of the Lance was the worst D&D game ever made. They think its stellar blend of unmanagable controls and inexplicable death meld for the greatest smiting the mighty D&D…

sinner · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

TimeSplitters 2 review

Oh no! The TimeSplitters are back! But let's face it, if anyone had the pleasure of playing the first instalment of the TimeSplitters series they'd know that these title characters proved to be the most useless of adversaries. It was as if…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

TimeSplitters review

Once upon a time a mystical group of people called Rare made a mystical game called Goldeneye and a lot of people liked it, everyone was happy. But one day darkness fell over the land of Rareware, an evil sorceror and his followers ran…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2 Review of the Week

The Sims review

So there I was, as usual, crouched on my bedroom floor and playing some newfangled video games. All of a sudden, the door opens and this family (my own, presumably) trudge in, a united front. The father figure opens his greasy chops…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

The Getaway review

If the vibrating function of my dual-shock controller was still alive today (which it isn’t, thanks Sony!) then I’m sure it would quake uncontrollably every time my copy of The Getaway finds its way into my PS2. And rightly so. I am not an…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Tekken Tag Tournament review

Tekken was one of the first PSX games ever released, and the whole Tekken trilogy has become one of the most famous gaming franchises around. It should come as no surprise that one of the PS2 launch games was in fact a Tekken game, a port…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

SSX review

Well it appears that the name “Snowboard Supercross” just isn’t cool enough for EA, perhaps it was too long for today’s average gamer to memorise or perhaps it just didn’t sound erotic enough, the important thing is that this little game…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Red Faction review

Somewhere in our little insignificant solar system there is a planet that goes by the name of Mars. Admittedly being so many light years away from it on Earth I'd always found the planet to be a fairly dull place; however with Red Faction…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Quake III: Revolution review

The fragfest franchise known as Quake has finally forged a way to the fore of Playstation 2 gaming with a frightfully fun first person shooter. This particular Quake game (Quake 3) has proved to be immensely fun in PC land and is wandering…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Oni review

One Nice Intro!! OH MY GOD! It's about time someone came up with this idea, because I've been hanging out for it for years! Ladies and gentlemen, Oni has delivered what all of us have yearned for all our lives! Wait for it... A lead…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty review

Thank god for people like Hideo Kojima! There are plenty of game developers out there, most of whom are probably just lounging around their offices, regurgitating each others ideas, and releasing the twelfth sequel to their karting…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Kessen review

The cinematic strategy game of Kessen takes us back to a time in Japan that can only be described as feudal. It was a time when brute force could prove enough to claim ultimate leadership of the land of the rising sun, and a time when the…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Grand Theft Auto III review

The setting is Liberty City. The goal? Creating complete and utter terror among its inhabitants. The name of your besieged metropolis alone should strike up images of freedom (freedom and liberty are synonyms you see); stirring mental…

kingbroccoli · April 25, 2004