Reader reviews, page 281

Silent Hill 3 review

Well, it looks as if Silent Hill 3 has finally hit the states, and wherever else it hit at that time, to boot. About time, after nearly five delays. Let me state this before you read the review: I am a huge fan of Silent Hill 2. I felt as…

zoop · February 5, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Manhunt review

It had to come sooner or later: a game where the complete trademark revolving around all of the action is finding new and inspiring ways to remove a man’s head from his shoulders. And to think that “New Line Cinema” isn’t in the…

zoop · February 5, 2004

Reader Apple II

Canyon Climber review

Canyon Climber is the second-worst game ever made for the Apple II. The worst would have to be U.F.O., but let's not get ahead of ourselves. The Devil's number is THREE, not six Straight from the backside of Beelzebub! Here's a platform…

bloomer · February 5, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Contra: Shattered Soldier review

Ahhh, yes. It is the ever-so long awaited return of one of the most notorious video games series of all-time: Contra. Contra had “returned” in many forms throughout the recent years on the PlayStation (One) and such, however, the “return”…

zoop · February 5, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

ICO review

One of the key ingredients to a successful game, as most would say, is common a marketing technique. Whether it is a gimmick that a specific title uses, or a certain household name to boost sales, bad games tend to sell decently based on…

zoop · February 5, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Maximo vs. Army of Zin review

Maximo VS Army of Zin, the long-awaited sequel to the critical success Maximo Ghosts To Glory, is a lot like your hamster rolling around in a ball: it’s cute, quirky, lots of fun, and has a certain charm to it-much like the first game in…

zoop · February 5, 2004

Reader PlayStation 2

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection review

Return To Castle Wolfenstein is one of the few titles that has received major hype behind it from the PC version of the title, and delivers with a nice touch on every platform it is released on. Obviously, even with the infamous hype, the…

zoop · February 5, 2004

Reader Apple II

Beer Run review

Sirius Software's 1982 advertising material called platformer Beer Run 'a light-headed game of suspense.' Certainly the beer puns could flow thick and fast and in a sort of yeasty fashion where this game is concerned. But except for the…

bloomer · February 5, 2004

Reader Genesis

Bio-Hazard Battle review

For all the good that scientific advances have done for our planet, there is a dark side to this technology. Whether it be pollution, the threat of nuclear war, chemical weapons such as anthrax or something else, the possibility that our…

overdrive · February 5, 2004

Reader Nintendo 64

Harvest Moon 64 review

Guy gamers are notorious for not being able to get the girl. Why is it though? Mostly because sitting around playing video games all day, is really LAME compared to, oh say watching movies all day. It makes perfect sense! Also, I guess…

icehawk · February 4, 2004

Reader SNES

Sengoku Denshou review

During the age of Neo-Geo arcade and home video games, SNK was quite fond of cranking out shooters and brawlers of all shapes and sizes. Whether they were putting mollusk heads on generic thugs in Mutation Nation or creating a new Contra…

overdrive · February 4, 2004

Reader Arcade

Mega Man: The Power Battle review

Adventure after adventure finds the Blue Bomber forced to struggle through a thematic assemblage of booby traps and scatterbrained minions before battling the stage's final Robot Master face-to-face. Questions run through my mind when I…

snowdragon · February 3, 2004

Reader PC

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines review

''Okay men, it doesn't look good... Our spy got killed trying to steal an enemy uniform. Our truck was blown up with our driver in it. The marine and me are left stranded in this building, and the sapper and the sniper are left hiding in…

tomclark · February 3, 2004

Reader PC

Connections review

There are some words that, while individually appear harmless, placed together make a terrifying combination. It's like putting ingredients for a bomb together, or something. One of those words is 'Educational'. Sure, it may bring up…

tomclark · February 3, 2004

Reader PC

Dungeon Keeper review

Most games cast you as a simpering, whiter-than-white hero, who (most RPG games excepting) has virtually no character flaws and is always tall and handsome, or thin and pretty. The sort of people who in real life everyone would just hate !…

tomclark · February 3, 2004

Reader PC

The Curse of Monkey Island review

A quick recap: (This paragraph contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the first 2 Monkey Island Games - you have been warned). The Monkey Island saga features Guybrush Threepwood, a young pirate, LeChuck, his undead nemesis, and Elaine, his true…

tomclark · February 3, 2004

Reader PC

The Secret of Monkey Island review

It would be easy to simply fill this review up with pirate-y puns and lame pirate or monkey related jokes (after all, that's what the game did). I'll try my best not to though! This game tells the tale of young Guybrush Threepwood…

tomclark · February 3, 2004

Reader NES

Burai Fighter review

...Okay, maybe R-Type wasn't the best comparison, but it's close. Think Forgotten Worlds - that's more like it. Burai Fighter was one of the games that I got with my NES way back in the day, and it was the second game that I played on the…

tomclark · February 3, 2004

Reader NES

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants review

The Simpsons have had mixed fortunes in the videogame world. Their self-titled arcade game was sheer class, and was responsible for the loss of a good deal of my pocket money when I was younger. Their console games, though, are a different…

tomclark · February 3, 2004

Reader Xbox

Halo: Combat Evolved review

Launch. Game. Roll those words about in your head for just a moment. What springs to mind? Recent history dictates that it will probably be thoughts of lacklustre efforts like Ridge Racer V and it's ilk - games that certainly looked very…

tomclark · February 3, 2004