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Reader Xbox

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon review

Ghost Recon is one of the best games you will play all year. You're probably thinking, ''Whoah, back up a minute. Most reviews don't start by saying that. What proof do you have?'' Well, the game itself is proof enough. The game takes…

xboxaddict318 · April 5, 2003

Reader PlayStation 2

Gitaroo-Man review

Gitaroo-Man will remain a heavily under-appreciated game. FACT. Sliding in silently to the music-rhythm genre, it joins Busta-A-Groove and Parappa as Konami's Bemani series' less attractive cousins. Less attractive in the fact that they…

P4nd4Pwn4g3 · April 4, 2003

Reader NES

Dragon Power review

Dragonball was a huge series in Japan in the late 80's and early 90's. While it had not reached American shores in the same fanfare, a single game had found its way through the barrier. The game was Dragon Power. Most Americans who then…

ratking · April 1, 2003

Reader Xbox

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell review

The average American person has four basic freedoms. Freedom of speech, worship, freedom from poverty, and from want. But one man in the NSA has another freedom...a fifth freedom. He is Sam Fisher, operative of the Third Eschelon in the…

xboxaddict318 · March 31, 2003

Reader Xbox

MechAssault review

Lightning streaks across the sky, lighting up the forest around you. You quickly take stock while the illumination abounds. Enemies spotted. Infantry, Elemental power armor, tanks, choppers, and worst of all, mechs. 5 storie tall lumbering…

xboxaddict318 · March 31, 2003

Reader PlayStation 2

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus review

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to tell you a little tale. It begins with a young boy named Sly Cooper, descendant of a long line of master thieves. The Cooper bloodline is infamous throughout the world, and each of Sly's ancestors have…

kieran · March 26, 2003

Reader PlayStation 2

Namco Museum review

Namco Museum is pretty much just one big set of mini-games. Coming with a quite large list of games from the age of gaming where sound, plot and graphics weren't important. It was all about High Scores and Gameplay, woo! The following is a…

vincent_valentine · March 24, 2003

Reader PlayStation 2

Dark Cloud review

Dark Cloud was an almost-likable experience. I had alot of fun building up my weapons, rebuilding towns and figuring out where the townspeople wanted to be. Unfortunantly, there's only a few dungeons in the game. And all they are is pretty…

vincent_valentine · March 24, 2003

Reader Xbox

Battle Engine Aquila review

Battle Engine Aquila is yet another game in the ever growing line of mech titles in the Xbox's library. It'd be easy to overlook it in the deluge of mech games out there, but it'd be a mistake to do so. It offers unique things the other…

goatx3 · March 23, 2003

Reader Xbox

Turok: Evolution review

The original Turok was amazing to me, especially as I had been a console-only gamer up to that point. The wedding of fast, fluid, non-linear FPS action with well-conceived levels struck me as a great and original formula at the time, and…

richorosai · March 22, 2003

Reader PlayStation 2

Devil May Cry 2 review

Contrary to what you may have read, Devil May Cry 2 is NOT a bad game...I know it's not for everyone, but for everyone that likes games for the actual game, you'll love this. Here's why. You have the choice of playing as Dante, a demon…

vincent_valentine · March 21, 2003

Reader Xbox

Max Payne review

Plenty of games borrow from pop culture, but few do it heavily without insulting intelligence. Many games base their gameplay on a single gimmick, but a scant minority of these flesh the gimmick out or prop it up enough to be anything but…

richorosai · March 21, 2003

Reader PlayStation 2

Galerians: Ash review

For people who are thinking about buying this game, I want to warn you. The Galerian series has never been marketed well, and reviewers on the pro magazines consistently can't seem to figure out how to categorize it. As a result, a lot of…

nojojojo · March 13, 2003

Reader Game Boy Advance

Phantasy Star Collection review

Overview: If you don't know what Phantasy Star is, then you must have lived in a hole far away from any video games for the last couple of years... Every serious gamer knows the name of Phantasy Star Online as the first successful online…

deedob · March 7, 2003

Reader Xbox

Quantum Redshift review

Overview: Quantum RedShift is a ''traditional'' racer in the line of really fast futuristic racing games. You simply race along a track at incredibly high speeds while shooting other racers out of the track and try to block others from…

deedob · March 6, 2003

Reader NES

The Guardian Legend review

Before the eight bit powerhouses such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System, console games were limited to a singular form of play. Generally the player would perform a certain number of tasks to complete a stage and…

whelkman · March 4, 2003

Reader Game Boy

Metroid II: Return of Samus review

Metroid II may not be the most graphically stimulating game ever, nor the most challenging. But without it, where would the plot setup for Super Metroid come in? Also, considering the technology for the time, it is a VERY well done game…

kraidraid · March 3, 2003

Reader SNES

Pieces review

Pieces is a videogame about jigsaw puzzles. Puzzles – the things that are used to keep small children quiet for a few hours, or to provide a contemplative, scholarly challenge to older folks. The potential is there for an incredibly boring…

alecto · March 2, 2003

Reader PlayStation

Final Fantasy VIII review

I was expecting alot from Final Fantasy VIII when I purchased it earlier this year. Sure, FF8 was hated by many, and had recieved it's fair number of subpar reviews, but I had yet to experience a bad Final Fantasy game, and I did not think…

ratking · March 2, 2003

Reader PC

Age of Empires review

Age of Empires was an interesting PC game. To conquer your enemies you needed to know exactly what you were doing, and the best method would be to set up the right amount of defence and attacking specialists, along with a useful collection…

ratking · March 2, 2003