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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

Reader NES

Taboo: The Sixth Sense review

In a nutshell, the premise of Rare's Taboo - The Sixth Sense: type in a well thought-out and insightful question and get mindless gibberish back. Taboo claims to be able to see your future via tarot card fortune telling. How drawing upon a…

whelkman · March 2, 2003

Reader NES

Dragon Warrior review

Enix's Dragon Warrior never was a great game, but over the years it has accumulated legendary status. The only legendary aspect of the game was Nintendo Power's promotional giveaway juggernaut. As a result, undue claims have garnered, from…

whelkman · March 1, 2003

Reader NES

Mega Man 6 review

At which point does innovation become necessary? When a long running series continues to rehash the same format, at which point should casual fans revolt over repetitiveness? This is a question that has plagued the Mega Man series. It is…

sgreenwell · February 27, 2003

Reader Xbox

GunValkyrie review

Overview: Welcome to one of the most brilliant game ever created, or one of the worst you've ever seen. The third person game Gunvalkyrie is like that, you either love it or hate it, there's no in between... Set in a post-steampunk…

deedob · February 26, 2003

Reader SNES

Mega Man X review

Before I begin, a haiku: Blue bomber Mega Man Save us from the evil robots Our last hope you are So begins the story behind Mega Man X. There’s some sort of chaos going on.... Um… You’re dropped off a ship and you go places… There’s some…

sgreenwell · February 24, 2003

Reader SNES

Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts review

You know, you might get the impression that I’m not a feminist’s best friend from the games I commonly review. Nothing could be further from the truth; after all, it’s obvious a man like me knows exactly what a lady wants. Still, with the…

sgreenwell · February 23, 2003

Reader PlayStation

Xena: Warrior Princess review

From mediocre graphics and sound to a camera that behaves like it has just drank 10 shots of gin, this is by all accounts a bad game. What saves me from tossing it aside as another flawed and forgettable action title is that Xena: Warrior…

alecto · February 18, 2003

Reader NES

Zombie Nation review

Cheesy B-quality science fiction movies apparently have their occasional videogame equivalents. Case in point: Zombie Nation, a game in which you play a leering severed head and battle American citizens who have been turned into zombies by…

alecto · February 18, 2003