Staff reviews
4,690 reviews · showing 2,621–2,640
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Staff Sega CD HG exclusive
Annet Futatabi review
Genesis cult classic El Viento did not end happily. The heroine bawled her adorable doe eyes out in the arms of her adoptive father Earnest Evans (star of the tragically ambitious . . . Earnest Evans). The pair's occasional friend and…
Zigfried · July 9, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates review
As for Snotmaw, well, I have to admit watching and hearing an audience chanting "SNOTMAW! SNOTMAW! SNOTMAW!" made me feel like a pro wrestling jobber about to get pasted by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a match held deep in the heart of…
Rob Hamilton · July 8, 2009
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Staff PC
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal review
Still, this rebirth is in the hands of the adept Telltale Games, who recently revived Sam & Max, brought Strong Bad to tremendous interactive life, and rendered the quaint British tales of Wallace & Gromit in a mostly pleasing fashion…
Lewis Denby · July 8, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Trine review
Intelligent but unpretentious, quaint yet brutal, Trine is regularly an absolute delight. Delve into the options menu and you can set it up for co-operative play - which allows all three players in the world at once - adding another level…
Lewis Denby · July 7, 2009
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Robodemons review
There are a couple of skulls in the bottom half constantly shooting at you while you're trying to deal with top-half enemies, including tiny non-firing skulls that roll right under your boomering's path because the programming doesn't…
Rob Hamilton · July 6, 2009
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament review
Probably the best moment came after Venus had lost her precious pendant. When I offered to steal her a new one, she launched into a tearful backstory explaining that it was the last remaining memento of her dead mother. My response? I…
Jonathan Stark · July 6, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
FIFA Soccer 09 review
For me, FIFA '09 is a multiplayer game. One so aggressively combative it's become a potential friendship breaker.
Gary Hartley · July 6, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Overlord II review
Pastoral scenes and even the menacing fairytale forest are gone, replaced by environs that seem to have been drawn with no discernible rhyme or reason from a hat labeled "whatever was left." The icy village that you once called your home…
Jason Venter · July 5, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood review
It can be a bit much to take in all at once, but Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood delights in telling its twisted tale in an unconventional and sometimes surprising fashion. The next likely event is seldom clear as the player careens wildly…
Jason Venter · July 4, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
The Warriors review
As in the movie, they're a fictional gang, hoodlumming it up and down 1979 Coney Isle. The Warriors and a hundred other gangs are invited to a "no guns" meeting held by a very charismatic cat named Cyrus, whose noble dream is to unite the…
Zigfried · July 3, 2009
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Crazy Machines 2 Complete review
It’s an interest thing, really. If the idea of gizmos and pulleys and gears has you grinning like a loon, or even if you want to tread a puzzle path not often explored, then this is a great package to pick up.
Gary Hartley · July 1, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Sam & Max Save the World review
It’s always interesting to see the conversion from comic book to video game – It's something that often falls flat, but when it works, it tends to work great. Sam & Max have enjoyed life within the latter camp from way back with the…
Paige Barclay · July 1, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
We Cheer review
At the moment the mechanics finally clicked, We Cheer transformed into an invigorating challenge. I started hustling out a succession of complex, varied swirls. I had to exaggerate my direction, reaching all the way to the ceiling and down…
Benjamin Woodhouse · June 30, 2009
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Staff DS HG exclusive
PDC World Championship Darts review
You're not going to like PDC World Championship Darts 2009 unless you like darts. It's not like FIFA, where even if you don't watch or play football you can still enjoy the game. With PDC 09, you need to have a passing interest in the real…
Gareth Chadwick · June 29, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Up review
By the time the credits roll, you will start to question whether or not the first half of the game was as good as it first appeared – or if you were simply blinded by how well it mirrored some elements of the film.
Louis Bedigian · June 29, 2009
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Shooting Love, 200X review
I love shooting, and I'm glad that the income Triangle Service earned by groveling and pleading with bleeding-heart gamers led to something so entertaining. Their online blog says their goal is to provide SERVICE to shooter fans. (They…
Zigfried · June 28, 2009
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Prototype review
Rarely has a game been so awful in so many ways, yet still proven so awesome at the same time.
Jeffrey Matulef · June 28, 2009
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Staff DS HG exclusive
The Legendary Starfy review
In case you're not satisfied with a diet of constant platforming and a steady trickle of new abilities, there are a variety of diversions along the way. For example, one stage finds Starfy rolled into a snowball. He'll barrel downhill and…
Jason Venter · June 27, 2009
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Mad Dog McCree Gunslinger Pack review
You'll quickly come to learn that timing is everything, which isn't so bad, but there's an unwelcome complication: the exact timing required is never quite clear. You have to aim and shoot before a certain point in any video footage. If…
Jason Venter · June 26, 2009
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009 review
If you’re a Yu-Gi-Oh fan and know the ins and outs of the rules, you’ll most likely find a decent title in World Championship 2009. But, if your experience with the trading card franchise is non-existent, you’re going to have a much…
Freelance Contributor · June 25, 2009
