Staff reviews, page 145

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm review

The Naruto name is slowly becoming well recognized in the entertainment industry as one of the few mainstream Japanese anime franchises to become an international hit. The transition from manga to anime to video games has had a positive…

Adam Beck · November 21, 2008

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Far Cry 2 review

Individually, each area is exquisite. The sprawling roadways are extremely well designed, as are the waterways that run through certain portions of the jungle. The mountainous locations are also impressive, forcing you to ditch whatever…

Louis Bedigian · November 19, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Left 4 Dead review

I can't quite believe that I find myself, just a few weeks on from Fallout 3, playing yet another game of such ferociously high quality. Left 4 Dead is astoundingly good fun, polished in all the right places, tense, atmospheric and…

Lewis Denby · November 19, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom review

Globs tries to be Kim Possible meets The Lost Vikings, with inconsistent results.

Marc Golding · November 19, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

Metal Slug 7 review

That's when you realize that something has changed. Somewhere between the first two dull stages and the end of the third frenetic round, you started having fun. Lots of it. Somewhere during that series of jumps and explosions and the…

Jason Venter · November 19, 2008

Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive

PAIN review

PAIN is strangely complex for a game that's so obviously aimed at getting a few laughs from gamers who want to play something quick in between chugging Car Bombs. The point system is based on an ornate series of crash combos and scenarios…

Jonathan Stark · November 18, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure review

I'm all for that old school format where enemies attack you that you can't even see, but Rhapsody takes that to an irritating extreme. Dungeons are fairly straight-forward in their design (with a map in the top screen that lets you keep…

Jason Venter · November 18, 2008

Staff Amiga HG exclusive

Planet of Lust review

After the eye-melting monstrosities of SEX VIXENS FROM SPACE, Free Spirit apparently decided to hire an actual artist for this subsequent attempt to create an actual game. Unfortunately they must have been so busy wanking over the new…

Sho · November 18, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

Ninjatown review

Ninjatown has thrown me for a bit of a loop, so much so that I just know it’s going to lead to the kind of introduction I’ve been trying to avoid for years, so I might as well get it out of the way early then sulk in the corner for a…

Gary Hartley · November 17, 2008

Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation review

SOCOM: Confrontation changes that dynamic and suffers for it. The way things work now, a single player from the opposing team might choose a light machine gun, run into a squad of tactical players and very likely win the day. Gone are the…

Sam Cheung · November 16, 2008

Staff PC HG exclusive

Imperium Romanum: Emperor Expansion review

Imperium Ronanum: Gold Edition is by no means a bad game. I believe it was built for newcomers to the genre, as everything from resource management to the interface is incredibly simplified. Regulars will still see some uncannily…

Freelance Writer · November 16, 2008

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga review

In short, The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest really does feel like a complete game that could have stood alone—precisely as you see it here—and even fetched a similar price. It's the reason that you might feel good about reaching for…

Jason Venter · November 15, 2008

Staff DS HG exclusive

Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games review

Welcome to the Cowlympics. In Back to the Bardyard: Slop Bucket Games you must best the cast of the Nickelodean series across ten wacky events to earn the ultimate golden bucket. Unfortunately, THQ doesn't bring its A-game in utilizing the…

Benjamin Woodhouse · November 15, 2008

Staff PlayStation 3

Mirror's Edge review

The game does a lot of things right, things that every bone in my gamer body tells me shouldn't work. The first-person perspective, for instance, works better than it has any right to, taking a basic platformer/action title and making it…

Jonathan Stark · November 15, 2008

Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive

Exile review

Today’s review is brought to you by the letter E, commonly found in such words as "execution," "eviscerated," and of course "eroticism" – all of which can likewise be found among the desert wastes of Exile.

Sho · November 14, 2008

Staff PSP HG exclusive

Midnight Club: LA Remix review

One mistake shouldn’t decide the outcome of a race (unless you were inches from the finish line, of course). Likewise, the opposite shouldn’t happen either, but it occasionally does in LA Remix. If you manage to drive perfectly for the…

Louis Bedigian · November 14, 2008

Staff NES HG exclusive

Ultima: Quest of the Avatar review

And so your quest isn't to overpower some great evil, but instead to master eight virtues and become an Avatar — the human representation of goodness whose purity of soul will be the necessary inspiration for the populace to enter a new…

Rob Hamilton · November 13, 2008

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Alisia Dragoon review

But she does have need of two things that set her apart: a quintet of highly-destructive pets that faithfully tail her wherever she treads and the rather handy ability to channel flickering forks of lightning into the faces of evil…

Gary Hartley · November 12, 2008

Staff Wii HG exclusive

Celebrity Sports Showdown review

As for the actual celebrity roster, it doesn't do the game any favors. About half of them are washed-up athletes that you may or may not recognize, while the other half are generally successful pop and country artists. You've seen better…

Jason Venter · November 12, 2008

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Rock Revolution review

It by no means beats out Harmonix's effort in terms of gameplay, but if you've played so much Rock Band that you're in danger of burning out on the series -- or if you were disappointed by the lackluster Guitar Hero: World Tour -- Rock…

Danny Cowan · November 12, 2008