Staff reviews
4,693 reviews · showing 2,921–2,940
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Baja: Edge of Control review
But it's the Baja race that makes this game unique; this is where the game does its best to shine. In this mode, you take on the Baja 1000, a real-life test of racing endurance that takes place annually in Baja (Peninsula of Mexico) and…
Marc Golding · October 30, 2008
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Golden Axe: Beast Rider review
Even though Golden Axe doesn't reign supreme over its action-adventure brethren, and even though the scenery can be a bit creepy, it's obvious that the designers truly respect the Golden Axe name. It's all too common these days for…
Zigfried · October 29, 2008
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
NBA Live 09 review
One thing I especially like about NBA Live 09 is that even without half-court jams and cries of “He's on fire!”, play seldom feels monotonous. Past basketball games tended to make me thankful for the option to limit the length of each…
Jason Venter · October 29, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 1 review
For a collection of titles that are approaching 17 years old, Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 provides an experience that both newcomers and veterans to the series will enjoy. The franchise has inspired an anime and a full-length…
Freelance Writer · October 29, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
BioShock review
What once seemed perfect now more closely resembles a haunted amusement park. Water sprays through fissures in the transparent barrier encasing the city. Hallways are filled with rubble. Signs advertising a perfect future hang crookedly…
Jason Venter · October 28, 2008
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift review
Fans of the genre should definitely give this game a try as it features hundreds of hours of content and should keep them busy for a very long time.
Matt Olsen · October 28, 2008
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Boing! Docomodake DS review
Welcome to my new dilemma. It's called Boing! Docomdake, and it's clearly after my sanity.
Gary Hartley · October 27, 2008
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free review
In essence, this game makes the entire first game feel like a lengthy tutorial, familiarizing you with the characters and the locations and the flow of gameplay. It was as much a learning experience for the developers as it was for the…
Josh Higley · October 26, 2008
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
PDC World Championship Darts 2008 review
What we’re given overall is serviceable and commendable. Two words that perhaps don’t scream game of the year, but the reality of the situation is that, no matter how I dress it up in eccentric Britishness, the topic of today is still a…
Gary Hartley · October 25, 2008
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Staff PC HG exclusive
World of Goo review
If World of Goo were developed and published by Nintendo -- which it absolutely could be, given the phenomenal fusion of style and substance on display here -- not one person would have a problem with its being released as a full-price…
Lewis Denby · October 24, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Dead Space review
When it (Dead Space) sticks to its more original ideas; the zero-g environments, the severing of limbs with unique weapons, the lack of ammo, etc. it works very well. But it doesn’t capitalize on these innovations as it should.
Jeffrey Matulef · October 23, 2008
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Commando: Steel Disaster review
Commando is a completely generic clone of the Metal Slug blueprint, giving us nothing new, except for its own unique list of problems.
Marc Golding · October 22, 2008
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen review
Dragon Quest IV was always about those five stories and they were always interesting, but never to the current extent. Maybe the old translation job was handled poorly or perhaps I was too young at the time to appreciate such things…
Jason Venter · October 22, 2008
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Staff Atari 2600 HG exclusive
Airlock review
Well, actually, the play control's probably the real obstacle. Let's face it, with good control, this game would be nearly as easy as playing Sneak 'n Peek against yourself. Here, you're controlling a character that has barely enough…
Rob Hamilton · October 21, 2008
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
Game Party 2 review
In November 2007, Game Party hit the Wii as a collection of seven simple minigames. Ten months later, six of those games return to a roster of eleven activities in Game Party 2. The major improvement: this time the motion controls work…
Benjamin Woodhouse · October 21, 2008
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
World Heroes Anthology review
World Heroes Anthology makes no excuses for itself: its a simple, brutal fighting game optimised for the multiplayer experience. Comparisons between it and the Street Fighter series are inevitable, especially since the latter has released…
Freelance Writer · October 20, 2008
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
de Blob review
The developers wisely threw in some hazards and puzzles to mix things up a bit, but these don't help nearly as much as they should. Early on, there just aren't enough enemies to challenge you. Even when more of them enter the picture…
Jason Venter · October 19, 2008
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
PDC World Championship Darts 2008 review
No one held their breath in anticipation, robbing me of a sense of clichéd drama. Their loss. The 360 version doesn’t really try to innovate or reinvent the original game; it simply builds upon it, gives you a create a character system of…
Gary Hartley · October 19, 2008
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Staff Arcade HG exclusive
Violent Storm review
Playing this game was all too bizarre for me, like watching the adapted version of your favorite show or movie for a foreign audience. Only the version your watching is an adapted version of an adapted version of an adapted version… it’s…
Jackie Curtis · October 19, 2008
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Bangai-O Spirits review
This is how you make shooting games mean something again. Bangai-O Spirits puts so many twists on the genre formula it's hardly recognizable, yet all the more fun for it. Just be prepared to die a lot until you get the hang of it all.
Jason Grant · October 18, 2008
