Staff reviews
4,733 reviews · showing 3,341–3,360
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Staff NES HG exclusive
The Guardian Legend review
Optomon doesn’t initially seem so imposing. This circular, one-eyed mass of vegetation does little but float from one side of the screen to the other while emitting bullets and unpredictable, but slow-moving, lasers. But, while pummeling…
Rob Hamilton · August 1, 2007
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground review
I was given free reign to make my dungeon look any way I wanted. Even when I had to put the game down, I was planning my next floor. “Do I want long corridors towards several rooms," I would find myself asking with every floor "or do I…
Greg Knoll · August 1, 2007
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Staff Game Boy HG exclusive
The Final Fantasy Legend review
I’ll give it credit for one thing: this game’s release was a radical departure from all the other RPGs of its day.
Sho · August 1, 2007
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Staff SNES HG exclusive
Clock Tower review
Considerably more obscure than its PlayStation sequel, the original Clock Tower nevertheless enjoys a cult following today thanks to an unofficial English translation. And why shouldn’t it? You’ll explore a roomy old house, engage in a…
Sho · July 31, 2007
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Brave Story: New Traveler review
Brave Story is the type of game that takes the core things that make up its genre, and then does them very well without adding a lot of fluff. It has no qualms about telling you bluntly that it is a symbolic plunge into your own…
Josh Higley · July 30, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne review
The game adaptation draws inspiration from the book, but, ultimately, gives you the adventure that Verne's three explorers could only dream about as their shell floated past their target.
Gary Hartley · July 30, 2007
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Tombs & Treasure review
At first glance Tombs & Treasure might resemble a 1st person dungeon crawl, but it actually plays more like a dumbed-down Shadowgate with a helping of faux-RPG elements tossed in for good measure.
Sho · July 29, 2007
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Maniac Mansion (Famicom) review
Every fan of awesome graphic adventures knows that Maniac Mansion is one of the all-time classics of the genre and that it can’t possibly get any weirder than it already is. However only one of these statements is actually true!
Sho · July 28, 2007
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess review
I liked the game, darn it! It is majestic, captivating, engrossing, and above all, fun. So what's my problem?!
Nicholas Tan · July 27, 2007
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Staff PlayStation 2
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones review
Getting close to an unsuspecting enemy will cause things to slow down and go blurry, allowing the prince to initiate a very fast, and very stylish kill. His dagger will flash blue when the time is right to hit the attack button. If your…
Marc Golding · July 26, 2007
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Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive
Seirei Senshi Spriggan review
To truly succeed, to inspire awe and admiration, a shooter needs more than lots of things to shoot at. It needs depth, and it needs heart — fortunately, Spriggan delivers both.
Zigfried · July 25, 2007
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Staff PlayStation HG exclusive
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee review
With a forebodingly somber score and intricately detailed, pre-rendered backgrounds, Abe’s Oddysee is a sensual luxury, but the gameplay is straight from Out of This World, and just as hard.
Brian Rowe · July 25, 2007
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Staff SNES HG exclusive
Dragon View review
Part of the reason I found so many of the monsters to be easy to kill was because I'd wind up blundering through so many one-way doors and had to fight the same groups of enemies repeatedly that, for a good portion of the game, Alex was…
Rob Hamilton · July 25, 2007
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Transformers: The Game review
Rearranged and mutated, much of the epic feel of the film has thus been lost in translation and Transformers is left to stand solely on its playability and graphical achievement.
Donovan Chee · July 24, 2007
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Staff Atari 2600 HG exclusive
Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em review
While Mystique is promoting godless onanism and shall burn in the lake of fire for all eternity, I must commend them for avoiding their usual mix of copulation, rape, and dick-devouring alligators.
Sho · July 24, 2007
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Sword of the New World: Granado Espada review
Time to phone your friends and family one last time and wave goodbye to your social life for a good long while: there's a new MMORPG in the shops, and it's a biggie.
Lisa Harrison · July 23, 2007
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Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 review
The effort you must apply toward the protagonist’s social progression is one of the most interesting things about Persona 3. If he doesn’t seize every opportunity for a conversation with one of his peers at the local high school (or in the…
Jason Venter · July 23, 2007
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Brooktown High: Senior Year review
The one thing that The Sims sold was complexity; the thing that Brooktown sells is fun. From the very beginning, you realize it doesn’t take itself too seriously. The game starts out with huge-headed, tiny-bodied characters playing…
Greg Knoll · July 22, 2007
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Staff Game Boy Advance HG exclusive
Disney/Pixar Ratatouille review
There are license-based adventures on the Game Boy Advance that provide a fantastic experience. Ratatouille isn’t one of them. It doesn’t even come close. Without ever truly failing on a technical level, the game sucks all of the fun out…
Jason Venter · July 22, 2007
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Staff DS HG exclusive
Transformers: Decepticons review
Whether you choose to follow the game’s story, which is told through a series of missions, or elect to simply spend the afternoon driving the police nuts by raising and lowering your “wanted” level (a gauge measuring how vigorously the…
Jason Nimer · July 22, 2007
