Staff reviews, page 228

Streets of Rage 2 review

Mr. X would never hide Adam somewhere normal! You've got to truly search high and low to find your missing buddy. THAT is why you discover that the baseball diamond is a massive hidden elevator leading to an underground hideout! It's there…

Zigfried · Date unknown

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Dark Castle review

Of these gaming failures, there has to be one above all others that misses even the lowest and most reasonable of expectations. That game is Dark Castle: a title with a target audience of none.

Zigfried · Date unknown

Staff NES

Spiritual Warfare review

It's all quite cool, but odd in that the setting is contemporary (obviously that would explain the forklifts I mentioned above). Link never visited a bar and got thrown out. Link never went through the junkyard. So even if this is a clone…

Jason Venter · Date unknown

Staff GameCube

Spider-Man: The Movie review

There are several other chases, each its own stage. And there are several levels where you wander around a warehouse, several stealth levels... in general, there are about four types of gameplay here, which gives the game a feel that…

Jason Venter · Date unknown

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Sword of Sodan review

Sword of Sodan is a bad game, but that doesn't mean it has no value. It's not an unplayable, glitch-ridden mess like Dark Castle, and it's not an exercise in inanity like Budokan. The game's an ambitious spectacle of failure, full of crazy…

Zigfried · Date unknown

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Alien Storm review

Two of the heroes (the male and female) are equally dull: they fire either an electric beam or a flamethrower, and that is the end of it. Watch the electric beam arc an inch in front of your hero — the excitement drips from my veins…

Zigfried · Date unknown

Staff PlayStation HG exclusive

Parasite Eve review

Particularly nice in the opening scene is a pan across the Statue of Liberty — rendered so beautifully, yet bearing a disturbingly sad look upon its face... the setting is so quiet and calm that you just know something horrible is going to…

Zigfried · Date unknown

Staff PC

Serious Sam: The First Encounter review

While most FPS' these days focus a lot on exploration, key-collecting and even problem and puzzle-solving, SS skips all that and goes right for the action. in the average FPS, even the most ''busy'' of rooms won't likely contain more than…

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff PC

Return to Castle Wolfenstein review

Anyone willing to play through the game is probably likely to overlook the corny and unexpected storyline, hell, some might even enjoy it! Whatever the case, RTCW is a strong sequel to a great game.

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff Game Boy Advance

Breath of Fire II review

You walk through a dungeon and when you get to the end, you never find yourself thinking what a boring drag of a place it was. Instead, you're almost (dare I say it?) anxious for the next dungeon. How Capcom manages to keep things so fresh…

Jason Venter · Date unknown

Staff PC

The Curse of Monkey Island review

Puzzles are where the gameplay lies, and trust me, Monkey Island has plenty of them. From the cruelly simple answers to the complex, multiple-event solutions, the game's numerous puzzles are engaging and tough.

Zack M · Date unknown

Staff PlayStation 2

Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain review

Great storyline and voice-acting combined with some juicy, blood-sucking sound effects make you want to play the game. I can't guarantee it will be a smooth ride the whole way through, but it's nonetheless worth a trip into the gothic…

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff PlayStation 2

Soul Reaver 2 review

Soul Reaver 2 is a hybrid. It combines action, platform, RPG and adventure, all into one ingenious sub-sub-genre. This makes for one hell of a game! The graphics are stunning, the sound is nicely orchestrated, it's easy to control, it's…

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff PlayStation 2

Maximo: Ghosts to Glory review

While the majority of platformers are based mostly on exploration, platform-jumping and mini-games, Maximo is probably 50% fighting, 50% platforming. It concentrates a lot more on battle than other games of it's genre, which is partly what…

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff PlayStation 2

Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec review

80 events. Sound like a big number? It is. While the first GT featured a healthy number of events, and GT2 featured more than double as many events as the first, GT3 more than triples the number of GT2's events. There is also a lot more…

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff GameCube

Pac-Man World 2 review

The variety from level to level isn't so huge, but there are 6 different worlds, each of which is quite distinct. You have your usual intro levels, the forest world, the ice world, the fire world, the water world, and the boss world. Each…

Jason Venter · Date unknown

Staff GameCube

Smashing Drive review

The minute you have control of your cab, things start happening. Cars are speeding toward you, jets are landing and taking off, ferries are moving across the water, a giant gorilla is scaling a skyscraper, and so forth. The environments…

Jason Venter · Date unknown

Staff PC

American McGee's Alice review

After finding your first weapon (the Vorpal Blade), it will become quite clear that you're not just in Wonderland for sightseeing. This becomes even more clear when you are attacked by one of the Heart Queen's guards.

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff PlayStation 2

Zone of the Enders review

There are a lot of very well-done features in this game, which should not be overlooked, but also enough cons to lessen the pack of it's punch a great deal.

James Gordon · Date unknown

Staff PC

NHL 2001 review

Season, of course, is where the meat of the game lies. Pick your team (including the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets expansion teams) and play through their 2000-2001 schedule, attempting to grab the elusive Stanley Cup.

Zack M · Date unknown