Reviews, page 375

Reader Arcade Review of the Week HG exclusive

Soukyugurentai review

Soukyugurentai veers dangerously close to the prototypicality trap that made its technically flawless but hopelessly average ST-V sister Shienryu worthless. Raizing's creativity jumps out at you like the narrative in a Calculus textbook; I…

mrhappy · November 15, 2006

Reader DS

Elite Beat Agents review

You’re having a bad day. The electricity went off while you were asleep last night, effectively disabling your alarm clock. In an attempt to rush through breakfast, you accidentally let the toast burn. You ran out of toilet paper at the…

disco · November 14, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Guitar Hero II review

Guitar Hero’s combination of fist-pumping music, vibrant characters, massive replay value, and immersive gameplay, had never come together so perfectly in a music game.

Brian Rowe · November 14, 2006

Reader Xbox 360

Time Pilot review

"Time Pilot" is one of those titles that has fittingly burned itself into my memory despite the ravaging attempts of passing time to obliterate all trace of it. Or, at least, it should have been. For all of the time I spent on this game in…

m0zart · November 14, 2006

Reader Xbox

Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 review

Compilations. They all have the potential to be great, especially upon hearing some of their titles, like Namco Museum, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Street Fighter Anniversary Collection, and so on. Unfortunately, a lot of them disappoint…

dementedhut · November 14, 2006

Staff DS HG exclusive

My Frogger Toy Trials review

If you bump into creatures that populate the map often enough, your life meter will quickly drain and your game will be over. The same is true if you accidentally hop off a tile and into a bottomless pit or into water (since Frogger can’t…

Jason Venter · November 13, 2006

Reader DS

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All review

As the witness’s voice echoes through the courtroom, only one thing remains clear: your future as the defendant is slowly slipping into oblivion. If there was any chance that the case could be won, it’s definitely not stacked in your…

disco · November 12, 2006

Staff PC HG exclusive

Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich review

Unlike most of the other WWII RTS's that cry for attention inside the overcrowded genre, this seems to be the focus of Blitzkreig II: Fall of the Reich. The emphasis is no so much on the clever deployment of troops and armour as it is in…

Gary Hartley · November 12, 2006

Reader DS

Touch Detective review

Personality. That’s what the heroine and her fellow members of Touch Detective lack. Despite living in a quirky world embroiled in fanciful mysteries, these inhabitants dribble through lifeless dialogue and muddle toward anticlimactic case…

woodhouse · November 11, 2006

Staff Game Boy Advance HG exclusive

Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games review

It’s clear that Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games was conceived as a collection of mini-game madness, just as it’s clear that the team behind it ran out of ideas about five minutes in. To pad things out, they made an exploration mode that will…

Jason Venter · November 10, 2006

Staff Game Boy

God Medicine: Fantasy Sekai no Tanjou review

In my mind, this scenario had all sorts of potential. You have three video game geeks transported into a video game world. And we all know how RPGs are chock-full of cliches — leading me to believe God Medicine would be loaded with all…

Rob Hamilton · November 10, 2006

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon review

“The fury of Mortal Kombat has brought the realms to the brink of total destruction. Every warrior has been summoned to this last epic battle, where survival depends on their ability to…FIGHT!!” This is the main tagline for Midway’s latest…

redpyramid · November 10, 2006

Reader PlayStation HG exclusive

Resident Evil 2 review

With Resident Evil 2, Capcom has once again created a masterpiece of Survival Horror. The story continues from the events of Resident Evil, following the experiences of Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield as they attempt to uncover the…

redpyramid · November 10, 2006

Staff DS HG exclusive

Bubble Bobble Revolution review

I knew that I was getting into trouble the moment I saw the box art. What happened to Bub and Bob? The cuddly little dragons I had come to love over the years had been turned into repulsive, bucktoothed, sacks of lard.

Brian Rowe · November 9, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

God Hand review

When God Hand’s not funny, it’s thrilling. When it’s not thrilling, it’s funny. And sometimes it manages both at once.

Zack Little · November 9, 2006

Reader DS

Kirby: Canvas Curse review

Now, if you break down the key components of the DS, it's fair to say that Nintendo's gimmick-machine is either going to use its features either just for the hell of it or to use its tools do to what it was supposed to. Nintendo's current…

goldenvortex · November 9, 2006

Reader PlayStation 2

God Hand review

Once upon a time, Satan and his minions arrived on Earth and attempted to annihilate humanity. Using his supernatural abilities and unimaginably sadistic tendencies, the dark lord had almost all of mankind wiped out. But as everyone on the…

disco · November 8, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad review

Shoot them in the leg and watch the blood well up in the affected joint and a supporting hand cover the wound; chuck a grenade at them and watch as they panic and flee; waste a flare gun round on one, and watch him flail about on fire…

Gary Hartley · November 8, 2006

Staff Turbografx-CD HG exclusive

Mateki Densetsu Astralius review

Mateki Densetsu Astralius is a promising game, and that promise almost pulled it from the slimy, slippery tar pits populated by other PC Engine fossils. But sometimes promise isn't enough.

Zigfried · November 7, 2006

Reader DS

Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan! review

I have a love/hate relationship with rhythm games. Well, I should qualify that statement. I love rhythm games in a conceptual sense, but there are only a few rhythm games that really seemed to catch my attention, bringing me clever and…

m0zart · November 7, 2006