Reviews, page 402

Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition review

Seldom have I seen a re-release that makes you feel like you're playing the game for the first time all over again. This is one of those re-releases. The original Devil May Cry 3 was famous for it's stylish combat and grueling difficulty…

gmsephiroth · January 29, 2006

Reader PlayStation 2 Review of the Week HG exclusive

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness review

Following the positive experience I recieved from Lament of Innocence I had no qualms about making a blind purchase for Curse of Darkness. Lament’s brutal combos, intense action and lush castle made it one of the greatest action games I’ve…

True · January 27, 2006

Staff Game Gear

GG Aleste review

There were a few areas that were genuinely fun, like a stage placing me above a railroad track complete with robots rocketing off a train to challenge my ship at its level, but much of this game was the sort of personality-free drek that…

Rob Hamilton · January 26, 2006

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Shining Force Neo review

How wonderfully dreadful that publishers such as Sega can shun the developers that made their games worthy in the first place, but still churn out sequels and counterparts to them. Sequels, mind you, that make no effort to recreate Shining…

crimson_phoenix · January 25, 2006

Reader PSP Review of the Week

Infected review

I think there’s one problem with the PSP that most of us reviewers are ignoring: we don’t know what we want with it. Since the technology is so advanced, we want a console experience in our hands. We want the best graphics, the best…

asherdeus · January 24, 2006

Reader PlayStation 2 HG exclusive

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution review

There are two types of people in the world, those who love Tekken and those who love Virtual Fighter. I don’t care who you are, you fit into one of those categories. Be it an old lady from Florida or business man from New York, you either…

phoenix_crow · January 24, 2006

Staff Atari 2600 HG exclusive

Chuck Norris Superkicks review

I think it's safe to say that Chuck Norris is truly a legend among men, and he deserves nothing but the utmost respect and reverence for being able to legitimately kick anyone's butt.

Zigfried · January 23, 2006

Reader DS

Animal Crossing: Wild World review

You’re in the back seat of a car with an animal at the wheel, steering through unforgiving rain traveling down an unknown road. You’re moving from your old life - no more large city, no more long job times, no more long distances between…

hex · January 23, 2006

Reader SNES

Skyblazer review

I've noticed that the platformer genre really started to get stale on the SNES. Sure, Mario World was more than adequate, and there were a select few other gems as well. But unfortunately, the vast majority of them seemed to be the same…

mariner · January 22, 2006

Reader SNES

Soul Blazer review

Some people call Zelda an action/RPG. Although Zelda has elements of both genres, it is much more than that, and is in reality a completely different genre. Soul Blazer, often compared to Zelda by those that have actually heard of it, is…

mariner · January 22, 2006

Staff PlayStation 2

Taito Legends review

There are other games on the compilation, too, classics like Elevator Action, Super Qix and Phoenix. They’re as much fun as you remember, but don’t expect much in the way of improvements. Though you can adjust difficulty levels and the…

Jason Venter · January 22, 2006

Staff PSP

WTF: Work Time Fun review

Baito Hell 2000 on the other hand, wants you bored. It needs your brain on auto pilot, and will pummel it mercilessly with the same event until your eyes glaze over. And therein lies the hook: you're going to love every minute of it.

Michael Scott · January 22, 2006

Staff Xbox

Conflict: Desert Storm review

Looking at Conflict: Desert Storm for the first time, it is entirely forgivable to automatically label it as the poor man’s multi-platform Ghost Recon. That's certainly what I did; I just consider myself fortunate that I bypassed my…

Gary Hartley · January 22, 2006

Staff Xbox HG exclusive

Samurai Shodown V review

A casual glance at Samurai Shodown V will remind you of early Playstation games (fitting, considering when this was originally developed). The most impressive elements are the size of the sprites and any background movement. My favorite…

Jason Venter · January 21, 2006

Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive

Dead or Alive 4 review

Whether it's drunken master Brad immersing himself in drink, Helena discovering the truth about her mother's murder, or the "romance" between Leifang and Jann Lee coming to its conclusion, Dead or Alive 4 is the true sequel to DOA2 that…

Zigfried · January 20, 2006

Reader PC Review of the Week HG exclusive

Fallout 2 review

World War III nearly destroyed all life on Earth. No one bothers to remember the specifics now; they’re trivialities, unimportant details. What is remembered is that lances of nuclear fire descended from the sky and boiled the oceans…

viridian_moon · January 20, 2006

Staff Genesis HG exclusive

Alien Soldier review

Twenty five bite-sized levels of pure mayhem, anyway. Because Alien Soldier isn't about stomping through waves of underlings and mass-produced cannon fodder; it's about going toe-to-toe with some of the sickest and most malevolent bosses…

Gary Hartley · January 20, 2006

Reader Genesis HG exclusive

Splatterhouse 2 review

I don’t like Splatterhouse 2. I was planning to mock its sloppy control and limited moveset. I was planning to attack its stricter-than-Altered Beast linearity. I was even planning to poke fun at the sanitized pastel ichor that bursts from…

lilica · January 20, 2006

Reader PC HG exclusive

Cave Story review

Cave Story is definitely the right game, but it's in the wrong place, at the wrong time. If you time-warped (again) back to 1990 and released it on the Mega Drive, the time you returned to wouldn't be the rubbish one we know. It'd be an…

autorock · January 20, 2006

Reader DS HG exclusive

Animal Crossing: Wild World review

A long, long time ago on the Dreamcast there was a game called Shenmue. Not many people remember much about Shenmue, but it was a game where you played as a young Chinese man attempting to avenge his father's death by buying furniture for…

timrod · January 20, 2006