Staff reviews
4,689 reviews · showing 2,201–2,220
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Staff PlayStation 3 Review of the Week HG exclusive
LittleBigPlanet 2 review
Today’s play session lasted several hours, but I could have just as easily have devoted weeks to the same endeavor. There are literally thousands of options left for me to explore. I’m not sure that I would have believed just how much…
Jason Venter · February 2, 2011
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Staff PC HG exclusive
Crimecraft: Bleedout review
It has the chance to stand out from the crowd, to not be just another also-ran, but it would be unfair to say it’s there right now. Should it continue down this path, its future looks promising.
Gary Hartley · January 30, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Cthulhu Saves the World review
Thus begins the Old One’s quest for backwards redemption -- defeating some evil so he can unleash a greater evil. Sulking along the sandy beach he arrived at, he rescues his first party member, a star-struck water-based healer who…
Gary Hartley · January 28, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
ZP2KX: Zombies and Pterodactyls 20XX review
You could choose to mow them down with machine pistols or shotguns. With rocket launchers, plasma cannons or flare guns. With flamethrowers, assault rifles, proxy mines, grenade launchers or samurai swords. Railguns, icebeams, mini-nukes…
Gary Hartley · January 24, 2011
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Staff Lynx HG exclusive
Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop review
Like Kung Food, Dirty Larry compensates with enough health that you can get lucky and progress through much of the game. Both are examples of games that are fundamentally poor and have used above average size lifebars to try to hide the…
Winston Wolf · January 23, 2011
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Staff Genesis HG exclusive
Xenon 2: Megablast review
I respect Xenon 2 for the envelopes it pushed, but this doesn’t qualify it for a free pass; it doesn’t excuse its mistakes. Remember its innovations fondly, if you like, just don’t revisit them. There’s no reason to; no reward for your…
Gary Hartley · January 23, 2011
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Staff Lynx HG exclusive
Kung Food review
Kung Food is recommended if your only system is the Atari Lynx.
Winston Wolf · January 21, 2011
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Medal of Honor review
Medal of Honor can barely claim to being more than half a game, the half it does right, it excels. The other half isn’t bad for a first attempt -- but that’s not really good enough, is it?
Gary Hartley · January 14, 2011
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Staff Wii HG exclusive
101-in-1 Sports Party Megamix review
I’m simply going to present the facts. Nothing here works. Even with its budget title status, it’s not worth the price of admission.
Gary Hartley · January 11, 2011
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Staff Xbox 360 Review of the Week HG exclusive
Red Dead Redemption review
You’ll want to squeeze every second of life from Red Dead Redemption. You’ll do this because you know that, sooner or later, the game will end and you’ll no longer be a part of its world. You‘ll want to elongate your stay. And John Marston…
Gary Hartley · January 8, 2011
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Staff NES HG exclusive
Kirby's Adventure review
Kirby's Adventure is innocence; a reminder of a youth full of optimism and dreams where even the thought of pitfalls seemed incomprehensible. When life gets me down, it offers solace as its bright colors, wildly varying levels and…
Rob Hamilton · January 8, 2011
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Astonishia Story review
I can’t help but think of Astonisha Story bravely treading water. It was never in its nature to be spectacular, but it could have settled with quietly competent had Ubisoft thrown it a life preserver rather than hurled rocks from the shore.
Gary Hartley · January 1, 2011
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Staff PSP HG exclusive
Pocket Pool review
HyperDevbox Japan surely set out to do something different, by giving us ‘erotic pool.’ The word on the street is that publishers Conspiracy and Eidos sought to use the Girls Gone Wild license and do something really distinct, but talks…
Marc Golding · December 30, 2010
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Staff PlayStation 3 HG exclusive
Gunstar Heroes review
Your mission is straightforward enough: As one of the two Heroes — twin brother Red or Blue — you must foil the nefarious Colonel Red (the doppelganger of Street Fighter II’s M. Bison) who has stolen the four Mystic Gems in an plot to…
Marc Golding · December 21, 2010
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Staff PlayStation HG exclusive
Resident Evil: Survivor review
We’ve been able to rely on Resident Evil games for certain ingredients that bespeak their quality: amazing polygonal graphics, cheesy cinematic cut scenes, and their ability to spook the player. Survivor only gets the cheese right. This…
Marc Golding · December 21, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Kozu review
Kozu is one of THOSE games that pop up on XBLA in droves; it’s a duel stick shooter that we should really be more pissed at Geometry Wars for popularising. We could try really hard to pretend that Kozu isn’t the latest contender in the…
Gary Hartley · December 18, 2010
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Staff PlayStation 3
Splatterhouse review
Once upon a time, all this blood and nudity would have been daring. I remember gasping in awe when playing the originals . . . of course, those were marketed towards pre-teens who couldn't even get into R-rated flicks. In today's world…
Zigfried · December 9, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 HG exclusive
Blood Stone: 007 review
Whereas GoldenEye Wii and its N64 predecessor lived up to the 007 name, Blood Stone fails to create the highly addictive thrills that gamers and moviegoers have come to expect from the franchise.
Louis Bedigian · December 7, 2010
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Staff Xbox 360 Review of the Week HG exclusive
FIFA Soccer 11 review
FIFA 11 retains all of what made FIFA 10's engine great, apart from making penalties more of a bother than they need to be, but a lack of meaningful improvements, particularly in its game modes, means that it feels like I'm paying full…
Freelance Contributor · December 4, 2010
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Staff Genesis HG exclusive
Vectorman review
At the time of this game's release, a big fuss was made over it. Much drooling came about, and many Genesis gamers had to dab gingerly at their foreheads with cold towels. The reason was that BlueSky Software made a truly unique-looking…
Marc Golding · December 2, 2010
