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Half-Life 2 (Review)

9/03/2006

If Half-Life 2's nerdy protagonist Gordon Freeman is going to save the world, he's gonna need more than the crowbar he began the last game wielding. Thankfully, weapon upgrades in this first-person shooter come lightning quick. Gordon barely gets to take in any the sights and sounds of City 17 (a quarantined, run-down district ruled by gas-masked soldiers apparently called the "Combine") before he starts blasting, bashing, and exploding the living hell out of everything in sight. It's not his ...

Harry Potter Goblet of Fire (Review)

22/06/2007

For the fourth foray into the Hogwarts school of magic, Electronic Arts has apparently decided enough is enough. No more interesting adventure. Away with compelling spell casting. All that's left is action, loads of dialogue from the film and a healthy dose of ...

Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (Review)

3/06/2004

First off, here's a wizardly word of warning: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is being released on all the consoles and the PC. You'd expect all four games to be the same, but there are vast differences between the consoles' version and the PC one.TOP NOTCH To all intents and purposes, the console version is an altogether different game. And it's a far, far superior one. If you want to spend your money in the wisest way, get Prisoner of Azkaban on PS2, Xbox or GameCube if you can.Just ...

Heroes of the Pacific (Review)

22/06/2007

Its odd that so many choose to concentrate on the European Theatre of Operations. Storming Normandy and the grim struggle for Stalingrad provide meaty scenarios, but theyre only part of the story. On the other side of the world a different type of war was being waged. A war fought in the endless blue of sea and sky. Heroes flings you into this frightening azure void with an alarming lack of ceremony. Much like the young pilots of the day youre thrown into the thick of things before youre ...

Hitman: Blood Money (Review)

30/05/2006

Creeping quietly down the hall, the harsh fluorescent lighting gleams off your bald head. Your target walks a few paces ahead, unknowingly striding into certain doom. As you round the corner, you carefully unwind the fiber wire and prepare to throttle your quarry to death. You raise the deadly garrote, but before you can strike, you accidentally bump the back of your target's knee with your own, alerting him to your presence. He turns around and lets out a scream that alerts everyone within a ...

The Hustle Detroit Streets (Review)

22/06/2006

Mix pool with high-stakes gambling and you'll get - surprisingly - an almost entirely unenjoyable game. The Hustle offers 10 variations on the classic game of billiards, though they must be unlocked over the course of a story mode that's about as engaging as an informercial, set to the strains of generic bar rock. From there, 170 vaguely distinguishable opponents await while bystanders offer side bets. No matter which locale you're mining for respect, you'll wind up wanting to nuke the place ...