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  • Rating:8.2
    While it fails in terms of variety, it does succeed in having lots of content.

    Battlefield 2

    By TonicBH | Review Date: May 02, 2007 | PC

    While it fails in terms of variety, it does succeed in having lots of content.

    Right, Battlefield 1942 was a very popular game. Capture control points, drop tickets down, kill enemies with fighter planes and tanks, lather, rinse, repeat. I was not particularly fond of the game from what I played of... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5
    An action game that's a true NES classic.

    Contra

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Mar 15, 2008 | NES

    An action game that's a true NES classic.

    Back in the days when the Nintendo Entertainment System was king, there were a lot of awesome games that, if you played them way back when, you'd have fond memories of when you were 8 or 9 years old. Playing classics lik... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:3.9
    What not to do when converting a console game over to a handheld.

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Apr 03, 2007 | GBC

    What not to do when converting a console game over to a handheld.

    I am not a skateboarder. I do not do any extreme sports, but this doesn't bother me. As there's always a video game that covers that sport, so it saves me time, money and all my body parts. Activision released a game in ... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.9
    Phoenix Wright's general quirkyness and fun gameplay makes this a must-have DS title.

    Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten (Limited Edition)

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Mar 23, 2007 | DS

    Phoenix Wright's general quirkyness and fun gameplay makes this a must-have DS title.

    The internet is a wonderful thing, isn't it? Sometimes the most under-looked games can somehow gain a lot of underground popularity due to word-of-mouth. Thanks to fan sites and a site where you can input your own argume... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.2
    One of the best old-school FPS games.

    Duke Nukem 3D

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jun 22, 2006 | PC

    One of the best old-school FPS games.

    (Please note: Since the original program itself was primarily made for DOS and early versions of Windows, Windows XP may have problems running the original executable. So for this, I used Jonathon Fowler’s source port of... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5
    For World at War, Treyarch's third time actually is a charm.

    Call of Duty: World at War

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Apr 20, 2009 | X360

    For World at War, Treyarch's third time actually is a charm.

    When it comes to many game franchises I've played, such as ones I'm casually a fan of like Resident Evil, to ones I follow the story mythos heavily like Half-Life, there is one other franchise that I've been a fan of sin... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    A fun and simple helicopter sim where it proves how fun it is to blow stuff up.

    Black Dawn

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jun 01, 2006 | PS

    A fun and simple helicopter sim where it proves how fun it is to blow stuff up.

    Black Dawn is a helicopter-based shooter made for the Sony PlayStation in the early years of its life. In the game, you step inside an AH-69 Mohawk helicopter and complete objectives to fight crime and terrorism. The ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    This game breaks all the fundamentals of a Call of Duty game, but it's a decent game regardless.

    Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Feb 22, 2007 | PS2

    This game breaks all the fundamentals of a Call of Duty game, but it's a decent game regardless.

    For some reason, in 2005, Activision decided to grace the home consoles and PC with two games cleverly titled "Call of Duty 2". One had a subtitle, one without. The one without a subtitle was the sequel develop... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5
    There's so many problems with this game that even Jack Bauer can't solve this.

    24: The Game

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jan 08, 2008 | PS2

    There's so many problems with this game that even Jack Bauer can't solve this.

    24 is an action television show that premiered a few years back, has become one of those popular TV shows on the FOX Network. Starring Kiefer Sutherland, it features a whole mess of action, espionage, terrorism and, for ... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.6
    How do you improve the aspects of the first-person shooter genre? The ways Valve did it with Half-Life is astounding.

    Half-Life

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Feb 01, 2007 | PC

    How do you improve the aspects of the first-person shooter genre? The ways Valve did it with Half-Life is astounding.

    I will start by saying this: I love Half-Life. Ever since I first played it back in 2002, I had a fondness for the game. Now, about a few years later, I still play the darn thing. So for me to review this game is a littl... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4.3
    The Super NES gets a port of Doom, but it's not all it's cracked up to be.

    DOOM

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Dec 20, 2006 | SNES

    The Super NES gets a port of Doom, but it's not all it's cracked up to be.

    Doom. One of the classic first person shooters has the notoriety of having many console ports. During the final years of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Williams Entertainment and Sculptured Software decided to ... Read Full Review

    5 of 6 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    Quantum of Solace is a half-decent action flick. But is it a half-decent video game?

    007: Quantum of Solace

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jan 09, 2009 | PS3

    Quantum of Solace is a half-decent action flick. But is it a half-decent video game?

    James Bond games always get a bum rap. Ever since 1997's Goldeneye hit the Nintendo 64, every subsequent Bond game has to be put up to those very high standards Rare made so long ago. As a result, these games are given u... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.5
    As an action game fan, this game is a literal slap in the face to me.

    Dead to Rights: Reckoning

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Nov 25, 2007 | PSP

    As an action game fan, this game is a literal slap in the face to me.

    So I recently got a PlayStation Portable, and one thing that I had heard complaints of was that action games were unable to get a decent control scheme down due to having only one analog nub. Well, except for Sony's firs... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.5
    EA and DICE get a bachelor's degree in "Making a cheap cash-in."

    Battlefield 2142

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Dec 31, 2006 | PC

    EA and DICE get a bachelor's degree in "Making a cheap cash-in."

    Electronic Arts does this thing I hate so much, and that is "Release a new game in an existing franchise yearly." It doesn't just apply to their sports games like Madden or FIFA, where it's a given that those g... Read Full Review

    3 of 6 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5
    With five games bundled together at $50, five terrific games at that, you cannot go wrong.

    The Orange Box

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Nov 06, 2007 | PC

    With five games bundled together at $50, five terrific games at that, you cannot go wrong.

    In 2004, Valve released a long overdue sequel to the fantastic 1998 game Half-Life with the aptly titled Half-Life 2. Since then, Valve has been releasing small expansion packs in a vague attempt to try “Episodic Content... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8
    Far Cry Instincts shows that it's a competent shooter with some decent replay value.

    Far Cry Instincts

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Nov 09, 2008 | XBOX

    Far Cry Instincts shows that it's a competent shooter with some decent replay value.

    You know how we seem to define some games as "generic?" The word itself seems to bring a negative tone to it, like it doesn't innovate enough. Well, sometimes games don't need to innovate and blow our minds each time, to... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.9
    This game was one of the most popular games of 2005. Are they right?

    F.E.A.R.

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Dec 03, 2006 | PC

    This game was one of the most popular games of 2005. Are they right?

    F.E.A.R. was one of the most heavily-hyped and must-have first-person shooters of 2005. Made by Monolith, this game shows off some of the new features of their game engine, LithTech, and tries to put a cohesive storyline... Read Full Review

    3 of 5 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5
    One of the most enjoyable and must-play games of the PlayStation 3.

    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Sep 08, 2008 | PS3

    One of the most enjoyable and must-play games of the PlayStation 3.

    The year is 2007. After probably sick of working with platformers (and one racing game) with an angst-filled elf-like character and his small wise-cracking animal sidekick, developer Naughty Dog decided to take their Pla... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7
    Soldier of Fortune does something that's hard to do: Unintentionally be campy and enjoyable.

    Soldier of Fortune

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Oct 12, 2005 | PC

    Soldier of Fortune does something that's hard to do: Unintentionally be campy and enjoyable.

    While I was running out of new games to play, I decided to pick up Soldier of Fortune (and its sequel). I had played the demos to both games, and had wanted to find them and check them out. This is a review of the first ... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5
    A game with great concepts, but falls too short.

    XIII

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jan 08, 2006 | GC

    A game with great concepts, but falls too short.

    XIII is an FPS that's based off the French comic of the same name, loosely based off The Bourne Identity. In the game, you play as a man who killed President Sheridan, but then you end up with amnesia and washed up on a ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.1
    After four years without a new handheld Zelda, we get The Minish Cap.

    The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jun 27, 2005 | GBA

    After four years without a new handheld Zelda, we get The Minish Cap.

    Okay, it's been about time we get a new 2D Zelda. The last one we got was the Oracle of Ages/Seasons series back in 2001. the Four Swords multiplayer addon with the GBA rerelease to A Link to the Past made us whet our ap... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.1
    A whole bunch of Sonic stuff for a not-so-popular game console.

    Sonic Jam

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Mar 14, 2006 | SAT

    A whole bunch of Sonic stuff for a not-so-popular game console.

    Sonic the Hedgehog has had a rough ride since 1994's Sonic & Knuckles. His popularity was slowing waning. Sonic 3D Blast opened to mixed reviews and Sonic X-Treme was cancelled. Sonic Team decided to make a real Sonic ga... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.8
    A sequel that's drastically different from the original game, and suffers because of it.

    Quake II

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Sep 07, 2006 | PC

    A sequel that's drastically different from the original game, and suffers because of it.

    Quake II is the sequel to the 1996 hit game Quake. However, it’s not like the Quake you remembered playing. It’s an amusing story, this game was not really supposed to be the sequel, it was supposed to be a brand new ser... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5
    After a hiatus, the Quake series returns in all its glory.

    Quake 4

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Feb 13, 2006 | PC

    After a hiatus, the Quake series returns in all its glory.

    The Quake series has been distinctively known for two aspects: a passable but action-packed singleplayer and adrenaline pumping multiplayer. After several years without a true "sequel" to Quake II (Quake III Arena was a ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.1
    For a GTA knockoff, True Crime isn't that bad of a game.

    True Crime: Streets of LA

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jul 23, 2007 | XBOX

    For a GTA knockoff, True Crime isn't that bad of a game.

    Ahh, Grand Theft Auto. When the third game came out in 2001, it was considered by many to be a milestone in the gaming industry. It was even considered to be one of the greatest games of all time. While it has since been... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.2
    A game with a great concept plagued with horrible problems.

    GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Mar 21, 2006 | GC

    A game with a great concept plagued with horrible problems.

    Alright, so EA has had the James Bond license for several years now. After some mediocre games such as Tomorrow Never Dies and 007 Racing, they bounce back with Everything or Nothing. However, they fall back down with Go... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9
    Gamecube owners can finally have Solid Snake on their Nintendo console.

    Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Feb 14, 2006 | GC

    Gamecube owners can finally have Solid Snake on their Nintendo console.

    In 1998, gamers were wowed with Hideo Kojima's new pet project: Metal Gear Solid. This Playstation game was innovative, with cinematic cutscenes that showed how much the series is less of a "game" and more of a "movie." ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4
    This game looks like a 2001 game, acts like a 2001 game, except it's a 2005 game. Not good.

    Delta Force: Xtreme

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Sep 10, 2006 | PC

    This game looks like a 2001 game, acts like a 2001 game, except it's a 2005 game. Not good.

    Ah, the budget title. For $20 or less, you can find games you’ve never heard of to Popcap Games to very old games on clearance such as Half-Life and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. Sometimes a more familiar game hits this sec... Read Full Review

    7 of 8 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    Purists may not like it, but the Gamecube remake of Resident Evil is an acceptable entry into the series.

    Resident Evil

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Sep 03, 2006 | GC

    Purists may not like it, but the Gamecube remake of Resident Evil is an acceptable entry into the series.

    Resident Evil is a classic game for the Sony PlayStation that popularized the genre of “Survival Horror.” In the game, you played as either Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine of S.T.A.R.S., taking shelter in a mansion afte... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5
    Darwinia is a game I would not have heard of thanks to Valve and Steam, and it's a great game.

    Darwinia

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jun 28, 2007 | PC

    Darwinia is a game I would not have heard of thanks to Valve and Steam, and it's a great game.

    Ahh, Steam. Most of us know it as a fantastic program that brings Valve games and games from other publishers together in perfect harmony. Often imitated, but never duplicated. But until 2006, Steam was a dark program... Read Full Review

    2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6
    Deus Ex is one of those games that once you play, you get sucked into its enjoyability.

    Deus Ex

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Aug 08, 2006 | PC

    Deus Ex is one of those games that once you play, you get sucked into its enjoyability.

    Deus Ex is a game for the PC that seamlessly mixes two genres, the role-playing game, and the first-person shooter, all into a fantastic mix. In the game, you play as the protagonist “JC Denton”, working for anti-terrori... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2
    One of the best World War II first-person shooters out there.

    Call of Duty

    By TonicBH | Review Date: Jan 09, 2006 | PC

    One of the best World War II first-person shooters out there.

    World War II video games have been becoming popular, with many games coming and going, some games getting popularity and others biting the dust. Call of Duty is one of the best World War II games ever. In the game, yo... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.5
    My open letter to Criterion involving this game. Also helpful if you're wondering if it's worth your money.

    Black (Platinum Hits)

    By TonicBH | Review Date: May 05, 2008 | XBOX

    My open letter to Criterion involving this game. Also helpful if you're wondering if it's worth your money.

    Dear Criterion Games, Before I begin, I would like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the Burnout series of games, even if I have only played one installment as I write this letter (Burnout 3: Takedown on the PlayStatio... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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