EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours

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PostEGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Sarge » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:10 pm

Nabbed from GAF...

Cover Story: Mirror's Edge

Next Month:

Cover Story - RE5
Previews - Resistance 2 and Dead Space.
Reviews - Lego Batman, Wario Land: Shake it!, Silent Hill: Homecoming, and Sonic Chronicles

Note: Holy gooseberry fool this EGM has 12 pages of ads before even getting to the contents page. The magazine also has 2 page ads all over the place throughout.

Features:

- How this E3 went wrong and whether it'll ever come back
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
- Nomura's Heroes (SE private event recap)
- Cellphone games section
- Online services for casual players
- Warhammer online
- Legends of the Fall (Games being released in the Fall)
- LittleBigPlanet tips for creating stuff
- Seanbaby talks about cute games
- Retronauts: Dragon Quest
- Blu-Ray movies section
- Top 10 badass undead

Rumours:

- Guitar Hero: Beatles

- Max Payne 3 by The Warriors team, PS3 exclusive game by Rockstar North in development, LA Noire multiplatform

- LucasArts annoyed about MotionPlus not being shown to them so now they have to make yet another game

- Cave Story WiiWare

- EA/MTV publishing Brutal Legend

- God of War 3 in 2010


Reviews:

Mario Super Sluggers - B
Good: Solid controls, player chemistry
Bad: Brain-dead baserunners, not very balanced

NHL 09 - B+
Good: Be a Pro mode is both innovative and appealing
Bad: Occasionally weep worthy AI

Star Wars: TFU - C, C, B-
Good: Force powers
Bad: Combat
Horror: PS3 version sound glitches, getting stuck in walls in both versions

Facebreaker - C-
Good: Personalized fighters
Bad: Repetitive, button mashing pugilism

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 - A GOTM
Good: More reliable controls, simultaneous multiplayer
Bad: New commentators are simply awful

Disgaea 3 - B-
Good: Wicked spoof on RPG cliches, smart writing
Bad: Could've been done on PS2 or PS1

Tales of Vesparia - B+, B-, C
Good: Fast paced battles
Bad: Story deserves a better script

Too Human - C-, C-, D+
Good: Cool premise
Bad: Everything feels so tedious

Viva Pinata: TIP - A GOTM 2
Good: Plenty of new creatures for the tenured gardener
Bad: The "story" never really develops

Guilty Gear 2: Overture - C-
Good: Great music
Bad: Underdeveloped gameplay mechanics

Spore: Creatures - C+
Good: Populating the world with friends' creatures
Bad: Even the well crafted creatures look a bit lame

Dragon Quest IV - B+
Good: Crisp remake of a classic
Bad: 3D patina doesn't mask some dated elements


I'll post a download link when it becomes available.

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Christopher » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:19 pm

2010 for God Of War III is a long way off.

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by SchminkyPinky » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:20 pm

Great score for Viva Piñata.

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Alpha eX » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:25 pm

Cave Story WiiWare is awesome but I would have prefered the official, not homebrew, DS/PSP version which was canned near release :(

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Oxx » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:35 pm

- LucasArts annoyed about MotionPlus not being shown to them so now they have to make yet another game


LucasArts should just delay/cancel The Clone Wars.

It's not as if the association with the movie is going to do it any favours.

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Cuttooth » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:40 pm

LucasArts should have a massive rethink in how they make games. Their internal team hasn't made a good game in years.

A bit surprised at Too Human's score, the demo didn't impress me too much but a lot more than the TFU demo.

I don't know what to think about Max Payne not being made by the Max Payne team.

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Oxx » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:44 pm

Cuttooth wrote:LucasArts should have a massive rethink in how they make games. Their internal team hasn't made a good game in years.


Isn't The Force Unleashed going to be the last game they're developing internally anyway?

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Exxy » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:44 am

Download out yet?

Edit: More "when will it be out?" I have no idea when they do it.

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Alvin Flummux » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:04 am

- LucasArts annoyed about MotionPlus not being shown to them so now they have to make yet another game


:lol: They don't have to... They could just re-release TFU or the Clone Wars fighter with M+ optimised controls and some extra content here and there.

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Cuttooth wrote:LucasArts should have a massive rethink in how they make games. Their internal team hasn't made a good game in years.


Isn't The Force Unleashed going to be the last game they're developing internally anyway?


HOW DARE YOU FORGET INDIANA JONES.

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PostRe: EGM October 2008 Reviews & Rumours
by Hulohot » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:50 pm

Silent Hill review! Cannot wait! :D

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