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Cover - I Am Alive (World First: Ubisoft's Groundbreaking Survival Epic Revealed)

Reviews -

Prince of Persia - 8
Rock Band 2 - 9
Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City - 6 (The best Animal Crossing yet, but also the least relevant)
Sonic Unleashed - 5
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - 8
Scene It? Box Office Smash - 8
Ninjatown - 7
The Last Remnant - 7
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels - 4
Alien Crush Returns - 5
Ketsui: Death Label - 7
Castlevania Judgment - 7
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - 6
Left 4 Dead - 9
A Vampyre Story - 8
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - 7
Thunder Force VI - 6
Football Manager 2009 - 7
Persona 4 - 7
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - 8
LocoRoco 2 - 8

Online reviews -

Call of Duty: World at War - 7
LittleBIGPlanet - 10

Retro - Behind the scenes on Sonic Adventure
Hall of Fame - Lemmings

The games of the year section is done in quite an inventive way. It's the gamesTM 'Class of 2008', and there are small appraisals of each game and what they've brought to gaming this year, with 'peer assessments' from developers talking about their favourite games.

Most likely to...change your perspective: Mirror's Edge
Most likely to...start a revolution: Braid
Most likely to...placate the fans: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Most likely to...become a martyr: Hellgate: London
Most likely to...have a facelift: Burnout Paradise
Most likely to...re-ignite the music industry: Guitar Hero World Tour/Rock Band 2
Most likely to...change gaming forever: LittleBIGPlanet
Most likely to...keep improving: New Xbox Experience
Most likely to...make the most of summer: Mario Kart Wii
Most likely to...be a couch potato: Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People

Good stuff. More than makes up for Edge's recent score jokefest. When is it out in the shops?

MafroHOHO wrote:Good stuff. More than makes up for Edge's recent score jokefest. When is it out in the shops?

Tuesday or Wednesday.

MafroHOHO wrote:Good stuff. More than makes up for Edge's recent score jokefest. When is it out in the shops?

Castlevania Judgment - 7

Really?

Good to see you pre-judging games once again, H. There have been a few very positive appraisals of Judgment, actually.

HoHoHo of Canton wrote:Good to see you pre-judging games once again, H. There have been a few very positive appraisals of Judgment, actually.

I said, really?

I meant, really?

Really?

HSH28 wrote:

HoHoHo of Canton wrote:Good to see you pre-judging games once again, H. There have been a few very positive appraisals of Judgment, actually.

I said, really?

I meant, really?

Really?

Yes, it got 7/10.

Got my issue, scores look about right.

Nice feature on Sonic Adventure

HoHoHo of Canton wrote:

HSH28 wrote:

HoHoHo of Canton wrote:Good to see you pre-judging games once again, H. There have been a few very positive appraisals of Judgment, actually.

I said, really?

I meant, really?

Really?

Yes, it got 7/10.

Yes, but...really?

I can see this going on for a while, maybe I should be clearer. Is it really worth that 7?

Is it only marginally worse than Ecclesia?

Don't you mean Sonic Adventures? It's one of my favourite games ever.

Shadow wrote:Don't you mean Sonic Adventures? It's one of my favourite games ever.

Nice.

And yes, Hugo - it's described as more like a boss rush mode of an action game than a traditional fighter.

HoHoHo of Canton wrote:And yes, Hugo - it's described as more like a boss rush mode of an action game than a traditional fighter.

Hmm...still sounds pretty crap to me.

I'll keep an eye out for other reviews, it still seems suspect to me.

This is probably the best place to ask. When they do the reviews, what does it mean when the game title has an asterix after it? I've never been able to work it out.

Minty14 wrote:This is probably the best place to ask. When they do the reviews, what does it mean when the game title has an asterix after it? I've never been able to work it out.

It's for games that get 9 or 10. It's like a star of sorts, I guess.

HoHoHo of Canton wrote:

Minty14 wrote:This is probably the best place to ask. When they do the reviews, what does it mean when the game title has an asterix after it? I've never been able to work it out.

It's for games that get 9 or 10. It's like a star of sorts, I guess.

Aaaaah, never noticed!

Hall of Fame - Lemmings

I think I'm going to have to pick this up

Any new info on I Am Alive?

Nice to see Prince of Persia getting the decent review it deserves. It's no higher than an 8/10 and I doubt anyone would ever be startled by its brilliance, but it's not, as Edge claimed, as bad as Sonic Unleashed.

I'd be interested in hearing their opinion on these big games if their reviews weren't a good few weeks too late. This always seems to be the case with gamesTM.