gamesTM Issue 78

PostgamesTM Issue 78 by **Hero of Canton** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:08 am

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

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Mafro** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:25 am

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

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Hero of Canton** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:26 am

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

Tuesday or Wednesday.

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **HSH28** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:37 am

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?

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Hero of Canton** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:38 am

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

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **HSH28** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:39 am

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?

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Hero of Canton** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:41 am

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.

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Rik** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:41 am

Got my issue, scores look about right.

Nice feature on Sonic Adventure

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **HSH28** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:42 am

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?

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Shadow** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:42 am

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

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Hero of Canton** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:45 am

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.

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **HSH28** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:49 am

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.

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **coldspice** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:06 pm

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. :fp:

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Hero of Canton** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:30 pm

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.

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **coldspice** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:27 pm

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!

YouTube · PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Jazzem** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:31 pm

Hall of Fame - Lemmings

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

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Luboluke** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:33 pm

Any new info on I Am Alive?

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Parksey** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:35 pm

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.

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Christopher** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:37 pm

These scores are more in line with my own that Edge scores but the rest of the magazines content is poor compared to Edge.

PostRe: gamesTM Issue 78 by **Poncho** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:40 pm

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.

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