Xbox World 360 (Nov) - FIFA 09 and Force Unleashed Rated!

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Tomb Raider Underworld
Skate 2
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Special Features:

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Reviews:

Fifa 09 - 81
Supreme Commander - 69
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - 76
Facebreaker - 48
Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09 - 80
NBA Live 09 - 83
NHL 09 - 86
Madden NFL 09 - 88
Too Human - 68
Summer Athletics - 57
Space Chimps - 41

Geometry Wars 2 - 4/5
Soul Calibur IV (Live test) - 3/5
Jade Empire - 3/5
Fable 2 Pub Games - 3/5

Well done EA Sports, it would seem.

NickSCFC · Last edited by NickSCFC on Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Didn't they completely slate FIFA last year?

Edit: FIFA 08 - Xbox World 360 Magazine UK - 9/27/2007 - 72 out of 100

72.0%

Fable 2 Pub Games - 3/5

Well thats a bit different anyways.

NickSCFC wrote:Didn't they completely slate FIFA last year?

Yup, clearly they've warmed to it. Apparently there's not much added to this years version.

NickSCFC

Think FIFA 08 was the revolution, but it didn't feel right.

What I'm gathering is FIFA 09 is all about tidying up the mess from FIFA 08 and getting it to feel right and responsive.

more heat than light wrote:
NickSCFC wrote:Didn't they completely slate FIFA last year?

Yup, clearly they've warmed to it. Apparently there's not much added to this years version.

So, not much added, but it's much better than last year's? Eh?

I have to say, 81% is disappointing because I'd hoped it would be amazing. Madden fully deserves that score though - it's awesome.

more heat than light wrote:Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - 76
Facebreaker - 48

The demos for both of these were disappointing - was hoping the final versions would be better.

more heat than light wrote:Fifa 09 - 81

They're a very PES-focused office, so I really wouldn't lose heart. Particularly as they can't have played the 10 vs 10.

Geometry Wars 2 - 4/5

Ridiculous.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - 76

Might want.

So hard to choose.

Hero of Canton wrote:So, not much added, but it's much better than last year's? Eh?

I'll quickly run through the gist of it.

...incredibly similar to Euro 2008...
...initially underwhelming...
...running speeds have actually slowed...
...the goalie is no longer the infallible shot-stopper of previous iterations.
...the days of questionable collision detection are long behind us.
...action inside the eighteen yard box is a cut above any other football game.
...for all it's problems, FIFA 09 is a very, very solid football game.

Euro 2008 owners need to think long and hard before making the purchase. Everyone else? Buy.

Eighthours wrote:
Geometry Wars 2 - 4/5

Ridiculous.

You need to read the GamesTM review, fella. Two full pages of glowing praise, and a big fat 9 at the end.

Eighthours wrote:
more heat than light wrote:Fifa 09 - 81

They're a very PES-focused office, so I really wouldn't lose heart. Particularly as they can't have played the 10 vs 10.

Not any more they aren't.

The office is divided right down the middle, between the PES fans (Tim, Rob) and the FIFA fans (Matt, Mike).

more heat than light wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
more heat than light wrote:Fifa 09 - 81

They're a very PES-focused office, so I really wouldn't lose heart. Particularly as they can't have played the 10 vs 10.

Not any more they aren't.

The office is divided right down the middle, between the PES fans (Tim, Rob) and the FIFA fans (Matt, Mike).

Who wrote the review?

Hero of Canton wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
Geometry Wars 2 - 4/5

Ridiculous.

You need to read the GamesTM review, fella. Two full pages of glowing praise, and a big fat 9 at the end.

Hooray!

Eighthours wrote:Who wrote the review?

Paul Randall.

- Try not to double post - edit your last post instead.

You can't even follow your own rules eight.

more heat than light wrote:
Eighthours wrote:Who wrote the review?

Paul Randall.

Yeah! Paul Randall! Woooooo!

...

...

Who? :lol:

Pell and Teh Gapper are evidently the ones with taste in the XBW360 office.

Eighthours wrote:
Hero of Canton wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
Geometry Wars 2 - 4/5

Ridiculous.

You need to read the GamesTM review, fella. Two full pages of glowing praise, and a big fat 9 at the end.

Hooray!

Ridiculous.

This is me breathing wrote:Ridiculous.

Have you not been banned yet?

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