 Edge 177 - Who Dares Wins, Nintendo's Road To Victory |
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 Jun 4 2007, 08:45 AM
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Forza wins, movie licenses lose
Reviews with version tested Pokemon (NDS) - 8 Forza 2 (360) - 9 DiRT (360) - 8 Spider-Man 3 (360) - 3 Wartech: Sneko No Rondo (360) - 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (PS3)- 3 Mercury Meltdown Revolution (Wii) - 8 Crush - (PSP)7 Hot Pxl (PSP) - 4 Driver '76 (PSP) 7 Panel De Pon DS (NDS)- 8 Picross DS (NDS) - 8 Features - Final Fantasy and it's future, web based games becoming real boys (Alien Hominid etc) and Nintendo P0wnage Time Extend - Space Channel 5 pt2 Making of - Sonic X-Treme |
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Jun 4 2007, 08:52 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 11,537 Joined: 7-July 04 |
Surprised at the Forza score. Not in terms of the game's obvious quality, but in light of what I thought Edge would give it.
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Jun 4 2007, 08:59 AM
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I'm surprised at the Pirates score. It's around a six bordering a seven if you're into that franchise. Oh and I forgot Pokemon!
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Jun 4 2007, 09:04 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 46,755 Joined: 3-June 03 |
Edge LOVE car games. The more hardcorez the better.
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Jun 4 2007, 09:05 AM
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QUOTE(Beertiger @ Jun 4 2007, 09:45 AM) [snapback]4087978[/snapback] Time Extend - Space Channel 5 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Good score for Mercury Meltdown. |
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Jun 4 2007, 09:17 AM
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WTF's Son X-Treme?
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Jun 4 2007, 09:30 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 4,348 Joined: 25-October 04 |
Sonic X-treme (I think) was the end result of years of work into emulating mario 64 on a saturn with the sonic template. It was a paltry one-level bonus atached to a sonic compilation game. Basically, the saturn couldn't do it, and the scraps were used as filler.
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Jun 4 2007, 09:30 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 19,016 Joined: 16-August 04 |
Hasn't Nintendo's rise back to the top already been written about everywhere else?
Also what reasons do they give for liking Forza 2? |
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Jun 4 2007, 09:30 AM
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QUOTE(Beertiger @ Jun 4 2007, 09:59 AM) [snapback]4088004[/snapback] I'm surprised at the Pirates score. It's around a six bordering a seven if you're into that franchise. Oh and I forgot Pokemon! I don't get this idea. A game wouldn't get any worse or better depending on whether I liked the license it was based on. Although, if anything, if I was *really* into Pirates of the Carribean I would likely judge any failings in the game more harshly (as I would care about whether the characters looked just right, or the storyline was perfect etc), and therefore probably give it a lower score than if I wasn't into the franchise. |
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Jun 4 2007, 09:31 AM
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QUOTE(barkbat @ Jun 4 2007, 10:30 AM) [snapback]4088094[/snapback] It was a paltry one-level bonus atached to a sonic compilation game I'm pretty sure that isn't true. Do you mean the hub world in Sonic Jam? Sonic X-Treme was totally different to that. |
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Jun 4 2007, 09:35 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,349 Joined: 18-March 03 |
Gah, I had high hopes for Hot PXL...
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Jun 4 2007, 09:36 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 27,468 Joined: 4-June 03 |
Yeah....me too. Shit.
Nice Forza and DiRT Scores though. |
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Jun 4 2007, 09:40 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 16,813 Joined: 14-November 03 |
Edge sure love their realistic racing games... I bought PGR3 because of them. :@
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Jun 4 2007, 09:40 AM
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Edge sure love their realistic racing games... I bought PGR3 because of them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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Jun 4 2007, 09:40 AM
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QUOTE(Massive Invisible Dog @ Jun 4 2007, 10:31 AM) [snapback]4088101[/snapback] I'm pretty sure that isn't true. Do you mean the hub world in Sonic Jam? Sonic X-Treme was totally different to that. Yes, I meant the hub world in Sonic Jam. I know Sonic Xtreme was almost a full game, with many different assets, and for some reason I thought some had been recycled to make the hub world. Having read the wiki on it, I can see this is not likely. I blame the lies of others, and my innate gullability during the mid-90's. |
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Jun 4 2007, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE(barkbat @ Jun 4 2007, 10:40 AM) [snapback]4088144[/snapback] Yes, I meant the hub world in Sonic Jam. I know Sonic Xtreme was almost a full game, with many different assets, and for some reason I thought some had been recycled to make the hub world. Having read the wiki on it, I can see this is not likely. I blame the lies of others, and my innate gullability during the mid-90's. Did you know that VF3 is coming to the Saturn! It'll use a special graphics card in the cartridge slot and be mega! |
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Jun 4 2007, 09:44 AM
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QUOTE(Beertiger @ Jun 4 2007, 10:41 AM) [snapback]4088151[/snapback] Did you know that VF3 is coming to the Saturn! It'll use a special graphics card in the cartridge slot and be mega! I remember that one. I believed it. The bonus cartridge made it as good as the arcade. In fact the bonus cartridge was going to turn the war against playstation and save sega. In retrospect, it was exactly the psychological trap that the Nazi's fell into with their V2 rockets at the close of the war. |
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Jun 4 2007, 10:02 AM
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An 8 for Dirt? Must have improved considerably since the demo.
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Jun 4 2007, 10:07 AM
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QUOTE(Ste Pickford @ Jun 4 2007, 10:30 AM) [snapback]4088097[/snapback] I don't get this idea. A game wouldn't get any worse or better depending on whether I liked the license it was based on. I'm usually more forgiving of faults if I'm already a fan of the subject matter. The game itself wouldn't necessarily be better, but I'm getting more out of it than someone with no interest in the franchise would. Take Alien Trilogy, for example. It's pretty much a standard mid-90s FPS, but I have a lot more fun playing it and blasting xenomorphs whilst pretending to be Hicks than I would if the enemies were generic beasts and the levels not based (albeit incredibly loosely) on film's locations. |
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Jun 4 2007, 10:14 AM
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QUOTE(Fry Crayola @ Jun 4 2007, 11:07 AM) [snapback]4088244[/snapback] I'm usually more forgiving of faults if I'm already a fan of the subject matter. The game itself wouldn't necessarily be better, but I'm getting more out of it than someone with no interest in the franchise would. Take Alien Trilogy, for example. It's pretty much a standard mid-90s FPS, but I have a lot more fun playing it and blasting xenomorphs whilst pretending to be Hicks than I would if the enemies were generic beasts and the levels not based (albeit incredibly loosely) on film's locations. Really? I'd be the exact opposite. |
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