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Mr. Spinnington · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
- PaRappa the Rapper 3 for the PS3 is real.

HOW DID I MISS THIS. YES!

Can you post the Good and Bad for Escape From Bug Island, please?

Zombie James · May 28, 2007

PkunkFury said:
so it's more complicated than you'd think, yet it makes the game easier?

Specifically, Michael said: "I actually sound the Wii's point-and-shoot controls made gunning down Ganados a helluva lot easier... maybe too easy -- I breezed through tough parts that originally pissed me off in the previous versions."

Milky's control complaints didn't have to do with the pointing and shooting, it was with the camera and player movement.

Cosmozone · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
Rumors
- Silent Hill 5 is coming to the PS3 and 360 next year... but a new American team is going to make it, not the original Japanese team.

Worst case (almost).

Amir0x · May 28, 2007

I thought Sim City DS was supposed to be good? What happened?

Kazenone · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
[...]
- Silent Hill 5 is coming to the PS3 and 360 next year... but a new American team is going to make it, not the original Japanese team.
[...]

Crap, I hope it's not the team that started Origins then got canned. Rarrrgh, what has the Japanese team been doing all this time?

Koomaster · May 28, 2007

Review Scores - Nintendo DS
Simcity DS: 6.5, 6.5, 6

Why do they make me cry so?

Kabuki Waq · May 28, 2007

wasnt Midnight Club 4 already announced?

DyTonic · May 28, 2007

googled, i dunno if this is a real pic of SC 3, but it's going to be insane

source

MightyHedgehog · May 28, 2007

- Wold exclusive preview of the new Soul Calibur games (yes, plural).

Yes! SCIV better be a significant gameplay step forward. I want disarms and open-handed fighting back.

- EA looking to get the MLB and NBA licenses.

I hope those MLB and NBA clowns reject the idea of granting one publisher exclusivity. It doesn't benefit anyone.

Doom_Bringer · May 28, 2007

Kabuki Waq said:
wasnt Midnight Club 4 already announced?

yes it was two weeks ago

Peru · May 28, 2007

Shouldn't Planet Puzzle League be reviewed this month...?

duckroll · May 28, 2007

Amir0x said:
I thought Sim City DS was supposed to be good? What happened?

Don't worry, Grim Grimoire is really good and it scored pretty similarly!

antiloop · May 28, 2007

Odin Sphere yay.

Zombie James · May 28, 2007

duckroll said:
So what did they say about Grim Grimoire so I can bump the official thread for completion's sake?

The Good: Beautiful visuals.
The Bad: Superrepetitive gameplay.
J.K. Rowling Called: She wants her story back.

Khalid-S · May 28, 2007

Whats on the cover ??
thanks.

duckroll · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
The Good: Beautiful visuals.
The Bad: Superrepetitive gameplay.
J.K. Rowling Called: She wants her story back.

Thanks.

Ceb · May 28, 2007

Doom_Bringer said:
All money is going into MGS4 development. Team Silent Hill is making the movie!

I don't think it would be that much cheaper to outsource development to a US studio than it would be to keep doing the series in-house with Japanese-style sweatshop programmer salaries. I suppose all the graphical artists and programmers previously involved with SH could be tied up with MGS4, or a new 3DVania or something. I don't see why Konami wouldn't just hire new staff for that though.

Meh, I can take it if the key SH designers are heavily involved with the project. That means scenario by Owaku, art direction and enemy design by Ito, and Imamura, Tsuboyama and Murakoshi in director/producer roles.

Why do I get the feeling that's not gonna happen though? Meh, EGM's Team Silent rumors have been totally wild throughout the years. First it was an exclusive 360 game, then a PS3 one, now we get this? :/

Mr. Spinnington · May 28, 2007

_leech_, I was serious about Bug Island : (

I AM JOHN! · May 28, 2007

Khalid-S said:
Whats on the cover ??
thanks.

BioShock

Elios83 · May 28, 2007

Tomb Raider Anniversary and Ninja Gaiden Sigma will be my June games

Oh and Soul Calibur PSP + Soul Calibur PS3/360.......sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

hoping that Namco won't disappoint with next gen graphics

tracky_dacks · May 28, 2007

Doom_Bringer said:
when does this issue go up on zino???

Normally it comes out a day or two (and sometimes the weekend) after the scores are leaked. That's what I've found in the past anways. Here's the link: http://www.zinio.com/delivery?issn=1058-918Xd&of=PI1&bd=1&rf=eb_2005 and keep checking back.

PkunkFury · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
Specifically, Michael said: "I actually sound the Wii's point-and-shoot controls made gunning down Ganados a helluva lot easier... maybe too easy -- I breezed through tough parts that originally pissed me off in the previous versions."

Milky's control complaints didn't have to do with the pointing and shooting, it was with the camera and player movement.

ah thanks for the info, this makes a bit of sense, guess I'm going to have to rent it and give it a shot before buying

Zombie James · May 28, 2007

Mr. Spinnington said:
_leech_, I was serious about Bug Island : (

Sorry, missed that.

The Good: Fun, schlocky concept.
The Bad: Ugly graphics, frustrating controls, and more!
The Ugly: The canine men... get 'em a mask!

Steroyd · May 28, 2007

Dascu said:
Surprised at Parappa PS3. I was expecting it to be on Wii after all this Nintendo praise from Masaya Matsuura ("PS3 is too big").

Yeah if only LocoRoco was on the wii as well tilting the world an... OH HANG ON!!

Giard · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
Sorry, missed that.

The Good: Fun, schlocky concept.
The Bad: Ugly graphics, frustrating controls, and more!
The Ugly: The canine men... get 'em a mask!

Everyone seems to wonder what SimCity DS did wrong...could you please do the same for that game?

ethelred · May 28, 2007

Hmm, I'm surprised by the scores for Grim Grimoire and Sim City DS, because I've heard nothing but good things about both of those games... oh, wait, now I remember the Etrian Odyssey reviews last month. Nevermind!

Tiktaalik · May 28, 2007

Rumors
- New sequels soon to be announced for... Bully.

HELL YES.

Resident Evil 4: 8, 9, 9

Zuh!! an 8?

Escape From Bug Island: 2, 1.5, 4.5 [Shame of the Month]

Let's guess who gave it the 4.5. I'm going with MarkMacD.

Review Scores - Nintendo DS
Simcity DS: 6.5, 6.5, 6
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl: 8.5, 9.0, 8.5

Ouch for SimcityDS

Pokemon robbed of game of the month status

Mr. Spinnington · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
Sorry, missed that.

The Good: Fun, schlocky concept.
The Bad: Ugly graphics, frustrating controls, and more!
The Ugly: The canine men... get 'em a mask!

Thanks! : D

Zombie James · May 28, 2007

Giard said:
Everyone seems to wonder what SimCity DS did wrong...could you please do the same for that game?

No problem. Simcity DS:

The Good: Big-city sim in a pint-sized package.
The Bad: Never has the DS felt so small.
Overlooked: Only enough room for one saved city at a time.

SOLDIER · May 28, 2007

Could someone post the good/bad for FF PSP?

Xiaoki · May 28, 2007

Hopefully for the PSP version of SC3 they get the gameplay right. They've already tried twice and the Arcade version only managed to make it worse(way to go Namco).

Don't expect SC4 to be shown, Tekken 6 isn't even out yet.

A Link to the Past · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
No problem. Simcity DS:

The Good: Big-city sim in a pint-sized package.
The Bad: Never has the DS felt so small.
Overlooked: Only enough room for one saved city at a time.

I have no idea what their "The Bad" means.

Proc · May 28, 2007

SOLDIER said:
Could someone post the good/bad for FF PSP?

I only played about 5 minutes of it (more tonight on the train), but from what I could tell the graphical upgrade is very welcome, it looks beautiful. I picked it up because I've never played it before and I think it was well worth getting.

devilscallmedad · May 28, 2007

- New sequels soon to be announced for Midnight Club, Bully, and Red Dead Revolver.

Thank You Rockstar

Foil · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
It's that time again.

Rumors
- EA looking to get the MLB and NBA licenses.

Fine by me if they get the MLB rights away from 2K. Just as long as they still have the clause in the contract that Sony can make their first party game. MVP >>>>> MLB 2K.

As for the NBA? NO. HELL NO. Sorry, but I don't wanna be stuck with this crap for the next 5-10 years only.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lvnv4rCtm2Y

_leech_ said:
Coming in the August 2007 Issue
- Wold exclusive preview of the new Soul Calibur games (yes, plural).

The other SC game better be SCIV for PS3/360.

Zombie James · May 28, 2007

Tiktaalik said:
Let's guess who gave it the 4.5. I'm going with MarkMacD.

Nope, Andrew Fitch.

SOLDIER said:
Could someone post the good/bad for FF PSP?

The Good: Best looking version of FF1 ever.
The bad: Not a particularly value-added package.
Mysteriously Massive Font: Is this Final Fantasy: Large Print Edition?

duckroll · May 28, 2007

A Link to the Snitch said:
I have no idea what their "The Bad" means.

Screen real estate probably. There's lots of display for Sim City and they probably felt the DS screen was too limiting. Shrug, this is EGM.

u_neek · May 28, 2007

Wasn't a next-gen Red Dead Revolver announced back at E3 05?

A Link to the Past · May 28, 2007

duckroll said:
Screen real estate probably. There's lots of display for Sim City and they probably felt the DS screen was too limiting. Shrug, this is EGM.

I imagined "This is EGM" on a 300 image.

Sorry.

Doytch · May 28, 2007

A Link to the Snitch said:
I have no idea what their "The Bad" means.

I guess they're talking about the screen size of the DS. The city only takes up one of the screens in the shots I've seen, and as a result, you can't see much.

Zombie James · May 28, 2007

duckroll said:
Screen real estate probably. There's lots of display for Sim City and they probably felt the DS screen was too limiting.

Yup, that's exactly it.

CurseoftheGods · May 28, 2007

PkunkFury said:
ah thanks for the info, this makes a bit of sense, guess I'm going to have to rent it and give it a shot before buying

I was thinking of doing the same thing, but it's only $30 so that makes me feel a bit better about my pre-order. :lol

underfooter · May 28, 2007

All I'm hearing is RE4 complaints, yet the game got a very impressive review.

I don't get how that dude can say he found it too easy with the wii controls when he was frustrated before. It would be a totally different perspective from somebody who hadn't already played through and beaten the game.

ZeoVGM · May 28, 2007

Amir0x said:
I thought Sim City DS was supposed to be good? What happened?

EGM saying a game is bad or mediocre doesn't mean the game is bad or mediocre.

I thought people stopped taking their reviews even remotely seriously a very long time ago.

GeoramA · May 28, 2007

Resident Evil 4: 8, 9, 9
Ninja Gaiden Sigma: 9, 9, 8
Tomb Raider Anniversary: 8.5, 8.5, 8

Nice month for the remakes.

Tiktaalik · May 28, 2007

duckroll said:
Screen real estate probably. There's lots of display for Sim City and they probably felt the DS screen was too limiting. Shrug, this is EGM.

I wonder if maybe it could be also that the max size for the city is physically smaller than the PC editions.

Proc · May 28, 2007

_leech_ said:
Odin Sphere: 8.5, 9.5, 9 [Game of the Month]

I'm so tempted to pick this up but I have so many games to play...I have a feeling though that this game might be hard to come by in the near future so I just might have to cave.

Zombie James · May 28, 2007

Ok, some specific SimCity DS comments:

Garnett
- "Because neither of the two zoom levels work well, construction planning really built up my frustration."
- "Even the slightest bump made it impossible to be accurate with the stylus."
- "Just because you can put SimCity on the DS doesn't mean you should."

Shoe
- "Those annoying citizens that are constantly asking me to build random things (that aren't really helping the city) have got to go away."

Nick
- "Having to regularly hit the 'Undo' button due to imprecise touches and a janky camera sucks out some of the fun."
- "I can definitely relate to the headache of having to sit through the whiny requests of my tiny denizens just in case they offer something important."
- "The DS just isn't the best medium for burgeoning city planners."

YYZ · May 28, 2007

Can you go into a little more detail on the Grim Grimoire review please? Thanks.

neojubei · May 28, 2007

- Silent Hill 5 is coming to the PS3 and 360 next year... but a new American team is going to make it, not the original Japanese team.
- EA looking to get the MLB and NBA licenses.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO darthvader.gif

Review Scores - Playstation 3
Ninja Gaiden Sigma: 9, 9, 8

Awesome

- Wold exclusive preview of the new Soul Calibur games (yes, plural).

awesome, i guess, I hope they do not water down the games if they are multiplatform.

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