Zeouterlimits
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Excuse me?V_Arnold said:So, if the game is a B even with european standards....
Excuse me?V_Arnold said:So, if the game is a B even with european standards....
smhCaptYamato said:They are video game journalists. So they probably only watched the cut scenes. :lol
Hyphen said:3 - Severely floored.
Solid warrior said:
Grasshopper's Wisdom - Suda51 interview
Zeouterlimits said:Excuse me?
:lolGraphics Horse said:There was me hoping GAF's weird obsession with ground textures had died out.
too soon for that, Vanquish is coming out on 19th in NA, 21st and 22nd in JP and EU.Fimbulvetr said:No Vanquish review?
Has the embargo not ended?
V_Arnold said:Whao. I guess EDGE did not approach Enslaved as something that aims to take the throne away from hack and slash games. They should have known better. They should have read GAF
miladesn said:too soon for that, Vanquish is coming out on 19th in NA, 21st and 22nd in JP and EU.
O yes, o fuck yes.MadmanUK said:Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (360 version) - 8
Phaethon0017 said:IIRC, Edge gave Heavenly Sword a 6. I'm not saying the demo is indicative of the full game, but until I can read the full review I think that 8 is mighty high indeed.
subversus said:it's not like they said that the rest of it is platforming
Novella said:Is this your interpretation of their review policy?
I feel as though Edge is smarter than saying 10 is reserved for "revolutionary" games because so many games that deserve that score are not actually revolutionary; they're just great.
Visualante said:The revolutionary has been retired given that it is unfair to expect games to reach the high bars set by Mario 64, Zelda, Half Life 2 when the 3D revolution is actually over.
Ranger X said:Well, I felt like skipping Hydrophobia but now it's pretty much confirmed!
For its first six hours Lords Of Shadow is God Of War 3 with Greek mythology swapped out for gothic folk tales....it's arguably to the game's credit that the iconic, candle-lit castles are reserved for the final, climatic third.
Combat is a joy to work with...By not taking any major gameplay chances, Lords Of Shadows manages to get most of the fundamentals right. The camera is an occasional inconvenience however.
The cutscenes are a little overwrought...while the production is never less than triple-A, it's never truly rousing or paid off with anything more than the usual quota of killing.
Clocking in at the 15-20 hour mark, Lords Of Shadows threatens to test your stamina. The variety of challenges and the curvature of the game's narrative spine help ease the pain, but it's nevertheless a relief to reach the home stretch.
Enslaved's combat dangles constantly on the knife edge between thrilling and laborious....Frequently, Enslaved gives players a chance to plan these encounters, or bypass them altogether. On these occasions, players can plan an assault starting with the malfunctioning weak links or attempt to creep past the group in its entirety...In truth these sections are more successful than the out-and-out attempts at more typical puzzles, which are all variations on the switch-pulling, bridge-turning model.
Enslaved's platforming is, for the most part, fairly easy...and requires the presence of angry mech gunfire to avoid before truly coming alive. It's these sections, however, which best show off Ninja Theory's eye for a set-piece.
Like the Uncharted series, Enslaved is also unafraid to make the case for a rollercoaster of a story, well-told. It's cutscenes are frequent but never overlong, and feature uniformly high-calibre performances from its cast.
ElFly said:So what's the other 70% of the game then?
Waiting a few seconds for the character on the screen to do something when you press a button?
Because the game does that exceedingly well.
Nuclear Muffin said:Holy crap, an 8 for Enslaved :lol
There really is no defence for this one. Having played the demo I can safely say that this is utter bogus, it is an absolute pile of shit of the highest order with the worst controls of any action game in existence. Giving it an 8 is an insult to the intelligence of their readers.
But then again it is a British made game so Edge are happy to lie to their readers to support their friends at Ninja Theory.
Visualante said:An Audience with - Bobby Kotick
Oh shit son, all I care about.
I think the battle for real realtime water is decided. Water looks and apparently acts realistic in Hydrophobia. Unfortunately, it seems from the review they forgot to make a game around their water tech.Supervlieg said:3? So the battle for real realtime water is still undecided.
Ouch!
Fong Ghoul said:Do U.S. subscribers have issue 219 (Rockband 3 cover) yet? I moved recently but updated my address in mid-August and I will flip a shit if I missed an issue. Newsstands here still have 218 out though.
izakq said:Soooo out of the loop. This is the first time I've ever heard of Enslaved. Going to check it out.
Can't wait for DR2 and Castlevania.
CaptYamato said:Forgot to add: :lol :lol :lol Dead Rising.
Just find it funny. Can't wait to see how it sells.Mar said:Same on all fronts here. No idea what Enslaved nor Hydrophobia is.
Wow, 3 laughing emoticons? I'm genuinely interested, what do you find funny about this?
Bulletstorm is actually pretty picturesque. Dungeon Defenders is guaranteed to get a 10 on the color scale, and it's a UE3.0 game.GeoramA said:Doesn't bode well for New Vegas, BulletStorm, Gears 3, RAGE, etc...
Oneself said:I highly doubt Enslaved is worth 8 out of 10. The demo was terrible, maybe it wasn't representative of the final game's quality...
MadmanUK said:Cover is Bloodstone. Subscribers get Goldeneye Wii.
Scores:-
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (360 version) - 8
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (360 version) - 8
Hydrophobia - 3
Quantum Theory (360 version) - 3