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[domlolz]

Avatar: 5
The Saboteur: 5
Tony Hawk: 3
Wheelspin: 3
F1 2009: 7
Blue Toad Murder Files:The mysteries of Little Riddle: 4
Little Big Planet PSP: 6
Gravity Crash: 7
Pixel Junk Shooter: 8
Forever Blue: 7
Maestro: Jump in Music: 7
Astro Boy: 3
Invizimals: Brian Blessed (or a 5)
Pokemon Rumble: 4
Gyromancer: 7

Features: Best of 2000 - 2009, A look at Metro 2033, Article on motion capture, interview with Eiji Aonuma, Yoichi Wada

Time Extend: Farenheit, The making of Diablo

 

[Amir0x]

Saboteur is more like a 6 by Edge standards, I DEMAND A SIX

WHY WONT YOU AGREE WITH ME EDGE ARRGH *REVIEW RAGE*

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Little Big Planet PSP: 6

WTF?

 

[SmokyDave]

Oooh, higher than I expected for F1 PSP, will pick up Edge on the way home to see why.

 

[00011000]

wow, very low scores. Nothing surprises me that much though.

 

[AniHawk]

I was thinking there wouldn't be any actual bitching considering the lack of big huge games this time, but it turns out I was wrong just two responses into this thread.

 

[godhandiscen]

What is wrong with Avatar? I was going to buy it for the mindless fun.

 

[DR2K]

I was about to lose respekt 4 Edge until I saw the low numbers.

 

[micromagic]

Gravity Crash: 7
Pixel Junk Shooter: 8

Looks like PSN games were the flavour of the month at Edge.

 

[Sipowicz]

Invizimals: Brian Blessed

wut

 

[obonicus]

I was thinking there wouldn't be any actual bitching considering the lack of big huge games this time, but it turns out I was wrong just two responses into this thread.

How about the bitching about people taking Edge reviews as gospel?

 

[Amir0x]

I was thinking there wouldn't be any actual bitching considering the lack of big huge games this time, but it turns out I was wrong just two responses into this thread.

My reply was sarcasm though!

 

[Lord Phol]

Looks pretty accurate to me, nice to see people using the other end of the scoring scale once in a while at least.

 

[AniHawk]

My reply was sarcasm though!

I was referring to the second response in particular. I should have made that clearer.

 

[[Nintex]]

interview with Eiji Aonuma

Anything new?

 

[domlolz]

wut

that's basically an 11 out of 10

 

[NemesisPrime]

wow, very low scores. Nothing surprises me that much though.

Indeed... all of these scores are spot on IMHO.

 

[AniHawk]

Anything new?

Just a little tidbit that they're going to make the Vitality Sensor an important part of the game.

 

[Sipowicz]

that's basically an 11 out of 10

fuck me

im getting this for sure

 

[daycru]

Little Big Planet PSP: 6

Typical Edge, if it's made in England it's a 10! So biased, when will they give [insert platform, genre, country, fax machine] the score it deserves?

 

[toythatkills]

What a horrible month for games! They should've saved the Bayonetta review for this issue.

 

[Cdammen]

I'm really enjoying The Saboteur. It has some massive flaws but I'm blinded by the game's atmosphere, easy mechanics and stupid matinee story.

:lol @ Tony Hawk...

 

[OnPoint]

Meh month gets meh scores.

Nothing to see here.

 

[ShineALight]

The month that they're handing out low scores and Gyromancer gets a 7?

 

[NekoFever]

Decade review results:

Game of the Decade:

Spoiler

World of Warcraft. Runners-up: GTA III, Half-Life 2, Halo, Resident Evil 4

Hardware of the Decade:

Spoiler

PlayStation 2. Runners-up: DS, Wii

Developer of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Rockstar North, Valve

Publisher of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Activision Blizzard, Sony

Person of the Decade:

Spoiler

Satoru Iwata. Runners-up: Shinji Mikami, J Allard

Failure of the Decade:

Spoiler

Red Ring of Death. Runners-up: PS3's launch, Gizmondo

 

[Mama Robotnik]

A Brian Blessed out of Ten is extraordinary. Only one awarded this gen. Day one.

EDIT

Decade review results:

Game of the Decade:

Spoiler

World of Warcraft. Runners-up: GTA III, Half-Life 2, Halo, Resident Evil 4

Hardware of the Decade:

Spoiler

PlayStation 2. Runners-up: DS, Wii

Developer of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Rockstar North, Valve

Publisher of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Activision Blizzard, Sony

Person of the Decade:

Spoiler

Satoru Iwata. Runners-up: Shinji Mikami, J Allard

Failure of the Decade:

Spoiler

Red Ring of Death. Runners-up: PS3's launch, Gizmondo

This should have been a topic in its own right.

I understand the reasoning for most of these, except for Hardware. For numerous reasons it should have been the DS, not the PS2, awarded "Hardware of the Decade". But as always with EDGE, the scores/choices are useless without the text to show their (usually well considered) argument.

 

[Matt]

Decade review results:

Game of the Decade:

Spoiler

World of Warcraft. Runners-up: GTA III, Half-Life 2, Halo, Resident Evil 4

Hardware of the Decade:

Spoiler

PlayStation 2. Runners-up: DS, Wii

Developer of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Rockstar North, Valve

Publisher of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Activision Blizzard, Sony

Person of the Decade:

Spoiler

Satoru Iwata. Runners-up: Shinji Mikami, J Allard

Failure of the Decade:

Spoiler

Red Ring of Death. Runners-up: PS3's launch, Gizmondo

Very good choices.

 

[Kid Marin]

The month that they're handing out low scores and Gyromancer gets a 7?

Gyromancer deserves a 7.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

Decade review results:

Game of the Decade:

Spoiler

World of Warcraft. Runners-up: GTA III, Half-Life 2, Halo, Resident Evil 4

Hardware of the Decade:

Spoiler

PlayStation 2. Runners-up: DS, Wii

Developer of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Rockstar North, Valve

Publisher of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Activision Blizzard, Sony

Person of the Decade:

Spoiler

Satoru Iwata. Runners-up: Shinji Mikami, J Allard

Failure of the Decade:

Spoiler

Red Ring of Death. Runners-up: PS3's launch, Gizmondo

wow pretty good list. I agree with all of them.

 

[trk_rkd]

What did they say about psp lbp? It's a pretty damn faithful recreation of their 2008 GOTY... i can understand why they'd knock points of something for being a "faithful recreation" rather than something unique/original etc etc but 6 is still quite low...

EDIT: There 00-09 list is actually really fucking good.

 

[TTP]

wow pretty good list. I agree with all of them.

Me too. Oddly.

 

[Slightly Live]

Can we get a scan of the Next Month teaser page? (Assuming it's allowed, mods, it's usually posted here!)

Previewed

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Mass Effect 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Skate 3
EA Sports MMA
Dementium II
Dante's Inferno
Napoleon: Total War
Lost In Shadow
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Hokuto Musou
Espgaluda II Black Label

 

[Korey]

They have a short article about the decade results on their site

 

[ShinobiFist]

wow pretty good list. I agree with all of them.

I can't front, I agree as well. Damn, this decade went fast, I blame Bush.

 

[Souldriver]

Decade review results:

Game of the Decade:

Spoiler

World of Warcraft. Runners-up: GTA III, Half-Life 2, Halo, Resident Evil 4

Hardware of the Decade:

Spoiler

PlayStation 2. Runners-up: DS, Wii

Developer of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Rockstar North, Valve

Publisher of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Activision Blizzard, Sony

Person of the Decade:

Spoiler

Satoru Iwata. Runners-up: Shinji Mikami, J Allard

Failure of the Decade:

Spoiler

Red Ring of Death. Runners-up: PS3's launch, Gizmondo

Good list is good.

 

[DieH@rd]

F1 2009 - is that a psp version?

 

[The Faceless Master]

solid scores once again by Edge.

 

[Juno]

Little Big Planet PSP: 6

B-B-B-B-But UK Developer!?!?!?

 

[NekoFever]

B-B-B-B-But UK Developer!?!?!?

Just means it's only actually worth a 5, presumably.

 

[PuppetSlave]

Why spoilers though... I thought that was bannable anyway.

 

[ConcealedBlaze]

A list I agree with (for the most part)? What is the world coming to?

 

[whatevermort]

Seems like as good a place as any to put this month's GamesTM scores:

Bayonetta - 9
Little Big Planet PSP - 8
Zelda Trains - 8
Agarest - 7
Blue Toad Murder Files - 7
Pixeljunk Shooter - 9
Saboteur - 6
Wheelspin - 3
Avatar - 6
Tony Hawk Ride - 4
Jambo! Safari - 5
Sim & Punishment 2 - 9
The Void - 6
Jack & Daxter Final Frontier - 7
Excitebike World Rally - 5
Maestro! Jump In Music - 6

As you might notice, a lot of these marks are the same as Edge's, only one point higher.

Also, here's Edge's NEXT MONTH page:

ALSO! There's a huge (A2) Zelda poster in my copy - I don't know if it's subscribers only, but if it is and anybody wants mine, let me know and I'll post it to them (UK only, unless they pay me postage).

 

[mclem]

Can we get a scan of the Next Month teaser page? (Assuming it's allowed, mods, it's usually posted here!)

It's... pretty dull, actually. Unless there's some hidden implication I've not spotted,

Spoiler

it's just a couple of DDR arrows

.

The back cover makes this front cover doubly awesome.

 

[Plinko]

Seems like as good a place as any to put this month's GamesTM scores:

Sin & Punishment 2 - 9

Is this releasing in the US?

 

[mclem]

Decade review results:

Game of the Decade:

Spoiler

World of Warcraft. Runners-up: GTA III, Half-Life 2, Halo, Resident Evil 4

Hardware of the Decade:

Spoiler

PlayStation 2. Runners-up: DS, Wii

Developer of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Rockstar North, Valve

Publisher of the Decade:

Spoiler

Nintendo. Runners-up: Activision Blizzard, Sony

Person of the Decade:

Spoiler

Satoru Iwata. Runners-up: Shinji Mikami, J Allard

Failure of the Decade:

Spoiler

Red Ring of Death. Runners-up: PS3's launch, Gizmondo

Just to add to this, they also had a bunch of industry responses for "Game", "Person" and "Moment" of the decade:

Clint Hocking (Creative director, Ubisoft Montreal):
Game: GTA3
Person: "The player"
Moment: It's just a screenshot of the ending of Passage

Jason Kapalka (Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Popcap):
Game: Wii Sports
Person: Steve Jobs
Moment: "A drunken midnight Rock Band 2 session"

Ron Carmel (Founder, 2D Boy)
Game: Portal (Which I misread as 'Postal' first, and wondered why the hell he was enthusing about that)
Person: Simon Carless
Moment: Half-Life 2 being launched on Steam, sidestepping the retail side of things.

Peter Molyneux (Creative Director, Microsoft Game Studios Europe)
Game: Half-Life 2
People: Bill Gates & Steve Jobs
Moment: Social networking exploding.

Katsuhiro Harada (Exec Producer, Tekken 6)
Game: Call of Duty 4
Person: "I would prefer to think of teams as important, rather than people"
Moment: PS2 launch

George Fan (Designer, Plants vs Zombies)
Game: Katamari Damacy
Person: Satoru Iwata

Evan Wells (Co-president, Naughty Dog)
Game: World of Warcraft
Person: "Casual Gamers"
Moment: Announcement of the Wii

Joseph Staten (Writer/Creative Director, Bungie)
Game: World of Warcraft
Person: "The player"
Moment: The botched PS3 launch

Kristian Segerstrale (CEO, Playfish)
Moment: Launch of Facebook

 

[Minsc]

I wonder why LBP PSP only got a 6, the PS3 version got a 10, and the game seems well suited to handhelds.

 

[pulga]

Judging by the bad "Saboteur" scores in both magazines, the game didn't turn out so hot?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

The back cover makes this front cover doubly awesome.

IS IT PRINCE KATAMARI?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

 

[whatevermort]

Judging by the bad "Saboteur" scores in both magazines, the game didn't turn out so hot?

Can't stress enough: for both of these magazines, a 5 and a 6 are fine scores that still mean the game is worth playing. They use the whole scale etc.

 

[Visualante]

Sweet.

Some dick stole my last issue so I ddin't get to read it. Looking forward to this one.