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EGM July 2008 Reviews and Rumors
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dammitmattt
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ShockingAlberto said:
They actually reviewed it, so I doubt it.
Also, I'm a Wii Fit owner, but you have to admit that it doesn't exactly fit in with other games.
Paracelsus
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Luckyman said:
Fixed.
charlequin
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Pureauthor said:
In the FFTA2 thread: "It's really quite an improvement over FFTA so far, and I'm quite impressed" and "A lot of the things people hated about FFTA have been fixed in this."
Pureauthor
Member
charlequin said:
Oh, goody, might actually be worth a purchase now.
LegendofJoe
Member
I'm going to get off on the soap box for a bit, but it seems to me that a lot of people still don't understand the Wii and feel threatened by it. I want to try and allay those fears.
I think the problem a lot of people have with the Wii is the fact that they don't understand the underlying strategy behind it. Nintendo is seeking to expand the definition of how the public at large views video games. I think their long term goal is to get people to view video games as digital interactive entertainment, and not simply as games that cater to younger people. In my opinion this signifies a maturing of the industry. There are many different types of movies, music, and books that all cater towards different audiences. Some movies cater to families and children, while others cater towards teenagers and young adults. Some music genres cater to older people, while other music caters towards middle aged people. There is nothing strange or alarming about this trend, it is simply a natural evolution.
Games you enjoy will not go away, in fact this trend will strengthen and energize the industry in the long term by bringing video games into the mainstream and getting the public at large to accept them as a viable form of entertainment no different from television or movies.
I think the problem a lot of people have with the Wii is the fact that they don't understand the underlying strategy behind it. Nintendo is seeking to expand the definition of how the public at large views video games. I think their long term goal is to get people to view video games as digital interactive entertainment, and not simply as games that cater to younger people. In my opinion this signifies a maturing of the industry. There are many different types of movies, music, and books that all cater towards different audiences. Some movies cater to families and children, while others cater towards teenagers and young adults. Some music genres cater to older people, while other music caters towards middle aged people. There is nothing strange or alarming about this trend, it is simply a natural evolution.
Games you enjoy will not go away, in fact this trend will strengthen and energize the industry in the long term by bringing video games into the mainstream and getting the public at large to accept them as a viable form of entertainment no different from television or movies.
leroy hacker
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jmdajr said:
EBGames still lists Sadness too.
Wii Music will propably be one of Nintendo's big Fall titles. They just want to keep the attention on Wii Fit for now so there's no need to release new information about the game right now.jmdajr said:
And I wouldn't worry too much about what Nintendo has in store for the rest of the year. Iwata wants Nintendo's games to be announced just a few months before release (so the "hype won't hurt them") and that's propably what will happen with the big Q3-Q4 titles too. Example of this strategy is Nintendo Japan's today's announcement of Rhytm Tengoku DS and Wario Land Wii out of nowhere for summer release.
LordAndrew
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So they didn't get NG II in time?
Hopefully this delay will ensure that they review the actual retail code, instead of the version that was sent to reviewers.
Unless the EGM reviews were written at the same time as the 1UP review, in which case they probably won't bother.
Hopefully this delay will ensure that they review the actual retail code, instead of the version that was sent to reviewers.
Unless the EGM reviews were written at the same time as the 1UP review, in which case they probably won't bother.
OldJadedGamer
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skip said:
So Skip, what's up with the MGS4 review? OPM got review code months ago, Shane was flown to Japan to see it, you promised it last month, and other mags are getting their reviews out. What was the hold up?
Opus Angelorum
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skip said:
Very restrictive I assume?
Opus Angelorum
Member
skip said:
Seems counter-productive on their part, if it makes for a more thorough review then the delay is welcome.
Apharmd Battler
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Opiate said:
So no one else got the e-mail survey in regards to the direction of the series?! I thought this was old news....
Magicpaint
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Yeah, she really liked Soma Bringer.Bebpo said:
OldJadedGamer
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skip said:
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the stipulation was that it receives a 9.5 or it doesn't get printed. Well, if you guys are holding your ground on a big title like this... this just bumped my respect points up for the mag.
We all know that Shane is going to give it a 10/A+, that's a given but I'm interested to see what the other two guys give the game if you are holding it back.
SolidSnakex
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OldJadedGamer said:
If you've seen the other reviews you know Konami has put in rules about how much you can talk about specific parts of the game so that people won't be spoiled. I guess by EGM holding out for a month that means the game will be out and they'll be able to talk about it without those rules in place.
OldJadedGamer
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Euphor!a said:
I've heard this too a lot. I think it came up the most during Assassin's Creed's reviews.
SolidSnakex said:
Sounds like it's going a little deeper then just talking about story points. Strange to hold up a review of such a hyped up game over that.
Anerythristic
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Blu_LED said:
I get both. At this point if you want a magazine EGM has just gotten better recently. James has taken it in a different direction or something, it's just been enjoyable.
You still can't beat GI's exclusives though. I am an old timer so I like getting my magazines as that is how I came up.
Leatherface
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LegendofJoe said:
Well said bud.
SolidSnakex
Member
OldJadedGamer said:
It's not just the story, they don't seem to really want you going into detail about the locations outside of the initial Middle East location.
Lord Error
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My impression is that none of the reviews before the game comes out is allowed to talk about the game past the Act 1. Which I agree doesn't make for much of a review, and would sound more like a tease/preview. This obviously is not a problem for internet outlets (they publish reviews on day and date with games' release all the time) but it is for print.SolidSnakex said:
LegendofJoe said:
Thats wonderful and all but some people didn't ask video gaming to be "mainstream". Alot of people never gave a good shit what society thought of people who do enjoy video gamers. Games you enjoy will not go away but by going mainstream you generally dumb it down so everyone can enjoy it. As a gamer I don't want my games dumb down, but now that I think about gaming has already been mainstream. I mean the PS2 did sell 130M+ units is that not mainstream enough?