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Cover Story: Mirror's Edge
Next Month:
Cover Story - RE5
Previews - Resistance 2 and Dead Space.
Reviews - Lego Batman, Wario Land: Shake it!, Silent Hill: Homecoming, and Sonic Chronicles
Note: Holy shit this EGM has 12 pages of ads before even getting to the contents page. The magazine also has 2 page ads all over the place throughout.
Features:
- How this E3 went wrong and whether it'll ever come back
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
- Nomura's Heroes (SE private event recap)
- Cellphone games section
- Online services for casual players
- Warhammer online
- Legends of the Fall (Games being released in the Fall)
- LittleBigPlanet tips for creating stuff
- Seanbaby talks about cute games
- Retronauts: Dragon Quest
- Blu-Ray movies section
- Top 10 badass undead
Rumors:
- Guitar Hero: Beatles
- Max Payne 3 by The Warriors team, PS3 exclusive game by Rockstar North in development, LA Noire multiplatform
- LucasArts annoyed about MotionPlus not being shown to them so now they have to make yet another game
- Cave Story WiiWare
- EA/MTV publishing Brutal Legend
- God of War 3 in 2010
Reviews:
Mario Super Sluggers - B
Good: Solid controls, player chemistry
Bad: Brain-dead baserunners, not very balanced
NHL 09 - B+
Good: Be a Pro mode is both innovative and appealing
Bad: Occasionally weep worthy AI
Star Wars: TFU - C, C, B-
Good: Force powers
Bad: Combat
Horror: PS3 version sound glitches, getting stuck in walls in both versions
Facebreaker - C-
Good: Personalized fighters
Bad: Repetitive, button mashing pugilism
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 - A GOTM
Good: More reliable controls, simultaneous multiplayer
Bad: New commentators are simply awful
Disgaea 3 - B-
Good: Wicked spoof on RPG cliches, smart writing
Bad: Could've been done on PS2 or PS1
Tales of Vesparia - B+, B-, C
Good: Fast paced battles
Bad: Story deserves a better script
Too Human - C-, C-, D+
Good: Cool premise
Bad: Everything feels so tedious
Viva Pinata: TIP - A GOTM 2
Good: Plenty of new creatures for the tenured gardener
Bad: The "story" never really develops
Guilty Gear 2: Overture - C-
Good: Great music
Bad: Underdeveloped gameplay mechanics
Spore: Creatures - C+
Good: Populating the world with friends' creatures
Bad: Even the well crafted creatures look a bit lame
Dragon Quest IV - B+
Good: Crisp remake of a classic
Bad: 3D patina doesn't mask some dated elements
Next Month:
Cover Story - RE5
Previews - Resistance 2 and Dead Space.
Reviews - Lego Batman, Wario Land: Shake it!, Silent Hill: Homecoming, and Sonic Chronicles
Note: Holy shit this EGM has 12 pages of ads before even getting to the contents page. The magazine also has 2 page ads all over the place throughout.
Features:
- How this E3 went wrong and whether it'll ever come back
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
- Nomura's Heroes (SE private event recap)
- Cellphone games section
- Online services for casual players
- Warhammer online
- Legends of the Fall (Games being released in the Fall)
- LittleBigPlanet tips for creating stuff
- Seanbaby talks about cute games
- Retronauts: Dragon Quest
- Blu-Ray movies section
- Top 10 badass undead
Rumors:
- Guitar Hero: Beatles
- Max Payne 3 by The Warriors team, PS3 exclusive game by Rockstar North in development, LA Noire multiplatform
- LucasArts annoyed about MotionPlus not being shown to them so now they have to make yet another game
- Cave Story WiiWare
- EA/MTV publishing Brutal Legend
- God of War 3 in 2010
Reviews:
Mario Super Sluggers - B
Good: Solid controls, player chemistry
Bad: Brain-dead baserunners, not very balanced
NHL 09 - B+
Good: Be a Pro mode is both innovative and appealing
Bad: Occasionally weep worthy AI
Star Wars: TFU - C, C, B-
Good: Force powers
Bad: Combat
Horror: PS3 version sound glitches, getting stuck in walls in both versions
Facebreaker - C-
Good: Personalized fighters
Bad: Repetitive, button mashing pugilism
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 - A GOTM
Good: More reliable controls, simultaneous multiplayer
Bad: New commentators are simply awful
Disgaea 3 - B-
Good: Wicked spoof on RPG cliches, smart writing
Bad: Could've been done on PS2 or PS1
Tales of Vesparia - B+, B-, C
Good: Fast paced battles
Bad: Story deserves a better script
Too Human - C-, C-, D+
Good: Cool premise
Bad: Everything feels so tedious
Viva Pinata: TIP - A GOTM 2
Good: Plenty of new creatures for the tenured gardener
Bad: The "story" never really develops
Guilty Gear 2: Overture - C-
Good: Great music
Bad: Underdeveloped gameplay mechanics
Spore: Creatures - C+
Good: Populating the world with friends' creatures
Bad: Even the well crafted creatures look a bit lame
Dragon Quest IV - B+
Good: Crisp remake of a classic
Bad: 3D patina doesn't mask some dated elements