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[Tenkai Star]

No, tongue review.

haha touché

 

[birdchili]

HOTD:O score is surprising? Have you guys played any of the HOTD games?

hotd 2 was grand fun on wii - i'd gladly take something like that expanded to a more console-sized experience (weapon selection, bigger multipath levels and generally more options).

i can't say the ads for overkill had me sold (style/subsance), but it seemed like a good idea in the general.

 

[Shig]

Honestly, not too surprised by the HotD score. Always struck me as a game that would probably miss its mark.

 

[gcubed]

so... world of goo is better than killzone 2?! :lol

nice knowing you! Enjoy your time away

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Honestly, not too surprised by the HotD score. Always struck me as a game that would probably miss its mark.

How? Style or execution?

 

[SonOfABeep]

I dunno anything about this magazine, but a 3 for House of the Dead Overkill is disappointing..

I still hope it's awesome!

 

[birdchili]

How? Style or execution?

the style is definitely less compelling than the originals: cheesy, gory and "mature" vs. cheesy, gory and cartoony.

execution just seemed too arcade-like and not enough like umbrella chronicles (which had some issues, but was a big game with interesting weapon-selection options and a good learning curve).

we'll see i suppose...

 

[EatChildren]

execution just seemed too arcade-like and not enough like umbrella chronicles (which had some issues, but was a big game with interesting weapon-selection options and a good learning curve).

If Overkill is the polar opposite of Umbrella Chronicles I’ll be overjoyed. I hate that game so much.

 

[Shig]

How? Style or execution?

I merely thought back on western devs' track record with the lightgun genre.

Trepidation seemed like the best stance to take.

 

[birdchili]

If Overkill is the polar opposite of Umbrella Chronicles I’ll be overjoyed. I hate that game so much.

really short, super fast so aiming is a secondary concern, and no hidden stuff to allow for interesting level replays?

yeah - i get why people didn't like it - particularly people who were expecting something paced like hotd... but it did a decent job of expanding this kind of concept to a "console-sized" game imo.

unless there are massive technical/gameplay problems in overkill, i'm buying it.

 

[EatChildren]

really short, super fast so aiming is a secondary concern, and no hidden stuff to allow for interesting level replays?

yeah - i get why people didn't like it - particularly people who were expecting something paced like hotd... but it did a decent job of expanding this kind of concept to a "console-sized" game imo.

unless there are massive technical/gameplay problems in overkill, i'm buying it.

I can see exactly why people found Umbrella Chronicles fun, it just hit a wrong chord with me from the moment I picked it up. I tried to get into it, but it was futile; I hate the game.

If I recall from previews, Overkill is only supposed to be 2.5 hours long and has few, if any, alternate paths through levels. Maybe that’s the killer; short with zero replay value beyond high scores.

 

[Swedomu]

Classic Level scores...

 

[FirewalkR]

so... world of goo is better than killzone 2?! :lol

Hmmm.. the fact that I saw many people saying it was better than Braid (which is brilliant) makes World of Goo automatically awesome.

 

[rexor0717]

Good enough. Its not like they gave it(KZ2) a bad score.

 

[RedNumberFive]

Forgive my ignorance, but who / what is Level #34?

 

[Cosmonaut X]

I merely thought back on western devs' track record with the lightgun genre.

Trepidation seemed like the best stance to take.

Ah. Fair enough, though the previews

Spoiler

lol previews

have been fairly uniformly positive (glowing in some cases) so I'd be inclined to give the benefit of the doubt.

As for UC vs HotD... they're really quite dissimilar and I like both of them for very different reasons, but if I had to pick one that was most flawed it would be UC every time. It's an interesting evolutionary off-shoot of the lightgun genre but not one that was anywhere near fully-developed in RE:UC.

 

[RoboPlato]

The House of the Dead: Overkilll - 3

You have no idea how sad this makes me.

 

[Danne-Danger]

Forgive my ignorance, but who / what is Level #34?

Swedish gaming mag.

 

[Dascu]

I'd wait for more reviews before calling doom and gloom on HotD Overkill. All the other previews have been very positive. Seems more like a case of anti-lightgun bias.

 

[EatChildren]

I'd wait for more reviews before calling doom and gloom on HotD Overkill. All the other previews have been very positive. Seems more like a case of anti-lightgun bias.

That’s what confuses me. I expect the game to be short and linear, and graphically I think it could be better (blob shadows are gross), but I’m yet to read a hands-on preview that spoke ill of the game. All were positive, and some very much so.

Either they don’t like lightgun-esque shooters, hated the length and lack of replay value, or there is something fundamentally broken with the gameplay or build that no-one else has mentioned.

 

[OokieSpookie]

so... you don't understand review scores?

(world of goo is brilliant and I've heard reports that killzone is not that good anyway)

 

[CiSTM]

Awesome scores for awesome games. Bit suprised of Overkill's score but I still believe in it.

 

[Mamesj]

so... world of goo is better than killzone 2?! :lol

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[RavenFox]

so... you don't understand review scores?

(world of goo is brilliant and I've heard reports that killzone is not that good anyway)

Dude give it a rest

.

Nice knowing ya

 

[adamsapple]

BEARSONAA!!

 

[MWS Natural]

What the fuck?

I know, that's crazy. I've never seen a game get a -3 before.

 

[Mamesj]

Nice knowing ya

it's called mockery, but fixed.

oh, I see. This is one of those "it's not a 10, so I'm gonna bitch at everyone who brings that up" kinds of threads.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

You have no idea how sad this makes me.

Just because a single Swedish mag said so? And even then we only know what number they've given the game, not what they've actually written.

 

[Yoshichan]

it's called mockery, but fixed.

oh, I see. This is one of those "it's not a 10, so I'm gonna bitch at everyone who brings that up" kinds of threads.

What?

 

[InterMoniker]

so... world of goo is better than killzone 2?! :lol

World of Goo is brilliant.

edit: :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Durfffff.

This is forum cancer.

It really is retarded

 

[_Alkaline_]

Yeah, I'm going to wait on the other reviews for HOTD. 3/10 seems very low for such a game that's been plauded in so many previews.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

so... world of goo is better than killzone 2?! :lol

Dony you get banned for that?

8 and a 9

 

[Perdew]

3/10? Last game I got that was 3/10 was God Hand, and it was woooonderful! Overkill is now a must buy for me!

 

[The Faceless Master]

The House of the Dead: Overkilll - 3

damn... any details on this?

wow, you guys all ratted out poor chico

 

[lastendconductor]

BEARSONAA!!

fuck that exactly what I was gonna post :lol :lol :lol

P4 is beary beary awesome. It just keeps getting better and better the more you play it.

 

[untoldhero]

So there are two scores for these games? I'm really confused :lol

 

[Revolutionary]

FEAR score doesn't surprise me.
The demo is nothing special at all (in fact, it's a disappointment in comparison to the original).

 

[Dr. Acid Avatar]

Can someone please post the pros and cons on the Street Fight 4 review?

 

[Kintaro]

Can someone please post the pros and cons on the Street Fight 4 review?

This please. Everything else matters not.

 

[EatChildren]

Still no details on the SF4 and HotD:O reviews?

 

[nincompoop]

so... world of goo is better than killzone 2?! :lol

Peter Moore works for Sony now?

 

[McBacon]

Still no details on the SF4 and HotD:O reviews?

This

Arguing over numbers that somehow relate to a game review is fucking ridiculous.

 

[epmode]

Durfffff.

I was serious.

 

[Tormentoso]

so... you don't understand review scores?

(world of goo is brilliant and I've heard reports that killzone is not that good anyway)

Probably from bill gates or other from the competition,because all i have read and see about Killzone2 is pure greatness.

 

[hteng]

killzone 8 only? fucking bias