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This week's Famitsu news and reviews
- Thread starter Mandoric
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Bonus! Dengeki reviews
DS
Tales of Innocence 90/85/90 Good response, large volume
Power Pro Pocket 75/90/80 Difficulty ratcheted up
Card Heroes 85/90/80 Good tutorial
K-1 75/65 Can be successfully played using only one button
Ookiku Furikabutte 65/70 More of an ADV than a baseball game
Gintama 70/75 Good tempo and response, but unwieldy
Wii
Nights 90/90/75 Moved by its upliftingness, refreshingness, and nostalgic music.
No More Heroes 90/90/90 Buy it if you like sandbox.
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon　80/90/85 Noob-difficulty-tested, music and job fanboy approved.
Returns　55/75 Enough games on it where each one doesn't have to last too long.
Shikigami 80/75 It's all there.
Namco 70/80 If you like retro.
Doraemon 75/80 Not difficult to get into.
We Love Golf 85/90 Tough to get used to, but great once you get it.
DS
Tales of Innocence 90/85/90 Good response, large volume
Power Pro Pocket 75/90/80 Difficulty ratcheted up
Card Heroes 85/90/80 Good tutorial
K-1 75/65 Can be successfully played using only one button
Ookiku Furikabutte 65/70 More of an ADV than a baseball game
Gintama 70/75 Good tempo and response, but unwieldy
Wii
Nights 90/90/75 Moved by its upliftingness, refreshingness, and nostalgic music.
No More Heroes 90/90/90 Buy it if you like sandbox.
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon　80/90/85 Noob-difficulty-tested, music and job fanboy approved.
Returns　55/75 Enough games on it where each one doesn't have to last too long.
Shikigami 80/75 It's all there.
Namco 70/80 If you like retro.
Doraemon 75/80 Not difficult to get into.
We Love Golf 85/90 Tough to get used to, but great once you get it.
PataHikari
Banned
Yeah it's Gespenst.wsippel said:I don't even know SRW. But it looked similar to "Gespenst", which is German for "ghost". Well, a special kind of ghost, but I guess that's not really interesting...
The Gespenst series of mechs are the basic grunt units.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Why do people even post Famitsu reviews?
For that matter why do people even care about them
For that matter why do people even care about them
Livin_Lovin
Member
grandjedi6 said:
To see exactly who had the most cash to shell out for this week.
Chocobo review
* Balanced more like an RPG than a Roguelike
* Difficulty doesn't feel as much like you have to force your way deeper.
* Not as much of a "fixed puzzle" feel
* Item synth is simple
* One-shot dungeons with level limitations.
* Nicely-unraveling scenario.
* Unlike usual, it's a smooth and easy play all the way through.
* Training different jobs is fun.
* The music is arranges of classic FF tunes. If you're a fan of those, it makes a good motivation to go deeper.
* Balanced more like an RPG than a Roguelike
* Difficulty doesn't feel as much like you have to force your way deeper.
* Not as much of a "fixed puzzle" feel
* Item synth is simple
* One-shot dungeons with level limitations.
* Nicely-unraveling scenario.
* Unlike usual, it's a smooth and easy play all the way through.
* Training different jobs is fun.
* The music is arranges of classic FF tunes. If you're a fan of those, it makes a good motivation to go deeper.
PataHikari
Banned
Mandoric said:
BadMandoric said:
Good.We Love Golf review
* Playtime: 16 hours to clear the main tournament, 40-50 to do everything
* Lower difficulties easy enough for anyone to get into.
* Remote controlls feel like swinging a golf club should.
* Good tempo, convenient point of view; near-stressless to play.
* Easy putting compared to most.
* Character design has a pleasant Showa feel.
* Forgiving swing mechanism makes play more fun and well-paced.
* Lots of modes, lots to do.
* Playtime: 16 hours to clear the main tournament, 40-50 to do everything
* Lower difficulties easy enough for anyone to get into.
* Remote controlls feel like swinging a golf club should.
* Good tempo, convenient point of view; near-stressless to play.
* Easy putting compared to most.
* Character design has a pleasant Showa feel.
* Forgiving swing mechanism makes play more fun and well-paced.
* Lots of modes, lots to do.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
OMG, scans videos...something, PLEASE!!!!
Basch said:What?!? That's it... GOTY, baby! Effect this! Sorry Persona 3, it looks like Chocobos beat you out in terms of story. Come on now, chocobo take me home!
Persona 3 was -last- year. :lol :lol
Oh, according to the guy posting the info, I was right; it's apparently -supposed- to be "For Answer" and not "4: Answer".
Imas said:
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Mandoric said:
awesome! Camelot did it again
SC: Legends review
* Playtime: Quest Mode will take around 20 hours, Party Mode around 30.
* Dungeons make the series a bit more deeply interesting than before.
* Tough to waggle this hard this long in so many directions.
* You can take cover, but it's easy to accidentally attack and pop out.
* Bosses are tough; if you don't plan ahead, you won't even be able to touch them.
* Not enough weapons and gear.
* Hard to walk straight while waggling the nunchuck; otherwise, not that bad
* More fun if you focus on dodging and technical fighting.
* Camera and lock-on are so-so.
* There's only one one-player mode. This kinda sucks.
* Playtime: Quest Mode will take around 20 hours, Party Mode around 30.
* Dungeons make the series a bit more deeply interesting than before.
* Tough to waggle this hard this long in so many directions.
* You can take cover, but it's easy to accidentally attack and pop out.
* Bosses are tough; if you don't plan ahead, you won't even be able to touch them.
* Not enough weapons and gear.
* Hard to walk straight while waggling the nunchuck; otherwise, not that bad
* More fun if you focus on dodging and technical fighting.
* Camera and lock-on are so-so.
* There's only one one-player mode. This kinda sucks.
Mandoric said:
I don't care if I get hate for this... one of the crazy idea games I've wanted to see for a long time was Phantasy Star Online for PSP.
Of course, the important point there is ONLINE, not Universe. Still, though... hmm. This could be interesting.
Edit: Wait, what? Local multiplayer online? Okay, any interest I could have possibly had is now gone. Of course, I've no idea why I actually expected Sega to make this be online playable.
WTF @ NiGHTs. Not much use of the Wiimote? Then why bother putting it on Wii (sales, yeah yeah whatever). I'm really disappointed with the lack of creativity (or laziness) here.
Phantasy Star PSP is maybe a year or two late, but I guess better late than never. MonHan already took the crown so we'll see how much Phantasy Star can do sales-wise.
Armored Core: For Answer....is that title For Realz? Coop sounds delicious though.
Phantasy Star PSP is maybe a year or two late, but I guess better late than never. MonHan already took the crown so we'll see how much Phantasy Star can do sales-wise.
Armored Core: For Answer....is that title For Realz? Coop sounds delicious though.
Greatness Gone
Member
GAF can handle this.Mandoric said:
"Look! It's Raph!"Mandoric said:
"Yeah, a little TOO Raph."
Kinda strange that Dengeki recommends NMH as a sandbox game when it seems the most boring part of the game is the open-world aspect (per Nintendo Power and IGN).
At least it seems like Chocobo (and We Love Golf) might be promising.
Kingdom Under Fire review
* Playtime is above 10 hours.
* Kinda archaic as an action RPG.
* A loot grind, but an enjoyable loot grind.
* At its best when played online coop, but there's nothing to cooperate doing except the standard grind.
* Pretty big map.
* Can get monotonous, especially when grinding.
* Taking out a bunch of enemies gives you that nice badass feeling.
* Camera control is kind of worrying.
* Nice variety of customization.
* Item synth is a pain in the ass; you can't do it on items in storage.
* Sleeping? That right there is some MAJOR load time.
* Fun to just pick up and beat on some enemies for a while, regardless of plot point.
* Playtime is above 10 hours.
* Kinda archaic as an action RPG.
* A loot grind, but an enjoyable loot grind.
* At its best when played online coop, but there's nothing to cooperate doing except the standard grind.
* Pretty big map.
* Can get monotonous, especially when grinding.
* Taking out a bunch of enemies gives you that nice badass feeling.
* Camera control is kind of worrying.
* Nice variety of customization.
* Item synth is a pain in the ass; you can't do it on items in storage.
* Sleeping? That right there is some MAJOR load time.
* Fun to just pick up and beat on some enemies for a while, regardless of plot point.
botticus said:
That's what I thought. I typically dislike sandbox games so I was actually glad when IGN said the sandbox aspect seems more an afterthought than anything else, and the real focus is on the combat and style. But here's Dengeki contradicting everything I've heard from everywhere else.
You knew Nights was going to suck. No, not because moneyhatting Famitsu said so.
JUST BECAUSE SEGA CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT. Ever. Please accept this, guys. Sega is sitting on a goldmine, and they'd rather rape their own assholes with it than make a game worth a damn.
Yes, they could go the safe route and make a good game. Yes, they could take a riskier route and make a slightly bizarre but fun game. But no, they'd rather take the safe route and still manage to fuck it up.
This is Sega of 2007, mans. Sega 2007 has no talent, anymore. None.
JUST BECAUSE SEGA CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT. Ever. Please accept this, guys. Sega is sitting on a goldmine, and they'd rather rape their own assholes with it than make a game worth a damn.
Yes, they could go the safe route and make a good game. Yes, they could take a riskier route and make a slightly bizarre but fun game. But no, they'd rather take the safe route and still manage to fuck it up.
This is Sega of 2007, mans. Sega 2007 has no talent, anymore. None.
perfectchaos007
Member
STILL no Wii Fit scores? I thought for sure this week...
I guess they are giving it a thorough review.
I guess they are giving it a thorough review.
PataHikari
Banned
I fail to see how this:loosus said:
Means it sucks.
Hellsing321
Member
I don't think they have the heart anymore.Arde5643 said:
If Sega itself were making it, Samba would be fucked. There would be absolutely no hope whatsoever. They'd do something crazy like forcing the player to wear a blindfold to play the game and actually checking to see if the player is wearing the blindfold via an included camera that increased the cost of the game by $40.Dali said:
Thank God Sega isn't making it. Sure, they'll probably poke their heads in from time to time to see what they can fuck up, but at least poor Samba has a fighting chance. Gearbox is gonna have to sneak in some fun when Sega isn't looking.
PataHikari
Banned
Darn it people the review thing in no way said the game sucked.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Hopefully the Nights 2 OST isn't too expensive to import.
I'll skip on the game most likely.
Looks like I'll be playing PSU until February(unless Wiifit comes out in Jan.). =/
PSO is by far the tighter and better playing experience, but it's also incredibly dated.
Sucks for me. =/
I'll skip on the game most likely.
Looks like I'll be playing PSU until February(unless Wiifit comes out in Jan.). =/
PSO is by far the tighter and better playing experience, but it's also incredibly dated.
Sucks for me. =/