Thought some of you may find it interesting to read the views of a French magazine this month.
Cover is an ugly piece of Naruto art and above the mags name it reads:
PS2/XBoX/Gamecube/GBA/RPG/Arcade/Retro
Features a 25 page report on the Tokyo Game Show which naturally include lots of news on PSP and DS and stuff about familiar upcoming titles like GT4 and Advance Wars DS. More importantly there's information I miss in certain other magazines: background info and screens for Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2, Tsukiyoni Saraba (music by Mitsuda-san !), Giant Robo, Bumpytrot and Lumines (new Mizuguchi game) to name a few.
Other features are a "How to make videogaming" part two which goes into Ernest Adams' 'Postmodernism & the 3 types of immersion' article (?) and the monthly 15 page Arkadia and 20 page retro specials.
No real previws but some lenghty reviews. They give two scores, the first is supposed to reflect the reviewers personal opinion, the second his professional, objective score.
PS2:
Kengo 3: 7.5/7.5
Sakura Taisen 5: 6.5/5.8
Naruto NH2: 9.0/8.2
Berserk MFSSNS*: 7.9/7.7
Gundam Seed OAH: 7.5/7.3
Mortal Kombat M: 4.5/7.0
Yuyu Hakusho: DT: 5.1/3.2
Shin Megami Tensei:N: 9.1/8.9**
Xbox:
Phantom Dust: 8.1/7.5
Fable: 7.6/ 6.4 **
GBA:
Guardian Heroes A: 6.5/6.8
Zelda: TMC: 9.0/9.1**
Retro scores:
Grandia, Saturn: 9.1
Panzer Dragoon Saga, Saturn: 9.5
Xenogears, Psx: 9.8
Saga Frontier 2, Psx: 9.2
* full name is Berserk Millenium Falcon Seima Senki No Sho
** Magazine has a special RPG section where the first score is for 'inspiration' and the second one the overall verdict.
In Arkadia:
-The Seibu Anthology vol. 1, one for the Raiden fans.
-News on Ghost Squad and a plea to bring the new Initial D to Europe, some screens of G-Rev's new game which look pretty cool and other bits.
-special on gotesque and bizarre Arcade machines
-report on the continuing tournaments they have over there, categories:
VF:Evo/SCII/GGXX/KOF2003/SFII/SFZero3/SF3rdStrike/CvSNK2.
-Retrotest on Shock Troopers (8.5) and Battle Garegga (7.9).
-Neowave KOF 7 page special.
In Retro:
(My favourite)- Non Celebrity Deatmatch: this time between the favourite: Contra Spirits (SNES) and the challenger: 3 Ninja's kick back (Genesis) and their winner is: 3 Ninja's Kick Back !
- specials on Shinobi and Streets of Rage
- feature on obscure GB (link-up) titles.
- more retrotests: Dennin Allester, Mega CD: 7.5/ Double Dragon2, NES: 9.5/ Final Match Tennis, PCEngine: 9.8/ Sapphire, Duo(Arcade Card): 8.5/ Quack Shot, MD: 9.4/ World of Illusion, MD: 9.8/ Star Parodia, NEC: 8.0/ Captain Tsubasa 3:KnC, SNES: 6.5/ CYMacross: SV, SNES: 8.7/ Nemesis 2, GB: 7.8/ Tetris Butou Gaiden, SNES: 8.0/ Chibi Maruko Chan: MMnI, SNES: 7.5
The mag doesn't have the sophisticated feel of Edge or GamesTM and feels more like a fanzine but content wise it shows them a thing or two, IMO. Maybe the thing will get worse as my french gets better though
Cover is an ugly piece of Naruto art and above the mags name it reads:
PS2/XBoX/Gamecube/GBA/RPG/Arcade/Retro
Features a 25 page report on the Tokyo Game Show which naturally include lots of news on PSP and DS and stuff about familiar upcoming titles like GT4 and Advance Wars DS. More importantly there's information I miss in certain other magazines: background info and screens for Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2, Tsukiyoni Saraba (music by Mitsuda-san !), Giant Robo, Bumpytrot and Lumines (new Mizuguchi game) to name a few.
Other features are a "How to make videogaming" part two which goes into Ernest Adams' 'Postmodernism & the 3 types of immersion' article (?) and the monthly 15 page Arkadia and 20 page retro specials.
No real previws but some lenghty reviews. They give two scores, the first is supposed to reflect the reviewers personal opinion, the second his professional, objective score.
PS2:
Kengo 3: 7.5/7.5
Sakura Taisen 5: 6.5/5.8
Naruto NH2: 9.0/8.2
Berserk MFSSNS*: 7.9/7.7
Gundam Seed OAH: 7.5/7.3
Mortal Kombat M: 4.5/7.0
Yuyu Hakusho: DT: 5.1/3.2
Shin Megami Tensei:N: 9.1/8.9**
Xbox:
Phantom Dust: 8.1/7.5
Fable: 7.6/ 6.4 **
GBA:
Guardian Heroes A: 6.5/6.8
Zelda: TMC: 9.0/9.1**
Retro scores:
Grandia, Saturn: 9.1
Panzer Dragoon Saga, Saturn: 9.5
Xenogears, Psx: 9.8
Saga Frontier 2, Psx: 9.2
* full name is Berserk Millenium Falcon Seima Senki No Sho
** Magazine has a special RPG section where the first score is for 'inspiration' and the second one the overall verdict.
In Arkadia:
-The Seibu Anthology vol. 1, one for the Raiden fans.
-News on Ghost Squad and a plea to bring the new Initial D to Europe, some screens of G-Rev's new game which look pretty cool and other bits.
-special on gotesque and bizarre Arcade machines
-report on the continuing tournaments they have over there, categories:
VF:Evo/SCII/GGXX/KOF2003/SFII/SFZero3/SF3rdStrike/CvSNK2.
-Retrotest on Shock Troopers (8.5) and Battle Garegga (7.9).
-Neowave KOF 7 page special.
In Retro:
(My favourite)- Non Celebrity Deatmatch: this time between the favourite: Contra Spirits (SNES) and the challenger: 3 Ninja's kick back (Genesis) and their winner is: 3 Ninja's Kick Back !
- specials on Shinobi and Streets of Rage
- feature on obscure GB (link-up) titles.
- more retrotests: Dennin Allester, Mega CD: 7.5/ Double Dragon2, NES: 9.5/ Final Match Tennis, PCEngine: 9.8/ Sapphire, Duo(Arcade Card): 8.5/ Quack Shot, MD: 9.4/ World of Illusion, MD: 9.8/ Star Parodia, NEC: 8.0/ Captain Tsubasa 3:KnC, SNES: 6.5/ CYMacross: SV, SNES: 8.7/ Nemesis 2, GB: 7.8/ Tetris Butou Gaiden, SNES: 8.0/ Chibi Maruko Chan: MMnI, SNES: 7.5
The mag doesn't have the sophisticated feel of Edge or GamesTM and feels more like a fanzine but content wise it shows them a thing or two, IMO. Maybe the thing will get worse as my french gets better though
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