Edge 171 - scores etc

[Mad Gear]

First the scores :-

Resistance FOM - 7
Warioware SM - 8
Excite Truck - 6
Genji DoTB - 5
Ridge Racer 7 - 6
Lost Planet - 7
Viva Pinata - 7
Yoshi's Island DS - 6
Trauma Centre SO - 6
Phantasy Star Uni - 6
Race Official WTCC game - 7
Rayman Raving Rabbids - 6
Tony Hawk DJ - 5
Gunpey DS - 6
Castlevania PoR - 8
Phoenix Wright JFA - 6
Warhammer MoC - 6
Thrillville (PS2) - 7
Superman Returns (360) - 3
Elite Beat Agents - 7

Time Extend - Speedball 2 : Brutal Deluxe
Making of.... Choplifter (Apple II)

Main features :-

We Could be Heroes - Inside Grasshopper with Suda Goichi
Look inside Bungie
Article on Achievements and Gamerscores
Edge Awards 2006

Things i learnt so far this month from the mag (new to me anyway) :-
Another new Bubble Bobble is coming to DS
There's a FFXII spin-off coming to DS
New Dynamite Deka Arcade game
VF5 on PS3 is looking better than the arcade (nicer backdrops, character models etc).

EDIT - Almost forgot it comes with a stunningly beautiful Zelda TP poster. Would post pics but my PC doesn't want to recognise my new camera.

[El Leone]

What do they give the awards to?

[Mad Gear]

What do they give the awards to?

->Open Spoiler<-

GOTY:-

1. FFXII
Runners up - Okami, Zelda TP

Innovation:-

1. Wii
Runners up - Brain Training, Marketplace

Visual Design:-

1. Okami
Runners up - Just Cause, Locoroco

Audio Design:-

1. DQ VIII
Runners up - Defcon, Tony Hawk 8

Best Developer:-

1. Nintendo
Runners up - Capcom, Squenix

Best Publisher:-

1. Take 2
Runners up - Valve, Sega

Best online experiance:-

1.Test Drive Unlimited
Runners up - Animal Crossing, Ghost Recon AW

Best Hardware:-

1. DS Lite
Runners up - Wii remote, PS2

[sj33]

I'd like to buy this purely for the Twilight Princess poster if someone can post a pic of it.

[El Leone]

I second that request.

[Mad Gear]

Camera phone piccy:-

[bingowings]

i predict much wailing and gnashing of teeth...

[Mad Gear]

I predict a riot.

Excite Truck is a probably a 9 for me, i love it.

[gaz@manc]

Hmm interesting scores, espescially for Lost Planet and Yoshi's Island DS.

[Light]

Only a 7 for Lost Planet? Grumble grumble...

[John Beaulieu]

sadly they are predictable scores ...

Love the Nintendo bias of this year's awards ... once again predictable but all the more amusing for it

[Mad Gear]

Lost Planet gets an 8 in this months OXBOX360 mag, so an Edge 7 sounds about right.

[PeteJ]

sadly they are predictable scores ...

Love the Nintendo bias of this year's awards ... once again predictable but all the more amusing for it

I don't follow...

[El Leone]

I'll probably just buy the magazine because of the poster. Not suprised about the Lost planet scores, I could see it from a mile away being marked down for not being 'innovative' etc etc.

[Aiden1945]

Average Christmas? Most rated 6-7s.

Years ago, I used to consider worthy every game rated six or above in Edge. Nowadays you have to raise the score to eight and above to find something pretty decent.