GamesTM Issue #53

[Dezm0nd]

Just dropped in the door bit, has a nice classy Metroid 20th Anniversary Celebration cover. Definitely reading about that.

Features

Wii Serves An Ace
The History Of Metroid
The Bible Guide to Rhythm-Action
Interview: Warren Spector
The Future of Handhelds

Reviews

MotorStorm - 8/10
Excitetruck - 6/10
Sam and Max Episode 2 - 8/10
Star Trek Legacy - 3/10
God Hand - 6/10
Castlevania POR - 8/10
MGS Portable Ops - 6/10
Madden NFL 07 - 8/10 (Wii)
Fight Night Round 3 - 8/10
Blue Dragon - 9/10
Metal Slug Anthology - 6/10
Full Auto 2 - 7/10
Genji 2 - 2/10
Koroinpa - 7/10

Retro

Retro Inspection Amiga 500
Amiga 500 Perfect 10 games
Greatest game ever: Putty
The Amiga Legends
Shareware Showdown
Making of Worms
Making of Another World

[jimmbob]

Nice score for Genji, MASSIVE DAMAGE etc.

The Godhand score aint too great. Marked down for difficulty probably?

[sj33]

If the full Genji game any better than the bearly-playable demo? =/

Good to see Blue Dragon seems to be getting universal acclaim.

[Dezm0nd]

Not read about God Hand but the little caption at the end says "not for the casual" which could well indicate a difficult title.

[amorenod]

Taken from rllmuk: the review says "add 2 points if you're super-skilled"

[MattyD]

Metroid cover, double-page screens and feature, **** yeah! The back page pictionary-type thing even has a tribute to Gunpei Yokoi in Mii form, very cool that.

Just opened mine now, and this issue looks fantastic. the features look much better than recently (better than another reaching article on 'how games are educational' anyway).

[NekoFever]

[insert obvious and overdone massive damage joke here]

[jimmbob]

Never one to miss an opportunity; I've already done that in the second post.

[DANGEROUS]

Was'nt there suppossed to be a feature on Rare in this issue?

Has it been put back I wonder,.. I was looking forward to that, to see if KI3 was indeed on the cards.

Also- will this issue hit stands before Thursday, its official street date?

[MattyD]

The people who've already got theirs are subscribers. I guess it goes on sale in shops on the usual day.

[gaz@manc]

Was'nt there suppossed to be a feature on Rare in this issue?

Has it been put back I wonder,.. I was looking forward to that, to see if KI3 was indeed on the cards.

So was I, considering that it was GamesTM that mentioned KI3 last issue!

[IdiotequeDance]

What were the criticisms towards Metal Slug Anthology (the Wii version, if that's what they reviewed), apart from there being nothing new?

[MattyD]

What were the criticisms towards Metal Slug Anthology (the Wii version, if that's what they reviewed), apart from there being nothing new?

That the controls are messed up. It has seven control configurations but they ALL require Wii inputs such as shaking the controller, rather than just using the digital buttons, and even if you use a GameCube controller you can't use the D-pad

Why they couldn't just let you use normal digital inputs is beyond me, the Wii has plenty enough buttons.

[C']

What a shame

Still, there's always the PS2 version I guess.

[DANGEROUS]

Scanned this today bit of a crap issue for me since I'm not a metroid player and all.
Next issue will be cool tho, first review of VF5 on PS3.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!