Games TM No. 63

[Swallow]

Onm, 97%

[Jebus]

I actually keep forgetting it's out this December (it is december isn't it?) as I've tried to forget it exists so when I finally put the disc in it'll just be a proper magical experience.

Good to see it's getting good reviews though!

[SuperBeatBoy]

I actually keep forgetting it's out this December (it is december isn't it?) as I've tried to forget it exists so when I finally put the disc in it'll just be a proper magical experience.

Good to see it's getting good reviews though!

Your talking about galaxy right? I was told its out November 16th.

[Dogg Thang]

Yup its Mario looking over Earth with the words WORLD DOMINATION

Shame they didn't go with a Mr.Gay headline. I bet it was tempting.

[MattyD]

The new look is really growing on me, but there's one thing I just don't get - why do certain review titles have an asterisk next to them for no apparent reason?

I also noticed that, in the top right hand corner of the reviews pages, they have a little 'look back' line telling you when and where the game last appeared, i.e. previewed in issue 60, page XX. Quite a nice idea that.

[Kaladron]

The new look is really growing on me, but there's one thing I just don't get - why do certain review titles have an asterisk next to them for no apparent reason?

The asterisk indicates a score of 9 or higher - it replaces the black borders that were used pre-makeover.

[Strider]

Won't even mention the EoJ score.

To be fair, it's a perfectly reasonable score (and no I didn't review it for them).

Now I've seen the retail pack, it's completely different (in terms of card structure, which is far more balanced) so I wouldn't be surprised if you see a lot of reviews all over that differ greatly from the final product.

[ChrisF]

Surely they shouldn't be finished reviewing unfinished products then?

[Strider]

Surely they shouldn't be finished reviewing unfinished products then?

When did I say that?
I simply said the cards in the retail pack are better balanced. If Sony changed the final cards, it's not the fault of gamesTM or any other magazine. In a way you can see it as a good thing as it means Sony quite possibly responded to feedback from early reviews/playtesting etc and made the game far more balanced.

[ChrisF]

Well, you said that Games TM (and others) reviewed something different to the retail version? So surely it was unfinished? Good that Sony did respond to critics, but bad of Games TM (and others) to print a misleading review as it's based on a game that's different to the one in the shops. Surely should have held off and done another review of the finished/retail product?

(Glad you understood what my gibberish meant by the way! )

[Keith]

GamesTM could only have known that Sony were going to change the product if Sony told them though, surely?

[Strider]

GamesTM could only have known that Sony were going to change the product if Sony told them though, surely?

that's exactly right Keith. If you're not told of any last minute changes then you have to assume that you're playing the final product and review it accordingly.

[rmoxon]

It dosent suprise me in the least that Fifa scored higher than PES as this year it is a better game. Though thats more to do with how bad PES is than how good Fifa is.

Ratchet and Clank score seems pretty low though, im guessing they dont like the low difficulty/lack of originality asspect? Only played the demo but thought it was very fun

[Charlie]

What were their issues with Ace Combat 6?

[hudson]

An 8 for Piece of Junk Racers? FIFA08? Pffft, come and tell me you're still playing it next year and I'll let yers have it. Even in its broken and featureless state, PES does a runny poo allover EA Canada's take on footy ;D PES till I die.