Games TM - 79

[KIT786]

Features
Coming to the Crunch
GamesTM Guide To 2009
The Book of God Games (GamesTM Bible)
Sack To the Future

Previews
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Killzone 2
Guitar Hero:Metallica
Scribblenauts
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Suikoden Tierkreis
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
Uncharted 2:Among Thieves
Infinate Space
Blue Dragon Plus
The Witcher:Rise of the White Wolf
Heroes Over Europe
Heavy Rain
Enchanted Folk and The School of Wizardry

Reviews
Silent Hill Homecoming (360) - 5
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS) -7
PowerUp Forever (360) - 4
Metoes Wars (360) - 8
Rock Revolution (360) - 3
Skate 2 (360) - 8
LOTR: Conquest (360) - 3
Things on Wheels (360) - 4
Burn Zombie Burn (PS3) - 6
AC/DC Live: Rocl Band (360) - 5
WOW: Wrath of the Lich King (PC) - 9
Tatsunko Vs Capcom: Cross Generation Of Heroes (Wii) - 8

Retro
Diddy Kong Racing (Behind the Scenes)
'16-Shot' Takahashi

[gaz@manc]

Dire issue for reviews this month! You can certainly tell the Christmas rush is well and truly over.

I haven't read my copy yet, the 2009 feature looks pretty decent as does the Bible to God games. I haven't read the Killzone 2 preview yet, but judging by the final two paragraphs they werent huge fans.

[MattyD]

Yep, it's pretty thread-bare this month but then there's not exactly a wealth of titles being released right now. The 2009 preview just made me a bit sad since there's basically sod-all coming out in the forseeable future either. I can count the titles I'll buy this year on one hand right now

[honeymustard]

I'd like to see the section on Diddy Kong Racing (listening to the main hub music now..).

[Mr M0by]

Any new info on Heavy Rain?

[arada392]

Meteos Wars (360) - 8

I don't usually moan about scores, but, unless the original four-year-old Meteos was awarded a fourteen or something, how did this game ever get this score? When I played it, it seemed to me that the 360 version paled in comparison to the DS original.

[egparadigm]

I'm pretty sure that gTM gave the original a 9. I've seen it at the top of their DS software list in the past.

[merf]

the review lists for edge and this really highlight the game drought as mentioned.

I can't believe that if one of the titles that got lost in the pre-xmas rush wasn't held back and released in Jan it wouldn't pick up more sales.

I'm sure Banjo, Mirrors Edge, Tomb Raider, the type of title that didn't hit top drawer status would generate a better return in Jan than the 4th quarter. You could spend less on advertising, get more exposure and not flog it off at half price after 2 weeks.

[Skull Commander]

Come on lads, it's hardly a drought. 6 a few weeks with a thin release schedule is welcome after the more games than any person has time for Christmas rush.

[Shoju]

Well I'm really looking forward to The Witcher: Rise Of The White Wolf. What did they say about it? Is there any kind of release date?

[SuperBeatBoy]

Well I'm really looking forward to The Witcher: Rise Of The White Wolf. What did they say about it? Is there any kind of release date?

I'm with you on that. I really want to know how its going to work on the consoles.

[mr_sockochris]

I don't usually moan about scores, but, unless the original four-year-old Meteos was awarded a fourteen or something, how did this game ever get this score? When I played it, it seemed to me that the 360 version paled in comparison to the DS original.

Indeed, it just doesn't work with a controller for me. Metoes without a touchscreen is like playing Guitar Hero with a pad - its playable but the fun is just drained out of it.

[Shoju]

I'm with you on that. I really want to know how its going to work on the consoles.

Their plans for the console version sound really ambitious. Considering this is the 3rd version of what was already supposed to be a very good game it could be one of the games of the year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SpVGO-jmUU

[NekoFever]

I'm with you on that. I really want to know how its going to work on the consoles.

From what I've read the combat is being pretty much overhauled to work better on a controller.

I'm really looking forward to that game. I'm a fan of the books and I've wanted to play the PC version but that requires some jumping through hoops on my Mac, so the console version will be the ideal opportunity for me to play it.

[zipper]

Cool - would like to read a bit about 16-shot.
I'm currently a 12.5-shot... which is pretty good i reckon. Had to vibrate like a nutter to get it though. Can anyone better that? Does anyone else have a shooting watch?Does anyone know what I'm talking about?!