GamesTM Issue 118

[prinnysquad]

Cover: Hitman Absolution

Reviews
Soul Calibur V - PS3/360 - 8
Resident Evil: Revelations - 3DS - 6
Infinity Blade II - iPad2 - 8
Minecraft - PC - 8
Serious Sam 3: BFE - PC - 5
Darkstar: The Interactive Movie - PC/Mac - 1
Assassin's Creed recollection - iPad - 6
Afterfall: InSanity - PC - 5
Super Pokemon Rumble - 3DS - 5
Trine 2 - PC/PS3/360 - 8
Lord of the Rings: War in the North - 360/PS3/PC - 5
Corpse Party - PSP - 6
James Noir's Hollywood Crimes 3D - 3DS - 3
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy - 3DS - 4
Boom Street - Wii - 7

Features
Hitman Absolution Developer chat
Playstation Vita launch
Darksiders II - chat with dev.
Originality is Dead - a look at the level of risk taken by devs who establish new IPs, and some of this gen's winners and losers.
The Greatest Games Machine Of All Time - results of reader poll.

Discuss
2012 Levels Up - a look at the big announcements from Spike VGA
Rival Fools - Ono and Harada chat about the SF X Tekken crossover
Gotham Knights - talk with David Longo from Monolith about Gotham City Imposters
Playing With Food - Eric Chahi's latest project
Poster Child - Ron Guyatt creates an exclusive poster for GamesTM and discusses the thought behind it.

Retro
Behind the Scenes - Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk
Year in Review - 1987
Virtual Console Essentials

[Johnny]

Got my sub copy in today. Really looking forward to the Dizzy behind the scenes! James Mielke's Japan column continues to be excellent as well.

[Dogg Thang]

Same fairly lowish score for RE 3DS as Edge. Not a good sign. Anyone know what they said about it?

[ETC]

Same fairly lowish score for RE 3DS as Edge. Not a good sign. Anyone know what they said about it?

Im hoping it's just because it's short and not the story or anything

[prinnysquad]

Briefly...

The episodic structure sucks, and leads to a shallow experience. The plot recaps are tedious and patronising, and "ultimately unnecessary given the dearth of interesting narrative."

The different groups of characters you play as shatters the immersion of the main quest. The repetition of enemies is tiring and the boss battles uninspired.

[Shoju]

It really seems like Capcom can't put out the quality anymore after the exodus of talented staff. My expectations for RE6 aren't that high.

[SUMIRE]

Yeah, I was looking forward to Resident Evil on the 3DS, it seems to be getting average/poor reviews though. I think after Mercenaries they needed a good one.

[Dogg Thang]

Thanks Prinny. Shame. I'll get it anyway for lack of much like it on 3DS but I was really hoping it would turn out to be a good one.

[Btang84]

I was also hoping the low-ish Edge score was just a one-off. Reckon I might pick it up, have a quick go and trade in so I'll end up with a cheap circle pad attachment.

[ETC]

I'll still get it day one kinda what I got the system for so will be disappointed if its crap still enjoying enjoying it enough to stop me buying more vita imports (for now) hopefully dead space 3 will be out this year so we get at least one good survival horror game

[rmoxon]

Re:Revelations wouldn't be the first great game that Games Tm and Edge have both only given a 6 would it?

Dont really trust either magazines scores anymore to be honest.

[Neon Ignition]

I'd be surprised if it's outright bad as an entry as the trailers have all looked decent enough and the demo was good. Plus, they scored Boom Street higher.

[chopemon]

Resident Evil Revelations is actually getting a few 9s.

[cavalcade]

Bit harsh for Ace Combat. Yes it's anaemic on features, but it's better than the rancid home console version.

[Daragon]

I'd be surprised if it's outright bad as an entry as the trailers have all looked decent enough and the demo was good. Plus, they scored Boom Street higher.

This the same demo that was featured on mercs? The one that felt like it ended after like half a minute or so?