GamesTM Issue 121

[prinnysquad]

Reviews
Kid Icarus: Uprising - 3DS - 9
Silent Hill Downpour - 360/PS3 - 6
Ridge Racer Unbounded - 360/PC/PS3 - 6
Ninja Gaiden 3 - PS3/360 - 4
Sine Mora - 360 - 9
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - DS - 8
Rhythm Heaven Fever - Wii - 9
The Last Story - Wii - 8
I Am Alive - 360/PS3 - 4
Yakuza: Dead Souls - PS3 - 5
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 - 360/PS3 - 8
Mario Party 9 - Wii - 5
Twisted Metal - PS3 - 7

Online component reviews
Mass Effect 3 - 6
Syndicate - 8
Street Fighter X Tekken - 4

Features
Assassin's Creed 3 - look at new title and series history.
Wii U Round-Up - A look at the specs, the games, and the approach.
Fable: The Journey - interview with Molyneux, just before he nashed off.
25 Android Exclusives - Run down of best format-exclusive games.
Reisuke Ishida - explains his development ethos, and why shooting and rhythm action go hand-in-hand.

Discuss
Steam Engine - looks at rumours about Valve and set-top PC-in-a-box for its online game service.
Game Over For GAME - a look at possible knock-on consequences.
Xbox 360: Still Alive - look at argument suggesting that the machine is far from finished.

Retro
Making of WipEout
History of Games: 1990
30 Things We Love About C64 and Spectrum.

[QualityChimp]

Thanks, Prinny.

['Press Start']

Nice one drunken fist!

[Fader209]

From what I have read from people on here Ninja Gaiden 3 isn't THAT bad to be deserving a 4/10.

[ezee ryder]

Whilst I would probably give a 5 or 6, I can certainly see why GamesTM awarded it a 4/10. T'is a fair review of a (in my opinion) dated, clunky game.

[Dazzyman]

New TW is a poor cash cow this year? Loving NG3

[Neon Ignition]

The bigger release scores aren't too bad but the smaller ones like Mario Party 9, I Am Alive and Twisted Metal are just wrong

[Jay]

Didn't Rhythm Heaven Fever come out a while ago? Does this mean a EU release is imminent?

[EvilBoris]

New TW is a poor cash cow this year? Loving NG3

It's only a poor cash cow if it doesn't sell!

[25.05.2005]

Just wondering if those 'bookazines' ever come back in stock? I really want to get all the RETRO & Retro Gamers versions but they're all out of print...likely to come back?

Thanks

[Skull Commander]

From what I have read from people on here Ninja Gaiden 3 isn't THAT bad to be deserving a 4/10.

There is a demo on Xbox live now if you want to try it. For what it's worth after trying it a 4 seems fair, BUT it was only a demo.

[JU!]

From what I have read from people on here Ninja Gaiden 3 isn't THAT bad to be deserving a 4/10.

There is a demo on Xbox live now if you want to try it. For what it's worth after trying it a 4 seems fair, BUT it was only a demo.

Ninja Gaiden 3 from the demo at least seems as if the combat is button bash central, and the camera angles are truly awful. Especially when it zooms after every single kill! Maybe a 4 might be slightly too low but seems a 5 a max. Not sure how Tecmo got it so wrong really.

[Golgo]

Rhythm Heaven Fever! Forgot about that! Woot...