gamesTM Issue 17 *Official Thread*

[PeteJ]

Got it this morning...

Cover: Free Radical Design's Second Sight, which looks quite good. Nice exclusive there, and I look foward to TimeSplitters 3 next month

A small feature on mobile phone gaming.

A feature on game shows (ECTS, E3 etc)

Reviews:
Far Cry (PC) 8/10
Socom II (PS2) 6/10
MGS:TT (GC) 7/10
Bujingai (PS2) 8/10
Shining Soul II (GBA) 6/10
Battlefield Vietnam (PC) 7/10
Metroid Zero Mission (GBA) 8/10
Neighbours from hell 2 (PC) 7/10
Splinter Cell 2 (Xbox) 9/10
Ollie King (Arcade) 5/10
Sabre Wulf (GBA) 4/10
Champions of Norrath (PS2) 7/10
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2004 (GBA) 7/10
Romance of the three kingdoms VIII (PS2) 6/10
Fallout: Brotherhood of steel (Xbox) 6/10

[Commander Marklar]

Cover: Free Radical Design's Second Sight, which looks quite good. Nice exclusive there, and I look foward to TimeSplitters 3 next month

Nice! I should have mine today, looking forward to reading that. TimeSplitters 2 was brilliant!

Ollie King (Arcade) 5/10

Oof, kinda look forward to reading that too... any more info to tide me over?

[Geoff D]

Metroid Zero Mission (GBA) 8/10

Strider really did change his mind then

[PeteJ]

The Retro section is a lot bigger now, with its own feature (this month it is about Roms and emulation).

I was really looking foward to Ollie King also, but from the sounds of it the game is far too easy with almost zero depth. Oh well.

By the way gTM peeps, some of the screenshots are dreadful, just look at Breakdown on page 66! It's a complete mess of colour Rome: Total War looks stunning however...

[fatbatch]

Does it have the promised SquareEnix feature?

[PeteJ]

Nope, nothing on Square.

[Strider]

Metroid Zero Mission (GBA) 8/10

Strider really did change his mind then

heh, I always liked it, just wasn't happy with the shortness.

[TheShend]

What was the castlevania garlic, SotN quote and chicken in last months 'next issue' all about then?

Confusing me.

[martTM]

A small feature on mobile phone gaming.

They're PDAs, dammit - PDAs! ft:

Sorry. Got a bit angry there.

The Square thing didn't happen for reasons that should be patently obvious (if you've read past posts, of course) and the back page has been covered loads as well. If you haven't got it by now, there's no helping you...

[Rushy]

heh, I always liked it, just wasn't happy with the shortness.

To right, 3h 30 mins (with 80% collected aswell) on first attempt is taking the piss. Superb otherwise.

[Rushy]

Bujingai (PS2) 8/10

When is a US release expected? (if indeed at all)

[Geoff D]

Rushy - Gamefaqs have it down for May 2004; dunno how accurate that is, but it's definitely been announced for US release - called Bujingai:The Forbidden City

[fatbatch]

Which posts do I need to read to find why the Square feature couldn't be made? I've just gone through martTM's recent posts and couldn't find anything touching on this ...

[martTM]

I'll give you a clue - EDGE went. Bah.

[fatbatch]

That's a shame.

I hope they find out how much this is simply a business merger and how much a bringing together of talents. The main results I've seen so far are an ugly logo and the probable delaying of Final Fantasy XII ...