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Prince of Persia 2: The Warrior Within
Following on from an awesome original, this sequel has expanded the combo's and upped the gore levels. It ran very smoothly on the console versions. The prince still has the powers of the sands of time, and I only played a 35% complete version - but well.. this game just looks superb and I'm really looking forward to it
Preview rating: 9/10
URL: [URL]http://www.princeofpersiagame.com/teaser/us/index.php[/URL]
Halo 2:
Well, the only reason I'm still keeping my Xbox, after lending it to Hybrid-Halo for a huge number of months is this game, and I played it for about 45mins. To be honest guys, I know you all can't wait for this game, but its not that great... especially compared to the likes of Doom3. Infact, compared to Doom3, Halo 2 isn't actually fun, its more like a chore, and the only reason I continued to play it was for a cool gaming moment. Sure, its more realistic, and I'm only talking about the multi-player mode I blazed on for near an hour. Its just more of the same, and again.. compared to Doom 3.... Roll on Half Life 2 I guess?
Preview rating: 4/10
URL: [URL]http://www.bungie.net/Games/Halo2/[/URL]
Playboy: The Game
Hehe, well I couldnt turn down going into the little Playboy Mansion that was built now could I? Interesting game, you can arrange photoshoots with
Playboy girls and you have to manage the whole Playboy empire including the magazines etc. A lot like a mix between The Sims and Sim City. Suprisingly, I was quite impressed... although I was being shown the game by two playbunnies.
Preview rating: 6/10
URL: [URL]http://www.playhef.com/main.htm[/URL]
Burnout 3:
Really great fun, they've improved the realism and I guess the current consoles are now finishing their run in the market, they seem to have made Burnout 3 the most realistic of all the racing games. It's a great drive and the crashes you can simulate now. Well you can crash and still continue depending on your cars damage! Great
Preview rating: 6/10
URL: [URL]http://www.eagames.com/official/burnout/burnout3/us/home.jsp[/URL]
Metroid Prime 2:
Mostly superb stuff by Nintendo, but sadly its more of the same hit and miss combination of controls incorporated into the first Metroid Prime. The audience will be very divided by this title, but the multiplayer was very Goldeneye esque. And the graphics are up there with the likes of Halo 2. However, I'm very biased towards the Metroid series, as I think the storylines are deep and immersive. Hence the preview rating being upped a few
Preview rating: 7/10
URL: [URL]http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-1699&[/URL]
Timesplitters 3 :Future Perfect
I thought TS2 was an excellent game, I still play it well passed its release and its a console FPS that is built to work on a console, and not try and be a PC fps. It's fun, arcadey and just insane in the multiplayer modes. I walked into the booth to play it with baited breath. All the regular characters were their, throwing themselves through portals and the whatnot. They seem to have introduced a more arcade Time Crisis feel to the series, the graphics have had a new overhaul and I'm really really looking forward to picking this up on release date.
Excellent series! Well worthy of having a couple of sequels.
Preview rating: 8/10
URL: [URL]http://www.eagames.com/redesign/games/ps2/timesplitters/home.jsp[/URL]
Ubisoft and Nintendo put on the best shows and best booths. Crowded with people throughout the three days. After a extensive play earlier this summer of the NintendoDS - I'm really looking forward to that handhelds release... but that consoles another story!
Hope you enjoyed some of those reads :)
Following on from an awesome original, this sequel has expanded the combo's and upped the gore levels. It ran very smoothly on the console versions. The prince still has the powers of the sands of time, and I only played a 35% complete version - but well.. this game just looks superb and I'm really looking forward to it
Preview rating: 9/10
URL: [URL]http://www.princeofpersiagame.com/teaser/us/index.php[/URL]
Halo 2:
Well, the only reason I'm still keeping my Xbox, after lending it to Hybrid-Halo for a huge number of months is this game, and I played it for about 45mins. To be honest guys, I know you all can't wait for this game, but its not that great... especially compared to the likes of Doom3. Infact, compared to Doom3, Halo 2 isn't actually fun, its more like a chore, and the only reason I continued to play it was for a cool gaming moment. Sure, its more realistic, and I'm only talking about the multi-player mode I blazed on for near an hour. Its just more of the same, and again.. compared to Doom 3.... Roll on Half Life 2 I guess?
Preview rating: 4/10
URL: [URL]http://www.bungie.net/Games/Halo2/[/URL]
Playboy: The Game
Hehe, well I couldnt turn down going into the little Playboy Mansion that was built now could I? Interesting game, you can arrange photoshoots with
Playboy girls and you have to manage the whole Playboy empire including the magazines etc. A lot like a mix between The Sims and Sim City. Suprisingly, I was quite impressed... although I was being shown the game by two playbunnies.
Preview rating: 6/10
URL: [URL]http://www.playhef.com/main.htm[/URL]
Burnout 3:
Really great fun, they've improved the realism and I guess the current consoles are now finishing their run in the market, they seem to have made Burnout 3 the most realistic of all the racing games. It's a great drive and the crashes you can simulate now. Well you can crash and still continue depending on your cars damage! Great
Preview rating: 6/10
URL: [URL]http://www.eagames.com/official/burnout/burnout3/us/home.jsp[/URL]
Metroid Prime 2:
Mostly superb stuff by Nintendo, but sadly its more of the same hit and miss combination of controls incorporated into the first Metroid Prime. The audience will be very divided by this title, but the multiplayer was very Goldeneye esque. And the graphics are up there with the likes of Halo 2. However, I'm very biased towards the Metroid series, as I think the storylines are deep and immersive. Hence the preview rating being upped a few
Preview rating: 7/10
URL: [URL]http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=m-Game-0000-1699&[/URL]
Timesplitters 3 :Future Perfect
I thought TS2 was an excellent game, I still play it well passed its release and its a console FPS that is built to work on a console, and not try and be a PC fps. It's fun, arcadey and just insane in the multiplayer modes. I walked into the booth to play it with baited breath. All the regular characters were their, throwing themselves through portals and the whatnot. They seem to have introduced a more arcade Time Crisis feel to the series, the graphics have had a new overhaul and I'm really really looking forward to picking this up on release date.
Excellent series! Well worthy of having a couple of sequels.
Preview rating: 8/10
URL: [URL]http://www.eagames.com/redesign/games/ps2/timesplitters/home.jsp[/URL]
Ubisoft and Nintendo put on the best shows and best booths. Crowded with people throughout the three days. After a extensive play earlier this summer of the NintendoDS - I'm really looking forward to that handhelds release... but that consoles another story!
Hope you enjoyed some of those reads :)
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Playboy: 6/10
Halo 2: 4/10
RRRRight.
Halo 2: 4/10
RRRRight.
ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> You are all blinkered.
>
> What about Half Life, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Thief: The Dark
> Age/Metal Age, Doom, Ultimate Doom, Hidden and Dangerous?! Even
> Riddick...
>
Right now only one of them is a console FPS.
> You are all blinkered.
>
> What about Half Life, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Thief: The Dark
> Age/Metal Age, Doom, Ultimate Doom, Hidden and Dangerous?! Even
> Riddick...
>
Right now only one of them is a console FPS.
Bonus wrote:
> Doom 3 is about atmosphere and experience, TS3 is about achieving
> objectives.
Silly me thought they were about having fun.
Damn.
> Doom 3 is about atmosphere and experience, TS3 is about achieving
> objectives.
Silly me thought they were about having fun.
Damn.
Bonus wrote:
> Oh, I can't agree that TS3 would be *better* than Doom 3, different,
> but hard to say better.
Again I clearly said best "console FPS"... and the Doom franchise is a PC FPS.
Timesplitters is so much fun and there maybe no story driven adventure but the challenge mode/arcade league was/is/always will be the most fun I've had with a first person shooter.
> Oh, I can't agree that TS3 would be *better* than Doom 3, different,
> but hard to say better.
Again I clearly said best "console FPS"... and the Doom franchise is a PC FPS.
Timesplitters is so much fun and there maybe no story driven adventure but the challenge mode/arcade league was/is/always will be the most fun I've had with a first person shooter.
Creepy wrote:
> Playboy: 6/10
>
> Halo 2: 4/10
>
>
> RRRRight.
*Whispers* Psst Nintendo Forum.
> Playboy: 6/10
>
> Halo 2: 4/10
>
>
> RRRRight.
*Whispers* Psst Nintendo Forum.
Dringo wrote:
> No you are very wrong, the team behind Timesplitters pretty much
> invented the successful aim feature.
and then removed it from TS2 which is why noone has any fun getting headshots in multiplayer or bothering to shoot at different limbs, trying to kill someone by shooting the edge of their hand in one hit kills would be a mammoth task with the crappy accuracy now employed.
>
> A: Halo is just a polished all round FPS, why it is so popular I'll
> never know.
Because every fibre of your being is wrong? Try playing it on different difficulty settings and see how much your tactics and approach have to change, how about decent vehicles, accuracy and large outdoor environments for a start? How about a frickin' story for pete's sake!?
>
> B: PD is techincally better but the change in graphics, speed and
> handling means that all modern day FPS' beat it.
Yes, I can really see Mace Griffin toppling PD... erm no. Best offline multiplayer in any FPS bar none.
>
> C: Goldeneye spawned Timesplitters, it is a legend.
Yes and Timesplitters is like the shunned retarded cousin of Goldeneye with all of the really good bits taken out. An absolute shell of a game.
> No you are very wrong, the team behind Timesplitters pretty much
> invented the successful aim feature.
and then removed it from TS2 which is why noone has any fun getting headshots in multiplayer or bothering to shoot at different limbs, trying to kill someone by shooting the edge of their hand in one hit kills would be a mammoth task with the crappy accuracy now employed.
>
> A: Halo is just a polished all round FPS, why it is so popular I'll
> never know.
Because every fibre of your being is wrong? Try playing it on different difficulty settings and see how much your tactics and approach have to change, how about decent vehicles, accuracy and large outdoor environments for a start? How about a frickin' story for pete's sake!?
>
> B: PD is techincally better but the change in graphics, speed and
> handling means that all modern day FPS' beat it.
Yes, I can really see Mace Griffin toppling PD... erm no. Best offline multiplayer in any FPS bar none.
>
> C: Goldeneye spawned Timesplitters, it is a legend.
Yes and Timesplitters is like the shunned retarded cousin of Goldeneye with all of the really good bits taken out. An absolute shell of a game.
Dringo wrote:
> Right now only one of them is a console FPS.
Wrong, 3 of them are.
> Right now only one of them is a console FPS.
Wrong, 3 of them are.
Doom 3 on Xbox in November..........
Clearly a console FPS, no?? :D
Clearly a console FPS, no?? :D
Hedfix wrote:
> and then removed it from TS2 which is why noone has any fun getting
> headshots in multiplayer or bothering to shoot at different limbs,
> trying to kill someone by shooting the edge of their hand in one hit
> kills would be a mammoth task with the crappy accuracy now employed.
Funny, I seem to have this weird ability to be able to hit what I aim at in that game. Maybe you just suck.
> and then removed it from TS2 which is why noone has any fun getting
> headshots in multiplayer or bothering to shoot at different limbs,
> trying to kill someone by shooting the edge of their hand in one hit
> kills would be a mammoth task with the crappy accuracy now employed.
Funny, I seem to have this weird ability to be able to hit what I aim at in that game. Maybe you just suck.
in comparison to most games, the aiming in TS2 is quite twitchy and rubbish.
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