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"Final Fantasy is back!"

And I haven't got it yet...

I'm in a bit of a predicament you see... I haven't completed Prince of Persia yet, haven't even put Beyond good and Evil into the system and have just bought Resident Evil: Code Veronica.

But I will get it soon, maybe today... it has been getting favourable reviews despite the negative previews and it does look like damn good fun. Especially as I have 2 GBA's. Anyone got it yet?

Any good?

Recommended?

Maybe I should play some games... but Homework is more important.

Oh well.

I hear it works just fine.

I still think it's gonna feel strange controlling a gorgeous looking Gamecube game with an old GBA, with the ancient old D-pad and choice of only a few buttons, but never mind.

Totoro wrote:
> Mine came this morning, and I'll hopefully be playing it in 3-player
> tonight.

Same here, except I've just gone out and bought it.

Now I've got to negotiate this hurdle commonly known as work...

Yeah I guess so. Everyone has their own opinion of what makes a game fun; sometimes technical factors like long loading times do spoil the game, but if you're not bothered by it then I guess you have more choice then the picky ones :)

The Edge reviews are the ones that are most suited to me, especially comapred with every other mag I've read so far... occasionally it does bring up points which I don't really care about, so if they penalised the game for that, I automatically raise its score a bit - kind of like a personal review modifier (I just made that term up).

There were only two reviews which I completely disagreed on in Edge - Halo (definitely not worth the 10/10, personally I think they were bribed by MS), and Super Smash Bros Melee - in both single and multiplayer the game was amazing.

From what I'd imagine, if you play alone in single player it won't be anything special, but multi-player, if you have the right amount of friends/relatives, GBA's and GBA link cables, you'll get a lot more out of it.

Mine came this morning, and I'll hopefully be playing it in 3-player tonight.

Yeah but they criticise game on the technical factors...

It's like those that complain Mario Sunshine was rubbish because they game didn't have the original landscapes and items of the mario universe...

What a crap reason, games deserve high scores if they're fun... every magazine knows it... there are degrees of "goodness" but a good game is a good game... no matter how many technical problems it has. Like XIII, Games TM knocked it for the long loading times, unskippable cut scenes and occasionally too long distances between save points...

Of course missing the point it is one of the FPS' of the generation...

No they're good because their reviews are on the basis of a marking scale different to every other magazine out there. 6/10 is actually a good score, despite being slated in their review.

The way they review most games is also different to other mags; with nearly every Edge review I've read, it brings into account whether it will still be interesting a few months down the line, after the initial excitement has gone.

They're supposed to be so great because of their wonderful lay out etc... and in depth reviews... but the reviewer is the key to the review... so any magazine's opinion is correct...

Bar Cube who barley play the game.

Edge and Games TM were less than glowing about it though... but I'm beginning to wonder what those two magazines actually do think is a good game...

Well NGC gave it 86% which is a good score, NOM gave it a high score can't remember what and CUBE gave it 9.0... another great score.