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I'm sorry, it does. I thought any hopes Nintendo had of a sudden swift reversal in fortunes were insanely optimistic and that a few of the dedicated Ninties on these forums were getting carried away with the slight sales boost Nintendo experienced...and this proves it.
Sure, Nintendo will pick up sales with Mario Kart and F Zero, but the company was haemoraghing money at an alarming rate when the machine was 129.99 let alone 79.99 or 99.99 with the Mariokart bundle.
On another note, the new OXM is well worth a purchase, and has the following demos (all playable)
Project Gotham 2 (!)
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
Magic The Gathering Battlegrounds
Metal Arms
Midtown MAdness 3
SSX3
Kao The Kangaroo 2
ESPN NHL Hockey
Plus running demo videos of other titles.
Reviews wise it must be the BEST month ever since launch, I don't know about anyone else but there seems to be a sudden tidal wave of quality titles emerging, and it's not over yet
LOTR Return Of The King 8.5
PGR2 9.3
Crimson Skies 8.9
Broken Sword 9.0
Metal Arms 9.0
Amped 2 8.9
Rainbow Six 3 9.4
Grabbed By the Ghoulies 8.9
Top Spin 9.0
These are the best but there are plenty more reviews, notably SWAT GST and Dynasty Warriors 4 fail to live up to expectations, though in SWAT's case the blame is on Rainbow -why have silver when gold costs the same eh ?
SSX also gets (I think) 7.9 but you'd be daft to buy it when you can get Amped 2, with LIVE play.
This issue also sees the roll out of Microsoft's XSN games.
I'm sorry, it does. I thought any hopes Nintendo had of a sudden swift reversal in fortunes were insanely optimistic and that a few of the dedicated Ninties on these forums were getting carried away with the slight sales boost Nintendo experienced...and this proves it.
Sure, Nintendo will pick up sales with Mario Kart and F Zero, but the company was haemoraghing money at an alarming rate when the machine was 129.99 let alone 79.99 or 99.99 with the Mariokart bundle.
On another note, the new OXM is well worth a purchase, and has the following demos (all playable)
Project Gotham 2 (!)
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
Magic The Gathering Battlegrounds
Metal Arms
Midtown MAdness 3
SSX3
Kao The Kangaroo 2
ESPN NHL Hockey
Plus running demo videos of other titles.
Reviews wise it must be the BEST month ever since launch, I don't know about anyone else but there seems to be a sudden tidal wave of quality titles emerging, and it's not over yet
LOTR Return Of The King 8.5
PGR2 9.3
Crimson Skies 8.9
Broken Sword 9.0
Metal Arms 9.0
Amped 2 8.9
Rainbow Six 3 9.4
Grabbed By the Ghoulies 8.9
Top Spin 9.0
These are the best but there are plenty more reviews, notably SWAT GST and Dynasty Warriors 4 fail to live up to expectations, though in SWAT's case the blame is on Rainbow -why have silver when gold costs the same eh ?
SSX also gets (I think) 7.9 but you'd be daft to buy it when you can get Amped 2, with LIVE play.
This issue also sees the roll out of Microsoft's XSN games.
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How did it run? When the decision to go from 60 fps to 30 fps was made there was near rioting on the Bizarre Creations forum.
Last time round all the scenery was just bitmapped, this time it's real time rendered. It would just have taken longer for the first to be made otherwise. Plus they needed time to get to grips with the hardware.
Last time round all the scenery was just bitmapped, this time it's real time rendered. It would just have taken longer for the first to be made otherwise. Plus they needed time to get to grips with the hardware.
The PGR2 demo is funking awesome. Improvements made all round on the original PGR. Environments now look as detailed as the cars (makes me wonder why they didn't do it first time round), cars handle better, new radio features, visual and audio improvements + loads of other features. Can't wait for this one!
Wish I had seen this yesterday, because I would have bought it and played a PGR 2 demo by now.
To be honest, those scores are fairly close to what I expected. Grabbed by the ghoulies looks different.
To be honest, those scores are fairly close to what I expected. Grabbed by the ghoulies looks different.
Belldandy wrote:
>> Reviews wise it must be the BEST month ever since launch, I don't
> know about anyone else but there seems to be a sudden tidal wave of
> quality titles emerging, and it's not over yet
>
> LOTR Return Of The King 8.5
> PGR2 9.3
> Crimson Skies 8.9
> Broken Sword 9.0
> Metal Arms 9.0
> Amped 2 8.9
> Rainbow Six 3 9.4
> Grabbed By the Ghoulies 8.9
> Top Spin 9.0
>
Er, this is OXM.........
>> Reviews wise it must be the BEST month ever since launch, I don't
> know about anyone else but there seems to be a sudden tidal wave of
> quality titles emerging, and it's not over yet
>
> LOTR Return Of The King 8.5
> PGR2 9.3
> Crimson Skies 8.9
> Broken Sword 9.0
> Metal Arms 9.0
> Amped 2 8.9
> Rainbow Six 3 9.4
> Grabbed By the Ghoulies 8.9
> Top Spin 9.0
>
Er, this is OXM.........
Tis strange this business is it not?
I actually cannot be bothered to get an XBox, as I can't get LIVE, and without it seems totally pointless.
Ah well.
I actually cannot be bothered to get an XBox, as I can't get LIVE, and without it seems totally pointless.
Ah well.
Well the SSx 3 demo sucks.
Mario Kart is all that interests me until Resident Evil 4 and Metal Gear: Twin Snakes.
I barely have time for non Live games these days so other than Simpsons Hit and Run, I haven't touched my Cube for a while.
Really wanna pick up F-Zero, Viewtiful Joe, Mario Kart: DD, 1080 Avalanche and a few others, but just don't have the funds or time to play them at the moment. Will most likely get a couple for Xmas and wait a while for the rest.
Really wanna pick up F-Zero, Viewtiful Joe, Mario Kart: DD, 1080 Avalanche and a few others, but just don't have the funds or time to play them at the moment. Will most likely get a couple for Xmas and wait a while for the rest.
At one point the Xbox was seriously lacking top exclusive titles and the Cube came in handy. Now however the Xbox has got some serious kick a*s titles and along with LIVE I just don't want to touch my Cube outside of VJ.
ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> SSX games are over hyped EA spin offs. Didnd't expect anything more
> from a company which continually disappoints in one form another.
Judging from the reviews I've read in other magazines and on the internet of SSX3, I'd say the low score is more likely down to EA and Microsoft not getting on and also to make Amped 2 look even better next to the competition.
I'll be getting Amped 2 for the Live play, but SSX3 is still looking like a damn good game.
> SSX games are over hyped EA spin offs. Didnd't expect anything more
> from a company which continually disappoints in one form another.
Judging from the reviews I've read in other magazines and on the internet of SSX3, I'd say the low score is more likely down to EA and Microsoft not getting on and also to make Amped 2 look even better next to the competition.
I'll be getting Amped 2 for the Live play, but SSX3 is still looking like a damn good game.
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