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Back when I were a lad, I used to read Edge an awful lot (I still do, come to that). It was my prime game-reviewing source - if Edge said a game was good, then that meant it was good, and if I liked the look of it then I might venture out and buy it.
This is the magazine that gets 5 million letters a week along the lines of "YOU SED THIS GAME WOS GOOD AND ITS CRAP YuO SUKC" and wonders why. Bluntly, I've bought more than a few games on the advice of that magazine which were *utter* rubbish. To name a few:
Formula One World Grand Prix - N64
Oh. My. God. Whoever rated this half-finished piece of rank £$!# 8/10 should be marched outside and shot. The alarm bells should have started ringing when ten laps into the race, after you've stopped crashing every corner, you can make up around a minute per lap on the cars in front. Remember the "Lets see that again!!" advert? Well the game was worse.
Turok 2 - N64
A bloody unplayable mess of a game. It looked nice, but by the time I got to level 4 it made me almost physically sick to play. Maybe something to do with the 4 hours mindless drudgery between adjacent save spots.
GoldenEye - N64
A bit controversial this one, but I never liked GoldenEye, not one tiny little iota. Repeat after me - FPS DO NOT WORK ON CONSOLES IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FORM. One of the few games I have to completely re-learn the controls of every time I play it.
Urban Strike - SNES
I can't remember what score this got in Total!, but it was too high for a game that was basically still in alpha development. Optimisation? Speed? What are they?
Do share experiences of the games you've taken home, then wished you hadn't.
This is the magazine that gets 5 million letters a week along the lines of "YOU SED THIS GAME WOS GOOD AND ITS CRAP YuO SUKC" and wonders why. Bluntly, I've bought more than a few games on the advice of that magazine which were *utter* rubbish. To name a few:
Formula One World Grand Prix - N64
Oh. My. God. Whoever rated this half-finished piece of rank £$!# 8/10 should be marched outside and shot. The alarm bells should have started ringing when ten laps into the race, after you've stopped crashing every corner, you can make up around a minute per lap on the cars in front. Remember the "Lets see that again!!" advert? Well the game was worse.
Turok 2 - N64
A bloody unplayable mess of a game. It looked nice, but by the time I got to level 4 it made me almost physically sick to play. Maybe something to do with the 4 hours mindless drudgery between adjacent save spots.
GoldenEye - N64
A bit controversial this one, but I never liked GoldenEye, not one tiny little iota. Repeat after me - FPS DO NOT WORK ON CONSOLES IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FORM. One of the few games I have to completely re-learn the controls of every time I play it.
Urban Strike - SNES
I can't remember what score this got in Total!, but it was too high for a game that was basically still in alpha development. Optimisation? Speed? What are they?
Do share experiences of the games you've taken home, then wished you hadn't.
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foofing Frank Herberts Dune for the PC! i liked the bood and the games quite a bit, but that was so totally poor that i ended up loosing several pints in eye milk
Smerc wrote:
> I am not suprised why you didn't like them due to that they were on
> the N64 and SNES.
Please don't post in my presence again.
> I am not suprised why you didn't like them due to that they were on
> the N64 and SNES.
Please don't post in my presence again.
Slaps Kyz22.
FOOL!
FOOL!
maddmun wrote:
> what!!!!!!!!!!! Urban Strike was amazing!
Not on the SNES it wasn't. It crawled along at a snails pace compared to Jungle and Desert strike. I just remember it as looking like it still had 4 months of development left to do on it.
> what!!!!!!!!!!! Urban Strike was amazing!
Not on the SNES it wasn't. It crawled along at a snails pace compared to Jungle and Desert strike. I just remember it as looking like it still had 4 months of development left to do on it.
I am not suprised why you didn't like them due to that they were on the N64 and SNES.
Miserableman wrote:
> Urban Strike - SNES
>
> I can't remember what score this got in Total!, but it was too high
> for a game that was basically still in alpha development.
> Optimisation? Speed? What are they?
what!!!!!!!!!!! Urban Strike was amazing!
> Urban Strike - SNES
>
> I can't remember what score this got in Total!, but it was too high
> for a game that was basically still in alpha development.
> Optimisation? Speed? What are they?
what!!!!!!!!!!! Urban Strike was amazing!
Yeh, Edge can get it the other way around too. I don't recall them ever giving any Blizzard game more than a one page review, and they gave Starcraft 7/10. Hello? Just the best RTS the world will ever see?
I've never forgiven Edge for giving Final Fantasy X 6 out of 10. It makes you think that their reviewers need a good kick up the backside to bring them up to date with the rest of the gaming community, they seem to base all their judgements on games being reviewed to gameplay in SNES games that were released over 12 years ago.
The good thing is, because Edge hardly ever get it right, if they say a game is bad you should buy it because it'll probably turn out to be a good one.
There's quite a few games I've regretted buying:
Jonah Lomu Rugby on the Megadrive, which never actually worked, you just got a fuzzy screen.
Oni for the PS2, which, whilst being revolutionary in gameplay ideas I found just too hard to control (me getting old I suppose).
And Army Men RTS. I'm actually a big fan of the first Army Men game that came out on the PSX, and I liked the thought that I was different to everyone else. But then Army Men RTS on the PS2 made me join the club. I'm glad 3DO have promised not to release any more of the series on the PS2 in future. (They're releasing them on the Gamecube instead hahahaha).
The good thing is, because Edge hardly ever get it right, if they say a game is bad you should buy it because it'll probably turn out to be a good one.
There's quite a few games I've regretted buying:
Jonah Lomu Rugby on the Megadrive, which never actually worked, you just got a fuzzy screen.
Oni for the PS2, which, whilst being revolutionary in gameplay ideas I found just too hard to control (me getting old I suppose).
And Army Men RTS. I'm actually a big fan of the first Army Men game that came out on the PSX, and I liked the thought that I was different to everyone else. But then Army Men RTS on the PS2 made me join the club. I'm glad 3DO have promised not to release any more of the series on the PS2 in future. (They're releasing them on the Gamecube instead hahahaha).
none cause i read notable reviews and some regulars and srs so i havent regreted anything
Goldeneye was buzzing, literally. It was a classic came. I regret buying Eternal darkness on the cube, sucks.
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