EGM November Scores and Rumors Viva Pinata Ds== Spore B+

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First biggest rumor there would be - Kojima wants to make a FPS game. Has been seen talking to Infinity Ward, Guerilla Games, and Treyarch. The biggest downfall to that is he is asking Treyarch!

Cover Story: Resident Evil 5

The next month section doesn't mention the cover story. It just says "It's a secret to everybody (except us) and has a picture of a sundial in a field of flowers. It also says it's a Manhattan sized announcement.


Also Batman: Arkham Asylum, Prototype and reviews for Gears of War 2, Guitar Hero:World Tour, Resistance 2, Saint's Row 2, SOCOM: Confrontation, Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, and Spider-man: Web of Shadows.

Features/Previews:

- Foreign Object - Thunder Force VI
- Monster Hunter PSP online at last through PS3
- The return of co-op and where it's headed
- Far Cry 2
- 5 things you need to know about R2's co-op campaign
- Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers for Wii and Bikini Samurai Squad for 360
- The House of the Dead: Overkill
- Seanbaby's rest of the crap - reviewing games based on their box
- Retronauts - History of co-op games, good and bad
- Blu-Ray section
- Videogame politicians

Rumors:

- Devil May Cry ****Strider game
- Lucas Arts handing Rogue Squadron rights to new publisher. All games released on one Wii disk with enhanced visuals and Wii controls.
- Kojima wants to make a FPS game. Has been seen talking to Infinity Ward, Guerilla Games, and Treyarch
- Fast domestic release of the Disgaea side scroller
- non-Sony property LittleBigPlanet DLC coming very soon including Disney and characters from 3rd party games
- Every single 2009 PSP game will also be offered as a download

Reviews:

Wario Land: Shake it! - C+, A-, C+
Good: ****c Wario playability, sumptuous artwork
Bad: Lackluster levels, tired design

De Blob - B
Good: Simple, colorful fun
Bad: Too-similar levels, unnecessary motion controls

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - B+, B-, B
Good: Endlessly satisfying destruction
Bad: Gimped co-op, lacks polish

Megaman 9 - B+
Good: Old-school aesthetic and challenge
Bad: Difficulty sometimes borders on masochistic

Silent Hill: Homecoming - B, C+, B-
Good: Silent Hill never looked so good
Bad: Slow framerate, clunky controls

Fracture - C-
Good: Terraforming works well enough
Bad: Ridiculously derivative

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - B
Good: Solid controls, addictive leveling system, amazing re-creation of LA
Bad: inconsistent difficulty, some visual glitches and framerate

NBA Live 09 - B
Good: Daily roster updates
Bad: Way too many blocks

NBA 2K9 - A-
Good: 5-on-5 online games
Bad: Complicated controls

FIFA 09 - B+
Good: Improves a lot of stuff that FIFA 09 did wrong
Bad: Goalkeeper A.I. is still frustratingly incompetent

Infinite Undiscovery - B, B, C+
Good: Seamless real-time battles
Bad: Clunky menus and interfaces

Rock Band 2 - A-, A-, A
Good: Enormous setlist
Bad: Unlocking songs is taxing

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood - A GOTM
Good: Fantastic action-lite RPG in the spirit of Super Mario RPG series
Bad: BioWare's buyout by EA may mean no sequels

The Legend of Kage 2 - B-
Good: ****c ninja gameplay
Bad: Rudimentary level design

Away: Shuffle Dungeon - B-
Good: Clever core gimmick with solid action on top
Bad: Not much going on beyond the gimmick

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - A-
Good: Deep gameplay, spooky graphics and music
Bad: Confusing puzzles, cut-and-paste levels

Kirby: Super Star Ultra - A-
Good: Plenty of powers to absorb
Bad: Forgettable DS-specific features

Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise - B+
Good: Addictive as always!
Bad: Addictive as always...

Star Ocean: The First Departure - B+
Good: Addictive item creation, relationship bulding
Bad: Archaic storyline and presentation

Spore - B+
Good: Seeing you and your buddies' creations
Bad: An imperfect mix of genre
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AWAY: Shuffle Dungeon gets a B-. :o Very nice! Can't wait for that one.
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Its September not November:D
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AWAY: Shuffle Dungeon gets a B-. :o Very nice! Can't wait for that one.BioShockOwnz

And from EGM :D

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#5 PS3Breeder
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AWAY: Shuffle Dungeon gets a B-. :o Very nice! Can't wait for that one.BioShockOwnz

And from EGM :D

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#6 Chutebox
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Kojima wants to make a FPS game. Has been seen talking to Infinity Ward, Guerilla Games, and Treyarch

This is both good and bad. I'd rather him do another genre but it's good he's looking for something new.

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Away: Shuffle Dungeon got a great score. Can't wait for the game. Its gameplay mechanics are just awesome :)
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#8 deactivated-63f6895020e66
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Another month that the DS pawns.
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tc should slap himself before he knocks treyarch. have you seen any vids of waw? the game looks fantastic. in fact, i'll say the new co-op vids look to be up there with iw quality.

cod3 was developed in 10 months on 5 consoles across 2 gens. bro was developed in 11 months on 3 systems. true, compared to iw work, they were extremely lacking but look at the time they were given. waw has had 2 years and is being built on a pre existing engine so i'm thinking that it'll be miles better than both of their previous attempts.

so tc, i guess my point is know the facts before you make stupid comments like the one you made above. treyarch is a great dev for being b list and don't deserve half the crap they get from ppl like you.

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DMC-Style Strider Game!!!!!:shock::shock::shock:

Please. Make it happen.

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#11 StingerVXIII
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For the love of god, Konami's 1 game exclusively for PS3 better not be a FPS. Unless, he takes Metal Gear in another direction. I can imagine playing a Metal Gear game in 1st person with all the classic Metal Gear aspects still in tact. Or it could be Snatcher or Policenauts.
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"non-Sony property LittleBigPlanet DLC coming very soon including Disney and characters from 3rd party games"

This is the second time I heard this rumor from another source ( the source also said there is a possibility of a God Of War level for Kratos also ) so I think it is not bogus and it is very believable.

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Kojima + Infinity Ward = unbelievable amounts of epicness.

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The reason I still subscribe to EGM is because of their trustyworthyness (if thats a word). I really like their review staff and they have some great stories.
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Another month that the DS pawns.IronBass

Yeah...I might be buying more DS games this quarter than console games. Castlevania looks to be good, I might get Sonic if it gets good reviews other than this one, and Kirby looks pretty good. Add to that my possibility of picking up Disgaea DS, and fun times there shall be.

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Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood - A GOTM
Good: Fantastic action-lite RPG in the spirit of Super Mario RPG series
Bad: BioWare's buyout by EA may mean no sequels

Wow :O

Surprised by that.

Not surprised by Castlevania or AWAY, both look great.

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Didn't expect Sonic Chronicles as GOTM, and I heard a lot of good things from fans. Maybe I will pick it up.
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Infinity ward with kojima?!?! OMG

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[QUOTE="IronBass"]Another month that the DS pawns.Nirron

Yeah...I might be buying more DS games this quarter than console games. Castlevania looks to be good, I might get Sonic if it gets good reviews other than this one, and Kirby looks pretty good. Add to that my possibility of picking up Disgaea DS, and fun times there shall be.

Same here.

Castlevania, Chrono Trigger, Metal Slug 7, Kirby.

And there are still a lot that must be given a release date outside Japan.

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Megaman 9 - B+
Good: Old-school aesthetic and challenge
Bad: Difficulty sometimes borders on masochistic.PS3Breeder
OMG, what a noob. Seriously, Mega Man 9 isn't THAT hard. I managed to play trough it in one sitting, and it took me maybe two hous the first time. The second time it took me one hour. Seriously. You make me sick!