By "industry-changing" gameplay, I believe the TC meant that never before have we seen a physics engine do what SMG does. Yeah, go ahead bring up Crysis and other games with amazing physics, but are you running around small planets in those games? Each with their own gravitational pull? I Don't think so.

The developing in that physics engine for SMG must have taken so much time.

I brought my mom in to see the Good Egg Galaxy. I walked over to the edge and she was like "Yikes don't fall off." And I just totally did a leaping jump over the edge, being hauled around safely to the other side. It feels so good to do that.

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Those physics have already been implemented in exactly the same way in other games, although maybe not for the entire duration of the game. A lot of sheep seem to be blinded by the Mario franchise and are unwilling to admit that, yes, the game has a lot of variety and is a lot of fun but is not "revolutionary" in the slightest. It's just another Mario platformer.

Probably has a lot to do with the fact that God of War 3 is going to be shown soon and Heavenly Sword is very similar. There's really no point in releasing two games that are almost exactly the same and it's obvious which one would have suffered in sales (HS2).

It seems to me like Sony is finally cleaning up house, getting rid of some exclusives which won't deliver on what they promised, and redirecting the manpower to more worthy titles. Don't make any judgments until E3 because I bet Sony has quite a few tricks up its sleeve.

I can't believe lemmings are trying to use Eurogamer scores the damage control is reaching epic proportions.

Also, anybody that claims MGS4 is overrated and then says GTA4 is deserving of a 10 must be blind. GTA4 has an amazing presentation but it falls pretty flat gameplay wise. Both games have their flaws but reviewers viewed them as the epitome of their respective genres, deal with it and move on.

it's simple: it's a term used by self proclaimed harcores to make them feel more "manly" and a cut above everyone else. it has no meaning at allcrunchUK

Not true at all. Hardcore gamers can typically pick up the controller and beat any casual gamer with their first go at a game. "Hardcore" gamers have just played enough games to generally excel at them no matter what genre it may be.

[QUOTE="VoxteX"][QUOTE="Rougehunter"][QUOTE="DisPimpin"][QUOTE="Rougehunter"][QUOTE="vicmackey39"]

The sheep are too busy playing mario and mario party or mario kart rehashes

quality third party games can't compete with inferior rehashes of old Nintendo games

Rougehunter

Are you trying to tell me SMG, Mario Kart, Brawl, Resident Evil 4, Okami, Super Paper Mario, No More Heroes, and Metroid couldn't have been done last gen? Oh wait, every single one of those games WAS done last gen except for No More Heroes. Adding in a gimmicky "use the pointer to grab stars" or "waggle the stick to do a twirl" does not mean the game couldn't have been done last gen. It simply replaces button presses and using the joystick to aim.

Stop drooling over Nintendo they didn't innovate nearly as much as you dream they did.

Well you called it "last gen gameplay" implying that the Nintendo Wii has "next gen gameplay" and I completely disagree. It's just a new controller scheme and the gameplay hasn't changed at all. THAT was the point I tried to make.

[QUOTE="DisPimpin"][QUOTE="Rougehunter"][QUOTE="vicmackey39"]

The sheep are too busy playing mario and mario party or mario kart rehashes

quality third party games can't compete with inferior rehashes of old Nintendo games

Rougehunter

Are you trying to tell me SMG, Mario Kart, Brawl, Resident Evil 4, Okami, Super Paper Mario, No More Heroes, and Metroid couldn't have been done last gen? Oh wait, every single one of those games WAS done last gen except for No More Heroes. Adding in a gimmicky "use the pointer to grab stars" or "waggle the stick to do a twirl" does not mean the game couldn't have been done last gen. It simply replaces button presses and using the joystick to aim.

Stop drooling over Nintendo they didn't innovate nearly as much as you dream they did.

Also the bolded part in your quote is such a joke. Other than graphics or anything technical? That's like basically saying "other than gimmicky waggle and IR pointer". Generation to generation the advancement has always been simply graphical and technical and nobody has ever complained. Suddenly Nintendo comes out with some stupid control scheme that causes a few gimmicky games to be made and it's now "next-gen". Sheep are delusional.

[QUOTE="AaronHullLfc"][QUOTE="StreetRacer91"]Halo 3, Mass Effect, and Bioshock deserved 10s in my opinion.StreetRacer91

Yeah I think Halo 3 definitely deserves it. It had a great singleplayer and great multiplayer, but people just love to hate it for some reason. But if not Mass Effect I think Bioshock should have gotten it if a Metal Gear game and GTA got 10s.

We don't love to hate it and it definitely is not a 10.0 game. 9.5 was a fair score for when it was released.

Now, let's see some basic math. When you round a number, anything halfway or above is automatically rounded up. 9.5 + 10.0 are the 2 extremes. Halfway would be 9.75. Rounding this number to the nearest tenth gives us 9.8. Therefore, if GameSpot is using normal rounding rules, anything 9.8 or above is rounded up while anything below that is rounded down.

Even using normal rounding 9.6 will round down to 9.5. Stop the damage control please. You actually sound like a fakeboy.

The fun in Halo 3 MP faded pretty quickly.

GTA4 SP was a bit repetitive and the MP is completely broken (at least for me).

My picks are MGS4 for SP and COD4 for MP.