New EGM Scores..^.^

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24 May 2002, 07:05 PM
jae_hoon_MOTW

New EGM Scores..^.^

Check them out below...:)

PS2
Barbarian 4
FIFA World Cup 2002 5.5
Lethal Skies 3.0, 4.0, 4.5
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing 4.5, 1.5, 3.5
Medal of Honor: Frontline 9.0, 8.0, 8.0
Spider Man 6.5, 6.5, 6.0
Test Drive 8.0 7.0 4.5
UFC Throwdown 6.5 7.5 5.0
Global Touring Challenge Africa 6.0
Scooby Doo 7.0

Gamecube
Burnout 8.0
Spider Man 6.5
Virtua Striker 2002 6.5 4.5 5.5

Xbox
Hunter: The Reckoning 5.5 7.5 6.5
Burnout 8.0
Spider Man 6.5
MotoGP 9.0 8.5 8.5
World Series Baseball 8.5 9.0 9.0 GOTM
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter 7.5
24 May 2002, 07:27 PM
StriderKyo

Re: New EGM Scores..^.^

Quote:

Originally posted by jae_hoon_MOTW
FIFA World Cup 2002 5.5

What was the rationale behind this? I've played the Xbox version and it's not bad. Overly melodramatic, bad not bad at all...except that the special moves are tough to do with those damn black & white buttons.
24 May 2002, 07:29 PM
Chojin

Only 1 scoring reviews for Burnout? How odd.
24 May 2002, 07:40 PM
Prince Planet

Also, there seems to be a bit more love for Hunter: The Reckoning on this board than would be suggested by EGM's ratings. I've only played it for a bit, but it seems pretty solid for a gothic, multiplayer hack and slash.

Unfortunately, I tend to agree with their view of Spiderman. I really wanted to like it, but it's missing something... I think it's called "fun".

Sports games don't seem to get much love around here (with a few exceptions), but has anyone checked out Sega's latest WSB effort? Popular opinion is that it pretty much kicks ass (for a baseball game, anyway).
24 May 2002, 08:00 PM
amerlop

Wow, there really is a lack of quality new releases as of late
24 May 2002, 08:51 PM
BioMechanic

I love WSB2K2 on the DC, and 2K3 is the same, except more & better. The franchise mode & classic uniforms are super-cool. I played it briefly, and was very impressed. Had I an Xbox, I'd buy it for sure.
24 May 2002, 09:23 PM
skelly

I tend to agree with their Hunter assessment. It's slightly above average.
24 May 2002, 11:33 PM
Low

Damn, I had high hopes for Barbarian, another Titus production down in flames... *-neo
24 May 2002, 11:36 PM
TheSCHLONG!

Quote:

Originally posted by Prince Planet
Unfortunately, I tend to agree with their view of Spiderman. I really wanted to like it, but it's missing something... I think it's called "fun".

agreed. here i am on the ceiling and the camera rotates for no reason....and then my controls reverse and arent orientated the way i was going before thus causeing me to go backwards....thus causing the camera to spin again....

*repeat over and over*

i hate that camera....i hate it so.
24 May 2002, 11:41 PM
Andy787

Quote:

World Series Baseball 8.5 9.0 9.0 GOTM

Yeeesss.
25 May 2002, 01:19 AM
Lordmrw

I still want to play Barbarians; I'll probably be a little more weary than usual. More than likely, it'll be a rental. i don't think Spider-Man is that bad; it has its issues, but I still enjoyed it.
25 May 2002, 02:51 AM
stormy

Quote:

Originally posted by Chojin
Only 1 scoring reviews for Burnout? How odd.

what's odder is that score being an 8.0

my friend and i didn't even get through one race before we were bored with it.

WSB is the shit, graphics could have been better though. Plays well, but it seemed like the timing of some plays was a little off, i.e. runners being safe who should have been thrown out given the distance and all the other circumstances IRL. Still has far fewer "baseball smart" errors than the other baseball games out there. Oh, it does have the "black-hole glove" effect, where the ball sometimes gets pulled into a glove that doesn't look lined up to catch it. I felt this was excusable and not that big a deal(strangly in replay mode the ball always goes exactly into the glove :lol: ).
25 May 2002, 03:28 AM
WTFer420

EGM blows ass chunks!

test dtive a 8.0 & a 4.5

either one of the reviewers didn't play the game AT ALL & didn't even know how to play the game (which seems to be happening a LOT in egm)
or one reviewer is a test drive fanboy!
25 May 2002, 11:08 AM
Saint of Killers

Quote:

Originally posted by WTFer420
EGM blows ass chunks!

test dtive a 8.0 & a 4.5

either one of the reviewers didn't play the game AT ALL & didn't even know how to play the game (which seems to be happening a LOT in egm)
or one reviewer is a test drive fanboy!

Or, more likely, THE TWO REVIEWERS HAVE DIFFERENT TASTES IN GAMES. Christ, you can look at this website (supposedly full of "hardcore" uber-gamers) and see wildly varying opinions on many different games.
25 May 2002, 01:16 PM
Melf

God help us, not another "EGM sucks" debate....
25 May 2002, 05:33 PM
StriderKyo

I don't always agree with them, but EGM doesn't suck, because at least I almost always know where their reviews are coming from, and why they felt that way.

They don't trash games for being 2D, or for being shooters, for being "too Japanese" or basically for not having cutscenes, like clueless piece of shit rags like Game Informer do. Yes, their sad reviews make me angry.

EGM gave high marks to Mark of the Wolves, Mars Matrix, Skies of Arcadia and other generally hardcore titles. Do they go far more crazy than need be over mega titles like MGS? Yes. They're not perfect, and they're not Gamefan. But there isn't a more "hardcore" magazine out there anymore. Anyone who says Play...well, I'll leave you alone, you've got bigger problems:D