EGM July scores

**Low** · 29 May 2007, 10:13 AM

Hooray for Odin Sphere, damn the scores for Sendo No Rondo

Resident Evil 4 (Wii, Capcom): 8, 9, 9
Escape From Bug Island (Wii, Nintendo): 2, 1.5, 4.5 **shame of the month**
Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3, Tecmo): 9, 9, 8
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Xbox 360/PS3, Disney): 6, 4, 5.5
Spider-Man 3 (Xbox 360/PS3, Activision): 5, 7.5, 6.5
Wartech: Senko No Ronde (Xbox 360, Ubisoft): 4, 5, 4
Tomb Raider Anniversary (PS2, Eidos): 8.5, 8.5, 8
Grim Grimoire (PS2, NIS America): 6, 6, 7
Odin Sphere (PS2, Atlus): 8.5, 9.5, 9 **game of the month**
Sim City DS (NDS, EA): 6.5, 6.5, 6
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl (NDS, Nintendo): 8.5, 9.0, 8.5
Final Fantasy (PSP, Square Enix): 7, 5, 8
PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient (PSP, D3): 9.5, 7.5, 9
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (PSP, Marvelous): 6.5, 6, 5

*-neo

**Port** · 29 May 2007, 10:42 AM

Interesting.

**Yoshi** · 29 May 2007, 02:33 PM

It's official remake month, and I am buying three of them.

**Dipstick** · 29 May 2007, 02:44 PM

PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient (PSP, D3): 9.5, 7.5, 9

I think that qualifies as the WTF of the month for me. The first one was a thoroughly meh puzzle game.

Senko no Ronde is one of those games that has huge variance in its reviews. One reviewer could rate it a 9 while the next one rates it a 3. (The three reviews on metacritic have it at 80, 50, and 35 -- although whoever wrote the latter review came off as utterly clueless). I can see the problem though: the game is fairly bare-bones and utilitarian in design, and the price point is whack as most of the people buying it will play it casually and there isn't enough content for them (the people who would play the game competetively would have a steal at $40, $60, or $100). It's a very niche game and a lot of people who think the game would be targeted at them (fighter fans and shooter fans) are going to be put off.

Also lawl at Odin Sphere being the game of the month. In a way this kills me to say it, but the game isn't as good as RE4 or Ninja Gaiden (Black/Sigma/whatever). I'm guessing they did it to try to promote more original games with high production values, but whoever designed the game has not played an action game in the last ten years.

**Thief Silver** · 29 May 2007, 02:48 PM

Remakes unless the content added is significant enough, should never be considered game of the month.

**Yoshi** · 29 May 2007, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Dipstick

Also lawl at Odin Sphere being the game of the month. In a way this kills me to say it, but the game isn't as good as RE4 or Ninja Gaiden (Black/Sigma/whatever). I'm guessing they did it to try to promote more original games with high production values, but whoever designed the game has not played an action game in the last ten years.

I thought exactly the same thing. Add Tomb Raider to the list of games that are better too.

**kingoffighters** · 29 May 2007, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Yoshi

It's official remake month, and I am buying three of them.

Let me guess:

Resident Evil 4 (Wii, Capcom): 8, 9, 9
Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3, Tecmo): 9, 9, 8
Tomb Raider Anniversary (PS2, Eidos): 8.5, 8.5, 8

I would buy NGS if I have a PS3 (but not high on my list), but TRA just doesn't interest me. RE4 is a maybe, depending on price (29.99 is a definite).