This months egm

[Jay]

Chibi, I'd imagine it would be the controller.

[Cheebs]

A controller is no reason to bump a game down from GotM with 9's on one systme to a 7 and a 6.5 on others! Professional reviewers should know better than to factor the controller in anyway, since the controller has nothing to do with the game and the user is free to use whatever controller he chooses to buy. Besides, the Xbox S Controller kicks the ever loving crap out of anything the PS2 has to offer anyway, especially for driving. I wouldn't dream of using a controller that didn't have analog sholder buttons for driving.

[SearchManX]

It's a matter of taste in reference to controllers. And the Controller S shouldn't count since it's not a standard pack-in controller...

[Cheebs]

Has anybody actually read the EGM review of NFS? What did they say about the score differnce. It can't possibly be a controller issue. Especially when it's that unanimous. You're supposed to play these kind of games on a wheel anyway.

[Lordmrw]

The Xbox and Cube versions of Need for Speed were done by a different team than the Ps2 version, and from the previews and such from a month or two ago, they were doing a half assed job of making the game compared to the PS2 version. I think what someone said about the SFA review is thatthe 2 reviewers that gave it a high score said that the game gets *Much* better once you play past a certain point, and it seemed like mr. 4.5 didn't play it that long. Just what I heard.

[NeoZeedeater]

EGM must have been playing a different Need For Speed: HP2 than the demo I have. The game was good but not THAT good.

[sphere79]

Originally posted by SearchManX
It's a matter of taste in reference to controllers. And the Controller S shouldn't count since it's not a standard pack-in controller...

Not YET anyway, but a few of the newer Xbox game manuals I've seen ( Quantum Redshift and Fever 2003 ) show the Controller S in the control layout pics, leading me to believe we may have a Saturn situation with the US Xbox soon......

[EThugg]

SFA: the 4.5 guy says it's 'spoiled by the same-old collect-a-bunch-of-items=ad-nauseum gameplay', he hates the story, and apparently you hear a annoying voice by 'Pepper' in EVERY submenu, EVERY time. He said wait for Zelda.

Space Ghost who left TeamXB confirmed that at a retailers show thing the Controller S will be pack in now, you can tell by a sticker that says \'Xbox Advantage\'

[SearchManX]

Originally posted by sphere79


Not YET anyway, but a few of the newer Xbox game manuals I've seen ( Quantum Redshift and Fever 2003 ) show the Controller S in the control layout pics, leading me to believe we may have a Saturn situation with the US Xbox soon......

Well, I can't imagine getting an Xbox until at least they pack in the Controller S...

[EThugg]

NFS XB VER: It got a lower score because it supposedly looks worse, runs slower. They said on its own, it's ok, but doesn't compare well to the PS2 version or XB's yop racers

PS: this issue is HUGE!!!!