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| OYashiroForever 449th Post
 
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|  "Latest batch of Gamespot reviews"
, posted Tue 26 Aug 19:24
Normally I find Gamespot.com's reviews fairly lacking, but I just looked over the latest batch and was rather impressed. Not only were they fairly well written (pet peeve of mine), I actually agree with 99.9% of everything said.
Soul Cali II (PS2,GC,X) - 8.5. They essentially say that it looks almost identical on all 3 systems, but the XB version has HD mode and 5.1 surround. Surprisingly, they're actually brave enough to dump on the game too, mentioning its lack of real evolution over SC1, the lack of new chars, and the stupidity that is Necrid.
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PS2) - 8.1. The review is incredibly positive, but it gets an 8.1? <shrug> Can't wait to pick up my copy tomorrow... need my strat-RPG fix.
F-Zero GX (GC) - 8.6. (Better score than Soul Cali... YES!) Nice to see F-Zero getting the proper respect it deserves. That story mode is straight goofy, though.
Ballistic (PS2) - 7.1. Until a few days ago, I didn't even know that the second Xi (Devil Dice) sequel had been picked up (by Capcom, no less), much less was coming out this week. Weird. I'd buy it if it weren't $50. It'll be tough to top Xi Jumbo, though...
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| DarkZero
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| "Re(1):Latest batch of Gamespot reviews" , posted Tue 26 Aug 20:01
Gamespot's reviews in the past few months have been on or above the level of EGM's reviews, which I consider to be in the top tier of video game reviews. In fact, Gamespot's are probably better, since they have the same quality, but much more room for the review and plenty more screenshots. I've gone over a lot of their reviews to test them out in the last few months, including reviews of Shinobi, Megaman Zero, Aria of Sorrow, and Yu-Gi-Oh, and they've all been pretty much dead-on.
I'm not surprised that they were brave enough to dump on the game. EGM had the first review of the finished English version a few weeks ago and they had pretty much the same complaints. Among their complaints were Link not fitting into the game, Heihachi sucking, Necrid sucking and/or breaking the game, and the fact that the game technically only has three or four new characters since a lot of the "new" characters are based on older characters' playing styles (Tekken syndrome?). They did mention, however, like Gamespot probably did, that rehashing Soul Calibur is like polishing a piece of gold jewelry. It doesn't get MUCH better, but it doesn't get any worse, and it's already pretty much perfect.
Haven't read the Disgaea review yet, but I think I will soon.
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