Here are the latest reviews and rumors from Game Informer April Issue:
REVIEWS: (SO = Second Opinion)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2: 9.25 (SO: 9.5)
Army of Two: 7.5 (SO: 6.75)
MLB 2K8: 8.5 (SO: 8)
Condemned 2: Bloodshot: 8.75 (SO: 8.75)
Frontlines: Fuel of War: 7.25 (SO: 7.75)
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty: 3 (SO: 3.5)
Conflict: Denied Ops: 5.75 (SO: 6)
Bully SE: 8.5 (SO: 8.5)
Lost: Via Domus: 6.75 (SO: 7.25)
Twisted Metal: Head On Extra Twisted Edition: 7.25 (SO: 8)
Lost Odyssey: 8.5 (SO: 8.75)
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements: 8 (SO: 8.25)
Sins of a Solar Empire (PC GOTM): 9 (SO: 9)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (GOTM): 9.5 (SO: 9.5)
Opoona: 5.5 (SO: 5)
Final Fantasy VII CC: 7.25 (SO: 7)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village: 7.5 (SO: 8.75)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: RoF: 6 (SO: 7)
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles: 6 (SO: 5)
Rumors:
Xbox live 2.0
Talks about the recent job posting for a program manager.
Bionic Terminator. Rumored that next gen Bionic Commando developer Grin is getting started on the next Terminator video game project.
What Else is EA Planning? A Console? Speculates that EA may enter the console arena in 2010. They're waiting to see if PS3 sales pick up first.
17 years later, it still stands out.
The game was indeed amazing. Great characters, gameplay and story!
But the dream sequences penned by Shigematsu were sublime.
I still remember many of these stories and I have integrated in the past in my D&D campaign many years ago.
Microsoft should have just kept pumping money into these guys. Same with a lot of the other studios... the blundered hard.
Lost Odysee deserved a franchise even though development wasn't smooth
It's not like it has had any competition since 2007. Would really like to own the short stories from it in book form.
The problem with most MS games on 360 was they didn’t make the games they paid for them and that makes you less money in the long run and isn’t something you can continue to do especially with declining sales of consoles. MS should have been starting and growing studios from the beginning but they went for paid games and it leaves them without the knowledge and culture of making games.
It’s quite hard to believe, but Lost Odyssey turns fifteen years old today. A curious product of the time, it has arguably only got better with age - and not just because of what it is, but also what it represents.
The short stories that Kaim collects/remembers are truly emotional. I remember one in particular made my eyes water.
If you've never played this, try to hunt down an original copy, or emulate it. This game was a gem.
I wish there was a remaster. This and Last Story. Sad these games were released on the...wrong platforms...
These JRPGs stand up on their own.
Hmm, I could definitely see the EA console happening if they acquire TT2. Xbox 2.0 ? wonder what that is. Ouch at the Crisis Core scores but am still picking it up though.
Micrsoft will just buy EA's gaming division. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. Microsoft and EA want to take out Sony. They can't win. Cowards.
Great LO score. Definitely enjoying that game. PEACE
rainbow 6 vegas is gettin good scores. loved the 1st one and this one doesnt seem to be bad from the reviews so far and i hope it stays that way.
and xbox live 2.0? hmm its an april issue so i wonder if this is true, if its true then i cant wait to see what its going to do. hopefully itll have something to do with dedicated servers
ps3 sales are definitly gonna increase by alot this year. hd-dvd is dead and the ps3 is a cheap blu-ray alternative to the standalone players AND it can play games, what more could u want out of the $500 price tag? its definitly a sweet deal
Condemned...final fantasy..and R6V2.