PES 2010, Forza Motorsport 3 and Borderlands see strong launches, while Wii hardware continues to increase in the weekly chart for 18th - 24th October 2009
TPV Writer Tom Writes: "A carefully reasoned and informed discussion. With myself. And who knows? This analysis might give FIFA some much needed credibility (not that I over estimate my writing powers at all), because let’s be honest, Sep Blatter is so crooked, he sleeps on a spiral staircase. So corrupted, Microsoft Word can’t open him. You get the picture, but don’t worry Mr Blatter. Here to help."
"In reality, Lionel Messi is the perfect poster boy for Pro Evo. He personifies everything this game is. Flashy, annoying as hell, and overrated."
Well I already hated this article before I read this part but that was icing on the hate cake. Pretty much everything he said was unjustified.
Offended so easily? Everything is justified with his reasons and guess what you get from an opinion article? A motherfunking opinion....
lol in what way is messi overrated?... next you'll be telling me scott parker is the best player in the world
Brought to you by EA games. I take it PES somehow beat this kid up and stole his lunch money?
Cool bro. I think Fifa is crap compared to PES. Opinions are funny like that.
The latest patch for PES 2011 is now available to download on 360, PS3 and PC. PS3 and Xbox 360 users as normal and PC users should be able to access the patch by selecting online mode, and your default browser will open with a download link.
Konami have reported that the patch adjusts the defender AI to allow for more consistent pressing from various situations and includes a series of alterations based on feedback from users.
Sadly, the old adage that beauty is only skin deep can easily be applied to some of this generations' video game releases. Megabits of Gaming looks at 10 titles that have split opinion...
Yes, it looks great, but with 94% on Metacritic, I don't think it's quite accurate to say that it got "slammed" by critics. Even with the cutscenes, it's still one of the best games of this generation.
most of those games were critically acclaimed. They weren't "slammed" O.o
Also don't know how Haze is on that list. Haze was a very decent shooter and though it's graphics were good they weren't not at all "great". Haze graphics was essentially 7th or 8th gen games on the PS2 done in HD
If any game should be on that list it's Lair. Slammed for EVERYTHING and lunatic rabid fanatics (and some reviewers) called its graphics PS2 or PS1 "with water looking like sand"
Crazy. All I know is, there are many "AAA" multiplat titles today that still don't put Lair, a 1st gen game, to shame graphically talkless of technically cause most multiplat games with this much stuff happening on screen with these kind of graphics would chugg like madness.
http://www.gametrailers.com...
Please, show me these released multiplat games (or even exclusives on other gaming consoles) of recent time that has display this kind of chaos both on the ground and in the air.
http://www.gametrailers.com...
MGS4 still stands for me as the greatest game I have ever played. A culmination of 2 decades of masterful storytelling. As regards the play time, most reviewers put the actual non-cutscene game time beyond the length of the majority of current titles.
What is even more perplexing is the sophomoric comprehension of reviewers that failed to realize they were playing a game by Hideo Kojima. And a Metal Gear game at that. Many reviewers were simply ignorant of the series nor could they grasp Kojima's unique presentation technique imbued with his personality.
If you fail to realize the context of a title then you shouldn't be reviewing it. If you are unable to critique a work based upon the acceptance and expectations of the audience for whom it was made then you should shuffle along to another game.
Pokemon isn't a bad game...or a good game in my mind as I know nothing about it. I am ambivalent toward the series and as such know I should never offer my views on the title.
As regards the visuals, much of what was done in MGS4 has never been surpassed.
The plot was kind of a let down. I hate how a lot of stuff was explained as being caused by nanomachines (Liquid Ocelot, Vamp, etc), and Acts 3-5, in terms of gameplay, were way too short.
Act 3 was pretty shit for the most part (follow some guy, bike chase, boss fight, and that's it), while the spider bots pissed me off in Act 4. The start of Act 5 was great, it reminded me of the older games, but it didn't last very long.
Agreed with every word you said. Mgs4 is such a master piece that fanboy´s tiny brains couldnt comprehend its greatness.
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did you notice that most of those games are developed by the Japanese?
The first review I saw for MGS4 was surprisingly from Eurogamer(track record with PS3 exclusives). "BEST GAME EVER!!!", I think was how it started. Needless to say, 10/10.
MGS3 turned me off of MGS series(camo system pissed me off). So when I saw the Octo-camo, I was back in it and was the defining moment of next gen.
Prior next-gen games looked good, but MGS4 just had it all!
I thought the nanomachines explanations were great... it kept things grounded more in real life as nano-technology might be possible to do some of the things from MGS in the future.
MGS4 has to be my favourite game ever after more than 10 years of playing and replaying the franchise. Was perfect for me in almost every way.
Thing is, they used nanomachines for practically everything, to the point where it started to become ridiculous.
but think about it man in black, it would make sense to implement nano machines in soldiers on the future. They are very advanced technologicaly.
Crysis is another that didnt get slammed. It got excellent reviews. True enough on release back in 2007, the fastest graphics in the world was an 8800 ultra. It cost 300 pounds. Crysis squashed it badly. But tech moves on quickly for PC, and 120 pounds three years on buys you a card thats twice as fast as an 8800 ultra, perfectly capable of coping with crysis.
Im pretty confident this time will be different with crysis 2, and although i expect it to challenge the fastest cards, i suspect it wont maul them nearly as bad as the original did with 2007 hardware.
It didn't get slammed by critics (for the most part), but the vast majority of console gamers wrote it off as "that one PC game that has crappy gameplay and is all about teh grafix".
Naturally, they changed their tune once Crysis 2 was announced for consoles.
I went out and bought Haze used when I first got my PS3 after playing the demo not being aware of any of the hype. It was a fun game, IMHO, if you didn't take it too seriously. Having only paid $10 for it, I was super happy with it. :)
I guess if I had been aware of the hype I might have been disappointed. But then again maybe not, because to me, "Halo Killer" does not set the bar that high, I think Halo is terribly overrated. :) I've probably logged as many hours on Haze as I have Halo 3 on my 360. LOL.
MGS4 is a great game but people are gonna find something wrong with it and complain about it
Why the hate for Final Fantasy XIII, I for one think it was one of the best games this gen, I love the story, the characters, the world, and the graphics of course.
MW2 is not a great looking game and didnt get slammed by the critics. this article makes no sense whatsoever.
naughty ber a great looking game = EPIC FAIL statement
It was ok for a shooter, but it certainly wasn't a looker when released. The models were next-gen but the flat environments and low res textures certainly weren't!
Games like FFXIII, MW2, MGS4 etc. were not "slammed" by critics, look at their review scores.
I hate the perception of the video game review system. It seems like games scored below 90% are "average".
Trying to overlook the PS3 sales makes me feel you don't deserve the hits till you start posting with less spin, so here's the article gamers no need to click link
PES 2010, Forza Motorsport 3 and Borderlands see strong launches, while Wii hardware continues to increase in the weekly chart for 18th - 24th October 2009
Brett Walton
29th October 2009
Konami recently announced that they were shipping 3 million copies of PES 2010 for launch and while sales were strong at over half a million units in the first two days, 3 million units is going to take a long time to sell-through! The title is down 10% on last year’s PS3 / 360 launch, in stark contrast to the 27% year on year increases seen with FIFA 10 during the first four weeks on sale - largely down to the much stronger reviews for FIFA this year.
Forza Motorsport 3 saw a limited launch in Japan and Europe / other regions this week, with nearly 250,000 units sold - up over 70% on Forza 2. With the game releasing in the Americas this week and expected to do a further 250,000 – 300,000 then Forza 3 will become one of the biggest Xbox360 launches of the year so far.
Moving on to hardware, all formats were up slightly on last week with the exception of PS3 and PSP. PS3 hardware decreased following the strong Uncharted 2 release last week (which provided a temporary bump) while PSP continued to drop away following the PSP Go launch four weeks ago.
Borderlands saw a very strong opening this week – over 350,000 copies sold on Xbox360 and PS3 alone (likely over half a million once PC / Steam sales are added). Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games saw sales increase significantly this week – up over 70% on last weeks figures and already over half a million copies sold. Uncharted 2 saw a massive 60% drop this week, but still sold nearly 350,000 units to take total sales to nearly 1.2m in just two weeks.
Next week is another extremely busy week for new releases. Tekken 6, Bayonetta (Japan), Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Forza Motorsport 3 (America), Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and DJ Hero lead the way.
As always, the full data will be posted on VGChartz in the next few hours so be sure to check the charts out:
PES is a great football game, so it's good to see it selling. But Konami's getting lazy, how come they don't fix the damned keepers once and for all
I don't know if that's encouraging or discouraging :-S
I still need to play a PES game