Harsin

Oops double post.

Anyway I don't think reviews are neccesarily as important for XBLA games due to the fact that you can download a trial version for every one released.

It got a 2 and its supposed to be good (so says stroker whos played it). What more do you need?

One man's meat and all that. Doesn't Stroker think Dead Rising is pants (I agree with him on that) while loads of people here thought it was Game of the Year material.

You just sound like a hysterical internet stereotype screaming for a bloke to be professionally disciplined for giving a low mark to a game you fancy.

If it is a marmite game then the high marks it'll get from other publications will offset OXM's views.

irrespective of the game i'd be pretty fucked off if someone judged my work in such a lousy way.

hope something more comes of it...such an unprofessional review is bordering on libel

Hang on, nobody has even read the full review yet, at most I think one sentence is floating about, certainly not enough for you to be frothing at the gash over unprofessionalism anyway. I bet the devs of Wing Commander Arena and the oodles of other dodgy XBLA offerings wish they had people running to their defence so readily.

I'm in the same boat, I hate those sodding triangle levels. Even watched a video tutorial on them on Youtube and still can't get my head around them. I hope they get rid of all the sci-fi bollocks in the next one I'd be much happier doing a routine appendectomy than firing lasers at some reject from a Final Fantasy game.

Ouch. Harsh. Minter's petulant reactions on the Llamasoft forums - saying it's all a big conspiracy to fuck up sales of his game - are entertaining though.

Thing is, if there was some kind of conspiracy, wouldn't an official mag be more likely to big up a crap game that's exclusive to the platform rather than deliberately sabotaging a good one?

So apparently Space Giraffe got 2/10 in the US Official Xbox mag and Jeff Minter hasn't taken it too well accusing them of deliberately sabotaging the game and stuff. I'm actually sorry his Edge column is over as we might have had some entertaining inter-magazine rucking.

Innit. Amazing that out of all the threads he could pick to rant about anti-Sony bias, he's selected one where there isn't any.

Even the N-Gage owners weren't that defensive.

From what I understand you have to send it back to microsoft anyway if it breaks. If I was in the market for one now I'd rather pay £280 than £330. Perhaps that's just common sense talking?

No you have 12 month warranty with the retailer for a replacement/repair, although a worrying number of retailers try to weasel their way out of this.

As opposed to the ones that are sent via transporter beam directly to Game's stock room?

The main problem with Gears is that for all CliffyB's hyperbole about 'Destroyed Beauty' it still feels more like walking around 'Destroyed Swindon'.

You'd be a mug to buy it if HDMI is your primary reason what with the HDMI enabled Premiums on their way.

Enchanted Arms killed my first 360 through progressive graphical glitching over a few days leading to the 3 red lights...

Mine as well.

Who is going to be the first wholly predictable cock to post a PS3?

Playsta... ah shit!

Probably the Mega CD, although I still think it was probably worth it for Snatcher and I recall loving Ground Zero Texas even though it was most likely complete crap in every single way. Even I wasn't dumb enough to get suckered by a 32X.

You should get an e-mail like this:

Your Xbox Video Game system has been shipped! You can expect to receive it in the next 7 days. Thank you for your patience and get ready to get back into the action! Your shipping information is provided below for your reference:

CarrierName : UPS

CarrierTrackingNbr : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ShipmentDate : 2007-08-16 18:14:38

Note: This is not a monitored e-mail address

She gives some of the munters in Oblivion a run for their money.

Perspective, we're talking about a multi-million dollar videogame, not a small cancer stricken child.

If some people don't like it as much as others what's the big deal, no need for wailing and gnashing of teeth.

more money spent on gaming than in the film industry

I thought that had been debunked?

Don't worry, it's the 1940s, there wasn't a court going that'd do you for shooting an Irishman.

Looks like the CE doesn't come with the metal case after all.

Christ I feel like I've taken the Tardis back to 1995. Coming soon Sewer Shark: The Next Generation for PS3.

Are you suggesting that by merely changing the file extension letters of a GBA homebrew application from .gba to .nds then it will run from Slot 1 on an R4DS cart?

It's true and my mate, who's Dad works for Nintendo, told me that on Super Mario World if you enter Up, Up, Down, Down, and hold down all the buttons at once you can play as Sonic the Hedgehog.

lol scribbler, thats the US one. It's terrible, isn't it?

It's the UK one as well, unless you go for the LE or CE.

Why are you arguing, he was agreeing with you?

Would I play a game on easy? Hell yeah! Why let someone else's idea of fun dictate your own?

Well said!