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besides Radiata Stories...

'new Gundam game' (PS2)
- colaboration between Bandai and Namco (AC/Tekken teams)

A.C.E. (PS2)
- mecha action, BanPresto and FromSoft developing
http://www.ace-game.jp

Ultraman 3 (PS2) Dec.
Altered Beast (PS2) Sega, this winter
Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix (PS2) Genki, this winter

reviews
Biohazard Outbreak 2 38/40
King Of Collosseum II 32/40
Dororo 29/40

release dates
Viewtful Joe 2 (PS2/GC) Dec 16
MGS3 (PS2) Dec 16

source:syoboonline

 

[Sho Nuff]

DororOWNED!

 

[Grubdog]

Biohazard Outbreak 2 38/40

...typo?

 

[SolidSnakex]

...typo?

No it's just an RE review from Famitsu. The scores expected.

"release dates
Viewtful Joe 2 (PS2/GC) Dec 16
MGS3 (PS2) Dec 16"

Heh, smart move there Capcom.

 

[AniHawk]

...typo?

Famitsu REEEEEEEEEEALLY likes RE.

RE 4 will probably get a 40.

No it's just an RE review from Famitsu. The scores expected.

"release dates
Viewtful Joe 2 (PS2/GC) Dec 16
MGS3 (PS2) Dec 16"

Heh, smart move there Capcom.

I agree. VF2 is gonna rape MGS3.

 

[Lakitu]

I agree. VF2 is gonna rape MGS3.

:lol

 

[Ill Saint]

Dororo 29/40

Oh for fucks sake, Sega!!!!

 

[MetatronM]

Biohazard Outbreak 2 38/40
Dororo 29/40

...

Hmm...

 

[Bebpo]

Oh for fucks sake, Sega!!!!

I dunno, the game seemed fun at E3 and they have a playable demo running at the store near me and it looks interesting.

I mean this is from the people who brought us Shinobi/Kunoichi right? Both of those games kicked major ass in terms of being really fun action games and neither scored high in magazines, so this could still turn out alright.

 

[Ill Saint]

I really hope so... it looked like great fun, and full of potential. It's just so disappointing to see this score, though. I mean, I'd just love to see Sega make an original, non-arcade ported game this gen that gets some universal praise.

Who knows, maybe the Famitsu chaps just overdosed on Outbreak 2 or something... still, I'll be waiting for a good number of reviews before giving up on this one.

 

[D2M15]

I really hope so... it looked like great fun, and full of potential.

It's a pretty even split between painfully missed potential and sheer gaming magic, but there's only a few moments where it's not great fun. The game's a mess, but a glorious mess.

Wipes the floor with both Outbreaks, at any rate. Those crazy Famitsu guys!

 

[snapty00]

I used to agree with Famitsu a lot back in like 1998 or so, but now...they seem to have just as biazarre tastes as any other self-proclaimed hardcore videogame magazine.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Famitsu = Gamepro

I understood back in the pre-Internet days why so many held the mag in high regard. But now...?

 

[Blimblim]

I used to agree with Famitsu a lot back in like 1998 or so, but now...they seem to have just as biazarre tastes as any other self-proclaimed hardcore videogame magazine.

If I can find it I'll translate a small post from a french journalist who worked for Famitsu for some time. He explained in detail how the Famitsu Review/Scoring process worked, and it was not pretty :/

 

[Doom_Bringer]

"'new Gundam game' (PS2)
- colaboration between Bandai and Namco (AC/Tekken teams)"

awesome

 

[Rei_Toei]

If From develops the actual game and BanPresto only does stuff like character/mecha designs, then I'm interested.

 

[sprsk]

my new philosophy on sega games:

If it wasnt in the arcades first, dont waste your time

 

[ourumov]

No it's just an RE review from Famitsu. The scores expected.

"release dates
Viewtful Joe 2 (PS2/GC) Dec 16
MGS3 (PS2) Dec 16"

Heh, smart move there Capcom.

Even considering it's a RE game and this is Famitsu...I find incredible the score achieved...

 

[DaCocoBrova]

If it wasnt in the arcades first, dont waste your time

Going by that, you'd have only missed out on Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, their sports offerings and maybe a few above average titles that I'm forgetting.

 

[SD-Ness]

Can someone explain to me how Famitsu scores its games? What is in the 40?

 

[Doogdogg]

Can someone explain to me how Famitsu scores its games? What is in the 40?

4 reviewers.

Also Famitsu are RE whores. They gave REmake a 39/40.

 

[wazoo]

Going by that, you'd have only missed out on Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, their sports offerings and maybe a few above average titles that I'm forgetting.

Sports game are from Visual Concepts. I do not think Sega hasd any input in those games.

 

[dark10x]

Going by that, you'd have only missed out on Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, their sports offerings and maybe a few above average titles that I'm forgetting.

Let's not forget the DC (among other things)

Skies of Arcadia, Chu Chu Rocket, Ecco the Dolphin (kind of a Sega title, I suppose), Shinobi/Kunoichi, PSO, any Panzer title, Gunvalkyrie (though many people did dislike it), JSR, and the Shenmue series. I think those all deserve some serious credit.

 

[Lazy8s]

wazoo:

Sports game are from Visual Concepts. I do not think Sega hasd any input in those games.

Visual Concepts is just the name of a SEGA dev house. Perhaps you were referring to only their teams under the Japanese affiliate, but that would be a tenuous distinction.

 

[Jonnyram]

Going by that, you'd have only missed out on Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, their sports offerings and maybe a few above average titles that I'm forgetting.

Well, there's Rez too. Hopefully he's only referring to this gen...

 

[Defensor]

Biohazard Outbreak 2 38/40

Whoa, didn't the first Outbreak score 36/40?

 

[cvxfreak]

4 reviewers.

Also Famitsu are RE whores. They gave REmake a 39/40.

Well deserved score, too.

 

[ferricide]

I mean this is from the people who brought us Shinobi/Kunoichi right?

nope. this was a wow title before the wow/overworks merger, not an overworks one (like shinobi and kunoichi are.)

 

[Jonnyram]

Those scores are bogus. I'll have the full list up on Game Science in a little while, but in short, Outbreak 2 got 32 and Dororo+KOC2 got 30.

 

[Matlock]

FAMITSU SPOILER: The game companies have final editing say on articles.

 

[cvxfreak]

Those scores are bogus. I'll have the full list up on Game Science in a little while, but in short, Outbreak 2 got 32 and Dororo+KOC2 got 30.

Yikes.