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[Pang]

From http://www.gamefront.de

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (36/40)
Halo 2 (Xbox, Microsoft): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)
Harvest Moon: Oh! Wonderful Life (PS2, Marvelous): 7 / 7 / 7 / 6 - (27/40)
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (Xbox, Tecmo): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (33/40)
Sega SuperStars (PS2, Sega): 9 / 9 / 7 / 7 - (32/40)
NBA Starting Five 2005 (PS2, Konami): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Standard Daisenryaku: Dengekisen (PS2, Sammy): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Simple 2000 Ultimate Series Vol. 21: Kenka Joutou! Yankee Banchou (PS2, D3): 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 - (20/40)
Simple 2000 Series Vol. 66: The Party Unou Quiz (PS2, D3): 7 / 6 / 6 / 7 - (26/40)
Simple 2000 Series Vol. 67: The Suiri (PS2, D3): 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 - (26/40)

 

[SantaC]

thougth halo 2 got a 37/40?

EDIT: oh that was xbox famitsu.

 

[Meier]

Unless CoM was seriously retooled since E3, something tells me Enterbrain's coffers got a wee bit fatter this past week.

 

[Gibbo]

From http://www.gamefront.de

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (36/40)

this is a surprise. I was abit pessimistic about Square-enix successfully pulling off this game on Gba hardware.

 

[SantaC]

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (36/40)

wow that is as good as the zelda minish cap score. I am picking this one up. When is it due for a US release?

 

[Beer Belly]

Fatal Frame 2 almost as good as Halo 2!

 

[human5892]

And GBA Kingdom Hearts is better than Halo 2!

SELL YER XBOX IT ALL OVER

 

[Guns N' Poops]

It could be any less obvious that Famitsu is biased to some franchises.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Famitsu writes review

Famitsu sends review to the game company

Company edits it and sends it back

Famitsu publishes it

FAMITSU REVIEWS TRULY ARE GOSPEL!!!

 

[Soul4ger]

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (36/40)
Halo 2 (Xbox, Microsoft): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)

Halowned.

Famitsu writes review

Famitsu sends review to the game company

Company edits it and sends it back

Famitsu publishes it

FAMITSU REVIEWS TRULY ARE GOSPEL!!!

Wow, Microsoft must not think very highly of Halo 2, then! FAILED.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10

 

[SantaC]

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10

halowned

 

[DarienA]

From http://www.gamefront.de

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (36/40)
Halo 2 (Xbox, Microsoft): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)

Conclusions:

KH:CoM > Halo 2!

 

[Soul4ger]

I wonder when Square Enix is going to announce the PS2 port of KH: Chain of Memories.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I wonder when Square Enix is going to announce the PS2 port of KH: Chain of Memories.

You mean PSP port.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10

why? Can't a GBA game score 10? I think a brand new take on the brand has more chance to innovate on gameplay than a FPS sequel.

 

[Jonnyram]

Famitsu writes review
Famitsu sends review to the game company
Company edits it and sends it back
Famitsu publishes it
FAMITSU REVIEWS TRULY ARE GOSPEL!!!

I thought this happened everywhere? Maybe I'm over-skeptical.

 

[Culex]

Halo 2 doomed!

 

[dark10x]

why? Can't a GBA game score 10? I think a brand new take on the brand has more chance to innovate on gameplay than a FPS sequel.

Kingdom Hearts was absolutely dreadful, so they could only improve...

However, Halo 2 isn't just a "sequel"...

It's quite a different game.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

Kingdom Hearts was absolutely dreadful, so they could only improve...

However, Halo 2 isn't just a "sequel"...

It's quite a different game.

care to elaborate? Its a different game? I didn't know it was a dating sim.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

why? Can't a GBA game score 10?

It has nothing to do with the GBA. It has everything to do with Famitsu's willingness to suck Square's collective cock. It's as predictable as the tide.

 

[Soul4ger]

care to elaborate? Its a different game? I didn't know it was a dating sim.

I can tell you this, if it was a dating sim, it likely would've scored higher than a 34/40!

 

[TheGreenGiant]

It has nothing to do with the GBA. It has everything to do with Famitsu's willingness to suck Square's collective cock. It's as predictable as the tide.

oh okay. This I get. I personally don't like the card aspect to the GBA KH title but I'll wait for US reviews anyhow. Famitsu is an okayish benchmark.

 

[Nerevar]

oh okay. This I get. I personally don't like the card aspect to the GBA KH title but I'll wait for US reviews anyhow. Famitsu is an okayish benchmark.

yeah, unless it comes from Square / Enix. They ride that cock hard.

 

[SolidSnakex]

yeah, unless it comes from Square / Enix. They ride that cock hard.

I bet Square wishes they'd remembered that bias when they were reviewing Driving Type S.

 

[SantaC]

Kingdom Hearts was absolutely dreadful, so they could only improve...

However, Halo 2 isn't just a "sequel"...

It's quite a different game.

wtf? It's a sequel like any other sequel. It's just a very polished game. It's not a revolution.

 

[DarienA]

Kingdom Hearts was absolutely dreadful, so they could only improve...

However, Halo 2 isn't just a "sequel"...

It's quite a different game.

Explain.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Explain.

You couldn't do this in the first Halo:

 

[lexi]

He's right, I never could remote link in Halo.

 

[levious]

two guns at once!

 

[DarienA]

You couldn't do this in the first Halo:

No remote linking errors....

"However, Halo 2 isn't just a "sequel"...
It's quite a different game."

he's right.
some of you are in for an owning when you play it.

Could people actually explain themselves instead of the vague hints?

 

[DCharlie]

"However, Halo 2 isn't just a "sequel"...
It's quite a different game."

he's right.
some of you are in for an owning when you play it.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

.

 

[thorns]

From http://www.gamefront.de

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories (GBA, Square Enix): 10 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (36/40)
Halo 2 (Xbox, Microsoft): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)

hmm no wonder japanese game industry is in a crisis while the west is thriving.

 

[Culex]

hmm no wonder japanese game industry is in a crisis while the west is thriving.

Yea, with all those western devs going out of business, they're doing really well aren't they?

 

[snapty00]

I bet Kingdom Hearts totally sucks.

 

[Ghost]

If ive learned anything on my years on gaf, its that people who give subtle hints do so because they dont know enough to give proper information.

People who have proper information, keep their mouths shut.

 

[TekunoRobby]

Holy shit on the Kingdom Hearts score. I was thinking of overlooking it but if it truly is worthy of the praise I guess I won't. KH for the PS2 really left a bad taste in my mouth so I was planning on ignoring the sequels.

 

[DopeyFish]

halo scored 33/40 in famitsu

 

[thorns]

Yea, with all those western devs going out of business, they're doing really well aren't they?

for everyone that goes out of business, there are new ones being formed. As far as third parties go, EA probably gets more revenue worldwide than all the japanese devs combined.

 

[SolidSnakex]

for everyone that goes out of business, there are new ones being formed. As far as third parties go, EA probably gets more revenue worldwide than all the japanese devs combined.

That's not true. ANyway, it really bothers you this much that a game got a 34? You do realise that's a very good score right?

 

[TheGreenGiant]

If ive learned anything on my years on gaf, its that people who give subtle hints do so because they dont know enough to give proper information.

People who have proper information, keep their mouths shut.

iawtp

and Halo isn't that great. That 33/40 score is about right.

By consensus :- if NOT for that fact that Halo is Xbox/console - it would have been forgotten if it were pc only title.

 

[thorns]

By consensus :- if NOT for that fact that Halo is Xbox/console - it would have been forgotten if it were pc only title.

I can't stand bullshit like this.

what consensus? speak for yourself. A game being on a console does not make it "better".

The FACT that Halo hasn't been forgotten and a lot of Xbox games has been speaks for itself.

 

[TheGreenGiant]

I can't stand bullshit like this.

what consensus? speak for yourself. A game being on a console does not make it "better".

The FACT that Halo hasn't been forgotten and a lot of Xbox games has been speaks for itself.

truth = if Halo were a pc title. We wouldn't still be talking about it. You basically affirmed my point.

cheerio.

 

[Shompola]

Halo was one of the most hyped PC games and the hyped was brought to the Xbox when PC version was delayed and moved to Xbox.

PC gamers would definitely talk about the game if it was released on PC instead.

 

[IJoel]

Famitsu is right there with Gamepro with regards to reviewing consistency. Hell, GI is BETTER.

 

[snapty00]

truth = if Halo were a pc title. We wouldn't still be talking about it. You basically affirmed my point.

cheerio.

Grow up.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Halo was one of the most hyped PC games and the hyped was brought to the Xbox when PC version was delayed and moved to Xbox.

PC gamers would definitely talk about the game if it was released on PC instead.

It was for the Mac........

And Halo was also put together in about 9 months (the Xbox game). It went through tons of different transformations throughout it's development, even switching genres.

Anyways, I highly doubt that people would still be talking about Halo on PC/Mac. Pretty much every PC gamer I know found Halo to be a slightly above average FPS. I think it's praise has more to do with the FPS situation on consoles than it being a quality game.

Personally, I thought it was a good game, but nowhere near great.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Could people actually explain themselves instead of the vague hints?

More emphasis on exploration and Warthog puzzles.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Halo was one of the most hyped PC games and the hyped was brought to the Xbox when PC version was delayed and moved to Xbox.

PC gamers would definitely talk about the game if it was released on PC instead.

Halo was realeased on PC. PC FPS fans did not care for it.