Issue 41: October 2006

NBA 2K7 (PS2, Xbox, X360)
Developer: Visual Concepts
Publisher: Take 2
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Wonderful gamingsystem, good-looking graphics, lots of content
MINUS: A little pale presentation
9/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 9, gameplay: 9, durability: 9]
Comment: Almost perfect.


Destroy All Humans 2 (PS2, Xbox)
Developer: Pandemic Studios
Publisher: THQ
Genre: Action
PLUS: Perfect design, cool sense of humour, good sounds
MINUS: Re-used graphics, too linear, failing variation
5/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 8, gameplay: 5, durability: 5]
Comment: A huge repetition.


Killzone Liberation (PSP)
Developer: Guerrilla Games
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Action
PLUS: Nice cutscenes, good wi-fi-support
MINUS: Rigid controls, boring sometimes, dull firefights
5/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 5, gameplay: 5, durability: 5]
Comment: Very mediocre.


Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
PLUS: Wonderful story, cool characters, superb onlinesupport
MINUS: Pretty rigid controls
9/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 9, gameplay: 9, durability: 9]
Comment: Even better than the last time.


Battlefield 2142 (PC)
Developer: Digital Illusions
Publisher: EA
Genre: Action
PLUS: Sharp online-action in a very high pace
MINUS: Feels a little too much Battlefield 2 with better graphics
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 7, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Good online-war.


Ridge Racer 2 (PSP)
Developer: Namco
Publisher: Namco
Genre: Racing
PLUS: The same good driving-feeling, the same good graphics
MINUS: Huge lack of news, imagination and exclusive content...
4/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 5, gameplay: 8, durability: 1]
Comment: The same game again.


Buzz Junior: Jungle Party (PS2)
Developer: Sony
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Party
PLUS: Easy to understand, charming and lots of different minigames
MINUS: Primitive graphics, pretty dull
6/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 5, gameplay: 6, durability: 7]
Comment: Cute kids-party.


Jaws Unleashed (PC, PS2, Xbox)
Developer: Appaloosa
Publisher: Majesco
Genre: Action
PLUS: Nice looking fish-animations
MINUS: Useless controls, horrible missiondesign, worthless camera
3/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 3, gameplay: 2, durability: 2]
Comment: Rotten licence-fiasco.


Company of Heroes (PC)
Developer: Relic
Publisher: THQ
Genre: Strategy
PLUS: Very well performed, deep, good-looking and realistic
MINUS: At times foreseeable
9/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 9, gameplay: 9, durability: 9]
Comment: Fantasticly good strategygame.


Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (PC)
Developer: Arkane Studios/Kuju Entertainment
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Action/RPG
PLUS: Small, compact and well-designed levels, big freedom of choice
MINUS: Dull story, pale standard-design
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 7, gameplay: 7, durability: 8]
Comment: Stable orch-butchering.


Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Genre: RPG
PLUS: Lovely story, good voice-acting and nice graphics
MINUS: You have to have played the first game...
8/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 9, gameplay: 7, durability: 8]
Comment: Warm and a good atmosphere.


Power Stone Collection (PSP)
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Action
PLUS: Nice graphics, nice controls, awesome fighters
MINUS: Boring to play alone
8/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 8, gameplay: 9, durability: 8]


Fifa Football 07 (GC, PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Genuine controls, lots of leagues and players
MINUS: Lacking ball-physics, average AI
7/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 7, gameplay: 7, durability: 7]
Comment: A little step back.


Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PC, PSP, PS2, X360)
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Good ball-physics, fantastic animations, lots of content
MINUS: Lack of licenced players and teams
9/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 8, gameplay: 9, durability: 9]
Comment: Master-classified soccer.


Spyhunter: Nowhere to Run (PS2, Xbox)
Developer: Midway
Publisher: Midway
Genre: Action
PLUS: The Rock is so cool, good game-pace
MINUS: Bad controls, bad graphics, bad AI
4/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 5, gameplay: 4, durability: 4]
Comment: Sinking like a rock.


Scarface: The World Is Yours (PC, PS2, Xbox)
Developer: Radical Entertainment
Publisher: Vivendi
Genre: Action
PLUS: Awesome soundtrack, very good voice-acting
MINUS: Sloppy controls, ugly graphics, boring and dull missions
4/10 [graphics: 4, sound: 7, gameplay: 4, durability: 4]
Comment: A pale copy of GTA.


Splinter Cell: Double Agent (X360)
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Action
PLUS: Superb variation, fantastic story, delicous graphics...
MINUS: A little uneven sound-mix
9/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 8, gameplay: 9, durability: 9]
Comment: Play it again, Sam.


Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (PS2)
Developer: SNK Playmore
Publisher: Ignition
Genre: Fighting
PLUS: Lots of characters, nice pixelgraphics, awesome controls
MINUS: Looooooooooooooooooooong loading times
8/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 6, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: SNK at it's absolute best.