Issue 45: March 2007

Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Fighting
PLUS: Cool controls, great music, funny new characters
MINUS: No online-support, uneven graphics
9/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 8, gameplay: 10, durability: 8]
Comment: Superb fighting.


Motorstorm (PS3)
Developer: Evolution Studios
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Supercool graphics, playful gameplay, well-done car-physics
MINUS: Pretty dull, not too many levels
8/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 8, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Tasteful racing.


Fight Night Round 3 (PS3)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Beautiful graphics, perfect controls, lots of legends
MINUS: Not so many news, boring minigames, long loadingtimes
8/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 7, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Knock out!


Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (PS3)
Developer: Soe
Publisher: EA
Genre: Action
PLUS: There is a co-op mode
MINUS: Terrible dialogue, worthless camera, dull, terrible graphics
3/10 [graphics: 4, sound: 2, gameplay: 2, durability: 2]
Comment: Pointless.


Call of Duty 3 (PS3)
Developer: Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Action
PLUS: Incredible intensive, variated, cool sound, cool weapons
MINUS: Lots of technical problems that weren't in the X360-version
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 9, gameplay: 8, durability: 7]
Comment: A badder version.


Tony Hawk's Project 8 (PS3)
Developer: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Extremesports
PLUS: Good controls, Sixaxis is good to play with
MINUS: Too less content, no multiplayer-support, average graphics
6/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 6, gameplay: 6, durability: 4]
Comment: Mediocre skating.


Need for Speed: Carbon (PS3)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Fun drift-mode, big world, pretty good, good music
MINUS: Instable screen-updating, little too easy
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 7, gameplay: 7, durability: 6]
Comment: A lazy convert.


Full Auto 2: Battlelines (PS3)
Developer: Pseudo Interactive
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Racing
PLUS: HD-graphics, full of content
MINUS: Worthless drive-feeling, boring weapons, stupid
4/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 5, gameplay: 3, durability: 4]
Comment: Boring arcade-racing.


Ridge Racer 7 (PS3)
Developer: Namco Bandai
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Genre: Racing
PLUS: The driftturns are still the same... wide, nice presentation
MINUS: Stale gameplay, no news, boring onlinesupport
5/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 5, gameplay: 5, durability: 5]
Comment: I have fell asleep.


Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Developer: Insomniac Games
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Action
PLUS: Fun weapons, fun bosses, momentable exciting
MINUS: A little too traditional, boring leveldesigns, stupid enemies...
6/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 6, gameplay: 6, durability: 7]
Comment: Standard-action.


Excite Truck (Wii)
Developer: Monster Games
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Lots of levels, lots of cars, really fast pace
MINUS: Terrible music, messed up controls, too hard
5/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 2, gameplay: 5, durability: 6]
Comment: Expensive sale-game.


Genji: Days of the Blade (PS3)
Developer: Game Republic
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Action
PLUS: Nice characterdesigns, some good-looking environments
MINUS: Terrible, worthless camera, really dull
4/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 6, gameplay: 3, durability: 3]
Comment: Stupid fights.


Burnout Dominator (PS2, PSP)
Developer: Criterion
Publisher: EA
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Challenging, fast, great looking, as frenetic as always
MINUS: Missing the crash-mode and onlinesupport.
8/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 8, gameplay: 8, durability: 6]
Comment: Nice crashparty.


Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (X360)
Developer: Red Storm
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Action
PLUS: Good controls, incredible fun multiplayer-support, nice graphics
MINUS: No great news, momental unbalanced
8/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 9, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Addicting.


Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3)
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Perfect controls, inutiative, lots of licensed players
MINUS: No onlinesupport, not too good AI
8/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 7, gameplay: 9, durability: 7]
Comment: Cool jumpsmash!


Bullet Witch (X360)
Developer: Cavia Inc
Publisher: Atari
Genre: Action
PLUS: Cool bosses, cool spells, good physics
MINUS: Too easy, bad AI, pretty dull
6/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 5, gameplay: 6, durability: 5]
Comment: Tolerable witch.


Infernal (PC)
Developer: Metropolis
Publisher: Playlogic
Genre: Action
PLUS: Easy to understand, variated, cool design with good technics
MINUS: Boring sound, ugly cutscenes
7/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 6, gameplay: 8, durability: 7]
Comment: Cool action.


Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (PC)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Strategy
PLUS: Nice graphics, massive gaming-universe, lovely pace
MINUS: Few news, weird aliens
8/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 8, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Fresh nostalgy.


Formula One (PS3)
Developer: Sony
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Cool, nice graphics, well-done controls
MINUS: Unforgiving, pale lighting
8/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 8, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Alonso and me.


Supreme Commander (PC)
Developer: Gas Powered Games
Publisher: THQ
Genre: Strategy
PLUS: Challenging, full of content, surrounding fights
MINUS: Primitive graphics, unnecessary messy interface
7/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 6, gameplay: 6, durability: 9]
Comment: Big and challenging.


Ghost Rider (PS2, PSP)
Developer: Climax
Publisher: Take 2
Genre: Action
PLUS: Adrenaline-full fights, fun motorcycle-racing
MINUS: Dull, annoying soundeffects, doubting controls
5/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 4, gameplay: 5, durability: 5]
Comment: Halfboring action.


Def Jam: Icon (PS3, X360)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Fighting
PLUS: Clever-shaped environments, good graphics
MINUS: Terrible controls, stupid faked attitude
4/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 7, gameplay: 3, durability: 3]
Comment: Bad gangsterfight.


Biker Mice from Mars (PS2)
Developer: Creat Studio
Publisher: Game Factory
Genre: Action
PLUS: Really nothing
MINUS: Terrible graphics, terrible sound, the world's worst controls
1/10 [graphics: 2, sound: 1, gameplay: 1, durability: 1]
Comment: Completely rotten.


Metal Slug Anthology (PSP)
Developer: SNK Playmore
Publisher: Ignition
Genre: Action
PLUS: Lovely detailed graphics, hard and lots of levels
MINUS: Long loadingtimes, a little too unforgiving
7/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 7, gameplay: 8, durability: 7]
Comment: Lots of action.


NBA Street Homecourt (PS3, X360)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Good controls, lots of content, very fun 4-player
MINUS: Average graphics, the animations
7/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 7, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Slamdunk da funk.


Fuzion Frenzy 2 (X360)
Developer: Hudson
Publisher: Microsoft
Genre: Party
PLUS: Good Xbox Live-support, lots of minigames
MINUS: Hard to play, catastrophical sound, too many boring stuff
4/10 [graphics: 4, sound: 2, gameplay: 5, durability: 4]
Comment: A terrible party.


Sid Meier's Pirates! (PSP)
Developer: Fullfat
Publisher: Take 2
Genre: Adventure
PLUS: Easy to play, funny, well done
MINUS: Boring graphics, a little too easy
7/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 7, gameplay: 7, durability: 7]
Comment: Harass & damn!


Test Drive Unlimited (PS2)
Developer: Eden Studios
Publisher: Atari
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Cool onlinesupport, well done, lots of cars
MINUS: Pretty stale car-physics, pale graphics
7/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 8, gameplay: 7, durability: 8]
Comment: Impressive.


God Hand (PS2)
Developer: Clover Studios
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Figthing
PLUS: Nice attacks, comical
MINUS: Terrible graphics, average sound, messy camera
5/10 [graphics: 3, sound: 5, gameplay: 6, durability: 6]
Comment: Terrible fighting.