Issue 52: November 2007

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, X360)
Developer: Infinity Ward
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Action
PLUS: Great controls, amazing graphics, superb onlinesupport
MINUS: The enemy-dogs is annoying, way too short
9/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 9, gameplay: 10, durability: 8]
Comment: Fantastic.



Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PC, PS3, X360)
Developer: IO Interactive
Publisher: Eidos
Genre: Action
PLUS: Coo concept, good cutscenes, lovely story
MINUS: Rotten controls, hopeless gamedesign, stupid enemies
4/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 6, gameplay: 4, durability: 5]
Comment: 100% cerebral haemorrhage.



Gears of War (PC)
Developer: Epic Games
Publisher: Microsoft
Genre: Action
PLUS: Brutaly beautiful, lovely action, lots of new content
MINUS: Pretty volatile, too few players in multiplayer
9/10 [graphics: 10, sound: 8, gameplay: 9, durability: 8]
Comment: Supercool action.



Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Platform
PLUS: Incredibly filled with a good atmosphere, stunning space-surroundings, amazing music, revolutionalized, incredible controls
MINUS: Momental a little too easy
10/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 10, gameplay: 10, durability: 9]
Comment: Nintendo-magic.



Crysis (PC)
Developer: Crytek
Publisher: EA
Genre: Action
PLUS: Perversed good-looking graphics, wonderful controls, cool weapons, very exciting, very variated, well-sounded
MINUS: Sometimes almost inhumanly hard
10/10 [graphics: 10, sound: 10, gameplay: 9, durability: 9]
Comment: Completely wonderful!



Assassin's Creed (PS3, X360) (PC version in 2008)
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Adventure
PLUS: Awesome graphics, well-done controls, lots of sneaking
MINUS: Repetitive missiondesign
9/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 8, gameplay: 9, durability: 7]
Comment: Beautiful sneaking.



Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS3, X360)
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Great controls, realistic ball-physics, cool animations
MINUS: Average graphics, few news, bad onlinemode
8/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 6, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Fifa-beatch.



NBA Live 08 (PS3, X360)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Amazingly good controls, lovely pace, stunning graphics...
MINUS: Stupid shotsystem, annoying dunk-competition
8/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 9, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Slam dunk.



Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PSP)
Developer: Bigbig Studios
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Action
PLUS: Nonsense-free action, lots of variated missions, cool music
MINUS: Momental too hard, monotonous after a while
7/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 6, gameplay: 6, durability: 7]
Comment: Cinematic action.



The Simpsons Game (PS2, PS3, X360, Wii)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Platform
PLUS: Beautiful sense of humour, fantastic dialogue, amazing design
MINUS: Average controls, bad camera
6/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 9, gameplay: 5, durability: 5]
Comment: A fun parody.



Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (PS2, PS3, X360, Wii)
Developer: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Extremesports
PLUS: Responsive controls, lots of well-knowned skaters
MINUS: Old mechanics, some technical misses, boring environments
5/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 6, gameplay: 5, durability: 5]
Comment: Old cheese.



Need for Speed: Pro Street (Multi)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Super-amazing graphics, superb car-physics, challenging, lovely
MINUS: Momental a little unlogical structured
8/10 [graphics: 9, durability: 8, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Amazing fun.



Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS3, Wii, X360)
Developer: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Music
PLUS: Cool design, cool attitude, variated songs, good sound-quality
MINUS: Momental it gets out of step, a little pale tracklist, daft bosses
7/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 8, gameplay: 6, durability: 6]
Comment: Stable rock-moment.



Race 07: The WTCC Game (PC)
Developer: Simbin
Publisher: Atari
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Wonderful controls, fantastic physics, full of content
MINUS: A little old graphical-wise
8/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 9, gameplay: 9, durability: 8]
Comment: Cool simulator-racing.



Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (X360)
Developer: Namco Bandai
Publisher: Atari
Genre: Action
PLUS: Explosive action, well-working concept, well-done online-part
MINUS: Few news, banal and predictable story
7/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 6, gameplay: 7, durability: 7]
Comment: Fight-charter.



Eye of Judgment (PS3)
Developer: Sony
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Strategy
PLUS: Well-working cardmonitoring, wee thoughtout rules
MINUS: Lengthy to play, expensive
6/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 6, gameplay: 7, durability: 7]
Comment: Different.



WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 (PS3, X360)
Developer: Yuke's
Publisher: THQ
Genre: Action
PLUS: Full of content, the 24/7-mode is well-done
MINUS: Terrible controls, jerky animations, bad physics, low pace
4/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 7, gameplay: 3, durability: 3]
Comment: Downs syndrome.



CSI: Hard Evidence (PC, X360, Wii)
Developer: Telltale Games
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Puzzle
PLUS: Tolerable dialogues
MINUS: Horribly easy, pointless, ugly, senselessly biased
Comment: Idioticly boring.



Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Classic characters, lots of competitions, nice graphics
MINUS: Messy controls, repetitive soundeffects
6/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 4, gameplay: 7, durability: 6]
Comment: Uneven Olympiad.



Wipeout Pulse (PSP)
Developer: Sony
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Rich of content, gorgeous, cool feeling, good onlinesupport
MINUS: Too less gameplay-news
8/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 8, gameplay: 7, durability: 8]
Comment: Lovely racing.



Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
Developer: Insomniac Games
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Platform
PLUS: Gorgeous graphics, variated, fairly challenging, rich of content
MINUS: Not that interesting story, few gameplay-news
8/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 8, gameplay: 8, durability: 8]
Comment: Ratchet in a great shape.



Hellgate: London (PC)
Developer: Flagship Studios
Publisher: EA
Genre: Action/RPG
PLUS: Huge environments, dynamic gameplay-mechanics, good online-part
MINUS: Stale gamingworld, half-ugly levels, only for Diablo-fans
6/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 7, gameplay: 5, durability: 6]
Comment: Lukewarm butchering.



Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Adventure
PLUS: Generous extragame, brilliant puzzles, lovely controls
MINUS: Pretty square
9/10 [graphics: 8, sound: 8, gameplay: 10, durability: 9]
Comment: Extremely good.



The Witcher (PC)
Developer: CD Projekt
Publisher: Atari
Genre: Action
PLUS: Incredibly good-looking, good depth in the character-system, rich of content
MINUS: Momental bad controls, some lengthy missions
8/10 [graphics: 9, sound: 8, gameplay: 9, durability: 8]
Comment: Marvellous!



Football Manager 2008 (PC)
Developer: Ports Interactive
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Well-done database, cool structure, lots of small improvements
MINUS: Horrible sound, some small misses
9/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 2, gameplay: 9, durability: 10]
Comment: Football-mania.



Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars (PSP)
Developer: S2 Games
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Lovely minigames, lovely music
MINUS: Messy controls, bad converting, primitive graphics
4/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 7, gameplay: 4, durability: 3]
Comment: Battered classic.



Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (PS3, Wii, X360)
Developer: Travellers Tales
Publisher: Lucasarts
Genre: Platform
PLUS: Two complete games, charming, colorful graphics, humouristic
MINUS: Not much new stuff, too hard for the young ones
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 6, gameplay: 6, durability: 8]
Comment: Jampacked box.



Nascar 08 (PS3, X360)
Developer: EA
Publisher: EA
Genre: Racing
PLUS: Okey graphics, well-done presentation
MINUS: Bad car-physics, thin careermode, bad onlinemode
5/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 8, gameplay: 5, durability: 4]
Comment: Pale racing.



Folklore (PS3)
Developer: Game Republic
Publisher: Sony
Genre: Action
PLUS: Cool design, nice gameplay, challenging
MINUS: Repetitive, a little messy camera
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 8, gameplay: 7, durability: 7]
Comment: Cousy action.



Conan (PS3, X360)
Developer: Nihilistic
Publisher: THQ
Genre: Action
PLUS: Tolerable swordfights, Conan is well animated...
MINUS: Not many good ideas, stale, boring and very dull
5/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 5, gameplay: 4, durability: 5]
Comment: Stupid barbarian.



Fantasy Wars (PC)
Developer: Ino-Co
Publisher: Nobilis
Genre: Strategy
PLUS: Functional graphics, good sound
MINUS: Stubborn and messy interface, boring, cliché-story
4/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 7, gameplay: 4, durability: 4]
Comment: Failure of fantasy.



The Settlers: Rise of an Empire (PC)
Developer: Blue Byte
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Strategy
PLUS: Comfortable graphics, very rich of content, charming
MINUS: Messy user-interface, meaningless design
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 7, gameplay: 8, durability: 6]
Comment: Cousy god-simulator.



Surf's Up (Multi)
Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Sports
PLUS: Good game-mechanics, good game-idea
MINUS: Extremely easy, not much content, very dull
5/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 5, gameplay: 5, durability: 4]
Comment: License-monotony.



Spiderman: Friend or Foe (Multi)
Developer: Next Level Games
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Action
PLUS: Good-looking character-models, fun bossfights
MINUS: Becomes dull quickly, very standardized
5/10 [graphics: 5, sound: 7, gameplay: 4, durability: 5]
Comment: Standard-action.



Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 (PS2)
Developer: Cyberconnect2
Publisher: Bandai
Genre: Fighting
PLUS: Lots of characters, nice style, cool attacks
MINUS: Pretty jerky and hard-controlled
7/10 [graphics: 7, sound: 8, gameplay: 7, durability: 6]
Comment: Clear Jounin-class.



Obscure II (PC, PS2, Wii)
Developer: Hydravision
Publisher: Playlogic
Genre: Horror
PLUS: Momental a good atmosphere, charming, sometimes scary
MINUS: Messy camera, bad fighting-system, stale
6/10 [graphics: 6, sound: 7, gameplay: 6, durability: 6]
Comment: Tolerable B-horror.