Iga_Bobovic said:

Okami - No wonder this game has sold so bad in Japan. The fucked up the story. Because some of you do not know Japanese mythology I will give you a Christian example.

"There was the supreme being that created all. This being was called Joseph. Joseph was killed by the Romans after splitting the Dead Sea. This made the Romans mad, because their ships could not move from one side of the sea to the other. Because it was splitted. So they killed Joseph by cutting of his head with a crucifix. This crucifix is called Moses.But after 5 days he was revived by Judas. Moses had awesome powers, because it has the blood of Joseph. It is said that many conquerors had Moses, but once they lost it, they lost them battle. Some say Hilter started to lose the war, right after he lost Moses"

Dvader said:

Leo shows that Red Faction has a higher metacritic score than Infamous, but does that tell the full story. Here are the facts, the metacritic PS3 score of Red Faction only has 42 reviews, fewer than the 64 reviews of the 360 version. Since they are the same game its more accurate to use the 360 versions score because its a closer amount of reviews to Infamous' 83 reviews. The more reviews there are the harder it is to keep a high score, as shown by the decrease in score for the 360 version of Red Faction.

Furthermore, when comparing the major sites to one another, eliminating the loads of crap sites that take up so much space in the score, these are the comparisons you get. IGN gives Infamous a 9.2, Red Faction an 8.0. Giant Bomb gave Infamous a 5 out of 5, it gave RF a 4 out of 5. Gamespot gave Infamous a 9.0 and gave RF an 8.5. Play magazine gave Infamous a 10, they gave RF a 9. Gametrailers gave Infamous a 9.0, they gave RF a 7.9.

1up, GameInformer, and Eurogamer all gave them the same score. Gamepro gave Red Faction a 5 out of 5, they gave Infamous a 4.5 out of 5. Are you going to trust Gamepro... I rest my case.

(I did this just to mess with Leo. )

Yes, we all know the big name sell-outs gave the better reviews to the bigger game

Wait, wait wait.  Giant Bomb?  Who reviewed Red Faction, I wonder... yet your calling into question GamePro with that elephant in the room?

I've been playing the same thing I play every week Pinky.

I caught a mother******* Ocen Sunfish and its huge. It's in my Animal Crossing basement now, I'm not giving this to the museum.

Iga, great impressions, you've gone and bought a shedload of great titles. With Elebits, make sure you adjust the turning controls to fast and be aware that the later, outdoor levels fall apart due to the bad framerate.

Foolz said:

Umm, Leo and dvader. There's a differnence by 1%. Not really worth arguing over is it?

KEEP OUT OF THIS ! ! !

HOBO ! ! !

Dvader said:

Furthermore, when comparing the major sites to one another, eliminating the loads of crap sites that take up so much space in the score, these are the comparisons you get. IGN gives Infamous a 9.2, Red Faction an 8.0. Giant Bomb gave Infamous a 5 out of 5, it gave RF a 4 out of 5. Gamespot gave Infamous a 9.0 and gave RF an 8.5. Play magazine gave Infamous a 10, they gave RF a 9. Gametrailers gave Infamous a 9.0, they gave RF a 7.9.

So? WHAT? YOU ONLY TRUST THE SCORES OF THE BIG NAME SITES?! You only cater to THE MAN?!

TYPICAL! JUST TYPICAL!

It seems your love of churned out CRAP like Resident Evil and inFamous has clouded your judgment and dulled your gamer sensibility where you need a big name site to make decisions for you!

What?! Little known sites are no longer valid?! EVER HEAR OF THE VG PRESS?!

Well? ...HOBO...! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT?!

You know what?! It doesn't even matter!! You are DEAD to me!! DEAD!! ...and your CRAP opinions are meaningless in the grand scheme of the universe so don't even BOTHER replying cause I'm gonna ignore you!

*sits poised over keyboard awaiting a response*

Foolz said:

Such passion!

No wonder you're so popular with GG and Steel.

I HAVE AN ENTIRE POSSE THAT AGREES WITH ME ALL THE TIME ! ! !

JUST ASK 'EM ! ! THEIR NAMES ARE GRAMMARBOMB_DRUID and NOTNICE_TARO ! !

NOW THEY HAVE IMPECCIBLE TASTE IN GAMES AND WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD IN A PLACE LIKE THIS ! !

Doing the updates now.

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This week brings the North American debuts of The Conduit, Overlord II, Fight Night Round 4, and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Gamers in Europe can expect to see Another Code: R and Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits, while Japan gets BlazBlue and Wii Sports Resort.

The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending June 27th, 2009.

Games Released in the United States:

Nintendo Wii:
- The Conduit
- Cursed Mountain
- Dawn of Discovery
- Games Around The Globe
- Little League World Series Baseball 2009
- Overlord: Dark Legends
- Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Xbox 360:
- Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires
- Fight Night Round 4
- Overlord II
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

PlayStation 3:
- Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires
- Fight Night Round 4
- Overlord II
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

PlayStation 2:
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Nintendo DS:
- Classic Word Games
- Dawn of Discovery
- Discovery Kids: Parrot Pals
- Dragon Hunters
- Fashion Week: Junior Designer
- Little League World Series Baseball 2009
- My Healthy Cooking Coach
- Overlord: Minions
- Pop Town
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Autobots
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Decepticons

PlayStation Portable:
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
- Pangya: Fantasy Golf
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

PC:
- Fuel
- Overlord II
- Spore: Galactic Adventures
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Codemasters' tyrant sim Overlord II gets a multiplatform release in North America this week. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC platforms will host Overlord's sequel, while Wii and DS owners will get their own unique spinoff titles.

Also debuting across multiple platforms this week are EA's boxing franchise update Fight Night Round 4 and the film tie-in title Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Many of this week's biggest releases arrive as exclusives for individual platforms. The Nintendo Wii will host High Voltage Software's awaited first-person shooter The Conduit and a port of the GameCube remake of Resident Evil.

DS owners will receive the Atlus-developed RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, while the PSP gets Pangya: Fantasy Golf and Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

Games Released in Europe:

Nintendo Wii:
- Another Code: R
- Bigfoot: Collision Course
- Cake Mania: In the Mix
- Casper's Scare School: Spooky Sports Day
- Crazy Mini Golf
- Dancing on Ice
- Farmyard Party
- Fritz Chess
- Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
- Octomania
- Overlord: Dark Legends
- Pool Hall Pro
- Skyscraper
- Story Hour Adventures
- Story Hour Fairy Tales
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Urban Extreme

Xbox 360:
- Fight Night Round 4
- Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- Overlord II
- Superstars V8 Racing
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

PlayStation 3:
- Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires
- Fight Night Round 4
- Fritz Chess
- Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- Overlord II
- Superstars V8 Racing
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

PlayStation 2:
- Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Nintendo DS:
- Bigfoot: Collision Course
- Casper's Scare School: Spooky Sports Day
- Fritz Chess
- Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits
- ICO Soccer
- Lego Battles
- My Beauty Salon
- Overlord: Minions
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Autobots
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Decepticons

PlayStation Portable:
- Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
- Pro Cycling Season 2009
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Valhalla Knights 2

PC:
- Anno 1404
- Dawn of Magic 2
- DC Universe Online
- Diabolik
- Fuel
- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- Jumpgate
- Overlord II
- Spore: Galactic Adventures
- Superstars V8 Racing
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

An English-language localization of Nintendo's Trace Memory follow-up Another Code: R will debut exclusively in Europe this week. No international release date has yet been announced.

Other region-exclusive Wii titles hitting the UK include Casper's Scare School: Spooky Sports Day, Dancing on Ice, and a rereleased and Wii MotionPlus-compatible version of Crazy Mini Golf.

Games Released in Japan:

Nintendo Wii:
- Boku to Sim no Machi Racing
- Wii Sports Resort

Xbox 360:
- Bionic Commando
- BlazBlue
- Extreme Racing: Pure
- Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta
- Wanted: Weapons of Fate

PlayStation 3:
- Agarest Senki Zero
- Bionic Commando
- BlazBlue
- Extreme Racing: Pure
- Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi

PlayStation 2:
- Himehibi: New Princess Days!! Zoku! Ni-Gakki
- Under the Moon: Crescent
- Wand of Fortune

Nintendo DS:
- Boku to Sim no Machi Racing
- Fushigi Yuugi DS
- Jishin DS72 Jikan
- Maruhan Pachinko & Pachi-Slot Hisshou Guide Kanshuu: The Pachinko Hall
- Really? Really! DS
- Table Game Spirits Victory
- Yukkuri Tanoshimi Taijin no Jigsaw Puzzle DS: Watase Seizou - Love Umi to Blue

PlayStation Portable:
- DoraSlot: Hana Hana Matsuri Da!!
- Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2
- Memories Off: AfterRain
- Noko Aozora ni Yakusoku: Tenohira no Rakuen
- Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! G.P. Gakuen Princess Portable
- Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance

PC:
- The Tower of Aion

After several weeks of near-inactivity, Japan's release schedule bounces back with a solid multiplatform lineup. Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus-bundled Wii Sports Resort leads as Amazon.co.jp's most-preordered title for this week. Given the continuing sales chart popularity of the original Wii Sports game, Resort can be expected to remain a top regional seller for weeks to come.

The Xbox 360 will soon host Arc System Works' 2D fighter BlazBlue, G-Rev's shoot-em-up Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, and Prototype's text-based adventure title Time Leap. Agarest Senki Zero and Gust's Atelier series sequel Rorona no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi highlight this week's offerings on the PlayStation 3

Sarah Conner was nekkid in the movie? I didn't notice, maybe because I saw the movie before I saw the TV series.

I've sadly been watching the new Knight Rider TV series. It's bunk.

SteelAttack said:

  

Rented PunchOut!! Nostalgia overdose. And a good dosage of groin kicking. WTF? I don't remember some of these guys being this hard. Great Tiger beat me like 20 times before I caught up, and I'm still stuck with Super Macho Man. I don't even reach title defense mode and my W/L ratio is already laughable. This game has to be played with traditional controls, though. Motion control is tiring, clumsy and shitty all around.

I loved using motion controls during the first playthrough, but I found it to be to slow and unresponsive during TD.   I still have to beat Super Macho Man and Sandman in Title Defense.

I started playing Ghostbusters this weekend.  Good game, not great.  I love fighting ghosts and the different types of beams that you acquire.  Ghost fights are varied, especially the bosses.  The PKE is very similar to the Gameboy that was used for scanning in Luigi's Mansion.  

The humor from the movies is here and just as good. I can't believe Atari got Harold Ramis and Dan Akyroyd to write this. These guys must have had a blast recording their voices.  So much fun hearing them interact again, especially Bill Murray as Venkman.

Now I would consider this a rental for a few reasons, some already addressed by Vader.  You cannot really interact at your HQ.  Big negative for me.  Remember how awesome it was in the Warriors game, where you could interact with other members, workout, play some games?  Ghostbusters has nothing like that.  They have arcade games in the headquarters, but you can't play them. WTF?  Very bare bones.  

Another problem is that you can't save at the firehouse.  If you turn off the game, then you automatically start the next mission when you start again.  I want to hang out at the firehouse, get to know the guys more, shoot the breeze with Peter, flirt with Jeanine.

Right now I would give it an 7.5-8 for the ghost fights and the humor.  Maybe more once I check out online play and the extras.