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PlayStation 2 Review by Martin Taylor
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We'd wager that you've noticed at some point during the last couple of weeks that it's summer. And for gamers, this means only one thing... well ok, actually two: unbearable levels of heat from the magical orb in the sky, and droughts. So at Eurogamer we get to struggle on playing through some of videogaming's most hideous bargain bin abominations - just about the only type of game to hit the shelves until things pick up again in time for Christmas. Play It is a publisher attempting to coax you back indoors with a series of super-budget titles, three of which we've reviewed here. Sadly, there's a good reason these all retail for a tenner...
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Tiger_Walts
14/08/03 @ 10:16
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I would like a preview of the moon before it is released later this year, on a stick.
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Sorry, that does sound a bit rude. mouse produces this large article and all we can say is, "I want something else". :)
In my defense, I don't own a PS2 and I have no interest in it. Does that help? I want a preview of lunch. They say that history repeats itself and thus by looking into the past one can determine the future. I'll leave you to figure out how that relates to your request. |
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Same as FWB here. Sorry if I was rude, not my intention. If I didn't apreciate so much your work I wouldn't be asking for reviews, I'd go read them somewhere else.
I'm mostly interested in PC gaming at the moment and PC reviews seem bit "we'll do them if we have time after we review every other platform" around here... |
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Can I buck the trend of these comments and say I quite enjoyed it? Crappy budget titles take me back to the youthful days of the C64 and Spectrum where you would agonise over which completley shit £1.99 Codemasters game you would spend your weekly pocket money on, with only some drawn-in-10-minutes-with-a-biro box art to help you.
The thing is, £10 games are the sort of thing that kids are going to get bought as presents by relatives who have no idea - they are like the WHSmith vouchers of the new millennium. Like it or not, there are going to be more and more of them coming onto the market. Plus, I thought the last one sounded quite cool... |
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Part of the problem is having people who genuinely love said genres available. We could quite happily knock out reviews of those games, but they wouldn't be informed enough.
Rob's going to be doing The Frozen Throne shortly though, once he gets back from Dallas where he's having a look at Halo PC and Age of Mythology The Titans. |
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Part of the problem is having people who genuinely love said genres available. We could quite happily knock out reviews of those games, but they wouldn't be informed enough.
That's what I had in mind when I mentioned PC games sometimes come last, not that there is a biased view that consoles are better. It's a matter of tastes, but I think you should try to cover them all in the future (the tastes, that is). |
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BLACKSHEEP
14/08/03 @ 11:11
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You can get 2 good games for £20 at Play.com right now like Project Zero & Fantavision or Quake 3 & Half Life.
Play-It? more like Bin-It ! :p |
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prettyboytim
14/08/03 @ 11:51
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If you want a good game for £10 - try Red Ace from Small Rockets - I wrote it three years ago in nine months, and It's good stuff, I promise.
Red Ace (and it's sequel, Red Ace Squadron) are still the Small Rockets best sellers, but I never got a goddamn penny in royalties, which in retrospect pisses me off a bit now. Anyway, grab it from here: http://www.smallrockets.com/pc/baron/index.htm Yeah, I know - shameless plug. If it makes you feel any better I don't get any money from it. Grrr. |
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On a side note - the developer of the Pinball game (that, incidently, is called American Pinball, not released in the states)Astroll only other title, is called Cocktail Harmony - a er, cocktail simulator for the PSX. Talk about a label for bar-games.
Also, I can voutch that Road Trip Adventure is worth a spin or two in the machine, if you really need a objective-based game with cars. |
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