Xbox 360 Roundup Comments by Dan Whitehead

how long you test this games?

Wow. An Impact review finally. You were a little more lenient on it than I was as well.

"The easiest "odd one out" puzzle ever."

made my morning that :)

"Wearing its traditional role-playing roots like a badge of pride"

Traditional tabletop wargaming roots, I think you'll find...

... actually it sounds quite interesting. Is there a PC version planned that likely won't be so hamstrung by joypad control issues?

Hurray, you reviewed SBK 08 at long last, having said you would two months ago! I agree with the review and 7/10 is a fair score for what is a good game but one that is lacking a little in content (just 12 tracks) and atmosphere.

The criticism about Madden NFL 09's gameplay is a little unfair IMO because the A.I. is only unbalanced if you use the seriously flawed adaptive difficulty setting which makes, for example, running plays harder if you're good at running with the ball or passing plays harder if you're good at passing. Spoils the game completely if you ask me. If you use the standard difficulty setting then the game is much, much better. This year's game is the best Madden in years IMO and I easily think it's worth an 8 or even a 9 at a push. I really must get back to that game at some point... :)

@ Mentalist(air), the PC version is out. You are best getting the "Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Gold Edition".
It has two in the one Warhammer Mark of Chaos and the expansion pack "Battle March".
You also get the army editior in it. Worth checking out.

I for one really disdain the roundup format.

7/10

Still no MotoGP 08 review?
I don't agree with the SBK 08 review, it is by far the best bike game on the market, surpasses all the arcadey rubbish out there and actually makes me excited about future installments!

I for one think the regular reviews are too long.

The round-up format is perfect for those less interesting games.

7/10

Warhammer Battle is a table-top game - NOT a roleplaying game!

Warhammer RPG is role-playing game!

You can tell as there are clues in the name.

Why is it game reviewers - people who are supposed to know about games, regardless of computer or not - can't distingish between two massively different types. It's like getting card games mixed with dice.

This game can't display it's RPG roots, since *this* game doesn't have any.

... it's okay - I'm over it now... ;)

Good to see an SBK08 review at last. It is a very, ridiculously hard game to get to grips with... but yes, it is jolly good fun, particularly if you turn the realism down a bit (it is incredibly easy to lowside on bends, even on a dry track) and go for a bash online. Thing is, everyone I know has waited for MotoGP 08 instead which is a crying shame... not least of all because there was hardly any coverage of this.

I traded in a game and got BAJA for £20.

It is pretty mediocre in every way. I was expecting a BAJA endurance race to be pretty exhilarating especially as I have steering wheel and racing seat set-up, but it isn't. You just career off the track to the left, to the right, again and again and again. And the AI drivers really are bastards.

I want to like it, but I don't.

It's almost as bad as Sega Rally. A game Eurogamer gave a 9. WTF!

Actually I find I'm more inclined to read the roundup reviews than the 'standard' reviews... not sure why, partly because of the bite-size format, partly because it feels like I'm getting some kind of five-in-one bargain, which is ludicrous but, well, I dunno. I just know I'd never have clicked on a standalone wrestling or Madden review, but tucked away in a roundup I read the damn things regardless.

Also, more disgruntled sucker-punching bears in reviews plz.

7/10

Wow, and I thought I was the only massive geek who'd take issue with the "traditional role-playing roots" thing. Pass the polyhedrons...

i have to agree that the round-ups feel like a bargain too,(lots of info - lower risk of being caught with an essay on screen.)
On review consistancy - i havent had great issue with EG but i suppose i havent played a new game since Lost Oddity.
Sega rally review was good, borderline 8/9 but the journalism was sound, cool game even standing up to Dirt.

10/10

Lost Oddity?!? You mean Odyssey surely? ;)

Looking forward to playing the amesiac Major Tom in Lost Oddity.

"The campaigns aren't huge, however, so it won't last a dedicated strategist more than a weekend or so."

LOL a game that's shorter than its own learning curve. Sounds like fun!

"dead-bolted steel door, three inches thick. And it's covered in spikes. With poison on them. And when you open the door an angry bear pops out and punches you in the kidneys."

Is this a carryover from the Day of Crisis review? Is it the same angry bear??