First 360 Game Reviews

[Fivespot]

TotalGames.Net has two 360 reviews up as does Gamepro. Only the Gamepro games are not yet listed on the net. They must wait for people to have bought a new hardcopy issue before publishing for free to the net.

Total Games has Call of Duty 2 at 94%. http://totalgames.net/pma/22280
& Need for Speed Most Wanted at a score of 78%.

I have no interest in NFSMW and aren't surprised by the low score. These games have also felt strange to me with a real floaty type feel to the driving.

COD2 sounds wonderful. I can't wait to play it at home (anywhere other than those crowded kiosks). I saw some dude playing COD2 for about 1/2 hour at Best Buy and his girlfriend was nagging him to leave the whole time. Actually, I left and he was still playing it so maybe he played for 3 hours :)

Oh, almost forgot - The Gamepro scores are for Gun (4.5/5) & Tony Hawk AW (4.5/5).

[Gadfly2317]

I'm not trolling when I ask this---I'm seriously wanting to see some 360 exclusive game reviews---aren't all these games out or coming out on current systems too, like Gun, NFS, Tony Hawk, etc?

[Fivespot]

I'm not trolling when I ask this---I'm seriously wanting to see some 360 exclusive game reviews---aren't all these games out or coming out on current systems too, like Gun, NFS, Tony Hawk, etc?

Yes, you are correct except for COD2 which is also a PC title. The other games I mentioned above are also coming out on current gen hardware.

We'll have to wait for more reviews before we see exclusive 360 games; PGR3, Kameo, PD0, Condemned, Amped3, etc...

[Gadfly2317]

Yes, you are correct except for COD2 which is also a PC title. The other games I mentioned above are also coming out on current gen hardware.

We'll have to wait for more reviews before we see exclusive 360 games; PGR3, Kameo, PD0, Condemned, Amped3, etc...

I'm rooting for a Rare comeback.

[Fivespot]

I'm rooting for a Rare comeback.

Same here. I'm a big fan of Rare's N64 efforts!

Remember Blast Corps? Great game among many others like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark and Diddy Kong Racing and Banjo and...

Glad to see Grabbed by Ghoulies works on the 360. Can't forget about that gem (blech!!).

[ThaMaskedGamer]

Yes the COD2 review was awesome. I saw the game and it looked so damn clear it was amazing, it looked much better than anything on the PC, and that wasn't even a final build. The review said the game is better than the PC version, sweet, first game out the shoot and its a homerun. I think this shows what these systems are gonna be capable of doing in the long run. I was also impressed that the game suffers no kind of slow down or degraded capabilities online with 32 players, pretty damn awesome.

The Halflife2 review was also pretty damn impressive to read over at IGN. I am getting this game next week, but now I want to play it on a 360 for 720p.

Leave it up to EA to bring out the first POS game for the new generation. You just gotta luv EA. It will probably be the best selling launch game too watch.

[Fivespot]

Yes the COD2 review was awesome. I saw the game and it looked so damn clear it was amazing, it looked much better than anything on the PC, and that wasn't even a final build. The review said the game is better than the PC version, sweet, first game out the shoot and its a homerun. I think this shows what these systems are gonna be capable of doing in the long run. I was also impressed that the game suffers no kind of slow down or degraded capabilities online with 32 players, pretty damn awesome.

The Halflife2 review was also pretty damn impressive to read over at IGN. I am getting this game next week, but now I want to play it on a 360 for 720p.

Leave it up to EA to bring out the first POS game for the new generation. You just gotta luv EA. It will probably be the best selling launch game too watch.

Here, here! I like the fact that COD2 runs at a steady 60fps. Most folks have been stating that almost all launch games for 360 would be at 30fps but that just isn't the case. Kameo also looked to be running at a smooth 60 when I played it.

Yup, good ole EA. You just know they're going to take PS2 games and put an extra coat of paint on them and call them 360 games (my opinion - not sure if Most Wanted was truely developed this way).

At least Madden was built from the ground up. EA certainly invests the most in this monster title each year!!!

[Fivespot]

1up has two new 360 reviews:

Amped 3 - http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=640672

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NBA2k6 - http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=640672

Both received a 7 out of 10. Amped 3 sounds like it might be a bust and not even as good as Amped 2 (something I certainly didn't consider happening).

NBA2K6 isn't looking good either if you trust the review at 1up. Sounds like a port of the XBOX/PS2 versions with a fresh coat of paint (and a thin coat at that).

I certainly plan to stick far away from 360 titles that are simple ports of XBOX/PS2 versions. Kind of defeats the whole next-gen purpose IMO.

[theWacoKid]

1up has two new 360 reviews:

Amped 3 - http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=640672

&

NBA2k6 - http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=640672

Both received a 7 out of 10. Amped 3 sounds like it might be a bust and not even as good as Amped 2 (something I certainly didn't consider happening).

NBA2K6 isn't looking good either if you trust the review at 1up. Sounds like a port of the XBOX/PS2 versions with a fresh coat of paint (and a thin coat at that).

I certainly plan to stick far away from 360 titles that are simple ports of XBOX/PS2 versions. Kind of defeats the whole next-gen purpose IMO.

Awful reviews. 1up gave the xbox version of nba2k6 a 9.0 out of 10, but they're deducting 2/10ths of a point for the same game with high def visuals. A half point deduction I can see, but they're looking to piss on the 360 here. Personally, I had no interest in 2k6, despite the early furor that 2k6 on the 360 had jaw dropping visuals which I never did understand. Watching the videos, I thought 2k6 was a graphically enhanced port and nothing more. The lazy developer as it turns out, much to the chagrin of 2k fanboys is Visual Concepts and not EA. They cheaped out with both nba2k6 and nhl2k6.

Also, I like what I've seen of amped's presentation and a number of other sites have as well. 1up.com has been pasting the 360 for a while now, they've had articles claiming the 360 is a rip off, comparing it to the dreamcast. This site is absolutely dripping with bias.

[Fivespot]

Reviews are up at IGN.com for Kameo, Madden, and NBA2K6 along with Kameo again at Gamespot.com.

IGN:
Kameo - 8.4
Madden - 8.0
NBA2K6 - 7.4

Gamespot:
Kameo - 8.7

Kameo received it's marks due to some minor control issues and the fact that the game is relatively short. I'm still excited to pick this title up and won't let the review scores discourage me.

I wish Madden received higher marks but understand why it was rated as an 8.0 - many of the current gen features have been scaled back probably due to a high-demand release date (ran out of time to add everything). But then again it's EA and they always tend to save features for 07, 08, 09, etc....

[Fivespot]

PGR3 a perfect 10 at 1up.com

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3145713&did=1

Kameo a 7.0 at 1up

http://xbox360.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3145712&did=1

[Cuddly Knife]

i heard that they scaled back Madden features because the majority of people ***** about the QB vision and what-nots.

And I might have to pass on Kameo if it's a game that's shorter than ten hours.

[Rogue Bounty Hunter]

i heard that they scaled back Madden features because the majority of people ***** about the QB vision and what-nots.

And I might have to pass on Kameo if it's a game that's shorter than ten hours.

From the IGN review, it mentioned that the QB Vision was there, but it was off by default. They also didn't put in the ability to challenge a call, Owner's Mode and the Mini-Camp. The only one I'm going to miss is challenging a call. Owner's Mode sucked (and was pretty worthless, IMO), and the fact that in the 05 & 06 current-gen Maddens, you couldn't even turn it off like you could in 04. Mini-camp was exactly the same from 04 to 06, so unless they had time to change it, I will not miss it. Everything else in Madden actually makes me want to pick it up whenever, since I'm more into the NCAA game.

Kameo's length is a little surprising, considering how long Rare had to make the game. I'll still get it, but it may take a price drop (or sale) for it to happen.