mkreku Posted December 17, 2004 Author Share Posted December 17, 2004 Added Telefragged's review now. Got to love this quote from the review: "You'll wake up with amnesia - yes, this handy old Bioware-favorite plot element comes back - and must piece together what's happened not only in the days leading up to your predicament near the planet of Peragus, but in the five or so years since the events of the first game." The amnesia curse strikes back Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Added Telefragged's review now. Got to love this quote from the review: "You'll wake up with amnesia - yes, this handy old Bioware-favorite plot element comes back - and must piece together what's happened not only in the days leading up to your predicament near the planet of Peragus, but in the five or so years since the events of the first game." The amnesia curse strikes back <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Chris Avellone already responded to that in a post a while ago. I haven't played the game yet, so I can't personally give my view, but either a)it was confusing how it was written or b)these reviewers don't even bother playing the game and just see someone else mention the word "amnesia" and add it to their review. Because the OFFICIAL stance on this is that the PC does NOT have amnesia. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrogen Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 I'm going with option B. months ago, when the articles started coming out about the game is when the amnesia thing started, but it has been stated many times since then that the character doesn't have amnesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted December 18, 2004 Author Share Posted December 18, 2004 Added UGO's review, even though I didn't understand their score (and consequently didn't add it to the total). "It's rare that a game makes you question your own morals and ideals, but this game actually does it. I have to give some major credit to Obsidian for actually accomplishing this in a morally open-ended game." I liked the above-quoted bit Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcleaver Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 That the reviewers don't even play the games they're supposed to be playing is a sad state of affairs, indeed. Aren't they supposed to be how consumers eventually come to a decision on buying certain products? Also, it seems like some problem unrelated to programming is causing all these glitches, and it sounds pretty serious - bad discs, perhaps, or maybe they loaded a bunch of processes that seem to be overloading the X-box. It's already been confirmed by Akari, at least, that the FPS problems aren't graphics-engine related as much as they are process related. Most of these problems I haven't ever experienced, and I can imagine that I've played the game just as much as - if not more than - any of the reviewers talking. A few things are fixed, actually - I have, not once, had the idiotic AI trip a mine as it went to disarm that very same one. This happened over and over again in the first game. Also, Mines can actually be lethal in this game, but that's a side issue. I've had a couple of hard freezes, and after playing for quite a while, I had about three in a row. Not since then, though. I think I slipped through a door once, accidentally, when I was trying to open it - it opened behind me, so it wasn't a biggie. I don't feel like they left the graphics alone - what an arrogant butt of a man. Halo 2 wasn't all that much of an improvement as it was made out to be, and it took FOUR YEARS to make. I liked the gameplay a lot better. As late as the last planet, I was getting hit for 102 damage at a time occasionally, and with certain special ranged feats, a ranged character can really chop through Sith apprentices and the like. I've been having a lot of fun with my blaster Jedi, although she's not my main jedi. The turret mini-games I actually have fun doing, and you can skip through out-of-engine cinematics this time around. I never had a problem with excessive amounts of medpacs or the like - through to the end of the game, the number of med pacs in my inventory never went over 30. In fact, it usually stayed below twenty. What also shook up gameplay a bit was that you would sometimes take control of your other party members. The complaints I've seen were because people didn't like having to play someone other than their main uber-jedi character, which is fine - and if you don't like the idea, (it does add quite a bit of difficulty, by the way, even customizing the level ups like so) you won't like that aspect of the game, but there's nothing inherently bad about it. I would've liked a more solid approach to some of these encounters, though, because a couple of them felt unimportant, even if they were enjoyable. The game really does make you re-think your alignment, but I would've liked more of that. The whole, "The Jedi's teachings are FLAWED" bit got pretty old and preachy after a while, and it would've been nice if they did more questioning than stating in this respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 Added a thorough review from Worthplaying, who had (among other things) this interesting tidbit in it: "It Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I saw the EGM review today, it scored an 8.5, 7.0, and a 9.0 respectivly. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaave Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Heres the XBM review.XBM Review Just because you're a bit thinner than your even fatter mum it doesn't mean you're in excellent physical shape, if you could fit through the door and view the normal people you'd notice that cheeseburger boy. Squid suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Heres the XBM review.XBM Review Thats some review Bring on Feb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarpen Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Here's one from GameCritics: GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Here's one from GameCritics: GC <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, that was a sh1tty review. While the he had a point about the influence system, but his nagging about the graphics and performance almost made him sound like a crybaby. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 If someone buys me the PC version of the game I would gladly post what I think of it. (tee hee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargate: 2000 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 The Green Plug - 01/16/05 - C /A+ - 6.5 Game Over Online - 01/13/05 - 89 /100 - 8.9 Game Freaks 365 - 01/13/05 - 9.4 /10 - 9.4 GameCritics.com - 01/12/05 - 6.5 /10 - 6.5 WHAM! Gaming - 01/12/05 - 8.7 /10 - 8.7 GMR - 01/08/05 - 9 /10 - 9.0 Talk Xbox - 01/04/05 - 9.3 /10 - 9.3 GamersMark - 01/03/05 - 8.7 /10 - 8.7 Electronic Gaming Monthly - 01/01/05 - 8.5 /10 - 8.5 Electronic Gaming Monthly - 01/01/05 - 7.0 /10 - 7.0 Electronic Gaming Monthly - 01/01/05 - 9.0 /10 - 9.0 CGN - Cyber Gaming Network - 12/29/04 - 4.0 /5 - 8.0 Xbox Core - 12/25/04 - 10 /10 - 10.0 Xbox Advanced - 12/22/04 - 9.1 /10 - 9.1 Official Xbox Magazine - 12/21/04 - 9.2 /10 - 9.2 eToychest - 12/21/04 - 83 /100 - 8.3 Gamezilla - 12/19/04 - 3 /3 - 10.0 GamesMaster [uK] - 12/15/04 - 93 /100 - 9.3 Yahoo! Games Domain - 12/13/04 - 9 /10 - 9.0 GamePro - 12/09/04 - 4.5 /5 - 9.0 GameSpy.com - 12/07/04 - 4.5 /5 - 9.0 1UP.com - 12/07/04 - 7.5 /10 - 7.5 GameSpot - 12/06/04 - 8.5 /10 - 8.5 TeamXbox - 12/06/04 - 9.2 /10 - 9.2 IGN.com - 12/03/04 - 9.3 /10 - 9.3 Maxim - 12/01/04 - 4 /5 - 8.0 Official Xbox Magazine UK - 11/28/04 - 9.3 /10 - 9.3 Average Press Score: 8.7 based on the 27 reviews above. "The only difference between genius and stupidity is genius has its limits!" - Albert Einstein. "It's better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!" "You can try to kill me, you'd fail!, but you can try!" - Revan. "When you have exhausted all other possibilities whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes (a.k.a. Sir Arthur Conan Dole) "A lack of planning on your part, does not constitute an emergency on my part" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Love Gardener Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Eurogamer review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Hades Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Thats a good rundown Stargate, but you should do it like the Olympics. Drop the highest score and the lowest score then put in the average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 http://www.superplay.se/ gave it a 9. The review is not posted on the net yet. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronan_Berthelot Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Officiel Xbox Magazine (Fr) : 17/20 Jeux Video Magazine (Fr) : 17/20 Consoles + (Fr) : 15/20 @+++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 PC version: Gamespy: 4/5 IGN: 8.7/10 Gamespot: 8.5/10 Computer Gaming World 4.5/5 Play Magazine: 3.5/4 "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverwinterKnight Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 PC version: Gamespy: 4/5 IGN: 8.7/10 Gamespot: 8.5/10 Computer Gaming World 4.5/5 Play Magazine: 3.5/4 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> who ranks things out of 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Knight, I suppose it could be: 1 - Poor 2 - Average 3 - Good 4 - Excellent Course I may just be wrong and they just use 1-4 for no good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mEtaLL1x Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I liked errorcode's review @ RPG COdex http://www.rpgcodex.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=99157#99157 No hype, pretty critical, and yet objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronan_Berthelot Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Xbox-Mag.net (french) : 16/20 (8/10) Xboxmatch.com (french) : 9.0/10 Game-focus.com (french) : 9.1/10 @+++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSLuke Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Enough with the reviews. The game is finally out. Try it for yourselfs. And by the light of the moon He prays for their beauty not doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mEtaLL1x Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 ... and then write yet another review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarpen Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This one (http://www.gamespy.com/articles/588/588057p1.html?fromint=1) is interesting, too. I don't agree with all the statements, but at least the writer didn't have the opinion ready (KICKZ AZZ!) before writing the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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