The definitive Space Giraffe thread

Game Rogue · Post by **Game Rogue** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:32 pm 0

Got this from neogaf - and my heart just sunk - this better be some kind on mistake! <see review section>

OXM #75 October info. Halo 3 Cover

Previews:
Condemned 2
Clive Barker's Jericho
The Simpsons
Civilization Revolution
Halo 3
Halo Wars
Rock Band
Guitar Hero III
Legendary: The Box
FFXI: Wings of the Goddess
Fracture
Kengo
MX vs. ATV Untamed
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
Scene It? Lights,Camera,Action
Army of Two
Fable 2
Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect
Hail to the Chimp
F.E.A.R. Files
Viva Pinata: Party Animals
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Assassin's Creed
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

Reviews:
Tiger Woods 08 - 8.5
Undertow - 9.0
MoH Airborne - 7.5
NHL 08 - 8.5
Space Giraffe - 2.0
Asteroids/Asteroids Deluxe - 7.0
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - 8.5
Golden Axe - 7.5
Sonic the Hedgehog (XBLA) - 7.5
Project Sylpheed - 5.5
MotoGP '07 - 8.5
Madden 08 - 8.5
Madden 08 (xbox) - 7.0
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam - 6.0
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe 7.0
Blue Dragon - 7.5

Bonus Game Material on Marketplace:
Monster Madness Maps - Fanboys Only
Lumines Live! packs - Deny
Rapala Fishing Bonus Level - Deny
Mad Tracks Encore - Buy
Soltrio Solitaire Game Packs 1-3 - Fanboys only
Small Arms: Ivar & Gullarp - Fanboys Only
C&C 3 Map Pack 1 - Buy
Saints Row: Gangster Pack - Deny
Sonic the Hedgehog missions (note: retail version) - Deny

Rumor Mole

" Epic says Xbox 360 won't get the nifty PC-exclusive content (namely, that brumak battle) from the windows version of GOW as DLC because the engine can't handle it. But that doesn't mean it won't appear in GOW 2. Flashback anyone?... The industry is watching to see if BioShock sells well. If it does, Eidos is ready to green-light Deus Ex 3 at it's new Montreal studio... With Fallout in its pocket & Fallout 3 earning well-deserved hype, what beloved dormant IP is next on Bethesda's shopping list? Whispers inside the studio suggest they'd love to get their hands on Thief..."

Demos:
Blue Dragon
Overlord
Juiced 2
Project Sylpheed

And more gamerpics from the community!

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:36 pm 0

The only wise thing to say is "see the demo for yourself, download it and try it".

.. it's .. really odd .. I mean .. it's really harsh ..

It's certainly a blow .. I mean "you can like or not like it" .. but I don't
think it deserves anything like that really

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:37 pm 0

I dunno what the fuck it is apart from a deliberate attempt to sabotage SG. For what reason I have no idea. I do know that I've watched a lot of people learning to play SG over the last few months and pretty much nobody's had a bad word to say about the game.

This can only be extreme incompetence or outright attack. Don't know what or why. It's really fucking odd.

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:38 pm 0

OXM is a hit magazine. Only got it for the free disc.

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:44 pm 0

Looks like a typo, I don't think they give scores less than 7.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:45 pm 0

I can only think that the reviewer simply didn't play the game enough to give it a proper review.

Oight, here's another no-name game I've never heard of before until just now, made why, what's-it-soft? The review needs to be done in the next 10? Right, let me slap it in and give it a go. Wow, this looks like Tempest from 1980-something. [reaches into number jar] - 2 it is!

Those official magazines always suck when it comes to reviewing anyways. Like said before, the only reason people buy it is for the demo disk, which Live! is replacing anyway. It'll be a dead publication in a year or two.

Markie · Post by **Markie** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:45 pm 0

gilesgoat wrote:The only wise thing to say is "see the demo for yourself, download it and try it".

Cant wait too mate! :-)

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:45 pm 0

Perhaps the reviewer just didn't like it? Happens y'know.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:47 pm 0

Interesting... sounds like it was played by someone who just didn't "get it" - didn't play to strategically maximise score, looked at it for about 5 minutes, thought "oh, you just shoot stuff...screen seems a bit messy".

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:47 pm 0

RageMatrix wrote:Perhaps the reviewer just didn't like it? Happens y'know.

Good reviewers, even if they don't personally like a game, will still give it a fair rating. They'll usually mention that "this game really isn't for me" in their review, but will judge it based on its merits and still give it a proper score.

Game Rogue · Post by **Game Rogue** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:52 pm 0

I personally do care about the score; I know that I am still getting Space Giraffe upon its release and regardless of the 2.0 will still be talking it up as much as possible on other forums I visit!!

I would like to read the detail of why the reviewer gave SG a 2.0.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:53 pm 0

Yak wrote: This can only be extreme incompetence or outright attack. Don't know what or why. It's really fucking odd.

I shouldn't worry about it. In either case it's likely to only generate a bit of interest: "2 points, WTF is going on there?" and will cause people to read about it and seek out other reviews to see what could be so awful. In doing so they'll probably become a potential candidate for buying it

Wibble · Post by **Wibble** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:56 pm 0

Game Rogue wrote:I would like to read the detail of why the reviewer gave SG a 2.0.

Same here.. It just doesn't make sense. At least the rating will make people investigate the game more than with a solid 9.

Game Rogue · Post by **Game Rogue** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:57 pm 0

BTW; Here is the link ~ thread reply 7926

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread. ... 8&page=159

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:58 pm 0

Game Rogue wrote:I would like to read the detail of why the reviewer gave SG a 2.0.

You do make a good point.

Though from reading past reviews, usually something as low as a 2 is reserved for cookie-cutter games, which are essentially bad clones of already bad games from 10 years ago, with crap graphics, crap sound, crap controls, low framerate, and buggy as hell. SG doesn't seem to fit any of the above, hence, I'm a tad critical off the bat.