Sunday Night ShackReviews

by jason bergman, Sep 29, 2002 5:56pm PDT

After a week off (due to my fiancee's bridal shower) I'm back with another roundup of new games in the ShackReviews database. Some big name titles have come out in the past week, so these are all new releases. As usual, if there's a game you want to review but don't see in the database, check first and then submit it!

Unreal Tournament 2003 (PC)
Earth & Beyond (PC)
Animal Crossing (GameCube)
Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet (GameCube)
Kingdom Hearts (PS2)
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (GBA)

As some of you may have noticed, I published my Mario Sunshine review this afternoon. I'm still behind on my reviews due to the ever looming wedding plans, but I'm going to try and get caught up while these games are still fresh in my mind (if I wait too long, I won't be able to write as effective a review).

Read all the News

« Previous Story
Evening Reading

Next Story »
Rise of Nations Q&A

Comments

17 Threads* | 45 Comments

#41

Refresh Thread

By: gurgeh x Show Full Post

Reply

Starfox Adventures reviews - you decide!

(9.0/10) "One of the longest, more difficult games available for Nintendo's console"
http://cube.ign.com/articles/371/371929p2.html
(5.7/10) "FoxÃ¢Â€Â™s quest isnÃ¢Â€Â™t terribly long... a disappointment in nearly all aspects"
http://www.gamingworldx.com/gcn/StarFoxAdventures.shtml

Sep 30, 2002 3:21am PDT

toggle
Starfox Adventures reviews - you decide! (9.0/10) "One of the longest, more difficult games available ... : gurgeh
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- That negative review was hilarious. : drazz

#40

Refresh Thread

By: gurgeh x Show Full Post

Reply

Xbox bits

Blinx review (IGN Insider :/ 8.8/10)
"Unique, difficult [you thought Mario was hard] and amazing. It ain't no Mario but it sure is good"
http://my.ign.com/my/sb?action=userauth&customMsg=userauthSub&network=1&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fxbox.ign.com%2Farticles%2F372%2F372414p1.html&category=subscription®Path=2®Action=login

Buffy review (8/10, seems to be doing better in Europe than the US)
http://www.eurogamer.net/content/r_buffy_x

Sudeki info and screens
http://www.xengamers.com/sections/news/8742/

Black Stone: Magic & Steel (aka Ex-Chaser) info
http://www.eurogamer.net/news.php?id=21756

Sep 30, 2002 2:35am PDT

toggle
Xbox bits Blinx review (IGN Insider :/ 8.8/10) "Unique, difficult [you thought Mario was hard] and am... : gurgeh
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- this isn't LNC, give it a rest. : jaga

#4

Refresh Thread

By: nofxsux x Show Full Post

Reply

Still no Robotech: Battlecry addition?

Sep 29, 2002 6:05pm PDT

toggle
Still no Robotech: Battlecry addition? : nofxsux
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 12 replies.
- toggle
  Believe it or not, nobody submitted it (it's been submitted now, it'll be in next week). : jason bergman
  - toggle
    Yeah i just submitted it. Damn i figured there were more Robotech fans around these parts... : nofxsux
    - toggle
      how is it? : hirez
      
      robo fans love it I guess. : BulletPro
      
      I dont know yet. I want to see some peoples reviews to see if im going to spring $50 on it before Vice Ci... : nofxsux
      
      i rented the xbox version all weekend. it was decent, and i'm a robotech fan. not as good as i'd hope... : amankhan
      
      I didn't really like what I played of it.. but that could have been because the fire button was stuck dow... : jaga
      
      Difficult. It has a lot of "throw-your-controller-through-the-window" moments in it. For me at least. : waffledwaffle
  - That's because it sucks : Tabouh

#5

Refresh Thread

By: brianshizm x Show Full Post

Reply

still no Quantum Redshift for Xbox

Sep 29, 2002 6:30pm PDT

toggle
still no Quantum Redshift for Xbox : brianshizm
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
- toggle
  how is it? inquiring minds want to know... : hirez
  - It's a very solid Wipeout clone. If you want Wipeout on the XBox, you shouldn't be disappointed, but don'... : gurgeh
- toggle
  yeah, and no Onimusha 2 yet. They'll be in next week, don't worry. : jason bergman
  - I submitted NOLF2 in case no one else did... street date is Tuesday. Should be a hot seller, solely based... : BulletPro

#38

Refresh Thread

By: Porkasaurus x Show Full Post

Reply

The reason Koopa's son turned into the shadow Mario was to frame the real Mario. That is why all the island people thought he was a bad guy when he arrived on Delfino.

Sep 30, 2002 1:01am PDT

The reason Koopa's son turned into the shadow Mario was to frame the real Mario. That is why all the isla... : Porkasaurus

#37

Refresh Thread

By: peterg x Show Full Post

Reply

anyone else getting a bit fed up w/ nintendo's ability to deliver great games for gamecube? this is the only reason i bought gamecube in the first place... yet a lot of their top rated gamecube games are multiconsole or just copies of n64 games more or less(sms, smash bros, star wars, etc are copies). if zelda doesn't contain some improvement(other than gfx) and innovation i think i'm really going to lose faith in nintendo. i'd love to see improved versions of some of their classics, snes ogre battle(i like this one much more than tactics ogre. the n64 version was short of the original but very good), and mario cart(n64 version sucked compared to the original) but i don't think they have the ability to make them how i'd like.

Sep 29, 2002 10:52pm PDT

anyone else getting a bit fed up w/ nintendo's ability to deliver great games for gamecube? this is the ... : peterg

#30

Refresh Thread

By: namelessone x Show Full Post

Reply

Hey Jason are you going to move the loony UT2k3 server over to retail? Im on LI and was getting great gameplay

Sep 29, 2002 9:27pm PDT

toggle
Hey Jason are you going to move the loony UT2k3 server over to retail? Im on LI and was getting great gam... : namelessone
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- Absolutely. My copy's in the mail, and as soon as it arrives I'll be starting my server up again (all DM,... : jason bergman

#8

Refresh Thread

By: Serpico74 x Show Full Post

Reply

Someone please review Animal Crossing. I need to know if I should be buying this or not :)

Sep 29, 2002 6:45pm PDT

toggle
Someone please review Animal Crossing. I need to know if I should be buying this or not :) : Serpico74
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.
- toggle
  http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/22634.asp : Kaiser
  - toggle
    Yeah, I know, but I wanted to read a review from a Shacker's perspective :) : Serpico74
    - I got it finally and feel the same way most others do.. Its fun and I don't know why. It feels more like ... : jaga

#27

Refresh Thread

By: Do_Or_Die x Show Full Post

Reply

The first time I saw this I swear I thought I was being targeted by a sniper rifle.

Hahaha HEADSHOT!!! That would be the most shocking thing ever to happen in any videogame if Mario got shot. The world would come to an end. :)

Sep 29, 2002 7:59pm PDT

toggle
The first time I saw this I swear I thought I was being targeted by a sniper rifle. Hahaha HEADSHOT!!! : Do_Or_Die
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- hahah. if you see this in the game, you'll know exactly what I mean...it's really weird. : jason bergman

#19

Refresh Thread

By: ghost in my shell x Show Full Post

Reply

Eek after reading my review after its posted it seems that where I had emoticons were replaced by jibberish :(

Also I did it again, I said XII instead of VII, I must really want 12 to come out already...

Sep 29, 2002 7:19pm PDT

toggle
Eek after reading my review after its posted it seems that where I had emoticons were replaced by jibberi... : ghost in my shell
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.
- toggle
  Noticed you gave KH an 8 in the game play department. I'm up to Halloween Town and it's been straight ha... : sevogajre
  - No its pretty hack and slash all the way...sorry :| : ghost in my shell

#14

Refresh Thread

By: protoman x Show Full Post

Reply

jason, you didn't like mario teaches typing? wtf?!

Sep 29, 2002 6:59pm PDT

toggle
jason, you didn't like mario teaches typing? wtf?! : protoman
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.
- toggle
  it was the only Mario game I can honestly say I didn't like. :) : jason bergman
  - Haha. I've never played it myself but I chuckled when I read that at the end of your review. And I agree ... : protoman

#12

Refresh Thread

By: Kaiser x Show Full Post

Reply

Kingdom Hearts.

I rented it this weekend. Man, I can't tell if it's really cool or really suckass.
It's got all the things I hate in a game. Stupid fetch this and that quests. Fucking jumping puzzles and sometimes vague goals (wander around until you trigger a cutscene.)

But at the same time, I can't stop playing it. (I just stopped on the Deep Jungle - Tarzan level.)

It's cute, clever, and sometimes witty.

Fucking jumping crap.

Sep 29, 2002 6:55pm PDT

Kingdom Hearts. I rented it this weekend. Man, I can't tell if it's really cool or really suckass. I : Kaiser

#9

Refresh Thread

By: Colin Higgins x Show Full Post

Reply

This may be off topic, but...

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2881851,00.html

YAY!!!!!!!

Sep 29, 2002 6:48pm PDT

toggle
This may be off topic, but... http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2881851,00.html ... : Colin Higgins
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- cool. I am looking forward to this game. I purposely did not play the demo, too. b/c I want to experience... : hirez

#6

Refresh Thread

By: kek x Show Full Post

Reply

I agree with most of your points, Jason, in regards to Mario Sunshine. I couldn't shake the feeling Sunshine was rushed either. From the wierd Shadow Mario being Koopa's son (?!?) to the horrid voice overs of that character and others.

By the way, there was only one level that I know of that used the different colored Yoshi concept. It required you to spray durien juice on a monster to turn him into a block that took you to a platform that allowed you to juice away a barrier and get a shine. That's really the only time though. Why bother including him for such little use? Sure you can get some blue coins with him by using his tongue, but that's pretty much it.

That 3rd nozzle was useless, agreed.

I had fun, it was a fun game, but it wasn't an instant classic like other Mario games tend to be.

Sep 29, 2002 6:36pm PDT

I agree with most of your points, Jason, in regards to Mario Sunshine. I couldn't shake the feeling Suns : kek

#3

Refresh Thread

By: ghost in my shell x Show Full Post

Reply

dont add the Document of MGS2, i would hate to use swear words in a review :)

Sep 29, 2002 6:00pm PDT

dont add the Document of MGS2, i would hate to use swear words in a review :) : ghost in my shell

red	r{...}r	italics	/[...]/
green	g{...}g	bold	b[...]b
blue	b{...}b	quote	q[...]q
yellow	y{...}y	sample	s[...]s
limegreen	l[...]l	underline	_[...]_
orange	n[...]n	strike	-[...]-
multisync	p[...]p	spoiler	o[...]o
olive	e[...]e	code	/{{...}}/