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Sunday Evening New Releases and ShackReviews

by Chris Remo, Jan 22, 2006 3:00pm PST

Related Topics – Capcom, Square Enix, Games: PC, 2K Sports

Good evening, Shack. I'm all alone on the front page today! EDIT: Or at least I was when I wrote that!

This Week's New Releases

PS2

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening: Special Edition (Capcom | Tue. | PS2)

Xbox/X360

World War II Combat: Road to Berlin (Direct Action | Tue. | Xbox, also PC in Mar. '06)

Portable

True Swing Golf (T&E Soft | Mon. | DS)

Multi

Torino 2006 (2K Sports | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, also PC in Feb. '06)

Additional Database Entries

PQ Practical Intelligence Quotient (Now Production, PSP, 2005)
Drakengard (Cavia, PS2, 2004)
Trash (Inhuman Games, PC, 2005)

Featured ShackReviews:

Our two most frequent reviewers return this week, with Masem checking out Square Enix's Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2) and...
SixDemonBag looking back on Smilebit's Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox).

Out of the blue, I busted out Treasure's Ikaruga (GCN, DC) this week. Yeah, it's still ridiculously difficult.

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omg i just realized something.

jin on lost, same actor who in 24 season 2 helps jack in 10pm - 11pm at the airport crazy...

Jan 22, 2006 7:46pm PST

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omg i just realized something. jin on lost, same actor who in 24 season 2 helps jack in 10pm - 11pm at : but why
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- Dude, There are like 4 asian actors in Hollywood. They cross over like crazy. Yeah, the guy speaks p... : morinaga

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is devil may cry special edition "greatest hits"

For some odd reason I dont like owning copies that say greatests hits etc...

Jan 22, 2006 7:21pm PST

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is devil may cry special edition "greatest hits" For some odd reason I dont like owning copies that sa... : Rageaholic
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- Yes it is : genjuro
- I kinda feel the same way, but when it's a Collector's Ed. and I don't own the game already, I can deal. ... : David Craddock

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Good evening, Mr Phelps. As always, should you be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

Jan 22, 2006 3:59pm PST

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Good evening, Mr Phelps. As always, should you be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowle... : thaperfectdrug
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- this site will self destruct when Steve touches the servers. : axilla364

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Curse you Remo and your Ikaruga. Now you've got me playing it again...well dying to it again.

http://solrflare.shackspace.com/ik1.jpg
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Jan 22, 2006 8:55pm PST

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Curse you Remo and your Ikaruga. Now you've got me playing it again...well dying to it again. http://... : SolrFlare
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  i hate you and your sexy tv >:( : creep
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Anyone checked out the new cry engine video yet? Its really impressive, especially if they make another game like Farcry on it. Please just let it be on 360 aswell as PC

Jan 23, 2006 1:53am PST

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Anyone checked out the new cry engine video yet? Its really impressive, especially if they make another g... : kurumba
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- url? : OrkO

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Level 4 of Ikaruga is a work of art.

A work of art that drives people to throw controllers.

Jan 22, 2006 5:56pm PST

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Level 4 of Ikaruga is a work of art. A work of art that drives people to throw controllers. : Serpico74
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  ikaruga is fuking dam hard, but its very possible to go through it without dying. You can actually see wh... : Rageaholic
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    No doubt. Gradius 5 is very tough, and unlike Ikaruga it isn't mainly based on patterns. : Serpico74
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      but in general gradius 5 is a much easier game. : Rageaholic
      
      I agree, but dude, make up your mind. :) : Serpico74

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Anyone know if this DMC3 Special Edition is less difficult than the original DMC3? Because man that game was hard.

Jan 22, 2006 4:19pm PST

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Anyone know if this DMC3 Special Edition is less difficult than the original DMC3? Because man that game ... : helvetica
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  Supposedly the set the difficulty back to how it was in the Japanese release. The original US version's ... : omnova
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    That's odd, I thought that if anything, the Japanese version of a game would be harder than the American ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      No, it's because more specifically the Japanese version of the game was just a harder version of the FIRS... : Chris Remo
      
      (and I'm sure they would have been right) : Chris Remo
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      I was kinda surprised they did that too, for similar reasons. I guess we're hardcore now. : omnova
      
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      It's not surprising when you know: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11500328 : Chris Remo
      
      I meant about the hardcoreness of Devil May Cry 3. I know about the Mario thing. :( : omnova
- also, the continue system has been restored to the Japanese version. So, you can continue infinitely fro... : sevogajre

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this comes after i spent 22 hours + hours of practice to get through normal mode >_>

Jan 22, 2006 7:47pm PST

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this comes after i spent 22 hours + hours of practice to get through normal mode >_> : charmless
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- gfg misreplies~ this is DMC3 btw. : charmless

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Chris, need an entry for PQ (see http://www.us.playstation.com/games.aspx?id=ULUS-10046 for details) for the PSP. Was about to post a review but noticed the game is lacking on Shack :D

(Quickie review - best intelligent puzzle game for the PSP yet, well done, though not perfect and definitely not for everyone).

Jan 22, 2006 5:46pm PST

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Chris, need an entry for PQ (see http://www.us.playstation.com/games.aspx?id=ULUS-10046 for details) for... : Masem
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- Thanks, done! I'm surprised I missed that; I didn't even realize it had come out already. : Chris Remo

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Ikaruga's a great game... glad I got it when it was cheap.

Jan 22, 2006 7:19pm PST

Ikaruga's a great game... glad I got it when it was cheap. : Pneum0

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Clicking on the screenshot on the Devil May Cry page I get a "can't open thumbnail directory" error:
http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/psx2/Devil+May+Cry+3:+Dantes+Awakening:+Special+Edition/1/devilma

Jan 22, 2006 4:59pm PST

Clicking on the screenshot on the Devil May Cry page I get a "can't open thumbnail directory" error: ht... : Reverb

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IKARUGA FTW!!!!

Jan 22, 2006 4:58pm PST

IKARUGA FTW!!!! : Omaha

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Remo, give us a mini-review of oblivion!

Jan 22, 2006 3:45pm PST

Remo, give us a mini-review of oblivion! : grandmasterlee

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Uhhh this weeks new releases seems to be broken...

Jan 22, 2006 3:39pm PST

Uhhh this weeks new releases seems to be broken... : askedrelic

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you sure are

Jan 22, 2006 3:36pm PST

you sure are : rubicant

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you know, masem needs to get hired by a website already. Excellent reviews.

Jan 22, 2006 3:24pm PST

you know, masem needs to get hired by a website already. Excellent reviews. : burning eye

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