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2008's best games so far SUCK!

They were critically acclaimed. They were loved by millions. Now meet the GamesRadar editors who can't STAND them

Words: GamesRadar UK

GamesRadar score: 10 Metacritic score: 94

Notable review quotes:

“Rarely has any title delivered so much amazing action, such a wide variety of modes, and so many hours of value. It doesn't get any better than this.” - Nintendo Power

“In Brawl, Nintendo has handily produced one of the most compelling, rich and densely-packed experiences available on any console. A must-buy for Wii owners and a compelling lure for those who have yet to adopt the system, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is one of Nintendo's finest efforts yet." - Destructoid.com

Hated by: James Jarvis, Content Editor

It seems the only skill you need to be an ‘expert’ at Smash Brothers is the ability to hit buttons faster than anyone else who has had the misfortune to pick up a controller. Sometimes, someone will be lucky enough to discover a combo, and then much to their delight will carry on hitting the same buttons for the rest of the round until they think they’ve won. I say think they’ve won because most of the time it looks like you’re putting in a reasonable effort, only for you to later discover that your super-mega unstoppable fire breathing dragon punch looked impressive but was effectively the in-game representation of throwing pebbles at a tank.

But let’s pretend for a second that you can perform combos when you want to, and that the characters are balanced, and that your powerful looking attacks do cause a lot of damage. I want to see what happens when Solid Snake takes on Sonic. Oh, wait a minute, I can’t. Why? Because before these characters are unlocked you have to take every character and trawl though hours and hours of a side scrolling adventure section, then spend a day or two playing 4000 vs. matches and fulfilling a stack of obscure challenges. How can you call this fun?

And who the hell is Lucas!? You know what, I don’t even care.

 
3 Comments
Kefsquall - 2 months 10 days ago
This is year just looked to be the better of all the industry years since 1987. As soon as the year started, we've all realized the greatness it woud be. But as the monts go on, i've seen it isn't what it should be. Devil May Cry 4 was just about the same as the third and first. Then, Super Smash bros. Brawl leads me to boredom as i've seen that those tons of things didn't work together well, and the major title was far worse than melee. And then, Patapon, proved to be an incredible game, just turned out to have no replay value over time. Metal Gear Solid 4 & GTA IV holds as the major games this year so far. And then there is the desappointments. Oh, those same desappoinments hitting us in 2006. Haze was a bad game. Ninja Gaiden II was far worse than the first and had one of the worse storylines of all time. The Wii survived with titles as No More Heroes and even the surprisingly good Boom Blox.

The fighting genre got Soul Calibur IV, but that's a game i've played almost three times
as the prequels are all pretty much the same as the forth chapter. Street fighter IV proved to be a very artiscally pleasing game, but it'n not out yet. The racing games got Burnout Paradise, a game everyone probably just played for the graphics. The same genre got GRID, GT5: prologue and Mario Kart Wii, but all of them was just quite good, none was really a revolution neither an mere evolution. Spore is an short game i've played for once and don't intend to play again, ending up the 8th month in 2008 with only 2 games i've really wanted to play.

But the hope isn't lost now that the end of the year holds up so many promises. Fable II, Fallout 3, Little Big Planet, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, Starcraft 2 may turn the industry sound up. The problem is: what shall i do with my Wii? Did Nintendo forgot it's new console? Did third party games just suck? How can Nintendo let 2008 ending up as a fighting/miscellanous game as the GOTY contender? Anyway GamesRadar, greeting for the criativity and all of the heart about the features. A lot of things i've been begging to see in a website was found here, inspiring my gaming editor Career.

Sorry for the Brazillian-english, and for the incredibly long text i've just read. Anyway, Keed up the good work!
Kefsquall - 2 months 10 days ago
I've just write*
Telekinesis - 2 months 6 days ago
Lucas is the main character from the famous SNES RPG Earthbound, known as Mother in Japan.
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