Game of the Month Jan. 2006
Jan 31, 2006 20:50:17 GMT -5
Post by Perseus on Jan 31, 2006 20:50:17 GMT -5
Game of the Month: January 2006
Demons vs. Monkeys. Who wins?
by IGN PlayStation Team
January 31, 2006 - With all the videogames released each and every month, it can be a difficult task to decide on which title to spend your hard-earned money. Granted, you could always go by our review scores alone and weed through the long list of names to find something that scored high or low, but what if you had somewhere else to turn?
Rather than wait until the end of the year for our big award blowout, your friends here at IGN.com have decided to employ a monthly tribute to the weeks that were. We've resolved to illustrate to our readers what we thought was the very best game for each system in the past month, and tell you the reason why.
Though some of us often chime in with our comments at the end of reviews, for the most part, the reviews on IGN are primarily written by one editor; in this feature we get all of the editors on a particular channel to vote for a single title. What better way to represent a team is there than to speak your collective minds at once?
How does it work? It's simple. Any game released in the past month is eligible for the award and is taken through a battery of tests by every editor on that particular channel. After we've finished evaluating each game we put our heads together and decide on a single "best of" winner that's worthy of the title "IGN Game of the Month." Pretty straightforward, don't you think?
Now that we have the guidelines out of the way, let's move on, and congratulate this month's winner...
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition is an undeniable tour de force. It's a challenging, incredibly hectic test of the reflexes and it's the first entry in Capcom's series to tell its story well. The special "Greatest Hits" version of DMC3 adds plenty more to the table too -- including an easier difficulty setting, an alternate continue system, a few new modes, and an all-new playable character (complete with his own play style). What else can we really say about Dante's Awakening Special Edition other than the fact that it stood shoulder to shoulder with games like God of War and Resident Evil 4 BEFORE it had a bunch of extras added to it. Buy it now!
Source: ps2.ign.com/articles/684/684659p1.htm
EDIT: Corrected hyperlink
Demons vs. Monkeys. Who wins?
by IGN PlayStation Team
January 31, 2006 - With all the videogames released each and every month, it can be a difficult task to decide on which title to spend your hard-earned money. Granted, you could always go by our review scores alone and weed through the long list of names to find something that scored high or low, but what if you had somewhere else to turn?
Rather than wait until the end of the year for our big award blowout, your friends here at IGN.com have decided to employ a monthly tribute to the weeks that were. We've resolved to illustrate to our readers what we thought was the very best game for each system in the past month, and tell you the reason why.
Though some of us often chime in with our comments at the end of reviews, for the most part, the reviews on IGN are primarily written by one editor; in this feature we get all of the editors on a particular channel to vote for a single title. What better way to represent a team is there than to speak your collective minds at once?
How does it work? It's simple. Any game released in the past month is eligible for the award and is taken through a battery of tests by every editor on that particular channel. After we've finished evaluating each game we put our heads together and decide on a single "best of" winner that's worthy of the title "IGN Game of the Month." Pretty straightforward, don't you think?
Now that we have the guidelines out of the way, let's move on, and congratulate this month's winner...
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition is an undeniable tour de force. It's a challenging, incredibly hectic test of the reflexes and it's the first entry in Capcom's series to tell its story well. The special "Greatest Hits" version of DMC3 adds plenty more to the table too -- including an easier difficulty setting, an alternate continue system, a few new modes, and an all-new playable character (complete with his own play style). What else can we really say about Dante's Awakening Special Edition other than the fact that it stood shoulder to shoulder with games like God of War and Resident Evil 4 BEFORE it had a bunch of extras added to it. Buy it now!
Source: ps2.ign.com/articles/684/684659p1.htm
EDIT: Corrected hyperlink
