[feisar]

(for old times sake. To the uninformed: I used to do this every week back in the day)

Chart Track Official UK Charts for last week

TOP 40 ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE (ALL PRICES)
WEEK ENDING 30 April 2005

1 LEGO STAR WARS (Eidos Interactive)
2 MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB EDITION (Take 2)
3 FIFA STREET (EA)
4 GRAN TURISMO 4 (SCEE)
5 TT SUPERBIKES (Jester Interactive)
6 WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2005 (SEGA)
7 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: CHAOS THEORY (UbiSoft)
8 GUILD WARS ARENANET (NC Soft)
9 DOOM 3 (Activision)
10 THE PUNISHER (THQ)
11 BROTHERS IN ARMS: ROAD TO HILL 30 (UbiSoft)
12 JADE EMPIRE (Microsoft)
13 ROBOTS (Vivendi Universal)
14 THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN (Vivendi Universal)
15 SUPER MARIO 64 DS (Nintendo)
14 PREDATOR: CONCRETE JUNGLE (Vivendi Universal)
16 THE SIMS 2: UNIVERSITY (EA)
17 STRONGHOLD 2 (Take 2)
18 WORLD OF WARCRAFT (Vivendi Universal)
20 THE INCREDIBLES (THQ)
21 CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 5 (Eidos Interactive)
22 SONIC HEROES (SEGA)
23 STAR FOX ASSAULT (Nintendo)
24 TIMESPLITTERS: FUTURE PERFECT (EA)
25 FULL SPECTRUM WARRIOR (THQ)
26 THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (THQ)
27 SPIDER-MAN 2 (Activision)
28 CLOSE COMBAT: FIRST TO FIGHT (Take 2)
29 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 2 (EA)
30 EMPIRE EARTH II (Vivendi Universal)
31 METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER (Konami)
32 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 4 (Konami)
33 GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS (Take 2)
34 THE URBZ: SIMS IN THE CITY (EA)
35 FIFA 2005 (EA)
36 SONIC MEGA COLLECTION PLUS (SEGA)
37 SHREK 2 (Activision)
38 SIMPSONS: ROAD RAGE (THQ)
39 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2005 (SEGA)
40 THE SIMS 2 (EA)

- No adventure games in any of the charts. Not really suprising though considering how few are released :/

- Another:Code an adventure game on DS has sold 104,114 to date in Japan though and is the 7th best selling DS game over there so its not all bad for adventure games!

- Lego Star Wars at No1. This game is ace Really funny and so relaxing to play. Also the first Eidos No1 for over a year.

- Loads of SEGA games in the charts. Sonic Hereos has been in the top 40 every week for a year so far.

- TT Superbikes is the higest new entry. Its been in production for years and halfway through development Jester Interactive went bust, closed down, got funding, fiddled around with banks and then restarted with new staff, finished the game and released it themselves. And now its No5 in the charts. Good for them.

- Next week the Star Wars Episode III game is tipped to be No1. Its out on all the main formats and had a huge TV advertising campaign here, the DS version is apprently very crap but the others are supposed to be ok.

Make of this what you will!

[Ninja Dodo]

Ah yes, I remember that... Good to have you back, feisar.

[Maquisard]

Am I to understand that you were the first to post "ratemypoo.com" on these forums?

[Intrepid Homoludens]

It's back!!!!

Hey feistud, any idea on the skinny for Xbox this year (upcoming games, news, charts)? I just bought me an Xbox, I read elsewhere that you may have one, too. Or are you still exclusively a PS2 whore?

[Maquisard]

Trepsie said, and I quote, " You make me wanna go hunt feisar down and smack him upside the head, that's what I think."

What was this refering to, pray tell?

[feisar]

'trep: Im now fully multiformat xbox has some great stuff out this year and some great games already. There isnt a lot out long term though and some stuff has been cancelled because the xbox360 is out this autumn. There is loads of stuff this year though as everyone is trying to get their games out before the new console comes out.

Psychonauts & Fahrenheit are finally being released. Xbox conversions of Myst IV: Revelation and Still Life are due. Ditto with Half Life 2 and Pirates.

There are loads of action/adventures comming out like Without Warning, RollCall and the new tomb raider game. The Movies from Lionhead is finally out this summer. Ditto with Rare's Conker: Live and Reloaded.

If your into other genres there is tons of stuff to like the triple whammy of TOCA Race Driver 3, Moto GP3 and Forza Motorsport.

Jade Empire is very good and just been released: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58832

Also Oddworld:Strangers Wrath is equally excellent:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58137

hehe i forgot about www.ratemypoo.com :O

[Maquisard]

Thank God, that one was flushed!

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Originally Posted by feistud

'trep: Im now fully multiformat

wow. can i f#&k you?

*ahem*

My Xbox is still warm from the store a couple days ago. I've been playing on my niece and nephew's 'box but had to get my own because I'm moving away in a couple weeks (my b/f never games but he's definitely willing to do it with me).

I've played KoTOR (3 times) and KoTOR II. I did Fable and loved it. I'm on my second run of Jade Empire (madly in love with it), and still deep in Psychonauts (orgasmically excellent). I plan on getting Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) for it when it comes out (hopefully won't be too buggy).

From Russia With Love looks tasty, but I'll wait for the reviews. EA don't exactly have a track record with me, but maybe this one will be different.

[SamandMax]

Isn't The Movies out in the Fall? I don't think it's Summer.


It's good to see the list back. Simpsons: Hit and Run is an unstoppable force, it'll never go down in sales. Ever.