58 is the number of this GBAtemp book game club. We have been running a while now but a quick intro is still warranted. The idea is each edition a game or a selection of them will be offered up and those that would like to partake in the club can play it or recount a time they played it before sharing thoughts with the others in the thread.
The GBA, DS and Wii libraries will be our main sources but there are a lot of rom hacks, leaked code, commercial releases and homebrew to have a look at there. That said we will occasionally look at games that can be emulated on the DS or pose a challenge/run in a game. Quality titles are certainly desirable but they are not the main criteria and slightly flawed but otherwise very interesting titles are equally likely to get the light shined upon them.
#58- C.O.P the recruit (DS)
Earlier in 2009 the DS had finally got a Grand Theft Auto game and not long before this was released the PSP got what some have argued is a far superior port of the same title not to mention. Still Ubisoft released the work of Velez & Dubail dev team (previously known for the handheld V-Rally series and several other 3d racing games for handhelds) right at the start of November. The result was an impressive technical feat turned into a somewhat flawed open world (ish) game where you play as a policeman attempting to stop a terrorist plot but one worth having played. The controls take quite a bit of getting used to but get that done and we hold you can have a good time.
November is a very busy time most years for games releases and it has seen many a title pushed back to January- should the developers have asked for the extra time to polish it up or was it fine as it was?
gbagotw should get you other links in this series