I think this thread is quite sexist actually. Half these women do not actually fit the role of damsel in distress. Meryl, Ada, Berri, and Ashley, were strong characters who knowingly knew that they were facing danger. They should not be considered "girls" whose men needed to save them.
You can't blame Web of Shadows for ignoring One More Day. Everyone hates One More Day. Spider-Man didn't recover in terms of quality until Joe Kelly's run.
Batman: Dark Tomorrow. The cutscene was awesome and it got me hyped thinking that I was about to play an awesome game. Then the first level starts and the game is so unintuitive that I couldn't even make it past the first screen (I just kept falling off the building). I tried it 10 more times and then turned off my Gamecube and never touched it again.
In 2003 I bought my first EGM as it had a review for Soul Calibur 2. I read the magazine backwards and forwards. Afterwards I subscribed and did so all the way to 2008. In 2008 they were already cutting down the magazine Shoe left and it became 1 reviewer per game (unless it was a big game). I was fed up by the changes and in October when they asked to resubscribe I canceled.
3 months after and the Magazine ends :(. RIP EGM, you stopped me from buying shit.
It really is a godsend that Street Fighter 4 is coming. 3D Fighting games have always lacked personality for some reason. Its good that we're getting a big green monster fighting a stretchy Indian in glorious 3D. And Street Fighter EX3 doesn't count.