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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Good Times With High Explosives.
The first thing that must be said in any review of this game on Gamespot, is that a 5.0 for this game is absurdly low. The aggregate critic and user score just does not aggree, and really the game deserves better. The se... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Phantasy Star Universe
Dated gameplay, Mediocre graphics, Weak Multiplayer and Singleplayer, and to top it off, a monthly fee. Yech.
PSU is a perfect example of something that makes you sit and wonder just what the developers spent all this time doing. The graphics in PSU, which never rise above xbox (first gen) quality looks like it was beaten into s... Read Full Review
3 of 6 users found the following review helpful
Castle Crashers
Fun and Funny, a Rare Combo.
You cannot mention Castle Crashers without first talking about it's visuals. The hand drawn art works beautifully, and I immidiatly started thinking of Magical Trevor... in a good way. The characters you play look very d... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Clive Barker's Jericho (Limited Edition)
Terribly Underrated Entry In A Small Genre
It's a shame that the flaws in the game are ones that are bound to annoy hardcore FPS'ers, because the use of powers and fun story makes for a great time. This isn't meant to be another cookie cutter FPS, it's really som... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Ford Street Racing
I Didn't Know That It Was "BOLD" To Reek Of Failure And Boredom.
This game is utterly without merit. At it's very core is a concept of racing as a team, and the ability to switch drivers at any point. The obvious exploitation of this "feature" is pretty clear at the most bas... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Battlefield 2142
The future has never been so bland.
I cannot imagine why this game was made. I've played a lot of BF2, and I wouldn't switch to 2142 if you paid me. The engine is the same, the weapons are DEFINITELY the same, although a little underpowered this time aroun... Read Full Review
8 of 11 users found the following review helpful
Fight Night Round 3
"The Bad" in the gamespot review says it all...
Really, when a game like this comes out the most important aspect of it should be replay value. After all, sports games can be the most repetitive of all games if not made well. The hell of it is, this game is really rea... Read Full Review
5 of 15 users found the following review helpful
Import Tuner Challenge
If it were the only game of it's kind, it woul be a 6.5, alas ITC does NOT exist in a vacuum, and it is found wanting.
ITC suffers from a real identity crises. It seems to be trying to take some of the Midnight Club's tricks, while adding in a dash of burnouts car combat and a dash of "HEY, it's TOKYO so it's COOL right?! huh right?... Read Full Review
2 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Command & Conquer: The First Decade
For the true fan, a boon, for the rest, not so much.
To me, this is a very odd release. There hasn't been a new C&C product in quite a while, and while I recognize that there is a very dedicated fanbase, I don't see why these games needed to be "ressurected". Lets face it,... Read Full Review
1 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Crystal Quest
Microsoft with an old Mac game. Talk about weird nostalgia.
I remember playing Crystal Quest on my old Mac LC in a time when the coolest game extant was "Spectre", and even then I really felt this game was "OK". It had many of the addictive qualities that so many pure 25cent arca... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Spikeout: Battle Street
Why was this game made?
This is one of those games that makes you sit back and take stock of the gaming universe. With games like God of War, Splinter Cell: CT, and Tekken 5 coming out you have GOT to wonder what Sega was thinking when they cho... Read Full Review
2 of 10 users found the following review helpful
Rule of Rose
There is no excuse for this kind of Survival Horror gameplay in the modern gaming world.
I'll admit that the story and premise in Rule of Rose is entertaining enough, which you'd pretty much have to expect coming from anything published by Atlus. It's not THAT compelling though, and it's actually predictable... Read Full Review
3 of 6 users found the following review helpful
TMNT: Mutant Melee
Ah, kiss another fond childhood memory goodbye.
Really, the developers of this game should be taken out and shot. There are worse games out there, but few that feel as LAZY as this one. Playing TMNT:MM I almost feel as though I'm playing some flash animation (without ... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Too little
In a way, TimeSplitters 3 is very much a continuation of a "gosh, if only they'd..." story. Timesplitters has always been a series that, for me, never measured up to the hype or the other FPS' of their day. Nothing has c... Read Full Review
2 of 10 users found the following review helpful
God of War (Greatest Hits)
I can't believe my PS2 can do this!
God of War is an amazing game for the PS2. In a genre that's been choked with failure, and some notable success, GoW manages to make it's own indelible mark. So many elements of this game had to be executed perfectly for... Read Full Review
18 of 31 users found the following review helpful
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
WWII and back again...
Much as the gamespot reviewer expressed some scepticism in approaching yet another WWII themed shooter, I admit to much the same bias. I have always leaned more towards the sci-fi/fantasy end of these things (I LOVED Her... Read Full Review
2 of 4 users found the following review helpful
Sengoku Musou 2 (PlayStation 2 the Best)
This is Koei, and a Koei sequel. It is not a leap ahead, but a sequel, so if you like Koei and SW, you will like SW2.
I think that there must be something in being forced to play a series of games from start to finish that lends itself to a somewhat effete and short-tempered reaction on the part of generally good reviewers like the game... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
Heritage of Kings: The Settlers
Jack of all trades, and a master of none.
If you took Castles II: Siege and Conquest, any of the Warcraft series, a dash of Heroes of Might and Magic, and then a big old load of Civilization, you'd have Heritage of Kings: The Settlers. On the surface that all so... Read Full Review
3 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Devil May Cry 3
You just know you have a good thing when...
... The worst that can be said about a game is "it's too hard". This game is a breath of fresh air, for the DMC series and for serious gamers everywhere. Devil May Cry 3 is another game which is destined to be in the sam... Read Full Review
4 of 8 users found the following review helpful
World Poker Championship
Wow
Sometimes you just have to sit back and appreciate the magnitude of a game's failure, as much as the success of others. Surely in a universe where Metroid, and DMC 3, and Resident Evil 4 exist, so must there be a balence... Read Full Review
4 of 6 users found the following review helpful
Heroes of the Pacific
Enough is enough.
I can't say that a score of 7.0 is truly too generous for HotP, but I will say that despite a moderate score, this game is NOT worth playing. I will be blunt: the storyline is pitiful, and the use of the WWII setting is ... Read Full Review
1 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Big Oil: Build an Oil Empire
A baffling contribution to a genre which hardly needed it. Truly one to make you think "why was this game made?"
Big Oil the game, much like the industry in real life doesn't inspire much in the way of "fun" or "glamour". You might expect that a simulation/strategy game about a niche industry like oil would be dry to the average jo... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Bomberman: Act Zero
I'm absolutely amazed that this ever made it to market.
Bomberman: Act Zero is the kind of game you'd shake your head and sigh at if it were a $20 dollar game made by some no-name developer for the PC... probably WWII themed. However, when a title like Bomberman comes out for... Read Full Review
13 of 14 users found the following review helpful
Saints Row
Saints Row is a game that stands on it's own two feet, when it's not made to stand against GTA:SA
I think the most important thing to get into the beginning of any discussion of Saint's Row is that it shouldn't be compared to GTA. Well, that's not quite true. While it's true that if you compared it to GTA:SA it would... Read Full Review
19 of 23 users found the following review helpful
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
Agonizing Dissapointment. Square Is So Much Better Than This.
I admit that I was really looking forward to this game. I doubt anyone who played FFVII didn't at least entertain a little voice in their head that said "it's FFVII and Vincent Valentine, made by SE, it's going to be GOO... Read Full Review
10 of 16 users found the following review helpful
Classic NES Series: Castlevania
It Was and Ever Shall Be... loads of fun
Great Game. It was great years ago and it's great now. The graphics are lousy, the sound is too, but that's only by modern standards. If you played it when it was new, you won't mind, because it's pure nostalgia. The gam... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Simply Superb Gaming Experience
I'm not going to waste time describing the gameplay elements and such, because Gamespot has 4 well written pages detailing every aspect of this game. What I will say instead, as someone who has LOVED GTA III, enjoyed (bu... Read Full Review
2 of 7 users found the following review helpful
OutRun2
Surprisingly Satisfying Exeperience
Let me begin this review with a contradiction: I love this game, and think it's great to own, BUT, do yourself a favour and RENT this first. The nature of the gameplay is such that, alongside games like Midnight Club, an... Read Full Review
3 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Very Surprising!
I was genuinely surprised with this game. From what I'd seen I thought it would mostly be a repackaging of old material, with little to offer. The truth is however, that if you've ever been a fan of the DOA series, this ... Read Full Review
2 of 8 users found the following review helpful
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
Ahhh Finally!
Ace Combat 4 is my favorite flight game of all time. The way it combined the realistic jet models with decidedly UNrealistic, but fun, gameplay made my day. The story was compelling, and I was thrilled to reply the game ... Read Full Review
5 of 18 users found the following review helpful
Atlantis Evolution
Unforgivable Crap
This game... what can I say about it that Gamespot has not said already. How about: For god's sake, don't even THINK about playing it! After spending 8 hours looking at (mostly) boring graphics, stumbling through mindles... Read Full Review
4 of 8 users found the following review helpful
Neo Contra
Deeply Unimpressive.
If you're going to remake something as fundamentally simple and enjoyable as the Contra series, I'd say the goal for a develper is to make the graphics and sound as impressive as humanly possible, add lots of content and... Read Full Review
1 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Men of Valor
I Did Not Realize The Vietnam War Was So... Mediocre.
Well... It's not bad per se. Of course, that's hardly a ringing endorsment for a product that costs as much as games do. When asked what makes this game special, the answer is a resounding "nothing". If you set this agai... Read Full Review
1 of 8 users found the following review helpful
Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams
Why was this game made?
When I first played this game and beheld it's mixture of muddy graphics, recycled gameplay and... decent sound... I wasn't horrified, but I did wonder why this game was made. More and more I find myself asking this quest... Read Full Review
1 of 6 users found the following review helpful
Dark Fall: Lights Out
Not Much To Say...
There is little to be said of Dark Fall: Lights Out. Absolutely nothing in this game has not been done before, and done better. It's your basic adventure gaming, with a decidedly wordy flair. In fact, this game would hav... Read Full Review
2 of 5 users found the following review helpful
Call of Juarez
A game which can only be enjoyed by the true Western Genre devotee.
Call Of Juarez just isn't that much fun, and it's no great shakes technically. That's about as bluntly as I can put it to start off with, although in a way, that's too harsh an assessment. This is by no means a broken ga... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
Otogi: Hyakki Toubatsu Emaki
Art In Gaming
Otogi 2 is a work of art. Much like the first game, the grapics are clear and beautiful, but even more than that, the environments, moves, enemies etc, are all works of art. You rarely look at a game and take a moment to... Read Full Review
5 of 12 users found the following review helpful
Conflict: Vietnam
Thank god I waited
Thankfully, I wait now for reviews from gamespot before I buy a game (unless it's something like GTA San Andreas, or an FF game, etc) so I played this game at a friend's house. There is very little to say about this game... Read Full Review
2 of 10 users found the following review helpful
BloodRayne 2
Gamespot off the mark
Oddly enough, given the review deck of this piece, I don't think gamespot was wrong in much of their assesment of this game. It is very straightforward, and tends towards a lot of style. There is no revolution in gaming ... Read Full Review
3 of 8 users found the following review helpful
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