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August 23, 2002
Madden NFL 2003 League! - Comments (4) Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights - Comments (1) As an avid platforming fan, these blemishes didnt bother me nearly as much as Scoobys other fallacy; lack of variety. From the start to the end, you collect snacks (Scooby snacks that is!) to open doors and thats it. There are powerups you collect (double jump, shovel to dig, etc.) but these merely serve to contain you from going straight to the end. They actually degrade the game to tedious backtracking through the use of warp gates, which is unnecessarily confusing for the developers target demographic. These flaws make Scooby Doo too difficult for the younger audience and too bland for the older.Full review August 15, 2002 Gamers Day 2002 - Comments (0) Yesterday (August 14th) Sony hosted Gamers Day at the swanky W Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Gamers Day is an event for the media, designed to provide a more intimate environment than E3 where the developers and press can discuss each game at length, and theres even a few new games unveiled. There were too many games for little old me to get too, so heres the lowdown on the titles that made the biggest impression on me, be it good or bad.Full article August 14, 2002 Aggressive Inline review - Comments (0) Aggressive Inline is visually impressive not so much for the way the levels look, but because of the sheer scope of each level, and the variety of things you can find and interact with in each area. Similar to Dave Mirra, the levels found here are so immense that its easy to be intimidated the first time you play the game. The first level is a movie lot, which may not seem so bad, but then you see that its the lot, multiple sets, and even part of the city outside the lot. Once you think youve got a handle on it, you see that you can head up on the lights and theres even more going on twenty feet up in the air. Other levels include a boardwalk, cannery, civic center, museum and several others. The huge scope of the levels doesnt come cheap, as there is a noticeable lack of detail due to the limitations of the PlayStation2s memory.Full review GTC Africa review - Comments (0) The gameplay in GTC Africa is simple and straightforward racing. The championship mode involves picking a team and a car, and then trying to win a points championship as you race across Africa. Theres a confusing points system involved with your team that affects how much time you have for each race, and gets lower with every poor performance. Of course this means that one bad race can eventually snowball into many bad races lets just say the system doesnt work too well. The fact that its not explained in the game, and you actually have to leaf through the manual is also a problem in this day and age where people dont read the instructions.Full review NBA Starting Five video - Comments (0) All-Star Baseball 2003 review - Comments (0) All Star Baseball 2003 continues to thrive on the visual impact of baseball. This year the players are complete with realistic faces that match their real-life counterparts thanks to some fine tuning to create proportional animations. The collision and slow animation issues that plagued last year's effort have been addressed and fixed. Now players of all skill abilities will have little trouble making some truly spectacular catches in the field. The stadiums incorporate more detail this year and look great as a result. Little details like broken bats have been incorporated into the presentation. While still not as good as they could be, the player animations and detail is improving year to year as the developers come to terms with the intricate workings of the PS2.Full review Headhunter review - Comments (1) What attracted me to Headhunter in the first place was its (supposed) varied gameplay. Consisting of stealth elements, shooting action, puzzle solving and intense boss battles, I was pretty psyched. Not all of these elements held up their end of the bargain however. Dont go in to Headhunter thinking that its an action/stealth hybrid; its pure action. While there are some areas you can sneak around in, the majority of the game has you pulling the trigger. Think of Headhunter as more Syphon Filter than Metal Gear Solid.Full review Sled Storm review - Comments (0) The gameplay is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand the game plays very fast and times perhaps a tad too fast. On the other hand the course design lacks the originality found in the SSX titles. Instead, Sled Storm presents tracks that feel way too arcady for the home experience. Driving the sleds is easy enough for anyone to pick up but it will take some time to truly master the somewhat sloppy control mechanism. The combination of insane speed and loose controls results in a feeling that you character is out of control. Get past this nuance and the game has something to sink your teeth into.Full review TOCA Race Driver videos - Comments (0) Kindom Hearts September 17th KINGDOM HEARTS will deliver a unique interactive gaming experience that melds Square and Disney entertainment legacies of animation, design, story-telling and character development, said Jun Iwasaki, president of Square Electronic Arts. KINGDOM HEARTS represents a truly unique role-playing game experience, combining more than 100 Disney characters and new and familiar Disney worlds in one game. We are also excited to offer new elements in the North American version that are not available in the Japanese version of the game. August 1, 2002 Army Men R.T.S. review - Comments (0) Now we must discuss the most important detail of strategy games, the game play! 3DO has made sure to make Army Men RTS different and innovative! First there is an easy to play tutorial that will have gamers playing this game and mastering the controls at ease. This I found this to be great because I can actually play this title even though someone may not be a fan of the genera. So if you are a fan of the Army Men series and have never played a strategic-based game, then dont worry, you will be using attacks that would make Colin Powell jealous. You must collect resources in the environments and build your army smartly. You must build bases, vehicles and form platoons to become the ultimate victor in this war!Full review WTA Tour Tennis review - Comments (0) All of the models look suspiciously identical with little detail that should be evident on a next generation console. Subtle real-life physics in terms of body movement are absent from the game. For example, if you have to run across the court to return a ball, you will never see the player's skirt move. It's as if the skirts have been painted onto the bodies. While the court design and layout is acceptable, their surroundings are boring and pretty well lifeless.Full review ASYLUM media - Comments (0) More reviews - Comments (0) Eidos has once again delivered us an epic title that promises the great graphics that we have become accustomed to seeing in their past blockbuster games. BO2 gives us that and much more, but first lets look at the graphics. The environments in this game are huge, just as we have been used to seeing in the past titles that are related to this series. They are well detailed and they do come to life. The slums of Meridian look real grimy and you can almost smell the stench in the air as you first feed on the lost souls that inhabit this decrepit town.Full review Britney's Dance Beat The gameplay is bit of a mixed bag as well. On the one hand THQ tried to devise a different way to present the gameplay. They came up with a variation of Tecmo's Bust-A-Groove mechanics with the addition of a circular display which adds something different to the mix. As the disc moves in a circular motion, players must line up the proper button and direction sequence as the spinner passes over a particular button press. As in past rhythm games, you are assessed for accuracy by being given a perfect, good, poor and missed score for each move. For the first few plays this takes some getting used to but once you have the knack of it, the real challenges start to begin.Full review Deus Ex The Conspiracy The main character is J.C. Denton a rough 007 type of individual who prefers to take care of his enemies secretly and quietly. There is the option to blow your way through missions with run and gun tactics, but that method forces confrontations with some very formidable soldiers, which will more than likely not keep you alive for very long. The game rewards those players with the smarts to take out each threat one at a time, using electric rods, gas grenades and sniper rifles as your weapons of choice. You can interact with every single thing in the environment. Some items are useless while others will find their own creative uses. The biggest playability tactic is the on-going ability to upgrade Denton's various abilities.Full review Lethal Skies The worst part though is the control, which accounts for nearly all of the games difficulty. More often than not you end up flying into the ground rather than blowing stuff up because of it. Although Asmik Ace skewed towards realism, I never felt like I was flying a high-tech jet. When your speed gets low, you can kiss your handling goodbye.Full review Star Wars Racer Revenge If you have played the original game that was ported to the PS2 last year, then Racer Revenge will feel very similar and that is a good thing. In many ways Racer Revenge is to the original Racer as SSX Tricky was to SSX. Racer Revenge takes the best elements of the original and refines them to the next level. Therefore, Racer Revenge is not necessarily a new game but rather a reworked title with a number of upgrades. On of those upgrades is a stronger focus on pod combat. Being able and sometimes encouraged to ram opponents to their death makes the game seem more like Episode I. In addition, taking out opponents at times will give you more tugruts to spend at Watto's upgrade shop. Therefore, you can approach each race differently.Full review July 12, 2002 Mister Mosquito review - Comments (1) The R3 analog stick must be rotated to suck the blood. It is very interesting because you have to control the frequency of how fast or slow the blood is drawn out. If you go too fast your host will become aware of your presence and then SPLAT!! If your too slow, then you may still take to long and then again SPLAT. I found it to be very neat, this concept is unique and makes the player feel like they are really controlling the life of a mosquito. So even if you are not highly interested in this type of game, the game play alone can have you hooked.Full review New Colin McRae Rally 3 videos - Comments (1) Reviews, reviews and reviews - Comments (0) Gameplay has never been an issue for EA Sports but rather than sit back on its laurels, the developers pushed forward to refine the physics and improve the passing system which now rewards accuracy and practice over aggressiveness and blind button mashing. The play is similar to this year's FIFA 2002: Road To The World Cup with the addition of 'Air Play" which delivers intuitive one-button headers, volleys, scissor kicks, juggling and more. The game is definitely easy to pick up and play for anyone. This bodes well as the most fun to be had with this game is surrounded by friends.Full review Mad Maestro The sound in this game will score high marks in this category. The music in this game is great! It is great to see how this title has implemented classic music into their own story line and have it so entertaining. Young audiences will be introduced to the great Ludwig van Beethoven, Piotr Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, and other great classical music composers. The music is very vibrant and mood setting to the story line of this title. Another great feature that was neat to see was whenever the music is not played properly, then you hear certain instruments that begin to sound off key. The audience reaction is very much in tune with the musical performance. Which in turn goes along great with the visual presentation of the performance and story.Full review Red Card Soccer 2003 The game plays fairly well considering the onslaught you must endure to move the ball up and down the field. Thankfully the developers have included a number of special moves and shot options for the offensive strategy. This in turn makes the game fun to play and experiment with. There are some nifty camera movements when certain button combinations are pushed. This time-warp camera effect delivers realistic replay animations and allows for increased shooting velocity when gamers approach the scoring range. The actual control is easy enough for anyone to pick up and master in no time. The key is learning how to be efficient with all of the special moves as not to get burned by your opponent. To do this, players must use their turbo and associated super human moves conservatively and timely.Full review Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 The gameplay has a surprisingly arcade feel to it. It is sensible, easy and fast to utilize. The best feature to hit a golf game and it has been a long time coming is how EA Sports has changed the shot interface. The usual triple tap golf interface that has been used for years has now been replaced by a more sensible method that utilizes the Dual Shock 2's analog stick. To swing you simply pull back on the right analog stick, and then push forward. This gives the player the ultimate control to perfect shots.Full review Triple Play 2002 The fielders move like they are jogging through wet cement and when they finally reach the ball they pause for no apparent reason before throwing it to the necessary cut-off man. To try and snag a long hit ball with finesse rarely occurs even when using speedy outfielders. On the positive side of things the commentary is now covered by long time sports veterans Bob Costas and Harold Reynolds. Since this is Costas' first time out in a video game it is quite obvious as his announcing does not come across real enough. It sounds very staged and he does not sound to be into the project.Full review Pro Race Driver videos - Comments (0) |
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