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Killer 7 - Great Rumbler - 17th August 2005
Let me just say this at the start and get it out of the way, Killer 7 is weird. Not in the same way as people actually liking rap music is weird, but more in the same way that an image of Michael Jackson riding a giant, purple bullfrog on a rainbow in space is weird.
Okay, one thing that's immediately noticable about Killer 7 is that there are a number of cheap thrills, not unlike a certain other series of games made by Capcom, however the world of Killer 7 is also genuinely creapy, like that series of game's major competitor. There is a large cast of characters who talk to you from time to time, all of them are really weird, especially the guy in the red gimp suit who always talking about how bad things are. Killer 7 is also very violent, though much is it is highly stylized. You will quickly notice that any ordinary people you meet up with will soon be brutally torn apart by the Heaven Smile, weird monsters that explode when they get close to, in incredibly violent manners. Such as one woman who has her lower body ripped off accompanied by a spray of blood. There's also a talking head that's in a drying machine, but that's where it really wanted to be anyway.
The shooting parts of Killer 7 aren't really anything special, whenever you hear some Heaven Smile letting loose their creepy laugh you bring up your gun scan the room and blast their week points. There is some variety to the enemy types though, so it's not always the same thing over and over. Moving around in Killer 7 is as simple as pressing the A button and at frequent intervels choosing to turn left or right [or whatever] and in that respect it plays it a lot like a PC adventure game. When you're not shooting up bad guys and roaming corridors, you're looking for keys or other items to open doors or solve puzzles, but so far it hasn't been tedious.
There are seven characters for you to play as, all of whom have different weapons. And some will be needed to access certain parts of the game or solve certain puzzles.
Sparse bits of music play in Killer 7 in certain parts, and it's all really creepy and weird. The graphics in have a very comicbook feel to them, which sets it apart from just about any other game out there.
In a word, Killer 7 is unique. And very much so.
It's not for everyone, and it incredibly violent and there's a lot of langauge, but if you stick with it you'll find a game that pulls you in and make you keep playing to see what weird thing will happen next.
Killer 7 - big guy - 17th August 2005
either i'm too drunk to understand a word of what you've written, or you're too drunk to write a coherent sentence. either way, your post is confusing.
Killer 7 - Sacred Jellybean - 17th August 2005
His post wasn't confusing, the game is just weird, and you're just drunk. :)
Quote:Moving around in Killer 7 is as simple as pressing the A button and at frequent intervels choosing to turn left or right [or whatever] and in that respect it plays it a lot like a PC adventure game.
Wha-? So there's no actual free movement? As in a rail shooter? Say it ain't so... :S
Otherwise, the game sounds right up my ally. I'll probably go out and buy a copy soon, just in case the game gets pulled from the shelves for whatever reason.
Killer 7 - lazyfatbum - 18th August 2005
i want it too! belly get me a copy i'll RUB YOUR ASS for FREE
Killer 7 - Dark Jaguar - 18th August 2005
Wow, spoiler alert :D.
Sorry, but I thought this was about like... 7 assassins. I had no idea it had monsters.
Killer 7 - Great Rumbler - 18th August 2005
Quote:Wha-? So there's no actual free movement? As in a rail shooter? Say it ain't so...
The game doesn't propell you forward, but you move along a predetermined path. You can move forward or turn around and go back at any time. And the game has a third person view except when you draw your gun and then it goes into first person.
Quote:Wow, spoiler alert
Maybe if you call what you learn in the first five minutes a spoiler...
Quote:Sorry, but I thought this was about like... 7 assassins. I had no idea it had monsters.
7 assassins who fight monsters.
Killer 7 - Dark Jaguar - 18th August 2005
Indeed. I thought that any monsters would be like... you know... more along the lines of what you label mobsters than the real thing...
Killer 7 - Great Rumbler - 18th August 2005
No, they're real monsters, or something similar anyway.
Killer 7 - Sacred Jellybean - 18th August 2005
It still sucks that there's no free movement... they probably did something like that to get all the cell-shading to look right.
Killer 7 - Great Rumbler - 18th August 2005
Maybe, but you can still go into first-person view and look around anytime you want to.
Regardless, Killer 7 has been really awesome so far. I'd be playing it right now, but it's not really a game you can play for hours on end.
Killer 7 - Sacred Jellybean - 18th August 2005
Maybe I'll give this thing a rent before I go out and buy it. It sounds like a cool novelty, I just want to make sure it's substance can back it up. By the way, how much language is in the game? I think it was here I read that the swearing is almost incessant, and the main character shouts obscenities every time he kills monsters. :D Did all of that make the North American cut?
Killer 7 - Great Rumbler - 18th August 2005
Nope, it's still there. One of the characters says "You're f***ed" everytime he kills one of the Heaven Smile. :)
Quote:I just want to make sure it's substance can back it up.
The shooting parts are kind of repetitive at times, but not too bad. The puzzles parts are a bit more interesting since it requires you to use all 7 personalities and their special powers to move ahead. But, where Killer 7 shines is in the graphics, which are just amazing, and the story which at times can be really crazy. And with lines like "I see you made it past all my tricks" "Tricks are for kids and I'm an old man.", how can you go wrong?
Killer 7 - big guy - 18th August 2005
a second read through of your quick review confirms that i was the drunk one. SJ was right.
Killer 7 - Great Rumbler - 19th August 2005
:D