27th November 2004, 6:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 29th November 2004, 10:19 PM by Dark Jaguar.)
I got two PS2 demo disks. At first it looked like a double send to the same person, but upon reading the titles on each demo disk it was clear there were a decent number of unique titles on each one, and those were the only ones on the disk I wanted to play at that.
I will forgo mentioning games that are already out like MGS3 (even though I don't have it yet, and it adds some decent stuff to the same classic gameplay, also the demo resets almost as soon as you get to play if you actually let the cinema scenes play out).
Instead, I mention a game I think isn't out just yet, Viewtiful Joe 2. That game is basically more of the same, but in a good way, because the original was a good game. They added a new character from what I can tell, some nerdy girl who is somehow a perfect match to the guy I guess... Anyway, maybe she was in the original or something (I only played some of it, never owned it...) but they say "we're back" when on the scene. Also, apparently Dante is in there somewhere in the full version. Not much else to say really.
Then I played Prince of Persia 2. Fun game actually. The theme is a bit... well... Honestly I think they went too immature with the whole "is da bloooodddyyyyy" thing. For example, the loading scene is a symbol that forms from blood bleeding from the top of the screen, which is the sort of thing I thought had finally faded away in the mid 90's or so when people finally got sick of Mortal Kombat. Also, the whole thing has a way too "to the extreeeeme" feel to it. The original I liked because it really wasn't all about looking cool (oh who am I kidding, the main reason I did most of the moves wasn't due to it being good strategy but rather so I could finish them off in the most awesome LOOKING way possible, but you know what I mean... well maybe you don't...), it actually had an interesting... silence... to it. I dunno how to put it...
Eh, anyway the thing is the game is very action oriented compaired to the first. The fighting is as good as ever, plus you can, you know, pick up the enemy's weapon, which as of yet hasn't proven to do much more than mildly affect range and power and let you throw it at someone. Anyway, it took a long while before I finally got to a nice acrobatics scene. Fortunatly, there IS some good acrobatics. Hopefully that'll remain the case through the whole game. As it is, it seems like more of the same, but with an emphasise on action and a worse theme.
I will forgo mentioning games that are already out like MGS3 (even though I don't have it yet, and it adds some decent stuff to the same classic gameplay, also the demo resets almost as soon as you get to play if you actually let the cinema scenes play out).
Instead, I mention a game I think isn't out just yet, Viewtiful Joe 2. That game is basically more of the same, but in a good way, because the original was a good game. They added a new character from what I can tell, some nerdy girl who is somehow a perfect match to the guy I guess... Anyway, maybe she was in the original or something (I only played some of it, never owned it...) but they say "we're back" when on the scene. Also, apparently Dante is in there somewhere in the full version. Not much else to say really.
Then I played Prince of Persia 2. Fun game actually. The theme is a bit... well... Honestly I think they went too immature with the whole "is da bloooodddyyyyy" thing. For example, the loading scene is a symbol that forms from blood bleeding from the top of the screen, which is the sort of thing I thought had finally faded away in the mid 90's or so when people finally got sick of Mortal Kombat. Also, the whole thing has a way too "to the extreeeeme" feel to it. The original I liked because it really wasn't all about looking cool (oh who am I kidding, the main reason I did most of the moves wasn't due to it being good strategy but rather so I could finish them off in the most awesome LOOKING way possible, but you know what I mean... well maybe you don't...), it actually had an interesting... silence... to it. I dunno how to put it...
Eh, anyway the thing is the game is very action oriented compaired to the first. The fighting is as good as ever, plus you can, you know, pick up the enemy's weapon, which as of yet hasn't proven to do much more than mildly affect range and power and let you throw it at someone. Anyway, it took a long while before I finally got to a nice acrobatics scene. Fortunatly, there IS some good acrobatics. Hopefully that'll remain the case through the whole game. As it is, it seems like more of the same, but with an emphasise on action and a worse theme.
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