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Xero Kaiser
10-28-2006, 09:49 AM
What, no love? :(

You have an insane amount of moves in this game. About 115 normal attacks, 29 special attacks and context-sensitive 'God of War' style attacks. The best part about this is the ability to customize your attacks and combos, setting the order of your moves and constantly unlocking new techniques. It'd probably take several playthroughs to get them all. This keeps the fighting from getting stale, since even your basic moves are constantly changing. And the moves themselves are insane. Even your normal attacks can send people flying across the stage or drive their bodies into the ground and eventually you start knocking people clear into orbit (probably won't be long before Gene starts making the rounds on the rumbles board) or just putting them over your knee and spanking them :evilsmile

This game is pretty tough though. I'd say it's more challenging than Ninja Gaiden or DMC3. You've really got to pay attention to what you're doing, since mindlessly throwing attacks out gets you countered and beat down. Even normaly enemies can tear you up with a few solid shots. You can't even block, you have to dodge attacks with the right analog stick. It works out pretty well though, especially since you're immune to a lot of attacks while you're dodging. If you've played God of War, you'll be fine. One interesting thing is how the game gets harder as you perform better. A level-up gauge rises as you successfully attack and dodge and depletes whenever you get hit. If you fill it up you go up a level, which makes the enemies stronger but increases the rewards you get for beating them.

Any game with Pro-wrestling gorillas, midget Power Rangers and superpowered kicks to the balls deserves your $30. This game is too good to be ignored...but it probably will be. Damn Capcom for sticking this game in between the assload of heavy hitters rolling out right now. Hopefully I'm wrong. But if you like Streets of Rage/Final Fight style games, you need this

EDIT: Almost forgot, this game is funny as hell.

Count Vertigo
10-28-2006, 03:32 PM
I absolutely LOVE this game. It's mixture of the quirky humor of Rising Zan (both the Japan and US versions for PS1) and Fist of the North Star. I half expect to see some kaiju superheroes to popup somewhere.....

I just wish the camera was bit more forgiving and that there was wider variety of enemies. Oh and the option of playing with Japanese voice actors.

Chou Blaster
10-28-2006, 03:49 PM
I SOOOOOOOOOO wnana pla ythis game, but my relativs ain't lettin gme hav eit til Xmas, and I am currnetly jboless, so NOOOO!!!!!!

Still, the look, and what I have seen, and the premise, I love.


I mean i hear dit is like Fist of the Nroth Star, meets Kung Fu hustle, and I love both things, so yea,h I wanna try this game out, when I get the chance.

Yun Lao
10-28-2006, 11:11 PM
This game is pretty awesome, though it seems that some people I know have avoided due to an already lowered sticker price of 30 bucks here. For a game whose main slogan was that it was "Ball-Bustingly" Hard, it certainly lives up to its claim, especially when you can lose a level in the very next second you gained said level.

Xero Kaiser
10-29-2006, 09:54 AM
I mean i hear dit is like Fist of the Nroth Star, meets Kung Fu hustle

That's a pretty accurate description.

For a game whose main slogan was that it was "Ball-Bustingly" Hard, it certainly lives up to its claim, especially when you can lose a level in the very next second you gained said level.

Yeah, that does suck. For anyone going through this, get real used to using the "bob 'n weave" dodge (right analog stick up) and guard break -> critical hit -> finishing move combos. Your level meter will skyrocket

Yun Lao
11-04-2006, 06:46 PM
The more I play this the more bizarre (in a good way I suppose) it seems to get. Midget Power Rangers, Gorilla suit clad Luchas; this game pretty much has everything so far.

Xero Kaiser
11-05-2006, 03:49 PM
Just beat the game today. Took about 13 hours. Not bad for an action game, a lot longer than I thought it'd be. Seriously one of the most fun games I've played in a long time. And Gene's a damn badass

blackphoenix
11-06-2006, 03:13 PM
I guess I didn't get the joke--I took this crap back to the store two days after I brought it.

Chou Blaster
11-29-2006, 11:07 AM
Well after a baby sitting gig, the kid had this game, and we took turns playing it.

I freakken enjoyed every bit of it..

The humor is hiralous. (I laughed my ass off with the Rick James refernce, ad Shannon's pole moves.)


But yeah the game is pretty damn hard. (And I curse every time I see a demon appear, they are just plain nasty.)

Still, best damn Beat'em up game since the Arcade days.

And the God Reels were aweosme. (THe best we got to the ponit we had to go, wa sthe 100 fists, that looked, painful.)

SpydaWeb
11-29-2006, 06:06 PM
I'm not really a PS2 player so, it can get really frustrating (I love my 360 controller), but I'm slowly getting used to the gameplay.

The bob-n-weave is definately the way to make any kind of headway in this game. Those purple demon guys are especially hard when more than one of them is coming at you at once.

And yeah, what's with losing your level-up right after gaining it...

Chou Blaster
11-29-2006, 08:00 PM
I'm not really a PS2 player so, it can get really frustrating (I love my 360 controller), but I'm slowly getting used to the gameplay.

The bob-n-weave is definately the way to make any kind of headway in this game. Those purple demon guys are especially hard when more than one of them is coming at you at once.

And yeah, what's with losing your level-up right after gaining it...


You rlfevel is how well your doing, so fi you gain it and get smacked up, you lso eit.

And your level does;

1: The enemeis ge tharder.

2: But you ge tbetter prizes.

SpydaWeb
11-30-2006, 05:08 PM
I understand that, but losing your level shouldn't be quite that easy. The game could have done with being a tad more forgiving. As it is, you take several minutes to gain a level, but can lose it with a single hit from an enemy.

Xero Kaiser
12-01-2006, 05:43 AM
That only happens if you get hit immediately after gaining a level. Besides, the whole point of the level system is to reward not getting hit. Making it more forgiving goes against that.

Chou Blaster
12-07-2006, 08:39 PM
Wlel I got big time news! (For me anyway)

I hav egotten a hellva lot bette rnow, I can defat a demon, without God Hand Release or God Reels anymor! (And on Normal to boot.)