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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Joker on March 15, 2001, 10:36:55 AM
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Hey man, just wondering if you got it and if so will you be giving us one of your reviews? unless I missed it out in the Main Forum of course.
Everyone else, did you guys get it and what do ya think?
I just got it and even though i\'ve only been playing for a few minutes I must say...wow. One truly entertaining game, as soon as I get more time in with it i\'ll come back and post my quickie of a review. But if you guys got it give me your opnions on what you think of it?
I have a feeling there are a lot of very happy PS2 owners today when they put this puppy in the CD tray :)
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Ok this is my impression from what I have so far played.
GRAPHICS
Well, for starters half the time I was walking around I was simply in awe at what I saw. An example of this is during the start of the game when your playing with Samanosuke you go through this one door and start running across what appears to be a small bridge of some sorts. The camera quickly changes its view and you see yourself on the bridge with a gorgeous sunset in the background, as you look into the shallow water beneath you see dead bodies of soldiers strung throughout the water and as they bleed there blood flows at the same pace the current does. All gorgeous with the setting sun reflecting off the water. I was stunned when I saw simply how beautiful it looked.
CONTROLS
So far the controls appear to be fluent although for some reason I can\'t use the analog sticks which I would of preferred but the D-Pad is no slouch and has quick responsive attack commands and are top notch in my book despite a few problems. But mind you I did say few and they can be overlooked
GAMEPLAY
I found this form of gameplay to be great, you can spin around and stop an attack from behind while moving into a blocking position to save yourself from one of the many threats, also once again it is very fluent and goes well with the overall style of the game. The only thing that hurts it is sometimes you\'ll fall victim to shoddy camera work. Now although it isn\'t too bad it does require the skill to move out of a pack of enemies to get a clearer view at time.
SOUND
Top notch sound here, the orchestra music fits perfectly in with the game and all the sounds you would expect to hear are there in full force and its truly a great thing. The overall tone on your ears is very pleasing and not a thing should seem out of place when you hear noises. Although at times in the CG movies the mouth does not move well with the characters voice. But that’s more of a design problem rather then sound. The voice acting is decent and easy to understand so you shouldn\'t have any problems understanding it. And if you do there\'s sub-title text so you can read along if for any reason you don\'t understand the characters.
LASTING APPEAL
I\'ll tell you when I beat it:)
so as an overall score I give the game a
9 out 10
minus one point for less then perfect camera angles and I really wanted the analog sticks :)
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i have written a review of it myself, you should go check it out, i think this game was definatly worth the money.
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indeed, i\'m yet to see a bad review about it :)
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I bought it and beat it. Finished it in under 4 hours (it took 7 though because i had to take breaks and I got my ass kicked on the last boss a few times) but the review will be up soon. Just keep watching the boards :)
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The Blue Falcon agrees with Cypress 100%!!! Great game!!! Just what the PS2 needed!!!!
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will do Ryu, I\'m about 2 hours into it and am taking my sweet time :)
I can easily see myelf playing this one a few times over and over and over.
By the way, on an un-related question. Does anyone have an idea as to how long ZOE is?
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Nevermind, all for the better now. Gamesnext just told me they want me to shorten my reviews for posts to a minumum in order to diferentiate the two. So much for quality AND quantity, hehe. The review will be up in an hour or so.
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Well the blows major suckage...you should show em what we think of your reviews.
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It\'s a damn good game GET IT NOW
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This is literally turning into one of my favourite games ever...very fun
I love hacking those demons to pieces.
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Originally posted by CYprEsS
This is literally turning into one of my favourite games ever...very fun
I love hacking those demons to pieces.
Don\'t rub it in...I want this game...but im HOLDING off until ZOE comes out...or should i check it out?
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I would say check it out because you know it will not be a dissapointment. I don\'t think Z.O.E. will either but we have not played it yet, if oyu have enough money for both I say snag both.
but so far i\'m trying to find things wrong with Onimusha, as of now I can\'t find hardly any at all. And the most important thing it does is entertain you, games are to be entertaining and Onimusha does that extremely well.
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Originally posted by CYprEsS
I would say check it out because you know it will not be a dissapointment. I don\'t think Z.O.E. will either but we have not played it yet, if oyu have enough money for both I say snag both.
but so far i\'m trying to find things wrong with Onimusha, as of now I can\'t find hardly any at all. And the most important thing it does is entertain you, games are to be entertaining and Onimusha does that extremely well.
Big problem: Playing as the chick. It is extremely boring with her, as the combat just isn\'t nearly as fun. Just my opinion.
;)
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damn, ok i\'m sorry I forgot about Kadea.
She is very annoying indeed...she can\'t take souls/shes not strong/shes probably a lesbian (which would be kinda cool but not when i\'m fighting demons)/ she is EXTREMELY WEAK.
All I do with her is grab the items she can and start dodging all the demons until I get THE man Samanosuke. And I mean THE MAN, I think he is one sweet character.
By the way notice how they didn\'t fix the japanese voices whe they put the english text in? At the end when I go to fight Fortinbras he says something and keeps talking then says his next line...kind of gay but I can deal with it.
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Originally posted by CYprEsS
damn, ok i\'m sorry I forgot about Kadea.
She is very annoying indeed...she can\'t take souls/shes not strong/shes probably a lesbian (which would be kinda cool but not when i\'m fighting demons)
:laughing:
Ah Cyp, you\'re one dirty mofo indeed! :D
I can\'t wait to try the game. Looks great.
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I know...I don\'t know if its a gift or a curse...
by the way sam I\'d luv to hop on ICQ and tell ya about it but my cable is down again where it only comes on for 30 senconds then I have to reset it to use it for another 30 seconds.
anyways...i\'ll have a new ISP by wednesday or thursday next week so i\'ll see ya then.
oh...w00t 1111 post, my first 4 didgit post alml the same number. See this is what people should do instead of making a brand new thread each and every time...sheesh.
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I\'m heading down to the last level
I\'m close to 6 hours in probably 8 or so with a few ass whoopins. Looks like this game will be about 9 hours for me.
but its been a heluva ride. I\'ll probably play it again in the near future, but RoR is on deck
Kadea is a medicine hog. I had to keep her skinny ass alive a few times,
the Dark Realm was tough it took me a few tries to beat all 20 levels but it left me with no medicines or herbs left so the 2nd last boss, Marcellus, I had to beat straight up. That took me a 1/2 dozen tries
A few *****es
the control scheme sucks, yes you get used to it, but there\'s no intelligent reasoning for that type of control, analog stick should be used.
camera angles especially facing the insect boss can screw you over big time. I prefer to control my own camera and I think games should allow you to do so.
Unable to skip cutscenes, thats sucks. If I die 10 times I don\'t want to watch the same cut scene 10 times, all though it did allow me ample time eat and drink before picking up the controller again.
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Originally posted by CYprEsS
I know...I don\'t know if its a gift or a curse...
by the way sam I\'d luv to hop on ICQ and tell ya about it but my cable is down again where it only comes on for 30 senconds then I have to reset it to use it for another 30 seconds.
anyways...i\'ll have a new ISP by wednesday or thursday next week so i\'ll see ya then.
oh...w00t 1111 post, my first 4 didgit post alml the same number. See this is what people should do instead of making a brand new thread each and every time...sheesh.
Don\'t worry about it, I\'m running Linux right now - experimenting that is. And I haven\'t installed any ICQ software yet, but I will sometime next week. Damn, this is just SO much better than Windows 95! :D
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Originally posted by ddaryl
I\'m heading down to the last level
I\'m close to 6 hours in probably 8 or so with a few ass whoopins. Looks like this game will be about 9 hours for me.
but its been a heluva ride. I\'ll probably play it again in the near future, but RoR is on deck
Kadea is a medicine hog. I had to keep her skinny ass alive a few times,
the Dark Realm was tough it took me a few tries to beat all 20 levels but it left me with no medicines or herbs left so the 2nd last boss, Marcellus, I had to beat straight up. That took me a 1/2 dozen tries
A few *****es
the control scheme sucks, yes you get used to it, but there\'s no intelligent reasoning for that type of control, analog stick should be used.
camera angles especially facing the insect boss can screw you over big time. I prefer to control my own camera and I think games should allow you to do so.
Unable to skip cutscenes, thats sucks. If I die 10 times I don\'t want to watch the same cut scene 10 times, all though it did allow me ample time eat and drink before picking up the controller again.
ddaryl you know where to use the Bishamon orb right? cause if you don\'t I can tell ya.
Thats cool sam, spew about it when we get to chat next cause it sounds neat.
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damn, ok i\'m sorry I forgot about Kadea.
She is very annoying indeed...she can\'t take souls/shes not strong/shes probably a lesbian (which would be kinda cool but not when i\'m fighting demons)/ she is EXTREMELY WEAK.
All I do with her is grab the items she can and start dodging all the demons until I get THE man Samanosuke. And I mean THE MAN, I think he is one sweet character.
By the way notice how they didn\'t fix the japanese voices whe they put the english text in? At the end when I go to fight Fortinbras he says something and keeps talking then says his next line...kind of gay but I can deal with it.
Kaeda is awesome. I don\'t know what you guys are smoking when you use her, but as soon as she gets that blessed sword or whatever, she\'s awesome. She does flips and rolls and she\'s SUPER FAST. How people do not enjoy using her is odd to me. I do backflips over the compeition and stab the crap out of em and kill them when they\'re down. I only wish her little throwing knives weren\'t limited.
One of my gripes in my review were the terribly dubbed voices. Turn english subtitles on and japanese voices on and start playing. DO NOT listen to that American crap. The Japanese voices are beautiful and they synch up perfectly as they were always meant to.
The control is terrible. I\'ll explain in more detail later, I got some things to do.
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i just maxed out all three of my swords and orb\'s, now im heading into the dark relm...
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tell me how you fare
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Hope that everybody clears the mini-game. Very nice feeling to restart the game with the B-sword and some goodies. Also with an S-rank, you\'ll unlock Kaede\'s red dress.