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Your feelings about the game aside, I think you'll find this to be a very cleverly done review. I'll post the link rather than the whole thing because it's got some cute graphics features that are integral to the review. Read on.
http://gamerankings.com/itemrankings...reviewid=80708
Pretty cool review there Bio :) Witty, and with some good points brought into play. I personally, is very excited about GunGrave, even with its apparent shortness, and looking forward playing it next month :)
Thanks man - I dug the juxtaposition myself. He makes good points about the apparent schizophrenic nature of the game, and presents it in a creative way. Best IGN review I've read in a while - he stresses the idea that some people will love the game to death, but it sure ain't for everyone.
Well, I feel like putting my foot up Good Doktor's ass right about now. :)
*Goes off to get a beer with Evil Doktor*
In all seriousness, it was a good review. Everything his one side complained about I don\'t give a damn about. I love 45 minute games. I actually get to play them. :) Everything his other side praised got me drooling. Sounds like a purchase to me! Is it out yet?
Hah. Good Doktor was soo lame.
Hehe.. that was funny. I don't think I like the Smiley guy as much as the Evil guy though. :p
In Japan Chibi, US release comes out September 17th.
That was a very fresh and entertaining review, something you'd expect from an old issue of GameFan. :)
The review is accurate in that GG is going to be one that you love or you hate. Anyone that has read my review knows which side I am on. Screw that little devil face.
Definately a great review!
And I happen to love Loaded and Berserk, so it makes me want to play it even more. Luckily, I think I've finally found a good solution to how to get my PS2 modded...
I'll pass. Yet another Sega game I dont like.
That review reminded me a lot of a Morrowind review I read a while back on another site. In fact, it was just about the same concept.
But anyway, I enjoyed that Gungrave review. It managed to give the positives and negatives all at once, or something.
Someone needs to kick that :)'s ass.
But yes, very nice review.
Quite an entertaining read.
I'll look forward to playing the actual game, just to see which Doktor's prognosis was accurate.
Great review! Good representation of the different ways of thinking, eh?
Thats what i call a good review damnit.
I can't wait to play this bad boy, and i know the anime will Rock Cock.
words from the Big Black Guy,
JBNagis
My animosity towards GunGrave grows stronger every time I hear Contra in the same breath. There's NOTHING similar about the two. Let alone GunStar...
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Heh, good review. I like when people get creative like that. I will say that I wanted to punch Good Doktor in his little Joe Mainstream face though.:mad:
That said, maybe if I had a PS2 I would care, but.........................
It was like a fight between an IGN poster and a TNL poster.
Nicely done, but...
"Nostalgia kills brain cells, son. Dig up your old copy of Contra and see how much fun you have playing it now -- this stuff doesn't wash in the 21st century. "
Like hell it doesn't. I still love playing Contra. Its so pure and fun !!
- Kabuki
Well, Good Doktor just lost all his credibility with me in that statement :pQuote:
See, your problem is that you're trying to judge a modern game by the standards of the past. Why the hell are you comparing this to Gunstar Heroes? That game's eight years and two console generations old now. We should be demanding more from games these days, no matter what the genre.
If "demanding more" of our games nowadays means it becomes more of an interactive movie ala MGS2 than an actual game, forget about it. There will always be a niche for these old skool, twitch shmup games. I for one hope they never go away as long as video games exist :)
That is a pretty good review. I'm suprised that he gave the gameplay a 3, even though it deserves that score.
Sounds like a rental to me. I can't believe they'll charge 50 dollars for it. Lord knows Rez was really a 10 dollar game in disguise.
EDIT- Looks like this game is getting mixed reviews all around. Gamespot gave it a 5 out of 10 citing it for its lack of longevity and easiness.
This is awful, another SEGA clunker. I still have high hopes for this game but after reading these reviews, I'm definitely going to wait till it hits the bargain bin.
I need to come out and say this, since most reviews aren't.
Gungrave is not about beating the game. It's not about how hard it is. It's not about how long it is.
It's about how good you are at it (before you lambast me with comments of "duh," read the rest first). This game is basically the 3rd-person equivilant of an overhead/side-scrolling shooter. Yes, you can continue wherever, yes, you can refill your life whenever, you can do the same thing by using more credits in shooters. This game is all about continuing the combos, making Grave look good while doing it, never actually getting hurt, and doing it fast so that your score increases. It's about the high score, not winning. The only way to get a high score is to play on Hard and do all the above; the maximum amount of points you can get changes by difficulty level due to the added toughness of enemies, Easy -about 5 million, Normal -about 9 million, Hard -over 14 million.
Anyone can blow through it, but if you're there solely to beat it, you'll be let down. I actually think it's a bit too long, considering my attempts to beat it without continuing or losing life. This is where the save between levels hurts it (despite this being such a feature among todays games, it shouldn't have been in here) as you can keep your score and come back later to work on the higher stages, but this should also help with some people who don't normally try score challenges.
Heck, IGN also made an oddity in their review:I wonder if he realized that if you simply slow down your button pressing Grave will instantly drop out of it, or that you can dive out of that bullet dance? You actually have full control over that "move" simply due to button timing.Quote:
Grave does that same silly dance over and over every time you stop moving for more than two seconds, and half the time that gets you killed because you want to keep moving.
I fully realize that Gungrave is an arcade-style game that can be completed in an hour, and the replay value lies in the scoring system. I'm fine with all that, and I enjoy games of that nature. I just think the gameplay in Gungrave is lame to begin with.