Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku

[Shin Johnpv]

Ive been playing it on GC and I havent noticed any bad slow down

the only time it does slow down is when I press R to slow it down on purpose and do Jacks special stuff

[Captain Vegetable]

Woah, Jeremy! That's a really good point!

I'm playing it on the PS2, of course.

Maybe when the XBOX rev comes out, I'll do a switcheroo and get the (almost asuredly) superior edition.

The slowdown is really the only big problem with the game, and if it's just the rev I'm playing, well hot-damn!

I just beat it with a 100% rating, by the way. Normal dificulty. Aku was a pushover. I'm going to go back through it on hard to see if it's a bit more challenging (though those final levels were spot on concerning dificulty), and because I have some more stuff to unlock in the Chronicles section.

About the combos, they're there, you just don't have access to them if your sword isn't powered up. As soon as my sword was level 3 (highest level) I was doing some nice flips and barrel rolls and other coolness.

And the short length doesn't really bother me. It gives me a good excuse to go back though the game and see it all over again. But on subsequent plays, I might not worry about 100% completion, as I've already done it.

All in all, it was $40 well spent. I'm glad I picked it up, and I'll be even more glad when I get a rev without the rediculous slowdown.

[Shin Johnpv]

why would you pick the PS2 over the GC REV right off the bat

anyway like i said ive been playing the GC rev and the only slowdown ive notice so far was a little bit in the greenhouse level

[Captain Vegetable]

why would you pick the PS2 over the GC REV right off the bat

Because I like the 3D memory card icons?

The real reason is that my store only got one GC copy of the game, and I HATE buying guts, so I went with the fresh, factory-sealed PS2 version.

That, and I play my GameCube so little that it really didn't even occur to me.

[Shin Johnpv]

I feel sorry for you then

Im still not sure if im gonna pick this up yet

i signed it out im broke right now but i think i have enough stuff i could trade in to get the game just not sure if im going to yet : /

[Captain Vegetable]

Yeah, I feel sorry for me too. I just hate buying guts. Call me strange. I know the guts don't play any differently, and I know that our price labels come off with little to no effort, but I still don't like buying them. It feels "dirty," like you know 100 billion people had their crud encrusted fingers all over the box.

[Shin Johnpv]

I worked yesterday when they came in and we only got 2 GC ones in so i snatched one up

[Drewbacca]

How goes a plain old 'good game' fit in to this equation? If it's not as good as a lot of the stuff that's coming out then they're hoping it will sell on its licence. Nothing more.

[Captain Vegetable]

Andrew, you are correct, and speaking as someone who bought the game on day one, the liscense is exactly what sold it to me.

[Shin Johnpv]

In case anyone cares we got an email saying the Xbox version of this was cancelled today