Are these DC games good?

Maken X is okay, but the lack of in-level save points really hurt it. I still found it fun for awhile...

Here's what I said about it in TNL Gaming Report 10/10/03:

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Maken X (Dreamcast)

I think I'm done with this one. It was an OK first person shooter for the opening few levels, but soon it gets frustrating and there are no in-level checkpoints or save opportunities! Inexcusable. The enemy AI is nonexistent, and the developers make that problem worse by drawing attention to it... Why did they feel the need to include puzzles in which you need to lure enemies into specific locations, thereby triggering floor panels that will unlock the room's exit? Bleh. It'd be easier to lead a horse down stairs.

That's too bad, because the graphics are not bad for a Dreamcast game, and some of the combat and concepts at work are cool. I like "brainjacking" my foes to take over their bodies, and the idea that you play as a sword's spirit is original. Even the aspect of seven different possible endings makes me curious as to how the vague, weird, poorly-translated, terribly voice-acted yet slightly intriguing story is going to play out depending on who I brainjack. But the sloppy execution is killing this game for me. You can't look around freely while moving, for one thing. And nonstop hand-to-hand combat in a FPS gets old after awhile too. Couldn't they let you brainjack somebody with a gun once in awhile?

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-One of my favorite picks for an underrated Dreamcast game is Demolition Racer: No Exit.

I've got a review of it in that same Gaming Report column. The perfect combination of racing action and requiring you to also smash the Hell out of your opponents along the way to first place really sets that game apart in a cool class of its own.

Maken X was okay, Heavy Metal Geomatrix is good fun with alot of metal cheese, and Gunbird 2 is a really good shooter.

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Originally Posted by Ashen Victor

WYLD STALLYNS!!!
*air guitars*

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:lol:

well spotted.

Definitely get Gunbird 2. Also get Border Down, Giga Wing 1 & 2, & Mars Matrix.

I'd skip Guilty Gear X and pick up GGXX on PS2.

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Originally Posted by Regus

Gunbird 2 - I couldn't get into this one. I didn't like the 3d look of the game. The way the camera swung around and stuff yet my ship remained static made me feel as if my ship was sliding around on a sheet of glass.

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Wrong game. Gunbird 2's "camera" is a static birdseye. I think you meant Giga Wing 2.

EGG - Is a great game, wonderul music and visuals a real gem, there are times though when you don't know where to go and might need to look at a faq. The tagged on 3-D boss battles are ok, not that long of a game, worth it to see the ending.

Headhunter - Is a must play. The graphics are great and the music is some of the best I've heard on the DC. I like it better than MGS, though most will disagree. The Story is great, so is the psudeo news broadcast. All the Boss fights require a unique strategy, and there are even a few quick time contorller bits ala Shenmue. The bike sqeuences are cool too, though you often just need an empty strip to help speed you up and progress the game. Amazing game overall, the only downfall being some nasty glitches that hampered gameplay ie it locks up on you during key gameplay sequences. Highly Recommended. Not sure if the PS2 rev fixed the glitches.

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Originally Posted by Korian

Headhunter - Is a must play. The graphics are great and the music is some of the best I've heard on the DC. I like it better than MGS, though most will disagree.

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yeah, "most will disagree" because as personal opinions go, that is as close to wrong as you can get.

atleast you're not saying shenmue 1 is better than 2 :p

I've been dying to find a copy of Headhunter. Always wanted to give that game a shot, as the DC screens of it always amazed me. Don't get me started on the Shenmue games...

I think HEadhunter was sorely overrated by game-starved DC holdouts. It was ok, but not great. A mishmash of elelments, none of which were done especially well.

Does DC headhunter have those annoying load screens from the ps2 version?

Frogacuda, what about the game, specifically, didn't you like?