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shadow6463
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 Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: Re: Game Reviews |
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| hallj05 wrote: |
Also I know that there are sites that have reviews like these but I figured why not us also. |
This is a guitar hero enthusiast website.
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bjwdestroyer 
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: Game Reviews |
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| shadow6463 wrote: | | hallj05 wrote: |
Also I know that there are sites that have reviews like these but I figured why not us also. |
This is a guitar hero enthusiast website. |
What's your point? All that means is that reviews on GH games will be a little biased, but this forum isn't all Guitar Hero. Just read the name of the forum your in: Gaming Discussion (Non-Music Games).
To the OP: sounds like a good idea. Maybe I'll throw in some reviews myself someday. I just hope no reviews look something like this:
"it's fucking good game lol. totally buy it     " |
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Yeah this is where you talk about Non-Music games so be nice 
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hallj05
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System: SNES
Game: Sim Ant
Game Type: Simulator/Simple RTS
Overall Rank: 9/10
This game I think is quite fun, there is a full game mode and 8 scenarios. During the game you are a yellow ant (never seen one in the wild before) that is actually part of the black ant colony, and you also have the evil red ants, spiders, and other things.
The full game mode has you trying to take over the yard and the house of some poor human, while keeping the red ants at bay. The map is broken into little squares in which you start in the bottom right. Depending on where you are there are different hazards that you have to worry about, like the human mowing, spiders, electric outlets, ant lions, and some others, there is also a caterpillar but it's not really going to attack you. While all this is going on you have to get food (green things that look like peas) which can just appear on the floor or you can eat the spider or the caterpillar by getting enough ants to help you attack it.
The scenarios are like the full game except that the only mission is to defeat the red ants, while only having three lives. The maps consists of quite a few places, as in a street, by water, and others.
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'm actually on the staff for Your-Gaming.net
I've done a few reviews, plus our online magazine is coming out very soon. |
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 12:33 am Post subject: |
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This sounds like an excellent idea. Then the OP can edit the first post to links to particular posts to all the different games, and he can sort them by console, etc
I love it! I'll do some when I'm feeling a shit ton better. I'll make them as separate posts so you can hot link them accordingly.
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hallj05
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System: N64
Game: Ogre Battle 64
Game Type: Strategy RPG
Overall Rank: 9.5/10
This game is a where you put a group of five units(bigger units count as 2) together to form movable person on the map, which can be told to move to different locations. These units are placed anywhere you want on a 3*3 grid(with bigger units taken up a 1.5*1.5 spot) and the units themselves can do different attacks and have a different number of attacks per fight depending on where they are located. All the units on the map move in real time, but you can pause it to move more than one group of units at the same time. Your units can attack the enemy units from the front/back/or side which changes the layout of their units. Your objective is usually to liberate all the cities/forts on the map from the enemy. When a fight has broken out it will play out on it's own, you can control their attack style and tell them to run if need be.
With each person you can equip items and weapons onto them and can change their classes(and there are quite a few of them), they also can level up which increases there stats.
The story has a few paths none that really change too much, and the ending can be different depending on how you played through the game. The game itself isn't too long and isn't too hard if you know what you are doing but it is still a good game.
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This is an excellent idea. I may eventually post some reviews of popular games for classic systems, but in the near future I'll try to stick to some of the more unique and less common pieces of my gaming collection, namely Saturn imports and Neo Geo Pocket games. Hopefully, in a matter of weeks, we'll have a pretty extensive collection of reviews. I'll be looking forward to reading them, as I'm always looking to expand my gaming library. After I get some homework done, I'll post a few Neo Geo Pocket reviews.
Edit: I assume it'd be all right if we posted reviews here that we have written/submitted to Gamefaqs. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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hallj05
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| dspoonrt wrote: | | Edit: I assume it'd be all right if we posted reviews here that we have written/submitted to Gamefaqs. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. |
It should be alright since you were the one that wrote them for Gamefaqs, so it's your own work and you should be able to do with it as you please.
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Since GameFaqs reviews are allowed, here is my review of Capcom Generation 3, a Japanese import for the Sega Saturn. It's rather long, but I feel very detailed. I'll add a tag at the top to coincide with your formatting. Enjoy.
System: Sega Saturn
Game: Capcom Generation 3
Game Type: Arcade Compilation
Overall rating: 8/10
"Superb! Mindless! Fun!"
Capcom Generations 3, like the others Generations titles, is a compilation of Capcom games from the mid-1980s. Because of their age, they're not that flashy or complicated, but they're great fun.
The Games/Stories: 7
Vulgus, SonSon, Higemaru, and Exed Eyes are included in the compilation. For the most part, they're shooters. Vulgus and Exed Eyes are standard vertical space shoot-em-ups, influences including Xevious and Galaga. You fight wave after wave of enemy craft while picking up power-ups that spell “POW”. In Exed Eyes, there are large alien spaceships that act as bosses to each level, but as far as I know, Vulgus has no bosses. SonSon and Higemaru modify the basic formulas. In SonSon, you play a monkey man based from ancient Chinese lore – the same lore that inspired Goku from Dragon Ball Z. As SonSon, the monkey man, you maneuver up and down platforms to collect fruit and other objects for point bonuses while shooting the onslaught of enemies approaching from the right of the screen. In Higemaru, you play a sailor of some sort named Momotaru who must fend off deck after deck of attacking pirates. If you're wondering, Higemaru is the name of the pirate captain whom you fight in every level. You don't shoot the pirates, though; you pick up barrels and hurl them at enemies. The board is set up like Bomberman and it plays a lot like Bomberman, too. The catch is just that of throwing barrels instead of setting bombs. The stories are all very simple, yet charming, so I give the stories a 7.
Gameplay: 10
Vulgus and Exed Eyes play very similar. The games are so similar that I'm fairly certain that Exed Eyes is the sequel to Vulgus, although I have no proof of this. The gameplay is pretty straightforward for these two as well. Don't get shot by the enemy ships while shooting them and trying to beat the high score. All the games in this compilation have little “POW” power-ups. In Vulgus and Exed Eyes, they power up your main shot. Also, in certain areas of Exed Eyes, the “POW” will change all the enemies on screen into fruit worth a ton of points. The enemies in Vulgus and Exed Eyes are pretty much the same. Lots of little ships and a few big ships worth more points, yet being able to withstand more shots. Exclusive to Exed Eyes, however, are giant motherships that act as bosses to each level of the game. The goal is to shoot out the skulls and orbs on the ship. Once all the shootable objects on a ship are blown up, the ship will go down and you'll be rewarded with a fat point bonus. The controls are fitting to the style of play and respond well. Vulgus and Exed Eyes get a 10.
In SonSon, pressing up or down will ascend or descend SonSon, the monkey man, between different platforms. Fruit appears all over the various platforms and rewards the player with points upon pickup. The main goal of the game is to shoot the attacking enemies, though. There are flying enemies and running enemies. The flying ones attack in patterns which make them easy to kill, but the running ones come from all platforms and chase SonSon down. Like the others, if you get the “POW” power-up, all onscreen enemies turn into fruit worth lots o' points. Once again, the controls are simple and responsive making the gameplay great. SonSon gets a 9.
Once again, you play as the sailor Momotaru in Higemaru, hurling barrels are pirates to fight off each oncoming wave. All barrels can be thrown at the enemy pirates, but the flashing ones seem to kill the pirates faster. Also, when Momotaru picks up a flashing barrel an object worth good points when collected falls out of the barrel. Methinks, the flashing barrels are “POW” barrels and that's how this game ties into the “POW” theme of the compilation, but the barrels do not say “POW” on them, so who knows. The gameplay is repetitive: kill all the pirates, rinse and repeat… but it's a classic arcade game, so what did you expect? The controls are responsive, fitting, and simple. Higemaru also gets a 9.
I find Vulgus and Exed Eyes to be more fun than the other two, but SonSon and Higemaru provide much needed variety to the compilation. Overall, these games are fun as hell, so I give the gameplay a 10.
Graphics: 5
The graphics are very good considering the games were released in arcades during the mid-80s, but as this is a Sega Saturn game, the graphics look very dated. Expect graphics similar to those of NES games. The graphics in Vulgus are pretty primitive as Vulgus was Capcom's first ever game, yet ahead of its time. The graphics in Exed Eyes are brilliant for its time, incorporating two layers of background to achieve a sense of flying high above ground. SonSon's graphics are primitive, yet good enough. They're sharper than the SonSon port on the NES if that means anything. Graphics don't matter much since the games' gameplay is so great, but I'll have to give the graphics a 5.
Extras: 5
Artwork, histories, and other assorted extras are included for each game, but it's not of much use to U.S. gamers as the language is entirely in Japanese (the Artwork's not great either). I give the extras a 5 just for trying.
Replay Value: 7
The way I see it, there is a ton of replay value since all the games are classic arcade games. There's a nice pick up and play anytime feel to all of the games, so the compilation's a nice time killer for any occasion. Also, since there's either no end to any of the games or else there are just too many levels to get through to find an end, you may find yourself going back over and over again to try to get a little farther than last time. I give the replay value a 7.
Overall: 8
Any fan of old arcade games will definitely appreciate this compilation of killer shoot-em-ups. There's enough variety that it's always fresh and there's always something worth playing. The price tag doesn't hurt either. I got the game for $14 including shipping off Ebay. It's not the best Saturn game I own, but it's a solid title in my game library, one that I go back to over and over again.
Total Score: 8 out of 10
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System: SNES
Game: E.V.O. The Search for Eden
Game Type: Action RPG
Overall Rank: 8.5/10
In this game you go through different time periods of the planet, and it shows how all the animals evolved(sure it isn't accurate but it's a game). During each time period you play as a different animal, although you can choose to not evolve sometimes or you can change into something completely different. A few of the things that you can be are a fish, reptile, mammal, dinosaur, bird, or a human to name a few.
You start out as the weakest variant of the animal for the time period, and have to game EVO points to upgrade yourself, you get these by eating the meat that appears after you fight an enemy. There are around eight upgrade groups per animal(as in jaws, body, or tail), these each contain a few different selections which means that if you don't feel like waiting till you have enough EVO points to upgrade to something better then you can, or sometimes there are a few upgrades for one category that are the same price, these make you choose on which you think is the best since one could make your attack go up, while another could make you faster instead. So as you can tell there is quite a bit of customization to be had.
Most of the enemies aren't that bad once your fully upgraded, except for the bosses, most of them will destroy you if your not ready. A helpful tip for bosses is to save up quite a few EVO points and then during the boss fight when your low on HP you can evolve which will put your HP all the way back up(the best thing to do this with is usually the horn when it's an option, otherwise use the cheapest thing possible).
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System: SNES
Game: Captain Novolin
Game Type: Educational/Platformer
Overall Rank: 2.5/10
This game teaches you about diabetes, seeing as the main character is a superhero with diabetes. You go through some platforming levels and you have to avoid anything that would be bad for a person with diabetes, this means avoiding all the sugary snacks and treats on the map, while eating all the healthy foods... doesn't sound too hard does it. That's where your wrong, the bad foods can move, most of which move pretty fast, while your character can only walk and jump to dodge them (and can stomp on enemies by pressing down while jumping, which is his only attack). You die by getting hit by three of the sugary foods or by eating too many healthy foods.
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Nice, hallj05. I was planning on reviewing EVO: Search For Eden soon. I've played through that game a number of times and always enjoy it. The graphics are colorful and lively, and the gameplay is simple, yet not quite monotonous. It's not your average 2-d platformer and not your average action rpg either, but the concoction works well. Great game.
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: |
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I'm playing through Final Fantasy 3 for the Nintendo DS right now. When I beat it, I'll edit this post. (I'm only 3 hours in  )
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