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guthmund · 06-20-2009, 10:22 PM

I've got two...

Ghostbusters
Not a bad game at all. Certainly a must have for the fan, but a pretty solid buy for the uninitiated as well. A little short and the story is a little weak, but it's got mulitplayer and a majority of the original actors from the film. It's a little glitchy in parts and it froze up a couple of times, but who's to say that's the disc, right? You get a couple really nice upgrades to the ol' proton pack and some genuinely spooky areas to tool around in. The game is fairly linear, but you hardly notice with all the scanning, collecting and capturing. Plus, any game where I get to give it to the Stay Puft marshmallow man is alright by me. 8.5 / 10

Prototype
Let me preface this to say I love sandbox games. GTA IV, inFAMOUS, Crackdown, etc... Movement they do very well in this game. It's fast, quick, the camera keeps up nicely, making it a real blast to chuck a run across Manhattan. That said, I just can't get into this game. The story sucks, the voice acting is boring, the stealth stuff is a joke and every fight turns out the same... pick a fight, kill a bunch of dudes, get overwhelmed, blah blah blah. The enemies spawn instantly, so you never really "clear" an area. The objective is almost always behind a ton of bad guys, who respawn just as fast as you can kill them, all of them have ginormous guns and all of them are aimed at you, even if there are other bad guys in the area. You have an overwhelming number of tools at your disposal (five fighting forms, two kinds of "magic" vision, two different kinds of armor, plus disguises) each tailored for all the different enemies you'll face. Unfortunately, they're all tucked away in a ridiculous menu system that is a bit of a bitch to navigate while you're getting blown all to hell by the tanks, rocket soldiers, helicopter missiles or being kicked around by "hunters." "Easy" is easy for about 5 missions, "Normal" is ridiculously hard and "Hard" is only for sado-masochists who enjoy controller throwing rage and screaming profanity at the top of the lungs. I'll probably pick it up again eventually, but for now it sits unfinished 5.5 / 10

06-20-2009, 10:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	I've got two... Ghostbusters Not a bad game at all. Certainly a must have for the fan, but a pretty solid buy for the uninitiated as well. A little short and the story is a little weak, but it's got mulitplayer and a majority of the original actors from the film. It's a little glitchy in parts and it froze up a couple of times, but who's to say that's the disc, right? You get a couple really nice upgrades to the ol' proton pack and some genuinely spooky areas to tool around in. The game is fairly linear, but you hardly notice with all the scanning, collecting and capturing. Plus, any game where I get to give it to the Stay Puft marshmallow man is alright by me. 8.5 / 10 Prototype Let me preface this to say I love sandbox games. GTA IV, inFAMOUS, Crackdown, etc... Movement they do very well in this game. It's fast, quick, the camera keeps up nicely, making it a real blast to chuck a run across Manhattan. That said, I just can't get into this game. The story sucks, the voice acting is boring, the stealth stuff is a joke and every fight turns out the same... pick a fight, kill a bunch of dudes, get overwhelmed, blah blah blah. The enemies spawn instantly, so you never really "clear" an area. The objective is almost always behind a ton of bad guys, who respawn just as fast as you can kill them, all of them have ginormous guns and all of them are aimed at you, even if there are other bad guys in the area. You have an overwhelming number of tools at your disposal (five fighting forms, two kinds of "magic" vision, two different kinds of armor, plus disguises) each tailored for all the different enemies you'll face. Unfortunately, they're all tucked away in a ridiculous menu system that is a bit of a bitch to navigate while you're getting blown all to hell by the tanks, rocket soldiers, helicopter missiles or being kicked around by "hunters." "Easy" is easy for about 5 missions, "Normal" is ridiculously hard and "Hard" is only for sado-masochists who enjoy controller throwing rage and screaming profanity at the top of the lungs. I'll probably pick it up again eventually, but for now it sits unfinished 5.5 / 10 __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.