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Fantastically Fun Car Destruction Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Full Auto 2 Battlelines for the PS3 provides fantastic racing / car destruction gameplay that has great graphics and very fun gameplay.

First, the setup. It is a rough and dirty future where a street gang sporting fast cars has taken over the streets, making the average citizen afraid to venture outdoors. A sentient computer system is trying to save the city, and wants you to infiltrate this gang to take it down. So you are street racing with machine guns and bombs in order to save the world :)

The game tosses you right into the fun with a triple mission of infiltration. You get races and kill-the-other deathmatches. Where it might be rough in other games to get thrown into the action, it's actually really fun here. You blast away with your machine guns, zoom around corners, and discover the secret paths to make your laps go more quickly. The basic objectives are relatively simple to hit, but you get encouraged to try again for the secondary objectives to get skins. I like that they tell you up front what you'll win if you hit your marks.

The graphics are very well done. The cities are gritty, with run down alleys and broken down storefronts. It's a lot of fun to blast away at the other cars, watching pieces fly and the environment destruct. You can cause many things to happen by destroying your world - buildings fall doesn on rival cars, new pathways open.

There isn't much to say here about sound. There's the sound of squealing tires, explosions and blasting weapons. Your computer friend has the calm, even voice that prods you onward in your quest. The music soundtrack is sort of a low key urban rhythm that is very unobtrusive and doesn't distract you when you are trying to juggle the 7 cars bearing down on you.

This isn't a simple Mario Kart style of game. You really are tested in your skills. There are multiple paths, multiple enemies, multiple styles of cars, weapons, defenses and skills. As you go through the game you unlock a large number of options, and it comes down to your particular style of gameplay as to which works best for you. Some people are snipers, some are in-your-face blasters. The cars I customize will vary greatly from those my friends create, and each one works wonderfully for the way we play.

This is also what makes the game shine in multiplay. You have to think creatively about how to defend yourself against a given car with its weapons configuration, and how to best attack them. Multiply this by multiple opponents and you can see how this becomes a game requiring both fast fingers and an agile brain.

Even the cut scenes and config screens have much better graphics than previous games. They put work into each and every aspect here.

There are only minor complaints - if you change your controller config, it still prods you to do the "standard" button presses in the game. Also, I still find the zoom in after a kill to be annoying and unnecessary.

Highly recommended!

Addictive but crappy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'd love to have a few minutes alone with the idiots who created this game. I meant to put one star, but it won't let me change it. It is awesome in a few ways, but it has so many glitches that it will drive you nuts, especially in on-line mode. At random times you will not be able to get mortarts, wrenches, etc. because the game will just stop recognizing that you are there. Even your weapons will stop becoming effective for a few seconds at a time while your enemy pounds away on you and you look like an idiot. People will sometimes even "bounce" off of mortars without dying. Some people will be able to have the advantage of driving through walls or getting mortars by driving under them, while you for some reason will not. Some people's nail bombs will kill you with one shot while your nail bombs won't kill them with three shots, yet sometimes the it switches around, so you have to play several games against someone to make it fair. It is so frustrating and retarded. Despite this, the game is hugely addicting, as you can see by the fact that I am currently ranked fifth in the world. Trust me, the problems are not due to internet glitches-- once you play the game you will see what I mean.

Dont be discouraged by the negative reviews

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First off, this game is not for everyone, you may be frustrated at first with the driving/shooting mechanics but after a few races it feels intuitive and smooth. There are lots of physics based traps that you can use to stop your rivals. The graphics in this game are amazing. If you bought Full Auto 1 and noticed the frame rate issues, the problems are almost nonexistent on the PS3. The game also supports 1080i which is nice touch but I myself prefer 720p for gaming anyday. A fan of twisted metal or burnout should make this a purchase for their shiny new PS3. I did and I think it is worth the money. If you are leery about this game at least give it a rental because it deserves a try. I have not yet tried the online but it is a welcomed addition and supposedly better than the original. I give Full Auto 2 5 stars out of 5, But on a ten point scale probably a 9 because of very minor flaws.

Rent before you buy...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is not your typical racing game. This is not your typical car destruction game. In the middle of these two genres we get a game called Full Auto 2. I made this one of my first PS3 purchases. Thinking that the game would be somewhat decent since the reviews were good. I was in love with the Twisted Metal series and thought this could at least be something to keep me occupied before other new games arrove. Generally my first impressions were good. The visuals are excellent and the mayhem is spectacular. This game is 1080p and it shows. Although it is also a rather new series. I would have to say it still needs some work. The game plays sloppily at times and the destruction seems much harder to achieve than I would like. When you are in the arenas it seems as though many cars attempt to avoid you which in turn takes a lot of fun out of destruction. Then the car physics are less reliable than I would enjoy. What made Twisted Metal so great was that the cars did what you wanted them to do. In this game it seems to easy to get stuck and in a defensless position. Although as you progress you can achieve better vehicles it seems more difficult than what I bargined for. Playing online is about the only thing I enjoyed since it's a little easier to predict how people will respond. The computer A.I. responds terribly which in turn makes this game too difficult which in turn makes this game much less fun. I would be willing to try a sequel if they work on these issues. What they have is an excellent concept that needs to be much improved. I would advise anyone to rent this game first before plopping at least $50 on it.

online gladiator mode is great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I can understand some of the negative reviews. The racing mode is not my favorite. Sometime about the handling does not feel right.

However, online gladiator mode is awesome. The destructive environments are cool. I like how you can crash into buildings and objects and see them destroyed.

This is a good alternative for people who dont like FPS with blood and gore.

The only problem with online, is it can be hard to find some people online

Full Auto 2 - Great but not the Best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I like this game a lot; I would have given it 5 stars but you have to play the career mode to unlock more weapons and cars for Aracade and multi-player modes. To me this knocked the game value down since I bought this game for the sole purpose to play against other opponents. So instead of playing each other immediately we are now trying to complete most of career mode to unlock more cars and weapons; to me this is a waste of my time and energy. The game is fun once you have 50% of it unlock and well worth the money; though it would be nice to start off with more than 2 weapons and 3 cars.

Don't waste your time

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty terrible. It's one of 3 games I purchased along with my PS3 and I played it maybe a total of 6 times.

This wasn't due to lack of wanting to play, but because each time I played I'd end up so annoyed and infuriated that I'd put it down for another week.

The graphics ARE nice, but there are slowdowns and it just isn't very control friendly. The races are atrociously hard, usually too hard to be fun, and there's rarely anyone worthwhile to play with online.

To top it off the game save file would get corrupted pretty often (no I did not turn off the console during HDD access). This is the only game this happens on so I think it's just buggy.

Don't waste your money or your time, you won't be able to sell it for more than $20 at your local game store.

Do not buy this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 17
Date: February 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is very boring. I am glad I rented it. Only played it for about 20 minutes and that was it. I would not accept it if some one gives it to me for free.

REALLY, DO NOT BUY THIS.

Would rather play the original twisted metal

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not entirely what exactly the game is about, I haven't gotten very far in it because it is so hard to get interested in. Vehicle handeling and far from any other racing game, not in a good way. The destruction tactics aren't all that neat, and graphically is disappointing as a PS3 title. I suggest getting a PSONE and playing the original twisted metal before wasting your money.

A big disappointment due to poor graphics and physics

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: March 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Full Auto 2 is a huge disappointment, esp. since it's a Sega game and I expected so much more. I had played the original Xbox 360-exclusive Full Auto and it was a total disaster. Full Auto 2, exclusive to the PS3, is a much improved version, but overall it's still a crappy game.

First, the graphics is poor for a PS3 game (and for the price). The cars have no details and the environment inadequately rendered. It really feels like a PS2 game that was just half-heartedly dressed up.

Second, and more devastating, is the laughable car physics. The vehicles just feel weightless and ridiculously unreal. When you are racing you don't feel like you are racing at all. It's almost as if you weren't even controlling your car. The physics here is the worst I've seen in a racer in a long time (only the original Full Auto was worse).

Because you can shoot at your opponents when you're driving, there's so some fun factor to this game, especially for a couple of hours in the beginning. Ultimately, this game falls far short of its potentials (just like the original for the X360). It just sucks.

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