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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This covert operation is set out to help and defend max's friends whom she meets along the way.In the attempt to uncover and escape from I-corporation she comes along some enemies she wished were in the past.If you want to be good at the game then you should know about the manticore project and what it means. Help Max and Logan through the police patrolling streets of her home town.

More of a rental...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It took me about three days to beat this game, so I classify it as short. The story isn't that great and has hardly anything to do with the show. The camera angle is annoying sometimes, but R3 can be used for that. The game does not allow very much freedom, and there's not a lot of strategy. The graphics are good. This and the action and moves are probably the best things about this game. If you feel you need to play it, rent it because if you buy it it will just lay around gathering dust.

A disappointment...but not a total miss...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of the TV show, especially season 1! Which is what led me to purchase the video game, too. Granted the game is a few years old now, but having played games like Metroid and Resident Evil 4 which were also released around the same time, it's hard to cut this game too much slack. Especially since we are talking about a game made for PS2, which should surpass Game Cube games, but clearly doesn't!

The game itself is not particularly well-designed, the stages are very repetitive and the camera angles are just awful at times! The camera angles are particularly a problem because you must use stealth at times to defeat enemies and the camera angles will make it nearly impossible in some places to do what you need to do. Plus the characters seem so small. The whole game looks small, like you are playing some old-style arcade game, not something next-gen. As I said, it is a few years old (2002), however, I've seen other games from this era that look much better.

The graphics are so-so. It's not particularly detailed and the sets are often basic, but I thought they did a nice job with some of the research lab areas in the I-corp stages. The enemies are pretty boring - guards, police, x-7 genetic soldiers, some research lab people and a few genetic mutants. But the detail isn't really there to make it interesting.

The story is almost non-existent and the missions very unimaginative. They did get Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly to do the voice over - I liked Jessica's voice but Michaels inflection is off most of the time! Like he was just reading from a cue card and not really aware of the scene. I would have rather they brought in someone else frankly, to do it better. I especially found all the break-ins to the game with his cyber messages a tad annoying! Sometimes they were helpful hints, but it would have been nice to mix in some text at times rather than always have him come in with some cyber bulletin. The game was sorely lacking variety on a few fronts!

The music tracks are a high point I think. Some of the cuts sound really good, very hip and techno, like you'd expect from the TV series. And some of the martial arts moves that Jessica's character does are great! The slow-mo and the burst of speed are excellent...and really make the game playable in my opinion.

Overall, the game is a bit of a disappointment but still playable and if you liked the TV show you will probably have a few fun times playing this game. Plus you can pick it up used for about $5 now - it's worth that. But I feel sorry for those that bought it new at $20! LOL...

Series Power!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: January 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit that after actually playing the game I was surprised. I hated it even more than I thought I could.

Did anyone notice that the war ended about the same time Dark Angel did? Dark Angel was a force that caused human suffering. Every day I wake up and thank the good lord that Jamsey Cameroony isn't in television anymore. Good riddance Dark Angel and good riddance James Cameron [sic?].
Please don't unlease anymore licensed [stuff] like Dark Angel the Game on our favourite consoles. ..

This Game Doesn't Live Up To Any Of It's Expectations

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Don't Judge A Game By It's Cover.

This Game Impressed Me For Like 3 Minutes When I Started Playing It And I Passed Levels Fast But Then It Started Getting Boring And Matrix Styles Is Gettin Old, Enter The Matrix Is Better Than This I Even Give IT (Enter The Matrix) 5 STARZ. This Game Is Crappy And I Realized That I Wasted A Perfect Good Solid Ten Buckz Of Buying This Piece Of Crap Instead Of Going To A Movie, So I Traded This For Downhill Domination.

(Always If You're Going To Buy A Game That Just Came Out- Ask Somebody That Played It, See The Reviews On The Internet, Or A Game Magazine.Learn From UR Mistakez People!.)

Fun stealthy game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I like this game. It is not just martial arts, although she does have some butt kicking moves. Most of it is being stealthy, which was fun. You can even whistle to distract the guards, and then grab them from behind. Good features. Not my favorite game, but it is one I still play from time to time.

Mechanical

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When this game came out, I was a little wary...not sure if i wanted to be disappointed, but unable to NOT rent it. Sigh. Difficulty confirmed. Even when you get the hang of things, you never really do. Everytime you think you have it, the next scene has MORE and bigger, badder enemies. That would be fine if there had been some training in the beginning, something to tell you how to fight combo, sneak successfully. It's pretty straight forward; you follow a path, climbing and burning your way to your goal. Which of course you can't see very far ahead. That's everything wrong without the stiff, mechanical gameplay, nothing new story, and speedchanges.
Really if you must try this as a fan, rent it. By the time it's due back, you'll be plenty frusterated. It's games like this that make GOOD "games like this" never get made. I guess we'll never get Veronica Mars the game?

I recommend the BUFFY game instead! -major Buffy fan

FOX made a big mistake cancelling this show...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The main reason the tv-series it didn't live up to FOX's desired expectations is because of the time slot it had. I wish I could meet the person(s) who decided to drop the show and smack them in the face for being so stupid. Dark Angel will forever live in my mind as one of the best origonal shows that ever graced prime time television.

This game is awesome. I highly recommend it to anyone, especially fans of the show.

Don't miss it!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: November 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I haven't played the game so this review may be subject to change. But....
If you loved Tomb Raider you are going to die over this game. Think of it as a Lara Croft/Spiderman combo mutant with a few surprises to make it a complete original hit!
The graphics, the stealth/combat system, the sound,...all are stunning (which will rock the full power of the PS2/XBox consoles). My best reference is to check out the demo movie located at a number of sites. You'll see.
My wife and I are dumbfounded over the cancellation of the show. I wish they would continue it. But hey..that's show biz, eh?
More than a rental, that is for sure. Rock on folks!
p.s. With Tomb Raider not coming out until February...Dark Angel is a die hard appetizer for Croft-holics!

What the heck?!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: February 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I like martial arts....period. This game got boring after 4 levels. You have to carry certain weapons from one space to another, and use them later in the other levels OR YOU CANNOT PASS!! The graphics are okay, and the moves were aweseome....too bad you get them all at the beggining and you don't get anything new. It's get old fast, and to add to the insult, it's basic: Point A, Point B. Done. Oh, and you can sneak around too. I wish I bought this when it was this inexpensive, or maybe not at all.

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