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Great multiplayer game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great multiplayer game in the tradition of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. I'd like to see more multiplayer role-playing games for PS2. This game combines the right balance of fighting and exploring. A great feature of this game is that players can control more than one character at a time. This adds to the variety of gameplay.

This Game Is Great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: November 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Barbarian" is a great, and fun, video game for the Sony PlayStation2. The fighting moves the characters have are really cool and the graphics rock! I highly recommend this video game to anyone.

Bye this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love to play this game. if you have hands and you like to watch things on tv, like barbians, this is totally one of those games that makes you go, "AWESOME!!!" I wish play with the game always. it plays like fun thing to do!

Good multiplayer role play game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Finally another good multiplayer role-playing game in the tradition of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. One interesting twist is that a player can take more than one character on an expedition. This feature allows for a great deal of variety in gameplay.

Great Game Powerstone like !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I reminds me of this very amazing game Powerstone for Dreamcast. Barbarians have inherited all the best features of Powerstone. It's fun all the way! A very nice range of characters and gorgeous locations make it an adviceable game.

Great party game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The only one thing I would ask for out of this game is powerups and weapons to pick up.When you are chosing you character,press R1 to change the appearance/costume.But,no you can't actually choose the appearance such as color,face and stuff,each character just has two different costumes/appearances.Oh,but you can pick up stuff to throw like boxes,stools,thugs(inferior opponents).Then you can use trees,clubs,poles,and un-lit torches for beating your opponent till he/she cries for his/her mommie!

this game is a hoot

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is better than the old released "power stone"video game.this game is a must play.il give you a hint when a thug is on the floor get next to the and press circle and you can fight with them as a weapon.this game has good storys and realy cool people.if i were you and you havent play this game i would get your a$$ out and rent or buy it!!!!!! !! !! !!! !!! !!!! !!!! !!!!! !!!!!

It's the worst game in the world

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Horrible, but I had everyone over my house and we all played it, and now I buy it as a gag gift.

Barbarian - A Super Fighter/RPG Combo

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: August 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit ... I like this game. It definitely has two sides, mixing a Fighter like VF4/Tekken 4 and an RPG like FFX. Now, if you compare either side to the competition, there's no comparison. Obviously, VF4 is the best and FFX is in class all by itself. However, if you look at the combination of the two sides, I think you'll find that this game does a fine job of melding the two. Yes, similar fighting styles are shared among the fighters. Yes, there are some repetitive moves. But the situations you find yourself in are always unique ... no two fights are ever the same. This game is all about strategy FIRST, and fighting like a button masher a far distant SECOND. The best things about Barbarian are:

1) The RPG element of building your character's attributes
2) Compelling character stories
3) Nice graphics
4) Nice music and sound effects
5) Interesting character types
6) Cool strategic element - Button mashers beware! You need to fight with intelligence, and use the environment to your advantage. If you don't think that way, this game is no fun at all. I kind of like the idea that blocking doesn't prevent damage. Why should it. You need to evade and attack with ferocity rather than block, block, block.

If you're looking for the next VF4, this is not it. If you're looking for the next FFX, this is not it. If you're looking for a cool in-between game, this is it!

Fun for four

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a game for a certain type of person. If you want to see blood spurting everywhere, don't buy this game. If you want an RPG to play alone, don't buy this game. However, if you want a fun game that you can play with 3 other people at the same time that won't make your mother turn pale, this is it. Fairly clean fighting with a minimum of gore (considering that the characters are slashing at each other with axes and swords), with the opportunity to have as many as 8 characters battling at once, it can be a lot of fun. The combos aren't hard to master, and the graphics are very sharp. You can even pick up nearby objects and hurl them at your opponents, which is a fun trick all in itself.

For a one person or two person fighting game, there are better, but for 4 people, this is an excellent choice, especially for under 15 dollars. You will get your money's worth.

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