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made me car sick

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I realize everybody loves this game, but I couldn't stand it. I loved Ratchet&Clank, figured this would be good too. But the controls - left stick to move, right stick to move your head and look - made me car sick inside 15 minutes. The game would be great with some other method of control (akin to Ratchet), but as it is I couldn't play it. Why can't Glitch move like the GTA guy or Ratchet? In sum, this game makes me puke.

Filthy Language

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: September 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game seemed ok but the fowl language in the game made it unacceptable for a childrens game. Got rid of it before my kids ever had a chance to play. If the game makers insist on such language they need to offer a way to disable that part in the form of parental controls.

Avoid Like The Plauge

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game SUCKS! The controls are horrible and don't work when I want Glitch to do something. The graphics belong to game systems that were around before PS1.(My friend acually has one of them.) The characters do curse, but when they say the F-word they beep it out so it sounds like, "Fu-BEEP-ing". If they're going to curse, just curse! I don't know why the game designers put it in, and if it's for humor, it's not funny, just stupid. The games story is probably the worst I've ever heard. A science project gone ary, a scientist goes missing, the science experiment becomes a general, starts a group of robots. Meanwhile, the scientist starts a rebellion. All these reasons are probably why no one knows or buys this game. To the people reading this review, this games retarded and avoid it like the plauge.

There's a reason why nobody bought this game.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After reading so much about how great and underappreciated Metal Arms is, I went to ebay and purchased a copy of it. Oh how I regret it. Metal Arms is a mediocre, uninspired shooter. The graphics are decent. Environments are ok but there are a lot of jagged edges and it could have used some polish. The sound is ok and all the standard sound effects are here, but there is nothing memorable at all. Even the gameplay is weak. Sure you can hijack robots but they are generally overpowered and you can easily jack out of them meaning that you can take just enough damage to leave the robot and run away to a new one. There are a variety of weapons though, and the perspective is done well although I would have preferred a first person view.
I could have forgiven all of that, but two things absolutely kill this game. First and foremost is the framerate. I haven't played the Xbox or Gamecube versions, but the PS2 version has such a terrible framerate problem that it completely destroys any fun a person can have. The environments aren't even high res and when there are only two characters onscreen, the framerate takes a nosedive. Just try playing multiplayer and from the moment both players take a step, the framerate plunges. I understand that the PS2 is aging hardware, but I've seen some damn beautiful games run perfectly on it. They really should have made 60 FPS a top priority. The other thing that kills the game is the steep difficulty. Bottom Line: this game is cheap. You start out with only a miniscule amount of health, and your enemies are many and powerful. Good luck resisting the urge to break your controller and the disc in half. Where as the Xbox has too many good shooters, the PS2 has not even one good one to date. Metal Arms is just another terrible shooter. I've read that the GC and Xbox versions run smoothly so those might be worth a try, but don't come within 5 feet of the PS2 version.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was predisposed to like this game. After all, "robots blowing up other robots" is a tried and true videogame premise. Some of the best videogames ever spring from the same well (Paradroid for the C64, for instance.)

In the case of Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, however, promise falls short of reality.

The first and foremost strike against this game is the control system. Some PS2 games use a "point and go" control system. The player pushes the left analog stick to move in that direction, and uses the right analog stick to rotate the camera. If strafing (stepping to the side while facing the same direction) is desired, generally the left stick plus a flipper do the job.

Metal Arms ditches this for a more "first person shooter" style, where the left stick moves forward and backward, and strafes, while the right stick is used to rotate in place.

This makes something as seemingly simple as turning and running at the same time into an exercise in frustration akin to patting your head and rubbing your stomach simultaneously. Sure it's possible but it feels weird doing it.

Had the developers used a point-and-go system, the game would have been much more approachable.

The second strike against this game is the graphics. This game was released in November 2003, around the same time as Jak II and Ratchet & Clank 2, and falls far short of those titles. The motion in the game feels jerky, and the refresh rate seems to be below what's considered acceptable for other PS2 titles. (Perhaps the fact that this game is cross-platform means less time was spent optimizing the engine for any particular system?)

Overall, you'd be better off spending your gaming time playing the Ratchet & Clank series. Ratchet may not be a robot, but he does know how to blow up robots, and isn't that what's really important here?

It is a fairly good game and a wise move if you liked MDK

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm going to keep it short and simple. It is a good game, great graphics, nice sound, good control response, yet the aiming leaves a lot be desire!. The game has not auto aim or lock on, which makes shooting any thing, while you are running, very difficult. In the demo you get a several weapons, although only a very few are actually useful. I'm assuming the full version will have a lot more to choose from plus the upgrades. The gameplay reminded me a lot of MDK 2, yet the aiming falls quite short and it hurts the fun factor BIG TIME. I would recommend you rent it first, or buy it second hand. Never the less it is a very good game.

Brings Halo Gaming Goodness to the PS2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: October 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System is absolutely awesome! Why, when I played a demo at Toys-R-Us, I was hooked instantly. My mom had to drag me out of there, and when I went back home, I went straight to this site just to check out when it's coming out(around November, just in time for Christmas :)).

Anyhow, why is this game so good?

You've got to play it to believe it. Halo fans, when I say that it brings Halo gaming goodness to the PS2, it seriously does! MA:GitS has all the right moves so that, when you play it, it instantly reminds you of Halo. MA:GitS has the best - and only the best - elements from Halo - weapons, crazy-as-hell enemies, awesome gameplay, etc. etc. etc.

However, MA:GitS is not a Halo clone. Its got it own bag of tricks, too. I mean, the plot, the graphics, the weapons: everything in MA:GitS holds as its own, even if they give even a SLIGHT reminiscence of Halo.

So, is MA:Gits going to be a hit? Should be. Give MA:GitS a try.

Pay Attention!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

So Far it looks like people love, or hate this game, I mean really everyone has given it a 5 excet a couple of people who brag about how great this game is then they forget to put stars. You're hurting this great game.

Worthy game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: July 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I can see how this game was overshadowed by Halo and other wannabe Halos, its unfortunate because this game rocks and anyone with a GC or PS2 and even X-Box Halo fans will really enjoy it.

Gameplay wise its a combination of Jet Force Gemini (N64) and Halo (Xbox). Both games which I played a lot. MA:GITS borrows the good bits and adds a lot of good bits of its own.

There is always lots of intelligent action happening as enemy robots chase you down... or run away screeming when they are faced with extreme firepower of your assorted weaponry. The bigger robots take no crap, snipe a shot at them from far away and they will immediately pay you back... and boy are some of them intimidating, plenty a time when I see (or sometimes dont see) big robots coming towards me I think "its gonna get hot" and hell begins. This sort of terror later turns to pure joy when you "posses" one of these powerful robots and you realise the sort of hell you can unleash at your enemies, great fun!

The graphics are nice and atmospheric, with some slowdown but it does not get in the way of gameplay. Sound effects are great and the music, when it plays is quite good too, but not enough of it as there is a lot of silence in the game.

I played this game on Easy setting and its still provides a rewarding challenge, but its not about the challenge its about the fun and there is plenty of fun on offer here. The difficulty curve is spot on. There is always plenty to do and you never feel like you are up against impossible odds, be they a puzze or hard enemies.

I have been playing video games since the early 80s, so it takes one heck of a game to hold my attention for longer than a day, this one does because its just so much fun.

First Player FUN!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you have played Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Simpsons Hit and Run then this game is right up my alley of game play! The other reviews knocking this game are from people who don't have the agility needed to play these style of games so never mind thier clumbsiness. Plenty action and a good storyline for game play this game will keep you up late at night and running late for work in the morning. Get this game and enjoy.

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