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forget godzilla

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: November 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i was very surprised how good this game is. the grachics are brillant, very well done, the characters look like the actors in the movie (example; jack black). half of the game is a shooter the other half u play kong, cool, huh? the dinosaurs, king kong, the enviroment, the giant insects are all very cool, except for the flying bat creatures, (the idea is good) i just thought they looked kind of stupid , maybe they should have been pterodactyls instead. everything else is done very well, the story, the voice acting (in which it should be), the pace of the game. excellent, a nice mix of different things to do. in the shooter part of the game, (which is the most part, so far, i haven't finished it yet!) resources are not plenty (bullets, guns) but there are alot of spears laying around. hopefully the movie will be as good as the game.

king kong has charm but just not long enough

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: November 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the title explains it. The game is brilliant, and I loved it a lot. It was so awesome to play it, I was dissapointed when it ended. It was fun to play and I wanted to play it much much more. you can play as kong, which is awesome! and also you get to play a FPS as Adrian brodys character. I just wish it was longer.

WOWOWOWOWOW

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 26 / 29
Date: December 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Wow what a beautiful game. I am very impressed by the graphics on this one. But what about the gameplay. It is very unique. Most of the game you are a human running around in first person shooter mode. This is pretty cool. Sometimes you will have to look around in the environment to find things to use. An example would be finding a spearlike object to hurl at a t-rex. THis sounds like it would be tough, but it really isn't. While you cock the spear with one hand, your other hand points to where you will throw the spear. THis brings up a very unique aspect of the game. There is no health meter, no reticle for shooting, no ammo readout. NO nothing. You are IN the game just as a real person would be. This helps with the immersion in the game. But what about the Kong Levels? They are way fun and way short. they are probably only about %25 of the game. They are fun though. A little clumsy on the controls, but fun. All in all this is a good game. Not great, but pretty good. You might wait a month and get it half priced used on ebay. Whatever the case, you will be pretty happy with your purchase.

Nice graphics, nice music but........

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 18
Date: December 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game suffered the "GEORGE LUCAS SYNDROME".A lot of effects and no story at all.The typical 3D shooter, you just walk around and shoot lobsters and maggets and worms, and thats all.Very nice graphics and music, but your brains can be in the last stage of the alzheimer and you still can win the game.You dont even have to look for nothing, no trap doors or secret tunnels, just wait until the other characters tell you to move on.You stay in some scenes 2 or 3 minutes shooting worms and then a rock falls and you move on through that hole.
I just hope the movie will be better than this.

the Best Video Game ever Made, Playing as Kong is amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Screw that matrix game, This is something new, the video game of Peter Jackson's raved about remake "King Kong" This is the best game to hit game console. What could be more magnificient than playing as "the Eighth Wonder of the World" the gigantic love struck Gorilla who battles dinosaurs on Skull Island and frightens citzens of the Big Apple. It has the shooting set up of "Goldeneye" or "Halo" but, playing as King Kong is unlike anything in the history of video games. Featuring the voices of the cast of the film, Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, Jack Black as Carl Denham and Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll. Rent or Buy this thrill following thrill game before you see the blockbuster movie.

Peter Jackson's King Kong.....Now-this is the way movie games ought to be done...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Peter Jackson's King Kong has to be the best adaption of a game from a movie I've ever seen. Combining the best parts of Ico, Turok, as well as a few other signature games; Kong is an absolute thrill ride you shouldn't miss. Michel Ancel(of 'Rayman' fame) worked closely with Peter Jackson(whom we all know directed the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy) to produce a game that gives justice to the movie. For the most part, you play as Jack Driscoll who is a young screenwriter hired by Carl Denham to make a movie on Skull Island. You play in first-person as Jack using weapons, traps, and your team wisely to survive. And, survive you must. Then, there are levels where you play as Kong..which are absolutely awesome as you break jaws, slam enemies, and throw massive objects as Kong in Third-person Perspective. Over the course of the game, from the very first level to the last, this game builds a certain tension that will make you continue playing just to see what happends next. Alot of that tension comes from having no health bar..when you're hit, you constantly wonder "Is this the end?". Course, you'll know when the end comes. I'm simply amazed at how simple this game is but is so much fun to play. Not putting down Turok but this is how Turok should've been done. Lots of prehistoric monsters coming after you, things to figure out, and whatnot. I absolutely love this game.

If I had any gripes with the game, it would be that it isn't long enough and the levels you play as Kong are few and far between. Though, we can't expect a game to last forever-now, can we? Too, the levels in which you play as Kong were pretty good, especially on the last level.

At any rate, Peter Jackson's King Kong is a game based on a movie that all other developers ought to aspire to. By keeping things simple yet refreshing, they made a game that could just be 'the Eighth Wonder of the World'. I can't wait to see how the Playstation Portable turns out...so I can play through it all again.

Good but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty good. The graphics and sound is amazing. But however the game does get boring after awhile. And the game is easy. I beat it in one day. And you don't play King Kong in alot of levels. And when you are Kong the levels aren't very long. But beating up dinosaurs and other creaturs are pretty fun but that's mostly what you do. And when your Jack you get more longer and boring levels. And sometimes you don't know when your running out of ammo.And you don't always get alot of ammo. And when you have the snipper gun it takes a long time to reload. You don't want that gun when your in a dangerous situation. But when you play it you will want to go see the movie even more. The game dosn't spoil anything or give you clips of the movie like so many other games based on movies. So you won't know if much of the storyline in the game is in the movie. Anyway go rent it first before buying it.

fun game involves lots of thinking

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

king kong is an incredible game with great graphics and gameplay!I haven't beat it yet because the mission I'm on doesn't even make sence.you have to get fire so you can burn some bushes blocking the path.there is fire but it's behind a waterfall so if you try to take the fire back you can't because it will get burnt out.the anoying thing is the raptors,once you kill two a few minutes later two come after you agian.i like playing as kong.you can break the jaws of the beast your fighting.you can even hear it break!another thing that stinks is you run out of ammunition alot and have to use a spear most of the time.so trying to kill some pest is really hard!overal it's a great game i don't think it's worth $50.00 so wait until it goes down to $30.00.might want to rent it first to see how it is.

An intense game but not enough to warrent buying

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: December 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a good fps and it has a lot of intense moments both as Jack and Kong. It looks great and plays well. But it is short and the tasks you do in the game get old fast. You end up fighting with spears for the most part and the gun selection is minimal. Playing as kong is pretty cool but it's nothing fantastic. But something to check out as a rental.

WOW!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit, when I first started playing this game I didn't think much of it. After getting a little further into it, I was blown away. This game stands out on it's own. The graphics are wonderful, and the story is very interesting. Personally I don't care much for "first person" games, but I loved this one.

Being chased around pillars by a dinosaur as a human in this is quite an adrenaline rush! Then you give it a "whew" when you live through it.

As Kong, battling the dinosaurs is great, whether it's ripping their jaws open or picking them up and slamming them down for the final blow.

I rented this, but I'm not sure I would buy it. It doesn't have much replay value. Once you're through it, it's done. But as I said, it's a great game.

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