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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.

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.

OMG! THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I first got this game on pc, and I was totally ASTOUNDED. My computer's graphics weren't very good - and the graphics still ROCKED! But then I got a PS2... and everything changed. But not in a bad way! In a good way. The graphics were so much better (figures seeing how the PS2 has a video card that will sustain any PS2 game that's thrown at it), and also this console version has CHEATS. Now, that may seem a bit weird to all you non-cheaters out there, but the cheats helped a lot - for example, they helped me practise the levels I was never good at, you know, so I can get better at them. It also helped so I could play the whole game without having to save the game, as I didn't have a memory card when I first got the PS2. Oh, yeah, about the game:

Pros:

- Graphics were EXCELLENT in the PS2 version, and they really made me feel more involved in the game than on the pc.
- This is a really random one, but I thought it was cool how the voices echoed in the caves and tunnels - they didn't do that on the computer.
- Controls were way easier to get used to, on the pc I was used to using the arrow keys instead of W,A,S,D and al the other controls...
- Another really random one, I can lie in bed with the controller in my hand and play KK from across the room :-P
- I loved playing as Kong in the Kong levels. Bashing up V-Rexes is so fun when you just know how to do it correctly...

Cons

- too short. I thought that it could have been a bit longer, you know, more levels - I mean, it's got like, 42 levels - but they're quite short the 2nd time round.
- ummm... please wait while I think about another con
- ok. I can't think about anything else to moan about.

This game can actually be pretty creepy at times. Like, for instance, you have to distract a V-Rex (A really, really, really, really, really, really, really big T-Rex) from eating Hayes and Denham while they open this door thing. You can achieve that by throwing spears at its head, or by shooting it in the nose, or summit... anyway, then when the door is open, you turn to run, with the V-Rex right on your heels, and WHAM - the V-Rex bites you head off. Then there's the Brontosaur level, where you have to run through a Brontosaurus stampede and get some fire while you get attacked by about 10,000 Venatosaurs (really big velociraptors).

Um, I probably shouldn't say too much more, because this is a reall long review, but anyway... you should definitely buy this game if you liked the movie. It really rocks. Two - no - EIGHT THUMBS UP TO THE UBISOFT TEAM!!!!!

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.

Kong is awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Basically, if you liked the movie, then you'll love the game. I thought the graphics were good, the gameplay was good, and well, I couldn't really find many problems with the game. My favorite thing about it is that it's first person and there is no health bar or ammo meters on the screen which kinda makes the game more realistic. It's the first game I've ever played that's like that. Another great aspect to the game is that there are some levels where you play as Kong, and no matter how good the gameplay is, if you can play as Kong, THAT'S AWSOME!!!

King Kong

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I know there is a bad review here..... But dont follow that one. It gets frustrating if you are not to good at games. if you get to frustrated do not, i repeat do not quit playing it. It has amazing visual effects, and it is very exciting. The only person who says they dont like the game are people who are bad at it. Oh, and if you keep losing a level, they lower the difficulty. For instince, on the fifth or sixth level two raptors come jumping out at you, and you dont have any guns. if you keep dying, there will only be one raptor. Also you are able to unlock an alternate ending, where you save Kong. I copletely reccomend this game, even if you dont like the movie. I hope this was helpful!

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.

AMAZING!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i cant believe how good the graphics on this game are. and this is PS2, not xbox or xbox 360! i mean the game creators show you every little detail, a wrinkle in a dinosoars skin, a fierce look in your predators eyes, it is just amazing!! and the gameplay is the funnest thing. if you are really angry at someone, the best thing to do is to take out a sniper and blow the dinosaurs head off! it is so fun and when you have to run away from these dinosaurs which are really fast and can kill you in like 2 bites, you just get that funny feeling down your spine like, OMG OMG OMG IM GUNNA F***** DIE!!!!!!!! and these predators that fly around they are giant bats, when they fly at you head on and u c their face, i gaurantee you it will freak you out. and how could you create such a great game with so much killing, without blood? dont worry, there is plenty in this game just like there should be. who would want to play a game where you shoot monsters heads off without there being any blood? and another great thing, theres nothing getting in the way of your fighting. no health meter or compass or ammo meter or anything! its perfect! and if you need to know how much ammo you have, hit O and jack will say stuff like 3 magazines on backup to let you know. and playing as kong is even better. you can absolutely tear apart the annoying little freaks called venotasaurs when you are kong, and these things got on your nerves when you were jack! the finishing moves are so cool, rip apart a v rex's jaw after you completely kick his tail. and the giant bats i told you about, you can tear off their wings as a finishing move! this game has to b the best game ive ever played. i definetly suggest you buy it, i will someday when i get the money.

KNOCKS YER SOCKS OFF

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

WOW I SAW THE MOVIE AND I SAID I NEED THIS GAME CAUSE THE MOVIE WAS ONE OF THE BEST AND MY HAT IS OFF TO PETER JACKSON FOR A GREAT MOVIE ANYWAY BACK TO THE GAME.

THIS GAME IS ONE THE BEST GAMES I HAVE EVER PLAYED AND ONE OF THE HARDEST ALTHOUGH I BEAT IN 1/2 A DAY IT WAS STILL A GREAT CHALLENGE I HAD GOOSEBUMPS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE GAME ESPECIALLY DURING THE MISSIONS WHERE I WAS FACING OFF WITH THE DINOS AS JACK AND THE T REX OR V-REX RATHER WITH KONG SO THIS WAS A HAIR RAISING, EXCITEMENT FILLED ADVENTURE. IAN ROYAK OF WHITE RIVER HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN TERMINATED........FOR NOW!!!...?

OMFG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the best Video games i have played am i am a girl.
The Movie is Pretty Neat too!
They have great Color and cool soundeffects like cars and stuff it almost sounds like you are in the game playing the movie is cool i say if you buy this game get the movie because i said lol joking

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