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My First Impression
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User
First, I would like to tell everyone that this is my first impression of the game. I just bought it today, and I only played it for one hour. I am not an avid gamer. I play occasionally but not on a regular basis. Anyway, I think that this game is quite difficult for one that is not an EXPERT gamer. It has a very nice introduction, but as soon as you are able to play (after all of the film sequences), they put you up to defeating a giant colossus. I spent one hour trying to defeat this, and did not make much progress. I have been playing games for 20 years now, and I've never played a game that puts you up against such difficulty from the start. I was very disappointed (remember now, I said that I only played for one hour) That I did not get to experience much of the game. I will have to put it down for awhile, and then go back to it. I am sure that if I persevere, I will find out what I've been missing. I do think that the game starts off way too hard though. Again, I am not an avid gamer, and this is ONLY my FIRST IMPRESSION of the game. Just some FYI for anyone that might be interested. I'm not knocking the game entirely, just the level of difficulty thrown at you from the beginning. Maybe I just miss my Super Mario Brothers too much. Those were the days.
WOW!!!!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User
This game is really good, don`t remember having an experience like this, the game is different and fun.
good graphis but b-o-r-i-n-g
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User
sorry I bought this game. Sure, the graphics were really good, but there was little adventure. A 'voice' talks to you, tells you to go kill the collosi, and then with little ingenuity you kill them one by one. You don't interact with the collosi, you just kill them and are transported back to the 'voice' for your next killing assignment. nope, didn't finish the game, killed 4 collosi and had enough.
Not that thrilled
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User
I had really high expectations for this game since the reviews were great, but I never could get into it. It does have great graphics, but that was about as far as it went for me. Now it just sits and collects dust.
Good Game
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I actually bought this game for my grandson and he really enjoys it. It is not his favorite but it is one game he plays frequently. He does have a problem with some of the tasks to move to the different levels.
bad and good
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 0 / 7
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User
the battles were good but after u do all that work to save the girl u get turned into a baby wih horns stiking out of its head it was good battles bad adventures.
A real good one
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I recommend all to buy it, it is really fun, I could play it for hours.
I have watched this game all the way through.
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User
I bought this for my husband. The game had contravercial reviews. I watched the beginning to make sure the game was ok. And I stayed till the end. We printed out the walkthrough from the internet, it's easier to play with the good walkthrough. It's like watching a movie. It looks so real and the story is beautiful and captivating. All the creatures have their own weaknesses and it takes a while to figure them out. For a couple weeks we were just captivated with this game. Have no doubts, you are going to love it.
Pointless game ever?
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 0 / 7
Date: May 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Agree with all the 1 and 2 star reviews. Excited after reading the good reviews and extremely disappointed after playing for 30 min. If all the negative reviews can't stop you from trying, rent it!
Beautiful, But Difficult
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User
I'm not a great gamer. While I love video games, I'm terrible at them. Knowing that, I have to say that while this game is visually stunning and well put together, it is the most difficult game I have ever played. You can ride around practically anywhere in the game and it all is beautiful and amazing, but when it comes down to beating the giant, it is just too difficult. After trying many times, I got bored and aggravated. I can only recommend this game based on the visuals and not the actual gameplay.
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