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What is it about this game that people seem to like so much?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 51
Date: May 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just don't get it. I played this game. I trudged through it. I sat and endured the cutscenes, the long, repetetive gameplay and such, and I just don't see what was so great about this game.
Now, I'm an artist first and a gamer second, so I didn't go into this game looking for something to do with my hands. I went in looking for a compelling piece of art. What I got, instead, was a cryptic, frustrating tale about self-sacrifice, corruption and foolishness.
First off, the idea of fighting multiple enemies of absolutely enormous size and complexity is a good one, but it's been integrated much better into much better games before it, like Jak 3 and Kingdom Hearts. Secondly, sure, the graphics look spiffy when you first see them, but it doesn't work, in the end, because they drag the framerate down pitifully. Sometimes the game slowed up so much, that I could barely even tell where I was anymore. It got so horrible that I didn't see more than three frames of animation in some seconds, which is a dreadful shame, given how beautiful some of the monsters would otherwise have been.
Aside from that, this game is like one fifth of a good game. By this I mean that it has intense, enormous boss battles, and that's it. Better games would also include other characters with whom to interact, minor monsters to slay on your way to the big guys, a back story of some kind for the characters you play as and on behalf of, and a decent control system that wasn't clumsy, stiff or frustrating. These are all failings that this game has. Every single one obvious and damaging. From a basic design elements point of view, this game is terrible.
I just came off playing the Jak and Daxter series, and this game's character plays so stiffly and moves so stupidly by comparison that I could barely stand it. The controls are frustrating, difficult to master, and in many cases unresponsive as well, and the character's "tired-meter" was conceptually a good idea, but executed poorly.
From the beginning of the game, you play as some nameless dude who went to a forbidden land to restore the soul of some dead maiden who we're told virtually nothing about. Not knowing anything at all about either of these characters, I, as a gamer, had little motivation to play. Additionally, the vast, expansive surroundings might be pretty in a movie, but they were too easy to get lost in, since the so-called "map" this game provides you with is no kind of help at all, and getting lost was no fun either, because there weren't any secrets to find, and no music is played at all in this game, except during the boss fights, and even then there are only about six different music tracks in the whole game. Basically, in this game, you start at a temple in the center of the land, follow the light of the sword to a boss. Defeat the boss, and wind up back at the temple. Repeat sixteen times. That's pretty much all there is to this game. Disappointing, eh?
I think I should also mention that even if you do have the stamina and self-abusive tendency needed to reach the game's ending, the ending of this game is really more like a punishment than a reward for winning. I haven't been so disappointed in a video game since the Legend of Zelda; the Wind Waker.

Wow Amazing Yaddah Yaddah Yaddah

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 22
Date: July 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Low Down:

No little peons or mini-bosses. You are sent out to hunt 16 Collusi to bring your lovely lady back from the dead. That's it. And wow is it a spectacular ride.

Story: Nice and no messing around.

Animation: Breathtaking. Honestly.

Originality: Imagine a Tetris you can kill. How's that?

Play: The first eight are daunting; but not really that bad. Then 9 Steps in. Imagine a game set on Medium difficulty and half way through shooting up to God mode. Very Unforgiving.

I don't get it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 21
Date: December 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game reading all the reviews on this page and i don't understand. This is the worst video game i have ever played. I would rather play excite bike for NES then continue to play this. Nothing ever happens in this game. There is you, your horse, your dead girlfriend, and 16 colossi that you must defeat to bring her back to life. To kill each collossi you must find them using your sword as a compass, but that really doesn't work because the terrian is always changing right where it leads you. You don't have to figure anything tricky out to get to them you just have to find the opening to a ravine or cave. I spent no less than 10 minutes looking for my next foe and an average of 20 looking for the rest, and remember there aren't any other minons or foes to kill along the way. Once you do find them, you have to decipher how to get onto them to kill them sense they are usually about 10 times your size (tip run around to the back and start climbing). Once you figure out how to mount your enemy you usually have to wait for them to do something which can be a long time. One takes about 15 minutes just to get him to walk where you need him so you can attack. I defeated 12 of the 16 colossi and stopped mainly because i was agrevated with the game and the wasted time i had used between enemies. But like i said maybe i don't get the game, maybe its about ambiance and the simplicity that makes this game great. As you can see this is my first review ever and this game was so bad that i felt i should tell others about it.

What a game for sissy's...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 28
Date: March 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For Starters the main character looks like a chick. He's poorly developed and extremely lame. This game follows the same pattern after each colossus kill, you go back to the castle and a voice tells you a stupid riddle, then you ride for 30 minutes looking for the colossus. Then Repeat again... These people saying that this game has a storline must have created it out of their own imagination. All in all this game is crap.

A dismal abomination of a game...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 41
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I too got suckered into purchasing one of the worst PS2 games I have ever seen. Anyone who confesses too enjoy playing this dreadful nightmare is probably a close personal friend of the developer and wants to date his sister. The graphics are bland and lifeless. The gameplay is unintelligent and boring. I can hopefully resell this POS and let someone else place this one on the "Shelf of SHAME".

Too complicated.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 20
Date: July 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You have to be a kid to figure this one out. I guess I am too slow to figure it out. I wouldn't recommend this game.

Gosh...This GAME can't be 4.5 out of 5

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 35
Date: May 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got bore within 45min... story is weak, animation is weak... basically everything in this game are so weak that I had to return to store immediately... YES!! Thats how weak this game is!!

ahhhhhhrrrghhh~!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 55
Date: October 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i cant beilive this dumb game!!!! dummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmb!!!! dont buy i swear you'll regreat it!!!! dont listen to people who have this game and love it the are dummies! f- report card!!!!

What a waste of good graphics

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 58
Date: October 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is without a doubt the worste game I have ever purchased. It is basiclly one big empty landscape with about 16 or so bosses that you have to climb on to beat.

They could have made this a decent game so easily just by puting in some minions and some characters to talk to and buy stuff from. As it is right now it's just a really, really, really, crappy version of Zelda: Orcarina of Time.

If you have any respect for decent video games you will not buy this video game unless it is for the sole purpose of setting it on fire and stomping on it.

boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 28
Date: December 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The controls suck especially the camera angels, I got bored with this after an hour. One of the worst games I ever bought.

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