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great sidescrolling game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: September 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

it finally made it to playstation 2. i was kind of aggrivated that they only put this on gamecube at first, but not to worry, they are making a sequel for both consoles this time. this is one of the most original ways to take a side scrolling game into the 3-d dominated game industry.

the game takes a normal joe who's obsessed with movies and sucks him into the movie where he recieves the powers of his favorite super hero captain blue where you can slow things down and speed things up. it is really interesting how objects react such as the water levels rise and fall and propellers spin slower and faster so that a helicopter may fall out of the sky. it's a little tricky to learn these techniques at first, but they are alot of fun to use. they have an adult and a kids version and you may want to use the kids version at first to get the hang of it.

the game is difficult on adult. the levels obviously get progressively more difficult which requires you to master to superhero abilities. the bosses are interesting as well, starting of with a talking vampire bat, a rhyno, and a missile shooting shark. the game is done completely as if the pages of a comic book could move. i love cell shaded games, but this might be a downfall if you don't like such games. i have to say this is one of the best sidescrolling games released since the old castlevania and mario brothers games.

Viewtiful Joe

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the greatest 2D game of this video game era. A great story plot, with great action and tough foes.

Henshin a Go-Go Baby!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is, by far, one of the best platformers ever to hit the 'cube. It combines sleek 3-D cel-shaded graphics with a smooth 2-D environment. It's addictive, fun, and just plain crazy! It's one of the most challenging platformers in modern gaming history. I absolutely recommend this game to every single Gamecube gamer alive! The Graphics are great, the story is great, it's extremely addictive, and the music isn't bad either.

The only downside of this game is its length. I beat it in two weeks. I recommend renting it if you're a just-once gamer. You may beat it in rental time if you're a hardcore gamer, but I know that if you buy it you'll probably play it several times after you beat it.

Fantistic hybrid of 2d gaming and 3d graphics!!!!11one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Viewtiful Joe has to be one of the best if not the best 2d games I have personally ever played. It achieves the hand drawn look using the new technique of cell shading. Not only does it look bueatiful but it plays like a dream. I have heard people having problems with slowdown and frame rate drops on the playstation 2 version, but I haven't noticed any problem. Be wary, this game is one tough cookie, even on easy.

Great, Great and awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have ever played, it even beats GTA San Andreas!! You can do every things you thought you can - and its awsome!

simply... VIEWTIFUL!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love cb review: only one word can describe the awsome gamplay, new 2D/3D graphics, and cool powers...VIEWTIFUL! With new 3D games taking over the world of video games and leaving classic 2D games like Super mario bros. behind, viewtiful joe returns the glory of 2D Framed games. You play in a 2D framed world as the movielover joe. The graphics are cell shaded and look viewtiful. the backrounds are crisp and colorful. but the real good thing about the game is the gameplay. you get cool powers that grant you the ability to slow down you and your surroudings, make yourself move at mach speed, and zoom in and peform awsome new moves. plus you can combine your powers to create cool combos like a slowmotion 360 barrage kick. :) although the levels are kinda hard...they are neverthis creative and fun. the enmies look like training dummies, and you usllually get a fight your boss baddies so you can use enimes attacks against them. the ps2 version also adds replay vaule by allowing you to play though the entire game with other playable characters with their own special powers. you get captain blue can hover, dante can shoot his gun, silvia has super speed, and alastor can glide and transform to his human form whenever he wants.. in each person has a diffrent story but the talk is gibberish and you have to read the subtitles if you want to understand. Now lets talk about the bad things. first off, the game is way to SHORT. it took my less the n a couple of hours for me to finish it. they could have added a alot more levels. second, you can only save the game at the save points,which means if you go through a level all the way to the boss and lose all your lives you will have to go through the whole level again. overall vj is a good game and worth buying.
well see you later and look for other i love cb reviews throughout the site. happy buying!

The Best Platform Game After Crash on PS2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Great Action, Funny Characters, Good grapghics, if you like Crash you'll like Viewtiful Joy!

Best Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If your addicted to all PS2 games, this is a MUST!!! Action, animation, and creativity were all put into this outstanding game. Never again will you be bored with boring PS2 games once you're playing this. I would give this 10 STARS if I could!!!

Viewtiful!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Viewtiful Joe is one of the most fun games I have played in a while. It has been stated many times that it is a highly creative, action-packed game and it certainly is. Here's the short version on the story: Joe gets pulled into a movie in order to save Silvia who has been kidnapped and taken to movieland.

The graphics in this game are awesome. Combining 2-D sidescrolling action with 3-D cel-shaded graphics gives the game the look and feel of an adventure straight out of a comic book. The fighting system in this game is very unique. Of course Joe has punch/kick abilities and combos, but as points are earned in the game you can buy new moves that definately will come in handy at some point in the game. The VFX meter allows Joe to either attack enemies in slow-motion(this becomes ideal against some enemies) or in mach speed.

The levels in VJ often contain puzzles which you must solve in order to advance. Some are very easy but others may take a little while to figure out. Plenty of characters and bosses are featured, and the bosses each have weaknesses which must be exploited to advance to the next episode.

Overall this is a must-own if you like constant button-mashing action. I love the graphics in this game and the music that accompanies it is pretty cool as well. There are secret characters to unlock also and other good stuff for beating the game on the different difficulties. But I definately recommend at least renting this title and judging for yourself. Chances are you will want to add this game to your collection and that would be a wise choice also.

Caveat Emptor

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun, and if you only have a Playstation 2 (or 3, now), you should definitely buy this game for it. However, this game was designed to run on the more powerful Gamecube hardware, and if you have that system, you should buy it for that instead, and avoid frame-rate hiccups altogether.

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