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Sword Of the Beserk

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

ok, don't get me wrong, but i like this game. there is a slightly good replay value, the music is great, the cut-scenes really show off the games excellent grpahics. but there are too many cut scenes. you only spend a quarter of the time playing the game, and the other 75% watching the cutscenes. i have actually played the whole game through. so anyone who gives this 5 stars hasn't played it all the way, or enough to get tired of it anyway. you do the same thing on every part of the game, hack and slash hack and slash. there is no strategy to this game, and the limit amount of weapons besides the sword really bites. i did beat the game in 2 days, with about 4 hours play, including watching all the cutscenes, so really you spend about an hour and a half playing it! . the game is too short! if you are the kinda gamer who likes a good and long game, don't buy this one, but definetaly rent it.

Too little variation in gameplay.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: April 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I must say that when I first got this game, I was stunned. The graphics were amazing, interesting physics(your sword clangs against walls when in closed spaces), amazing sound, and simplistic gameplay. But when I progressed further into the game, I realized that this was just another "kill kill kill! " Bare-knuckle action game with WAYYYY too little variation to please a hardcore gamer such as myself. Though a good escape from some of the more puzzle-oriented games that have been hitting the PC and consoles, the action gets downright BORING. The story is very good, though. The sound has its highs and lows. Some characters have good voice acting(namingly Gatsu and Baron Balzac.), while others just plain sucked(virtually every other character in the game). The soundtrack is VERY good. Mainly consisting of symphonic tunes. This would normally be a game that would appear in the arcades, but unfortunately, most arcade-type games are too simplistic and too boring for comprehension. IF you want to vent your anger and are not looking for much of a challenge(I beat it in about 4 days), then give this game a try. In the meantime, get MDK2 or something else that requires more thought.

OH! and another complaint! Were the creators of this game actually aiming for a sexual innuendo when they came up with the name "Baron Balzac"? I remember ceaseless nights when my friends and I were laughing at lines like "She was captured by Balzac's underlings". As immature as it may sound, it gave me a good laugh.

Blood, Decapitations and more

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I am a very picky gamer. By the cover art I was like okay this game looks a little ghetto..But I went with an impulse and bought it anyway. When I got home and started playing through the mix of animated story line and sword hacking through bodies I almost canceled everything for the day to play this game. It has an incredible story line that makes you go ahh and awesome fighting with blood squirting everywhere that makes you scream with blood thirsty joy. From the makers of Legacy of Kain, this game does not have all the insane puzzles that Kain did. This game makes up in bloody fighting that Kain lacked in. Overall this game is great. The only two bad things are that the replay value will probably be low and the controls at some points make you angry that you can't kill that stupid dog biting your leg. If you love blood then I highly reccomend this game.

Sensational!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have to give this game two thumbs up. It's graphics and gameplay is unbelievable. It's the kind of a game i longed for. And i'm glad that sega provided us the chance to play an excellent game such as Berserk. All i can tell ya is to go out and get it. It's a purchase you won't be sorry for. So check it out now.

Very Fun and GORY!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. I got it yesturday and I find it very challenging. The graphic are top notch and the story is great also. I wish there were more weapons though. It is still worth buying though.

Old School Action Does 128 Bits

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sword of the Beserk plays basically like Final Fight and Golden Axe from the 16 bit era. Of course, the game was released in 1999, the times of Sonic Adventure and Tomb Raider. So Eidos took the best beat em up elements from the aformentioned classics (fast paced gameplay with lots of unique enemies to kick the crap out of) and has created a storyline that certainly rivals Hollywood cinema. The graphics are beautiful and the dark, eery levels are challenging and as well as breathtaking. The game has some lengthy cinemas, which thankfully are wonderful to watch. My only gripe is that there is no two player mode, and the action becomes somewhat repetitive towards the end. It's a shame there was no sequel to this game; maybe in the future.

BLOOD, BLOOD, AND MORE BLOOD

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

if there was one word to descrobe this game, it would be: BLOODY. Now, don't get me wrong, this is not necessarily a bad thing, and to me it isn't, but there are a lot of people out there that would not like this part of the game. Next, I would like to say that this game has excellant cinemas, but, come on, enough is enough! We don't need so much movie, we want to play the game. For every hour you play the game, only 5 minutes of it is actual playing time, the rest is you sitting there watching, some people may like this, I DON'T. On the bright side, Gutsu's 7-foot long sword is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen, but, it is almost impossible to weild in small hallways because of it's size. Plus, all your other weapons you need to save for bosses, OR, they are not at all effective. This is a very good game, but a word to the wise, rent it first, you may find out this game is not for you.

Bezerk for this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks

pros---everything but one thing

cons-----diffulculty

overall---a fast pace challening game with tons of blood

EH award

Not bad but DON'T run out and gett it

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

At first this game rockes but then you judt keep hacking at people and it gets agravating and boring so it ain't a bad game but it ain't a five star game

Oh so much carnage

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I really liked this game for the first month or so that I bought it. Nice graphics and easy controls, but I dont see too much replay value in this game. Yeah, there are different paths to take, but they just lead to the same thing, large amounts of death, but there's nothing wrong with that. If I had to recommend a game like Sword of the Berserk, I would probably have to say Draconus. It's a little more in depth, without losing the fun of slashing all kinds of enemies.

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