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I THINK I'M GONNA HURL......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks. It's simple and addictive. It's not like those other Final Fight clones, (a.k.a. Dynamite Cop, Zombie Revenge, Fighting Force, etc.)where you lose intrest fast. This game is longer then the others and is much deeper in play. The gameplay is purely hard-core... just perfectly addictive. It's the type of game where you forget about the story and just want to hack and slash your way through. On the other hand... The story is so beautiful. It makes me want to forget the gameplay. Not only are the gameplay and story good but the sound is too. It drives me nuts. The voice acting, swords swinging, and blood squirting makes it sound sweet. Now some of you might have douts about this game because of the recent Final Fight clones.... Well forget them... This game rocks this world! The only drawback is that about half of the gameplay makes me want to hurl. There is just toooooooooooooooooooooooooo much blood and gore. So if your a guy who likes a good story, great gameplay, excellent sound, and a whole ocean of blood.... THEN BUY THIS GAME NOW!

An absolute must!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: April 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is outstanding in many ways... First of all it's got an incredibly enthralling storyline, which gets you really involved right from the start... In fact, Sword of The Berserk is more an animated movie than a video game. The parts were you have to play are outnumbered by those where you simply have to watch animated sequences (they all last for at least 5 min. each but most of them are ways longer...). If the plot wasn't great you' d be yawnig after a while or, worse, complaining about the game but as I was saying this isn't likely to happen. In fact you'll find yourself craving for more! Second, SOF has got an impressive (definitely inspiring) soundtrack. The graphics are also excellent (only slightly inferior to Code Veronica's which represent the state of the art!)! What about the gameplay? Well it's fun tough it's not the reason why you should buy this title. What I mean is that the game itself is quite short so if you fell the urge to fight all day look somewhere else! The game is based on a famous manga and is obviously inspired by many literary works. Wanna a few examples? The Mandragola was a theatrical pièce written by Machiavelli, best known for his political treatise "The Prince". Puck was a character from Shakespeare's Midsummer night's dream and so on...

the first GREAT action game for DREAMCAST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The best way to describe SOTB is to call it Golden axe meets nightmare creatures, with a dash of soul calibur in the mix. the gameplay may get repetitive at times, but while your'e hacking and slashing your way through hordes of enimes, you'll be impressed by the EXCELLENT hi res grahpics and kick @$$ music. the whole experience of playing this game is akin to a major motion picture production. with brilliant voice dubbing and cinematic cut scenes. PLAY THIS GAME ON SURROUND SOUND TO SINK IN THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE

A MUST HAVE FOR ALL ACTION GAMERS! SKIP SOUL FIGHTER AND GET SOTB!

Awesome and addicting game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you've seen the show and read the manga, or even if you haven't, this game is one you have to play!! Its like another episode of the anime. And its so fun to watch the characters in 3-D, and to play as Gattsu!! This story is during the Millenium Soldier series of the manga, and happens after the Great Eclipse in the anime series. The game is really satisfying to play as you hack and slash up monsters, at least I think it is. Hee hee it gives me a feeling of POWER!! Lol. Plus the story is just so awesome, the cut scenes are cool and make the game like a movie, and the music is so great, ! Its by the same music producer for the anime, Hirasawa, and the opening and ending songs are incredible!! Can you tell that I am completely obsessed with Berserk? If you haven't seen the anime, then get it and if you haven't read the manga well then get that too. :P Gattsu is my most favorite anime character of all, his character is just so deep!! And he looks so cool in 3-D!! Just buy the game, anime, and manga, I promise you'll love it!!

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.

Stress Ball

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Sword of the Berserk is a really sensless game. But that's not a bad thing. When I get home from a hard day at school I always play this game. All I did was smash a few buttons and watch the blood flow. It's really addictive and FUN to play. I mean for some reason it relieves stress. I'm not a psycologist or something but this game, with it's senseless fun, is addictive, FUN, and relieves stress. So for all of you out there, who is in constant stress, BUY THIS GAME. Yet if you aren't in constant stress, also buy this game. In most areas of the game there is the senseless killing theme, but in several areas of the game you need quick thinking, good strategy, and a good eye to survive. Plus with excellent sound and plot, this is a must own for all of you arcade maniacs, all of you who are in stress, any one who likes good stories, and gamers who like a LOT OF BLOOD.

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.

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

An overlooked Dreamcast gem

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage is summed up as this: it's one hell of a game. In fact, its pretty much an interactive movie with over an hour of dramatic cinemas, but thats a good thing. The storyline is quite possibly the best I've ever heard of in a video game, revolving around a mercenary named Guts who is desperate to find a cure for his lover Casca who is suffering from a disease leaving her with the mind of a child, and is accompinied by a naked flying elf named Puck. There is a disease in the village that causes people to have the same symptoms Casca has, but I won't spoil any more surprises from there. Guts carries with him a sword called Dragon Slayer, which measures taller than Guts, and when you fight hordes and hordes of enemies, you learn why he is called Guts in the first place. It's simple hack and slash action with a superb storyline (based on a Japanese manga), incredible graphics (rivaling those of Code: Veronica, Alone in the Dark, and Sonic), and some of the best game music you'll ever hear. An overlooked gem of a game, if you own a Dreamcast you should own this, it's that damn good.

Ever wanted to be a Surgen Doctor?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well now you can cut your patients/enemies into bits and pieces!!! You can actually chop some of your opponents in half and you see their insides for a second before their body disapears. This is a very bloody game and the action is very fast paced. Its not slow and time consuming like some resident evil games. Another great feature, is that this game has great movie sequences. I felt like I was watching a good computer animated DVD movie.
If you liked the furious acrtion and gore in Spawn the game, then you'll definitly love Sword of the Beserk.

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