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Coded Arms......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 27 / 30
Date: September 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

With the lack of good FPS on both the PSP and the Nintendo DS, I decided to give Coded Arms a try. What I found in the game was nothing like a good majority of the reviews had talked about. I'll admit, for a FPS, Coded Arms is no Quake nor is it a Half-Life-Unreal or Halo. What it is, however, is a pretty decent FPS with original ideas...good control(once you get used to it)...and unbelievable graphics(it's practically the best looking PSP game I've seen to date). More of a FPS in the DOOM/Serious Sam vein. The story goes a lil something like this..It takes place in an abandoned virtual reality system inside a giant computer network. The VR system was originally created as a combat training simulator in the event of an alien invasion. However, during this program's development, a major flaw was discovered and the project was scrapped. Though abandoned, the program kept evolving within the computer network and eventually turned into a vast and brutal VR world populated with virtual alien invaders, dangerous computer bugs, the VR system's own security bots and huge boss enemies. You take the role of a computer hacker who infiltrates the VR system and fight through five different game worlds with multiple gameplay levels. More than 30 different weapons are available to battle the horde of virtual creatures, including real world weapons such as sniper rifles, machine guns, grenades, and more fantastic armaments such as pulse rifles. The style in which Konami made Coded Arms gives you the feeling that you're actually in a digital world. It wasn't until recently that i found out this game was originally intended to be put on the PS2....but, for a PSP title, Coded Arms rocks.

There were a couple of things, however, that I didn't like about Coded Arms. While it is easily the best looking PSP title to date and the random level generator was cool and all(almost making it a different gameplay experience each time you replay), the levels pretty much started to look alike to me, giving you little variety in exploring in between. Second, there wasn't enough meat to the story to suit my tastes. It was hard to stay motivated, at times, to keep playing(something I've heard alot of reviewers say)...other than to keep going from room to room clearing out enemies & whatnot and keeping moving on to the next level. While both of these elements are essential to making a good FPS, it doesn't take alot away from the game.

Coded Arms is one of those FPS that gives you an intense gameplay experience. Have enough bad guys on the screen after you and you'll definitely feel the heat of battle. That's just the single player experience. The multiplayer aspect is the best part of Coded Arms as it supports up to 4 players over Wi-Fi, with three mutiplayer modes. Overall, this is a great first try on the Playstation Portable. It has alot of potential if Konami decides to make a franchise with this series.

If you're a FPS fanatic, this is really one to get.

first fps on the PSP!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 23
Date: September 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great but very addicting game. Tons of weapons to choose from. The only flaw is that it is an easy game to beat. After you beat the game, there are a ton of other levels and extras. Great shooting game!

CODED ARMS WOW!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Coded Arms what to say. This game is GREAT! When I first put this game into my PSP I could tell it was going to be great. The intro movie realy got me excited and then playing the game was even better. The graphics are amazing. When I looked at my PSP I started to wonder how an FPS game could be played on this system. The controls take a little bit to get used to if you're used to playing with 2 anolog sticks (which I am.) But it's not to hard to get used to them. There are so many enemies, guns, upgrades, and other cool stuff that this game just never gets boring. I also like the random levels. Everytime you die and select retry you end up in an entirely different room. This game is great a must buy for any PSP gamer.

Coded Arms Hands Of Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The first thing you will notice about Coded Arms is the sound. One of the best soundtracks and sound effects I've heard on the PSP. The game is basically about a government combat training simulator that malfunctioned, creating a virtual battlefield swarming with deadly enemies. You as a hacker called the "Coded Ones" find this system and begin to fight these creatures to earn rare items found through out the system called "A.I.D.A."

For about the first thirty minuets, I've probability spent all my time on the controls. There are four different types of controls and as for me, the first type of settings were easier to get use to than the others. Now since there is not a second analog stick on the PSP, I found it easer to move my character around using the analog stick than having it as my aiming. The controls are definitely going to take sometime to get use to than the game play.

The one interesting thing I noticed about playing Coded Arms was the level designs. The levels can range from being really small to extremely large arenas. There's also the fact that there is a random map generator for each level, so if you were to replay the same level, it would appear different every time you play it. Another cool thing about Coded Arms is the way the creatures die. From aliens to robots, when they get "Deleted" a trail of numbers would slowly deteriorate them, almost Matrix like.

Now I've never experienced lagging yet in a PSP game but this would be the first. Yes the game does lag when there are a lot of things happening at once. This can get annoying and make you die faster which untimely ruins the fun. Just remember when you die you have to start from the beginning again, so save often. Loading is not a big deal at all for this game. The longest I had to wait would be thirty seconds. Usually it's around five to ten seconds max.

Multiplayer is extremely fun with friends even though it would be cooler to see an online mode. Up to four players can join one game choosing from Last Man Standing, Deathmatch, Keep The Mark and more gaming modes. The only thing that sucks about this game is the auto lock-on. Luckily enough you can turn this off not to be cheep but I would keep it on for basic story mode campaign.

Besides this being the first FPS game for the PSP, when you insert the game, you will find another UMD icon. This is a version 1.50 system upgrade. So this means you need to upgrade your system before continuing the game. Thoes of you with version 1.00 PSP's, wont be able to play this game unless you want to give up playing emulators on your PSP. I'm guessing this is a new way of forcing people to upgrade there units.

Either than that, I personally loved the game. As I said before, great sound affects, superb music for each level and great graphics for the PSP. I give Coded Arms a 9.0 just because of how much the controls are hard to get use to. Either than that this game is definitely worth buying.

Addicted!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: July 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun and I play it whenever I have a free moment. I get fully immersed in the game, more so than with PS2 games. I think it's due to the headphones. Love the music, the graphics and the way transitions are handled. Excellent job!

This Game Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It is i fun game that is easily addictive even though it is hard to aim.

well thought out controls for the first PSP FPS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: August 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i had my doubts about how the developers were going to setup the controls with only one jowstick, but they managed to do it just fine. it almost makes me with that fireteam bravo does the same thing. you get used to it pretty fast. with the awesome graphics and wide selection of weapons, this is a great game.

THE BEST GAME EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the first game I bought for the PSP It is challenging and multi player is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know why anyone would not like this game. I strongly suggest you buy coded arms the graphics are awesome and the people that say the game stinks have no clue what they are talking about. The game actually is a big challenge and if you don't like the levels afer you beat sector 2 you can go into a level designing mode in sector 3. You can create the levels that you want to play yourself and sector 3 is really hard to beat because the data keeps writing depending on your skill. In other words if you don't choose to design the next level it is created to add terrain that you are vulnerable in depending on the last level. In order to beat sector 3 you have to stop the data from rewriting (which is near impossible to do because you have to beat over 1,000 levels that keep getting harder). Trust me this game is a huge challenge. If you love really challenging games this is the game for you. If not you won't want this game. also there are not any good cheats for the game. But I swear I did not cheat on this game. Buy Coded Arms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the first game I bought for the PSP. It is challenging and multi player is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know why anyone would not like this game. I strongly suggest you buy coded arms the graphics are awesome and the people that say the game stink have no clue what they are talking about. The game actually is a big challenge and if you don't like the levels afer you beat sector two you can go into a level designing mode in sector three. You can create the levels that you want to play yourself and sector three is really hard to beat because the data keeps writing depending on your skill. In other words if you don't choose to design the next level it is created to add terrain that you are vulnerable in depending on the last level. In order to beat sector three you have to stop the data from rewriting (which is near impossible to do because you have to beat more than 1,000 levels that keeps getting harder). Trust me. This game is a huge challenge. If you love really challenging games, this is the game for you. If not, you won't want this game. Also, there are not any good cheats for the game. But I swear I did not cheat on this game. Buy Coded Arms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have this game and its awesome,the graphics,the shooting the gameplay and all.I will recomend you people to buy this game and when your playing to put the controls like this:moving-Dpad,aiming-control stick,shooting-L and R buttons,jump-X button.I put them like that and its easy.This game has some repetitive areas but I dont care cause I have over 30 weapons to select,you'll never get tired of shooting all those enemies with your weapons because its kinda cool when you let the thrigger on and it continues shooting,although your ammo will end its cool.The giant bugs and the giant computer bot is a bit difficult but its still cool.

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