Entertainment/Gaming Consoles

vsp · 05-10-2002, 10:42 AM

Devil May Cry is pretty sweet, particularly at that price. I've got it on hold at the moment -- I reached level six or so, hit the wall in terms of difficulty, figured that I needed to practice quite a bit to work out how to handle progressively nastier opponents (my wife's the Resident Evil-style third-person shoot-creepy-things genre junkie, not me)... then got GTA3 and DMC was thus shelved. Hell, I bought Monster Rancher 3 that week (before Xmas!) and I haven't even started it yet, but I'm weird that way.

Anyway, it's got tons of flash and style it hasn't even used yet and it's a great relief-of-aggression tool, even if I usually end up so involved in launching ghoul X into the air and performing hideous rapid-gunfire-into-sword-thrust combos on him that every other ghoul in the room gets to gang up on me. Ah well.

Additions to the DC Games I've Played Recently pile:

* Worms World Party: Just like every other Worms game you've ever seen or played, in that it's essentially Scorched Earth gone Nickelodeon. No game with exploding sheep can be all bad, though. Surprisingly addictive, but much better in multiplayer mode.

* Pen Pen TriIcelon: THE SINGLE MOST CHIRPY AND UPBEAT GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. This makes Motor Toon Grand Prix look and sound like Wall Street Week. Muppets-gone-horribly-wrong swim, hop and belly-slide over Arctic landscapes and you get to watch AND control one. Woohoo! Gameplay isn't very deep, but the presentation has to be seen to believed - really hi-res and smooth. Bring some insulin.

* Wild Metal: Very bare-bones tank shoot-em-up; great physics engine, solid controls, not a whole lot to DO that makes sense or is fun. I'm not ready to toss it yet, but it's ehhh so far.

* Chu Chu Rocket: First off, I love Electronics Boutique. They had new VMUs for $11 -- or new-VMU-with-a-GAME blister packs for $15. Four extra bucks for a NIB game? Sign me up. That said, this is a decent puzzle game as-is, but I haven't gotten to play it as it's supposed to be played (in frenetic four-player mode at warp speed).

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05-10-2002, 10:42 AM	#11
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Devil May Cry is pretty sweet, particularly at that price. I've got it on hold at the moment -- I reached level six or so, hit the wall in terms of difficulty, figured that I needed to practice quite a bit to work out how to handle progressively nastier opponents (my wife's the Resident Evil-style third-person shoot-creepy-things genre junkie, not me)... then got GTA3 and DMC was thus shelved. Hell, I bought Monster Rancher 3 that week (before Xmas!) and I haven't even started it yet, but I'm weird that way. Anyway, it's got tons of flash and style it hasn't even used yet and it's a great relief-of-aggression tool, even if I usually end up so involved in launching ghoul X into the air and performing hideous rapid-gunfire-into-sword-thrust combos on him that every other ghoul in the room gets to gang up on me. Ah well. Additions to the DC Games I've Played Recently pile: * Worms World Party: Just like every other Worms game you've ever seen or played, in that it's essentially Scorched Earth gone Nickelodeon. No game with exploding sheep can be all bad, though. Surprisingly addictive, but much better in multiplayer mode. * Pen Pen TriIcelon: THE SINGLE MOST CHIRPY AND UPBEAT GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. This makes Motor Toon Grand Prix look and sound like Wall Street Week. Muppets-gone-horribly-wrong swim, hop and belly-slide over Arctic landscapes and you get to watch AND control one. Woohoo! Gameplay isn't very deep, but the presentation has to be seen to believed - really hi-res and smooth. Bring some insulin. * Wild Metal: Very bare-bones tank shoot-em-up; great physics engine, solid controls, not a whole lot to DO that makes sense or is fun. I'm not ready to toss it yet, but it's ehhh so far. * Chu Chu Rocket: First off, I love Electronics Boutique. They had new VMUs for $11 -- or new-VMU-with-a-GAME blister packs for $15. Four extra bucks for a NIB game? Sign me up. That said, this is a decent puzzle game as-is, but I haven't gotten to play it as it's supposed to be played (in frenetic four-player mode at warp speed).

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