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answers by FABIO 09/09/2005, 5:47pm PDT
QB wrote:

Can someone tell me what was so great about Return of the King? I played it till I unlocked everything and my OCD was satiated and I just found it...meh..no one wants to be hobbits and pretty much every enemy can/must be despatched with the same move.


It wasn't. Two Towers was great. Return of the King had all the parts that made the melee combat clever then tore them out until all you had was a 3 hour game of just hitting the X button until you won.

Cool TTT cutscenes that blended with (relavent) clips from the movie? Just throw in hours of footage from RotK, regardless of whether or not it fits).

And yeah...hobbits. Out of all the cool kickass characters of the LotR universe you could have played, they went and made all the unlockable characters either hobbits or Aragorn with a different skin.

Then they decided to make up for all that by making Gollum the last boss :(


The Dynasty Warriors comment is spot on, yet I still love the games :( Maybe it's cos I've read the book, but having to read a book to enjoy a game is a pretty stupid requirement.


Yeah, I'm guessing it services people with the need for OCD hack n slash, with an asian twist. This would explain why curst is into it and tried to get into Shadows of Darkness or whatever that horrible samurai diablo clone was called.

Oh, and is DMC3 that good? I loved the first one, watched the second one for about 30 seconds before deciding it was the worst thing ever before having my love for the brand re-ignited with Dante's appearance in MegaTen: Lucifer's Call. Everywhere says it's pretty difficult, and I'm terrible at pretty much every game ever, only getting through via attrition or playing the odds. Should I get DMC3 and play it on Easy like a pussy? Or should I just find someone else with it and watch the bad-assery unfold?


I loved the first one, and yes the second was the worst thing ever rushed out the door by people who hadn't even played the original (I swear all they did was just show the team a picture of Dante and tell them, "He's the main character. He fights demons. GO!") so they just made it some sloppy 3D contra game with the worst targetting system ever coded.

DMC3 redeems all that. In fact it even far outdoes the original in everything except background environments (cool castle vs. lots of stone grey corridors). The cutscenes kickass and manage to outdo The (original) Matrix for over the top action, while at the same time being amusingly tongue in cheek. The combo system is now intuitive and encourages you to vary up your ass kicking and make it look stylish (there's even a "taunt" move that increases your combo meter for taking time out to call all the demons pussies). One of your melee weapons is a giant electric guitar that summons electrified vampire bats when you play it so you kill your enemies by ROCKING them to death.

The difficulty has been exaggerated by pussies who thought God of War was challenging. It's actually easier than the original DMC (which was pretty punishing, and impossible to beat on higher difficulties without a ton of devil stars). Even if you're softcore easy mode will do fine as training for the harder difficulties. In a fantastic mechanic, you can replay any previous level, on any previous difficulty, at any time to wrack up more experience and orbs that you get to keep.


My only real complaint is that you only get one "style" at a time, so it's either kickass cool gun tricks OR kickass cool sword tricks OR kickass cool teleporting moves, never all at once (and you have to go to a item statue to switch them).
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Review Request: Dynasty Warriors 5 by False 04/04/2005, 7:58pm PDT NEW
    More of the same! But that could mean you'll love it. by curst 04/04/2005, 9:17pm PDT NEW
        Re: More of the same! But that could mean you'll love it. by False 04/06/2005, 2:27am PDT NEW
        Long term review? by MM 09/09/2005, 8:45am PDT NEW
            complete Dynasty Warriors review by FABIO 09/09/2005, 1:01pm PDT NEW
                Re: complete Dynasty Warriors review by QB 09/09/2005, 4:41pm PDT NEW
                    answers by FABIO 09/09/2005, 5:47pm PDT NEW
                        Re: answers by QB 09/16/2005, 1:10pm PDT NEW
                            Re: answers by FABIO 09/16/2005, 9:54pm PDT NEW
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