Vhaman
Site Mod
Joined: 07 May 2006
Posts: 1243
Location: Azeroth
|
 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:46 am Post subject: Few DS game reviews. (Just extended all reviews) |
 |
|
Here's some slightly extended review of the ones I posted before.
Orcs and Elves:
This 30$ game plays very similarly to the original Doom. It's not fun, the whole thing only last 3 hours, and its so easy, that it's almost a chore rather than a game. So unless you really liked the original Doom and want a little nastalgia rather than fun, this game is junk.
Rating: 1/10
Game length: 3 hours
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings:
Like most FF games, this one is both long and fun. You play as a sky piriate Vaan and his friends who find an airship that flies them to a hidden floating continent. From the continent, you meet a race of winged people who have had their anima, basically their souls, stolen by their "god". The controls as split between touch screen and buttons, and both are needed a lot. It's not a turn-based RPG like many FF games, but rather you control up to 5 characters and some Yarhi (tamed monsters that help you fight) in real time. It can get a little clumsy, especially in small corridors when controlling a full group of as many as 15 because Ranged Yarhi and characters will stop to s]attack, and tend to block all Melee and Flying class guys behind them, who will wander back and forth waiting for an opening. The game flows well, and is just challenging enough to be worthwhile without getting frustrating. The boss of the game, and other side-quests that get unlocked at the end, however are another story. Toward the end of the final battle, the boss of the game will blast everything in front of his final weak spot with a huge laser, killing most Yarhi and critically hurting any character. And since the last weak spot is on top of a short flight of stairs, you can only get a few hits in before he shoots again. And all the while, he his spawning his own pack of 4 Yarhi, who will quickly kill and ranged yarhi or characters in sight. Final fight aside, it's a full game and is well worth the 40$ you spend on it. (Be even better as a Christmas gift. =p)
Rating: 9/10
Game length: 30+ hours
Chocobo Tales:
This game is little more than a collection of minigames and microgames with a Final Fantasy theme. The minigames vary greatly and style and difficulty, from ridiculously easy to annoying hard. Overall, it's a pretty decent investment of someone you doesn't have a lot of time to get wrapped into a complex storyline or just wants to kill a few minutes here and there. Has single-card and multi-card multiplayer modes.
Rating: 8/10
Game length: 15-20 hours
Dynasty Warriors DS Fighter's Battle:
This Dynasty Warriors game doesn't live up to the fun I had with the Gamecube Dynasty game, but it's not completely garbage. It has no story mode at all. The objective is to lead your army through 11 sections of China, conquering as you go. It doesn't matter which other the 3 available characters you should, and you opponent will be one of the other two (randomly). Each section has a main base and 2-4 smaller camps of each side, each with a leader who you must beat to defeat that camp and move on. All smaller camps have to be defeated before moving on the the main base. The first person to conquer the main base wins. Has multi-card multiplayer, but I doubt its worth getting it just to try it with a friend...
Rating: 6/10
Game length: None (no story mode, just play until you get bored.)
_________________
WoW:
Vhaman - Draenei Shaman Lv70 - Dethecus |
|
Back to top
