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Developer:
Koei
Publisher: Koei
System Requirements: Playstation
2, 8-Mb memory card, Duel Shock
I Recommend: ugh?
Playstation 3! Doh! |
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world's most underrated and overhated N64 game has made its
jump to the Playstation 2. You play the persona of Jean-Luc,
a experienced member of the team called STAT. Their mission
is to recover a secret satellite base from a group of Sancovasian
terrorists named the Crying Lions.
Although KOEI have
beefed up the character models and some of the graphics from
the original game, and pumped up the graphics in high resolution,
the game still suffers from consoleportitosises. The wall
and ground textures are very grainy compared to other PS2
games and lack in detail.
The game focuses
more on tactical battles than on strait on action. The game
is similar to Metal Gear Solid or Syphon filter but with more
complex controls. You can not move when you pull out your
gun to shoot. So standing out in the middle of a open feeld
will most likely get you killed. Instead you must hide your
back against a wall and take pop shots around the corners
or hide under the safety of crates,and then target your enemies
when you get a open shot. It can get frustrating at times
because of the awkward control schemes and quirky camera that
never faces the right direction in a fire fight, the camera
is your real enemy and it kills you many times. Once you do
master the controls and tame the camera, the game is quite
addictive for around the first ten levels. Then you discover
that you are doing the same actions over and over again. Hide
behind the wall, shoot, duck under the crate, shoot, blast
the yellow box that controls the laser beams, shoot, and on
and on. Winback can get redundant but at leasted the game
has a interesting but unoriginal story with some very corny
voice acting.
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Duck run and cover boy!
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I guess Koei was too
cheap to hire some real talent for the voices so the North American
division called best friends and relatives and asked them if they
would be the voices of Winback. Why do console game companies always
skimper on one of the most important aspect of gaming... voice acting.
The music on the other hand is very subtile and fits the game perfectly.
The music even changes the mood depending on how much health you
have left. It ain't Beethoven but at lease it fits.
Winback also include
so cool deathmatch modes that you and your friends can frag to.
There's traditional deathmatch modes and plenty of cube modes, like
shoot the cube, collect all the cubes before the other player does,
ect. There's a cooperative bot mode, and other fun stuff. Although
Winback is a different type of deathmatch. Alot of fun to have here
once you and your friends master the controls.
Winback is a fun yet
frustrating stealth game, and should hold over any stealth gamer
until Metal Gear Solid 2 arrives.
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Good
Press
+ Loads of fun
+ Thirty Levels
of action
+ Nice Graphics
and music
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Bad Press
-Repetitive
-Bad voice acting
-Frustrating camera
and controls
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Total
7.2 out of 10
Although Winback's
gameplay never reaches that of metal Gear Solid or Syphon
Filter, it still has it moments. Too bad the controls are
impudent and the levels repetitive.
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