hmm... so close...
Well, it'll be Friday soon, and I can't wait. but as I missed a day, because Nick invited himself round my house to use my PC for Internet access for about 6+ hours. Let me continue with my Lists of GameCube Games...
Underrated GameCube Games
Killer7
Killer7 was one of those games that was highly overlooked because the media simply hated the fact that it wasn't an FPS like everyone thought it was going to be. Instead the game was a Myst-eque "Running on rails" adventure title that people thought sucked and people ignored. However for those who gave up in the first hour of the game missed out on possibly the best plot and story to any game in the DC/PS2/GCN/XBox generation close to Shenmue. Why? because I love this obscure and twisted crap you come across now and again; 5 years ago I watch Akira and I was bewildered big time by the sheer craziness, and watching it again several times, watching The Matrix and other strange stuff made me kinda like the obscure genre.
Moving on, what is Killer7? in the close future, the United Nations get more countries in and eventually create peace treaties to so many countries that the countries around the world gave up their long range missiles and nukes as an act of displaying peace. However in the background something bad is happening and a plot to take over the United States takes place and the Special organisation Killer7 is sent out to find out what's going on.
So how do you play this game? Well it's not you're typical Shoot'em'up as I said. You use the A button to run forwards and the B button to turn around, the Analog stick is used for when you get to an area where the "rail" would fork out. Holding the R trigger puts you into into the first person mode for "Aim" mode to shoot enemies, and the L trigger is used to scan for invisible enemies, and flicking the C stick reloads your gun.
Talking about invisible enemies, you fight these freaky exploding zombie creatures called the Heaven Smile, you can't see them at first unless you use the scanner, then it'll start to walk/run/limp/crawl towards you where they'll try to blow you up in a kind of suicide bomber style. You got 2 ways of killing them, keep shooting them until the die, or finding an off coloured spot on their body and shoot it for an instant kill. By doing this you can acquire two different types of blood, if you just kill the Heaven Smile by pumping it with bullets you get Thin blood, which can be used to replenish health. Whilst shooting the weak spot earns you thick blood that works a bit like experience points, by going up to TVs you can select any of the Killer7 who you wish to upgrade, and make them faster, improve their reload time, and make their firearms more powerful.
So, why do I love this game, the story. I wont spoil the plot to you but if you like stuff like Fight Club, this is the video game version, yeah I know there's a Fight Club game but the amount insecurity, trying to find out what going, and the climactic ending creates one of the best stories in a game since FinalFantasy VII, Zelda Ocarina of Time and Metal Gear Solid. It's a shame that people put this game down because they wanted the game to be more of the FPS, but it's more then just Shoot'em'up and more of an adventure title on the lines of Myst and Blade Runner. If you're the type who loves anything weird and/or Adventure games with unique twists, I highly Reccomend you to pick it up!
Ikaruga
In and age where if you ask someone for a list of their favourite "Shoot'em'ups", their more likely to give a hige list of FPS games... However if you were to ask me the same thing I'd reply with something like this...
Pretty much the reason why Ikaruga isn't exactly on everybody's favourite list is because of the over saturation of repeated FPS there are and has pretty much killed the kind the Shoot'em'ups that I once loved.
So what's Ikaruga? Well in a distant future, a war is broken out between an empire and small sets of guerrilla organisations over something called "Ubusunagami Okinakai" the Power of the Gods, and with the power, an Empire was created and nations fell to the Power that they had. In a bold effort to stop the empire on their power crazed rampage an organisation called Tengaku created two fighter planes, The Ikaruga and the Ginkei piloted by Shinra and Kagari. Together they would have to fight the Empire and bring back freedom.
The object of the game is well... shoot everything in sight and dodge lasers, but that isn't the only tactic. Each ship can change colour from White to Black and vise versa by tapping the A button. So what does this do? Well you'll notice that in the game there's black and white enemies and lasers. Well this is how the "Polarity" system works. If you're White and a white laser laser hits you, it doesn't harm you, and you actually earns points, however if you're white and you hit a black laser, that's when you lose a life. The same sorta thing happens when you attack enemies; it's faster to destroy a white enemy with a black laser rather then the white laser, you shoot the colour laser that your craft is; so if your craft is black, you'll shoot black lasers, and white on white mode. This brings a whole new tactic to the top down shooters and the bosses are much more interesting because you're not just trying to pump as many bullets into it as possible, you're trying to use the polarity system to your advantage.
Pretty much this game is an awsome Shoot'em'Up and shoul deserve to be on a lot of people's favourites list. You should be able to pick up this title "fairly" cheap, or if you're a Dreamcast owner you could hunt down the Japanese DC version if you have the money and time. However, if you're like me who used to play RType and Gradius you'll love this game!
Underrated GameCube Games
Killer7
Killer7 was one of those games that was highly overlooked because the media simply hated the fact that it wasn't an FPS like everyone thought it was going to be. Instead the game was a Myst-eque "Running on rails" adventure title that people thought sucked and people ignored. However for those who gave up in the first hour of the game missed out on possibly the best plot and story to any game in the DC/PS2/GCN/XBox generation close to Shenmue. Why? because I love this obscure and twisted crap you come across now and again; 5 years ago I watch Akira and I was bewildered big time by the sheer craziness, and watching it again several times, watching The Matrix and other strange stuff made me kinda like the obscure genre.
Moving on, what is Killer7? in the close future, the United Nations get more countries in and eventually create peace treaties to so many countries that the countries around the world gave up their long range missiles and nukes as an act of displaying peace. However in the background something bad is happening and a plot to take over the United States takes place and the Special organisation Killer7 is sent out to find out what's going on.
So how do you play this game? Well it's not you're typical Shoot'em'up as I said. You use the A button to run forwards and the B button to turn around, the Analog stick is used for when you get to an area where the "rail" would fork out. Holding the R trigger puts you into into the first person mode for "Aim" mode to shoot enemies, and the L trigger is used to scan for invisible enemies, and flicking the C stick reloads your gun.
Talking about invisible enemies, you fight these freaky exploding zombie creatures called the Heaven Smile, you can't see them at first unless you use the scanner, then it'll start to walk/run/limp/crawl towards you where they'll try to blow you up in a kind of suicide bomber style. You got 2 ways of killing them, keep shooting them until the die, or finding an off coloured spot on their body and shoot it for an instant kill. By doing this you can acquire two different types of blood, if you just kill the Heaven Smile by pumping it with bullets you get Thin blood, which can be used to replenish health. Whilst shooting the weak spot earns you thick blood that works a bit like experience points, by going up to TVs you can select any of the Killer7 who you wish to upgrade, and make them faster, improve their reload time, and make their firearms more powerful.
So, why do I love this game, the story. I wont spoil the plot to you but if you like stuff like Fight Club, this is the video game version, yeah I know there's a Fight Club game but the amount insecurity, trying to find out what going, and the climactic ending creates one of the best stories in a game since FinalFantasy VII, Zelda Ocarina of Time and Metal Gear Solid. It's a shame that people put this game down because they wanted the game to be more of the FPS, but it's more then just Shoot'em'up and more of an adventure title on the lines of Myst and Blade Runner. If you're the type who loves anything weird and/or Adventure games with unique twists, I highly Reccomend you to pick it up!
Ikaruga
In and age where if you ask someone for a list of their favourite "Shoot'em'ups", their more likely to give a hige list of FPS games... However if you were to ask me the same thing I'd reply with something like this...
- Super RType
- Gradius V
- Metal Slug
- And more importantly Ikaruga!
Pretty much the reason why Ikaruga isn't exactly on everybody's favourite list is because of the over saturation of repeated FPS there are and has pretty much killed the kind the Shoot'em'ups that I once loved.
So what's Ikaruga? Well in a distant future, a war is broken out between an empire and small sets of guerrilla organisations over something called "Ubusunagami Okinakai" the Power of the Gods, and with the power, an Empire was created and nations fell to the Power that they had. In a bold effort to stop the empire on their power crazed rampage an organisation called Tengaku created two fighter planes, The Ikaruga and the Ginkei piloted by Shinra and Kagari. Together they would have to fight the Empire and bring back freedom.
The object of the game is well... shoot everything in sight and dodge lasers, but that isn't the only tactic. Each ship can change colour from White to Black and vise versa by tapping the A button. So what does this do? Well you'll notice that in the game there's black and white enemies and lasers. Well this is how the "Polarity" system works. If you're White and a white laser laser hits you, it doesn't harm you, and you actually earns points, however if you're white and you hit a black laser, that's when you lose a life. The same sorta thing happens when you attack enemies; it's faster to destroy a white enemy with a black laser rather then the white laser, you shoot the colour laser that your craft is; so if your craft is black, you'll shoot black lasers, and white on white mode. This brings a whole new tactic to the top down shooters and the bosses are much more interesting because you're not just trying to pump as many bullets into it as possible, you're trying to use the polarity system to your advantage.
Pretty much this game is an awsome Shoot'em'Up and shoul deserve to be on a lot of people's favourites list. You should be able to pick up this title "fairly" cheap, or if you're a Dreamcast owner you could hunt down the Japanese DC version if you have the money and time. However, if you're like me who used to play RType and Gradius you'll love this game!
3 Comments:
You ought to apply for a job at one of the on line gaming magazines...great reviews...what is scary is that I know you own all these games...Those shelves in your room prove that!
lol, why would I be reviewing a game I don't have!? :P
DUH!
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