Ultimate Ghosts'N Goblins Review

[Chris]

Ultimate Ghosts'N Goblins Review by Chris

PSP Review: The long overdue update to Capcom's classic finally hits the PSP.

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[Infested Jibbs]

The movies of this thing in motion from gamespot looked HEAPS better then these stills....makes me wonder if they were the same game.

The movies ahad wicked transparency effects and all sorts of bells and whistles, these look like old amiga shots in comparison.

So much potential...the gba version sounds like a better(if not as good) romp and half the price to boot.
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[Chris]

Screenshots don't really do it justice to be honest, especially the ones we had to use from Gamepress. Besides, te game is actually 3D but pictures just make it look (understandably) flat so it'll always look much better in motion
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[ultracrazy1]

You totally missed the point with pretty much everything you said.

The jump system is completely intentional, and if you'd have played a GnG game in the past you would expect it and praise capcom for not messing with it.

I like how you complain about how you don't have any options in the air when you need to adjust due to being surrounded by enemies and also say the early magic spells in the game are useless. Guess what? You're supposed to jump, panic and magic cancel to destroy the enemies around you when you need to. That's how you use the 1st spell in the game.




Have a good think about why you gave an authentic GnG game such a bad review. It's an AUTHENTIC sequel that fans of the series will completely understand. It's not supposed to be a mario or metroid game you.

I have edited stuff out, it is your right to disagree with the review but personal attacks will not be tolerated - Luke

[DarkYoshii]

Man, pwned. >_>
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hey ultracrazy1 I agree with you....but you don' have to be so rude, the man's just doing his job.
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[ultracrazy1]

The thing is, all these reviewers should have criticised the game if it was exactly what they wanted. If it was too easy, and changed the core gameplay drastically, then it fails. As it is, you can't ask for more. Games shouldn't be criticised for being to difficult, they should be criticised for being too easy. Why does new super mario bros get such great reviews when it's a total cakewalk? Cos it's fun?

Fun comes from mastery and overcoming a challenge. Not pretty colours and being told you've just saved the world from minimal effort. Are there any reviewers out there who were actually playing games in the 80s?

[Benno]

Chris was just giving HIS opinion of the game. By all means post your opinion but there is no need to critisize him because his views of the game are different.
Also who are you to tell other people what fun is, your idea of fun could be sexually interfering with animals but to others thats just wrong.
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[Mark]

Gold.

I haven't played the game, or any games from the series so I can't really comment on the review if it's correct or not. However, I do agree that many reviewers fall in a hole of hype and get caught up in giving out stupid scores when they aren't warranted. I think, in most cases, PALGN as a whole does give accurate review scores - unlike IGN who give almost every game that's advertised on their website a 9.

It's one of my biggest dislikes in video game journalism. People dislike games such as Titan Quest because it's too much like Diablo 2 (probably the best action RPG ever made). But how is that a problem? Just far too many reviewers get caught up in the hype, in my opinion, and I try my hardest to not fall into it.

[Jeremy]

OK, for one, I believe that ultra could have expressed his views in a much more acceptable manner.

secondly, is it ok for a developer to make a game where the challenge comes not because of your own fault but the limitations of the game?

Hell, that's exactly part of the reason why GTA pisses me off. Deaths occur not because of supreme enemy AI or an error on the players behalf but because the controls are freakin shit. Yet, GTA sells and gets rave reviews.

The thing is, GnG is the only game that you've played for the past 10 years, you're unlikely to see the relevance of such an arguement. However, if you're some who plays a crap load of games (I'm sure that this applies Chris), you are going to appreciate a game that has better underlying controls over one that doesn't.

There is nothing wrong with games being difficult and i like a challenging game. But i don't like one that is challenging because the developers are talented or able (or willing?) to make it play properly.
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[Infested Jibbs]

^Yeah Jez is right.Just because that's the way jumping has always been with GnG games doesn't mean it shouldn't evolve as gameplay of other games evolves as well.

Just because the jumping in gng is, technically, how jumping is in real life(despite jumping nearly twice your own standing height) deson't mean it's a great game mechanic.

maybe an option should have been included, old skool vs updated or easy mode where you can adjust the jumping a bit.It's one of the only games i can think of atm that has this broken jumping style-and even though it is staying true to the old school design, sometimes things should remain old school for a reason.
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[Luke]

UltraCrazy I have edited the insults out of your post, as I said it is your right to disagree with the review but personal attacks will not be tolerated.

A 6.5 is NOT a bad score.

[LeonJ]

Come on, 6.5 is not buy worthy in any scoring system.

I agree with UltraCrazy to a degree (not the way he did it of course). However the review clearly states that it is faithful and a fustrating hard game, and chances are if you are a G'n'G fan you will buy the game regardless. I mean, pretty sure the SNES version wasn't getting rave review (from memory).

I guess it's one of those games where if you are a fan you could add 1.0 to the score, correct?
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[ugh the boot]

^ Yea well put mate. I actually thought the actual review was fine....just the low score surprised me. Maybe Chris should've said "add a 1.0 or a 1.5 to the score if you're a fan".
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[Luke]

[ultracrazy1]

Fair enough, I apologise for sounding overly abusive.

[LeonJ]

[ugh the boot]

"6.5 – 7: Above average. Minor errors corrupt what may have been a good game. "

To me that says....it could've been a good game but minor errors corrupt it.

Whereas the review pretty much sounds like it's saying:

"7.5 – 8: Well above average. A title which is worth playing, but a couple of hiccups are met along the way"

The jump and respawning enemies are hiccups (depending on who's playing)....whereas corrupt means it's broken....which it's not.
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[Benno]

[Qbert]

I used to feel PALGN scored too harshly, but now I love their scale. They don't conform to all this media junk of anything under 8 sucking. Plus, you allways have to read the full review, rather than just looking at the final score.

(non of what I'm saying is related to this game, as I'm not the slightest bit intested in reading the review, Sorry Chris )
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[ultracrazy1]

Pfft. The game is brilliant. Play it for 5 minutes and its freaking obvious. Chris gave the game a bad score because he found it too difficult.

[Sin Ogaris]

Yeah, down with opinions, everybody just agree with ultracrazy1. The original game was nothing that special, the remake (I'm assuming seeing as it sounds like it'll be EXACTLY the same) probably isn't either. This is my opinion, you don't like it, build a bridge.

[slapshakle]

This is like the whole FFXI review all over again ( The comments, not the actual review )

Don't forget, its Chris's opinion of the game. He can say what he likes.
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