My Rating
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Really strong action adventure game with a deep plot, innovative gameplay, and a fantastic blend of action and puzzles.
PROS: Very fun puzzles, exciting combat, the best graphics I've seen on the PS2, and 'hard but not impossible' action. The RPG elements are well integrated and allow you to customize the play to your style just enough. The sound is great too - both the action sounds as well as the score.
CONS: Bloody to the extreme (even the game designers seem to make fun of it at times); so fast a start it can leave you wondering what is going on; the boss fights can get a bit tedious.
BOTTOM LINE: A cross between the best of Tomb Raider, elements of Zelda, with some Mortal Kombat thrown in with a great story - what's not to like? Took about 10 hours to finish on Medium difficulty and was well worth the $20 price tag. Anybody with a PS2 needs to play this one at least once.

Posted by scottsh at Saturday June 03, 2006 - 12:53 AM | Category: PS2 | © 2006 Gaming Signal