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of the Berserk: Guts' Rage is an action game with
phenomenally good graphics but overly simplistic gameplay. You
fill the shoes of the main character, Guts, and spend most of
your time smiting foes with his seven-foot monster of a ,
Dragon Slayer.
Some levels provide the best hack-and-slash gaming to be found
anywhere, but usually of the Berserk is more cheap than
challenging. We certainly felt rage when boulders began falling
on Guts's head at random during one level and the designers took
great pains to populate most of the levels with dozens of tiny
ankle-biting enemies that are nigh impossible to hit.
Unfortunately the lack of combat moves, weapon upgrades, or
anything else that could have spiced up gameplay makes of
the Berserk far more tedious than it should be for gamers.
What really distinguishes this game from other gore games is the
eloquent integration of storyline-enhancing cut-scenes that are
gorgeously rendered with the game engine. There is over an hour
of noninteractive story line to sit through--so many scenes that
this almost qualifies as an interactive movie. If mindless combat
and a compelling story sound appealing, of the Berserk is
what you've been waiting for. Parents should note that this game
is particularly violent, and may not be suited for young
children. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
* Beautiful graphics
* Gory, visceral combat
* Outstanding production values Cons:
* Repetitive gameplay
* Level design sometimes cheap
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Review
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When you think of the most recent attempts at bringing Final
Fight's 2D gameplay to the 3D realm, you probably think of games
like Dynamite Cop, Zombie Revenge, and Fighting Force. You'd be
forgiven if you think those games get really boring fast, because
they do. Well, Eidos and developer Yuke's (Evil Zone, WWF
SmackDown!, and Soukaigi) have joined forces and taken one of
Japan's most popular man, Kentauro Miura's Berserk, and turned
it into the bloodiest hack 'n' slasher yet. Renamed of the
Berserk: Guts' Rage for the US, Eidos, surprisingly has picked up
the game for American distribution. Guts, the poorly-named main
character, typically wields a massive nearly one and a half
times his own body length, and as the game's title indicates,
Guts has a tendency to go berserk once he has suffered enough
damage during battle. At the moment he goes berserk, the screen
turns blood red, and Guts' speed and power double. Guts is a
one-eyed knight traveling through Europe during the Middle Ages.
He is identifiable by his one working eye and a dark brand on his
neck, which attracts the weird and varied creatures he
continuously battles. When creatures are close at hand, the
strange mark bleeds, giving Guts warning of impending danger. The
game begins with a scenario, rendered by the game's impressive
engine, where some of the game's main characters are introduced
beside their broken caravan. They are suddenly attacked by
highwaymen looking for trouble, and that's when Guts enters the
scene. You'll figure out the controls in no time flat. Aside from
swinging your giant , you can jump, block, and even sheath
your in favor of a wrist-sized crossbow. You also have a
limited supply of items that you can access by pressing the right
trigger button and any of the corresponding four colored
controller buttons. The items you can use are grenades, a small
, refills, and throwing knives. While these items are
extremely limited, you can find them in the many boxes and
barrels placed around the game environments. Once acclimated to
the controls, you'll find that of the Berserk is a
straightforward hack 'n' slash action game where you rely on
little more than your basest survival instincts. Chop the enemy
to bits and try not to get chopped yourself. That's it. You are
amidst an endless swarm of soldiers, monsters, and mutated
thingamajigs, and your singular goal is to hack, hack, hack your
way through the assembled masses. When you're not hacking these
guys to bits, you're engaging in fisticuffs or blowing the
attackers to tiny pieces with your grenades. Musket s are
best reserved for the bosses, since ammo is in limited supply.
Unlike recent Final Fight-style games like Dynamite Cop, Zombie
Revenge, and Fighting Force 2, Berserk doesn't ever get nearly as
tedious. In Berserk, you'll run from level to level through a
gamut of alleys, ainsides, and villages. While some areas
are wide open, others are restricted to tight spaces, which will
cause your to clang off the walls. While you're in
berserker mode, this doesn't affect you, but any other time this
can be very difficult, especially with lots of enemies around
you. When this happens, resorting to your fists is the best
choice, as it's much easier to make contact this way. If you're
cornered, a grenade will always clear everyone in the immediate
area out like a smart bomb. You'll meet bosses in unique
encounters, and each will require a different strategy. One boss,
for example, is a huge, man-bull creature with one enormous horn
protruding from his head. This is one of the hardest bosses to
defeat in the game because his patterns aren't as predictable as
some of the others, and he is possibly the most mobile. You'll
need to use every attack you know to beat him on the harder
difficulty levels. What also makes this game significantly more
engrossing than Dynamite Cop or its ilk is the sound. This is one
of the most impressive-sounding games ever made. From the first
time you hear the sound of your cutting through the air,
you'll be amazed. The meaty crunch of steel hitting is made
more realistic by the appropriate thud. The simple act of
listening to Guts walk is rewarded with the crunch of dirt and
sticks, and the jangle of his chains is also very impressive.
Ambient sounds like footsteps and voices in dank stairwells
resound with accurate reverb and echo. The voice-acting is filled
with aural clarity, and the soundtrack is an amazing blend of
ominous compositions. --James Mielke
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