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Coded Arms IGN review
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sonycowboy
Member
Does anybody here have it?
Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
I played this for a little while. I was expecting far worse. I used control type C in my brief playtest, and with the lock function, I didn't find aiming too bad. There is obviously not a lot of variety with locations, but the point of the game seemed to me to be arcade like clearing combined with the collection of weapons and gear (of which there seem to be a lot). While a lot of the environmental graphics are repetitive, the effects and reloading animations, etc. are quite nice. I could see it getting boring though.
By no means a really good game in brief play but I played GoldenEye on the DS for about the same length of time and I'd rather play this.
By no means a really good game in brief play but I played GoldenEye on the DS for about the same length of time and I'd rather play this.
sorryaboutdresden
Member
I am very disapointed in this, I haven't been having very much fun with my PSP and I thought this would be the game to change that. Withthat said, its a decent game but you'll get tired of it after a while.
Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
sorryaboutdresden said:
Yea, to be clear...I was expecting outright filth from the reviews. It's better than that. But it DOES NOT live up to my hopes. I would not buy it for more than $10-15.
Drinky Crow
Banned
I kinda like the random levels and pure emphasis on shooting, although as Musashi said, it's by no means a game worth > $20.
sonycowboy
Member
Drinky Crow said:
I think it's pretty decent. I'd go $30. Of course, I have absolutely NO ACCESS to emulation, so it's be my only portable FPS fix.
Drinky Crow
Banned
It's a very fair review; I just like randomly-generated levels.
Patrick Klepek
furiously molesting tim burton
Pff, I hardly took a shit on it. It's a woefully average FPS with crap controls and random map generation that people will either dig or hate. I just couldn't find my shovel.
Drinky Crow
Banned
5.0 is average, right? Coded Arms defines "average", from my brief experience with it.
Patrick Klepek
furiously molesting tim burton
Not my problem if the rest of the world can't wrap their head around 7.0 =/ average.
Drinky Crow
Banned
Maybe 1UP should bail on having a 1-10 scoring range, then.
Personally, I'd use the penis scale:
RAGING BONER
MILD TWINGE
STILL FLACCID
IT'S COLD IN HERE
- and, of course -
JESUS I THOUGHT THAT WAS A CHICK
Personally, I'd use the penis scale:
RAGING BONER
MILD TWINGE
STILL FLACCID
IT'S COLD IN HERE
- and, of course -
JESUS I THOUGHT THAT WAS A CHICK
Drinky Crow
Banned
Nope!
Patrick Klepek
furiously molesting tim burton
Drinky Crow said:
Drinky Crow
Banned
tetsuo, it's when the game gets you all revved up with hype only to finally get her home and OMG THERE'S A SNAKE IN THERE
Man, why do developers keep trying the 'randomly-generated' level designs for game genras that are run by awesome level layouts.........
Yea in theory "COOL! IT'S LIKE NEVERS THA SAME!" ---------- But give us a well defined playground any day of the week.
I wasn't expecting anything from this game (visually it looked cool) ----- and i'm not very let down at all since PSP had such an awesome launch, I'm still trying to keep up.
But man... level design please.
Yea in theory "COOL! IT'S LIKE NEVERS THA SAME!" ---------- But give us a well defined playground any day of the week.
I wasn't expecting anything from this game (visually it looked cool) ----- and i'm not very let down at all since PSP had such an awesome launch, I'm still trying to keep up.
But man... level design please.
CONSPIRACY TIME!
IGN's PSP reviews are far more leniant than the GBA or DS channel. I really don't like the idea of the same editors covering a single platform or company. It would even out things if Matt C. could review some Xbox games, if Craig could review some PSP games, and so on.
IGN's PSP reviews are far more leniant than the GBA or DS channel. I really don't like the idea of the same editors covering a single platform or company. It would even out things if Matt C. could review some Xbox games, if Craig could review some PSP games, and so on.
StorablePrawn
Banned
I've got this one coming in the mail along with Midnight Club 3. Hopefully the loading times on the latter won't kill me.
(Then again, I've been surviving Untold Legends for the past week.)
(Then again, I've been surviving Untold Legends for the past week.)
CamHostage
Member
Jeff-DSA said:
It seems to come and go by the title. The MC3 review ripped on its problems, although it's final score was still too nice, a minute of loading is just crap. Mercury's was mean, there wasn't much reason to bag on it other than it was hard to get cozy with. There's as much average bunk on both systems that's not worth raving about or bagging on. Maybe you mean when it comes to the big titles? The top DS games have been short-changed in in the press for only being brilliant and not genius. Then again, the games I've bought for DS have felt like 8.5s and low 9s at their best, so I don't feel like cutting slack for my money.
I've always thought Hustler's movie rating scale would translate well to video game reviews (Fully Erect, 3/4 erect, etc). I see you are in agreement, and also that you have a large collection of porno magazines.Drinky Crow said:
Exxy -- post nekkid pics of your ex-gf, or at least give them to Skip to scan. I know they're in that afro someplace.
For my take, Coded Arms is pretty, but it's mostly very average in the negative sense. The weapons and enemies are uninteresting, the gameplay is ho-hum (at best), and the random levels mean that there's no stylish architecture or landmarks to make a person go "cooOOOOoool." People remember certain rooms from games like Halo and Half-Life, because they're gorgeous and cleverly designed. No gorgeous or well designed here, move along.
$20 or less is about right.
6.6
http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/explorationbasedhorrorfps/review.html
None of what brings down Coded Arms is inherent to it being a first-person shooter on a portable game system. The controls, while initially weird, can be adjusted to, and it's one of the better-looking games on the system from a technology standpoint. The problems are within the underlying design, which simply doesn't have a lot to offer beyond a bland, unappealing corridor crawl with similarly boring multiplayer. PSP owners may find a passable rental in Coded Arms, but that's about all. The first-person shooter genre may have a bright future on the PSP, but Coded Arms isn't it.
http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/explorationbasedhorrorfps/review.html
None of what brings down Coded Arms is inherent to it being a first-person shooter on a portable game system. The controls, while initially weird, can be adjusted to, and it's one of the better-looking games on the system from a technology standpoint. The problems are within the underlying design, which simply doesn't have a lot to offer beyond a bland, unappealing corridor crawl with similarly boring multiplayer. PSP owners may find a passable rental in Coded Arms, but that's about all. The first-person shooter genre may have a bright future on the PSP, but Coded Arms isn't it.
DIrtyWeasel
Member
It's funny how common it is for people point out that the final score isn't the same as the the average, when to the right of score it always says "not an average".