In article <1152288451.570809.318510 DeleteThis @k73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<cbrooks00 DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>Remix and URA... what did you think of either game? They seem to get
>slammed heavily in most places but if you look at the reviews over at
>GameFAQs they received pretty decent marks, URA getting two 10/10
>votes, even... (wow.... ok...)
The kindest thing one can say about the Toshinden games is that they're
the very best of the mediocre 3D fighters. The character models are
terrible, the fighting styles have no basis in reality, no two opposing
combatants can have any kind of balanced fight, and the colors used in the
game look like a Jackson Pollock painting after the car accident.
Toshinden gets one thing right, which is the only reason for the positive
reviews. Unlike Bloody Roar, unlike Elan Doree, unlike the first Dynasty
Warriors, Toshinden pushes all the right emotional buttons. The giant,
club-wielding gaijin fulfills some primal need to be brainlessly violent.
The whip-cracking blonde Russian with the chip on her shoulder is sexy and
unattainable in a compelling and sadly familiar way. One of the fighters
looks, act, and talks like freaking Michael Jackson. Toshinden is proof
that you can get anybody to play a terrible game if you get them
emtionally invested in it. It works for DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
Of course, it's all a matter of perspective. And this means that Toshinden
is perfectly entertaining to a lot of people. So who cares about the good
or bad reasons?
-KKC, who also agrees with everything Bel said but didn't catch the
response until well after he started composing...
--
"These are the good years for Barb and me. We installed a bible - kendrick
detector at the front door. And now when the doorbell rings and - @io.com
the red light flashes, we know we have to sit very quietly and -
wait for them to go away." Catchup Advisory board, A Prairie Home Companion
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