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"Panzer Dragoon Orta"

Beautiful-looking and brilliant game, but it's quite hard on Normal difficulty.

Is anyone else (who's got it) finding it tricky, or am I just a dragon-sized wuss?

I completed Episode 1 on my second try, but I've had the GAME OVER screen five times now on Episode 2.

Still, it's enjoyable and addictive, and there's loads of special extras to unlock.

Cool game.

Sounds like you've enjoyed your day then Mantis. ;-) You definatly have to get PDO mate - its the nuts ! :-)

WTF?

I was in game today, and didn't see PDO! I was in quite a few shops actually, none of them had it. Either it sold out(doubt it) or the stupid retailers in Belfast havn't orded the game yet. Doh!

BUT

I got the new OXM today( which is weird as I thought it wasn't out till monday) and its got a New PDO demo, which is feckin superb. The first demo of the game was pretty but the new one is something else, especially when viewed on a 32" inch flatscreen with 5.1 sound. You are in a canyon and there is a big worm thing in the ground with plants and stuff firing what look like jellyfish at you, or as may friend put it, ovaries. :P

But really, truely is one of the most visually impressive games out there. Even two of my mates who own a PS2 said and I quote "ps2 couldn't handle this". We them procceded to another Xbox 6 player system link Halo night. Brillient!

i've got it...i think it's really good :D
requires quick reactions and know what you're doing...it's not as simple as i first thought it would be...
i'm on mission 8...imperial city...and have had to retry quite a few of the levels many times...
there is a great urge to want to replay it to get better grades...
and i'm interested in playing the extras too :D

Resi hasn't really got that much freedom at all. Its not like you can go anywhere you want, the routes are set out for you, you solve puzzles and pick up keys and unlock the next bunch of doors and stuff you're allowed through.

If Resi had a real freedom in it, you'd be able to run around Racoon City (or other location) and decide on what you want to do yourself and where you want to go. Of course you can run in and out of rooms you're allowed in, but lets face it, essentially you just want to move on and the only reason you end up going back to rooms is cause you think you might have missed something or you have to return to it to put an item in there.

Don't get me wrong though, the Resi series is great - but its not exactly known for its freedom. ;-)

Hang on. Unless Lou Role meant he wouldn't pay that much for RZ.

Sorry.

:D

(damn fanboyish tendencies)

az_00_uk wrote:
> I played the demo and wasn't at all impressed. The graphics were good
> but by far not the best I have seen and the gameplay has no real depth
> or replay value, that's what I found from the demo, the full version
> is quite possibly much better but I can't see how it can be that much
> better than the demo in terms of gameplay etc.


Ditto. We have the same thoughts on the XBox (or some of its games at least). :)

I find the Resi series to be decidly moore open and fun than an on rails shooter. Moving from A-B. Resi has atmosphere, and you can run...where you want!

Sorry. I dislike on-rail games. They annoy me.

Savatt78 wrote:
> Its really a case of learning to play it properly - can be confusing
> at first. It actually plays pretty similar to the game Rez.

Yeah, I think I'm getting to grips with it now. Just completed Episode 2. Gorgeous graphics. :)
It does play a lot like Rez, and even though I'm only up the 3rd level, I can tell its quality and I really like it.

English_Bloke wrote:
> There is no denying that it looks spectacular, but I won’t be buying
> it myself. A friend of mine is so I will borrow it at some point…I
> just couldn’t see the gameplay justifying the £40.

I agree with you, I went to get a few games today, Panzer Dragoon was one of them. But it just seems very repetitive and it's supposed to be very short. So I just got Tenchu 3 instead, class game.

And £45 for Resi 0? I don't think so.

Its really a case of learning to play it properly - can be confusing at first. It actually plays pretty similar to the game Rez.
The graphics and sound are excellent and when you get into it, you really start to see how excellent this game is. :-)

One of the best games on the X-Box in my opinion. Its great to see games like this during a time when we keep recieving lazy ports from lazy developers. Definatly a game thats right in the top 10 X-Box games available right now. :-)

As for my progress, I think I'm on the last level now. Its the Imperial City. Some of the bosses on this game are just superb.

Personally, I like the pure'n'simple shoot'em'up gameplay.
Sometimes I just wanna play some retro-style, and PDO is just that, retro gameplay dressed up with flashy graphics.
But when you think about it, all gameplay is simplistic: get from A to B and do 'stuff' along the way.