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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.

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

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!

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

Yea, it was my friends Birthday too, we played alot of Halo and at alot of pizza. Two of my favourite pastimes. :P

And what excellent times they make. ;-))

Just had a call from one of my friends - he's going to buy an X-Box soon cause he's been enjoying playing on his brother's one.
At the moment he's looking to pick one up with Halo, Tiger Woods and Ghost Recon. ;-)

So it looks like I'll be going along on another shopping trip with a friend for an X-Box. ;-))

It's a thing of beauty. :)

I've finished it on Easy, but it's proving flippin' hard on Normal. I keep getting killed on Episode 4 by the Dragonmares at the end. :(
Some of the levels remind me of Rez, and the boss battles are epic.

One of the best games on Xbox.

Beating the game on hard or clocking up 15 hours game time will unlock the "box mode" which allows you to select any episode and tweak stuff like increasing the availability of the beserk etc.

I played last months demo, and it reminded me of Rez, in a really big way.

Can't afford any games at the moment, so I won't be getting it... :-(

Better get writing those reviews for GAD then YH. ;-)

I'm refusing to play it on easy, so far, and am getting trashed repeatedly at the start of episode 3 on normal. The game is sheer class though, I haven't played such a no-nonsense blaster for aaaages.

It does play very similar to Rez, but its has even purer gameplay. Mm, I'm gonna play it now, sitting half-an-inch away from the screen until I get a screaming headache.