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I've got a lot of PS2 games, but tend to concentrate on just a few. If something doesn't grab me straight away it gets left on the shelf for a rainy day when I've got a few hours to spend getting to proper grips with it.
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates was one such title that I tried out a few months back but because I didn't get to grips with the controls immediately I left it gathering dust, until last Friday night.
Since then, I gave it a good workout for 2 hours, and from there got completely absorbed. It's a HUGE game! I've been playing on and off all weekend, and now have a backlog of quests to complete at my leisure, and the great thing is I've got the controls down pat and have gotten used to the realtime fighting (where casting a spell isn't just press one button, it's proper casting with the D-pad being used to make the appropriate hand signals for a particular spell).
It struck me that this is some of the most realistic fighting you can get, there's no pausing whilst you switch weapons or ready spells, you've got to time everything just right or get whacked with a large club whilst trying to get your hand motions readied for a fireball.
I'm kicking myself now for not giving the game a better chance when I first got it. I never knew frying orcs on Dragon-back could be so much fun :)
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates was one such title that I tried out a few months back but because I didn't get to grips with the controls immediately I left it gathering dust, until last Friday night.
Since then, I gave it a good workout for 2 hours, and from there got completely absorbed. It's a HUGE game! I've been playing on and off all weekend, and now have a backlog of quests to complete at my leisure, and the great thing is I've got the controls down pat and have gotten used to the realtime fighting (where casting a spell isn't just press one button, it's proper casting with the D-pad being used to make the appropriate hand signals for a particular spell).
It struck me that this is some of the most realistic fighting you can get, there's no pausing whilst you switch weapons or ready spells, you've got to time everything just right or get whacked with a large club whilst trying to get your hand motions readied for a fireball.
I'm kicking myself now for not giving the game a better chance when I first got it. I never knew frying orcs on Dragon-back could be so much fun :)
i've got it too but have only played it for all of 30 mins...
maybe i'll have a proper go sometime soon :D
maybe i'll have a proper go sometime soon :D
Oh goodie. I bought this in January, but I've spent too much time watching Babylon 5 to be able to play it. Well B5 is nearly finished now, so this might be the next thing on my list.
I've got a lot of PS2 games, but tend to concentrate on just a few. If something doesn't grab me straight away it gets left on the shelf for a rainy day when I've got a few hours to spend getting to proper grips with it.
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates was one such title that I tried out a few months back but because I didn't get to grips with the controls immediately I left it gathering dust, until last Friday night.
Since then, I gave it a good workout for 2 hours, and from there got completely absorbed. It's a HUGE game! I've been playing on and off all weekend, and now have a backlog of quests to complete at my leisure, and the great thing is I've got the controls down pat and have gotten used to the realtime fighting (where casting a spell isn't just press one button, it's proper casting with the D-pad being used to make the appropriate hand signals for a particular spell).
It struck me that this is some of the most realistic fighting you can get, there's no pausing whilst you switch weapons or ready spells, you've got to time everything just right or get whacked with a large club whilst trying to get your hand motions readied for a fireball.
I'm kicking myself now for not giving the game a better chance when I first got it. I never knew frying orcs on Dragon-back could be so much fun :)
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates was one such title that I tried out a few months back but because I didn't get to grips with the controls immediately I left it gathering dust, until last Friday night.
Since then, I gave it a good workout for 2 hours, and from there got completely absorbed. It's a HUGE game! I've been playing on and off all weekend, and now have a backlog of quests to complete at my leisure, and the great thing is I've got the controls down pat and have gotten used to the realtime fighting (where casting a spell isn't just press one button, it's proper casting with the D-pad being used to make the appropriate hand signals for a particular spell).
It struck me that this is some of the most realistic fighting you can get, there's no pausing whilst you switch weapons or ready spells, you've got to time everything just right or get whacked with a large club whilst trying to get your hand motions readied for a fireball.
I'm kicking myself now for not giving the game a better chance when I first got it. I never knew frying orcs on Dragon-back could be so much fun :)