Welcome to the latest edition of SUPER THUMBS! No doubt to leave you in another stupor of euphoria… as it always SHOULD. This month brings some new games I have recently gotten ahold of, as well as some classics… okay okay , just one classic, but using plurals always sounds snazzier. ARE YOU READY?? Here we go!
Fable (MXB)
The long awaited action RPG has a lot to offer. The graphics are superb, visually stunning at points! The game also has a pretty unique experience system that doesn’t use levels at all and consists of buying different skills and level of skills whenever you feel the need. It’s a nice system. I enjoy it. There are many ways to build your hero through the different categories of Melee, Archery and Magic. This enables a variety of heroic funness every time you start over, if you’re into that start of thing. The gameplay is ridiculously easy too so no matter how you specialize your character, you will probably be kicking mucho ass. The game itself may be short but it’s long enough to really get into and the different choices the game lets you make are nice, if not as perfect as one may think they are getting with all the hype this game came with. All in all it’s a very fun game
Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Says… Thumbs Up!
LEGO Star Wars (PS2)
LEGO Star Wars is far more fun than this game truly has any right to be. I mean COME ON, you battle peaces of plastic with other pieces of plastic and yet.. IT’S SO DAMN FUN. It’s hard to say why, but it’s a lot of fun. The graphics are well, lifelike.. relative to Legoland, I suppose. They are nothing awe-striking or benevolent, but they do look exactly like your Legos. Also I am pretty sure there are lots of subliminal messages embedded in this game that will cause you to go out and buy every Lego set you lay your eyes on, so like, be careful of that. The gameplay is like lots of action adventure games, what with the hacking and the slashing and whatnot. The characters all do pretty much the same thing, with a few exceptions, like R2 can fly, and a few others can jump higher, Jedi’s control the force and such, but there are only a couple archetypes with many many different characters available for selection. Story wise it’s… Star Wars, so you pretty much already know what’s going on and such. However don’t let the kiddish idea of this game fool you! ITS A BLAST DAMNIT.
Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Says… Thumbs Up!
Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ (GCN)
Wario Ware is one of those lots of people are around, we want to play video games, kind of games. It’s surprising how hard it is to find games made for more than one or two players but this game. The game itself only uses like two buttons total, yet I still suck at just about every game in it. You see Wario Ware is a collection of lots of different minigames and other games that make use of these minigames, a bit confusing so you’re just gonna have to play if you’re really that interested. This game can be fun, and it can be annoying, it just depends on who you play with and if you actually want to be playing games with them or not. Does this game even have single player modes? I guess it does but I’m not positive; I’ve only played it with friends and I definitely would not want to be playing alone. And while this can be a very fun game, I wasn’t really a fan, mainly because.. I’M NOT A DAMN SPACE GIRL, OK PAUL!?
Captain Eric’ Super Thumb Says… Thumbs Down
X-Men Legends (MXB)
Okay well not to ruin the ending, but this game allows you to control Wolverine, so… yeah, it’s way awesome. If you have a choice of playing Wolverine’s Revenge or this game, this game wins out by about 10000x. This is a nice little RPGish Arcadeish super hero game. You dont make you heroes, they are already made for you, those immortal X-men you know and love. They do however level up and gain new skills and abilities as you go on. The gameplay is mission-based, with you completing missions with your selected team of heroes and then returning to the base. The story continues then it is mission time again. It is another mow down all the baddies in your way kind of game, but it’s still pretty challenging with bosses with different powers and a few different types of missions. If you enjoy X-Men I really dont think that this game will disappoint you.
Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Says… Thumbs Up!
Pac-Man (GBO)
WHOA! It’s Pac-Man! CLASSIC CLASSIC PAC-MAN! Pac-Man is a game everyone should know. It’s simple but ever-entertaining. It’s the first game in the long line of games for many gamers of all ages and will always be regarded as great! The beauty of Pac-Man is it’ blend of simplicity and difficulty that will always bring you back for more frustrating losses! Pac-Man comes from the days long before they 10000-hour marathon RPGs with intense plots and storylines, side-quests and all that. It is not a easy game by any stretch of the imagination as those pesky ghosts always seem to get the better of you in the end. Anyways, Pac-Man is one of the Orginals Kings Of Gaming and nothing can ever change that.
Captain Eric’s Super Thumb Says… Thumbs Up!
That wraps up another intense issue of the SUPER THUMBS. Be sure to check back next month as Captain Eric’s ever waning collection of games is yet again tapped into as I try to find five more games worthy to be given the prestigious UP or the dreaded DOWN!
