The only game I have played extensively lately is Breakdown on the original Xbox. A game so ambitious that I think it honestly rivals Shenmue in some categories, I am not even joking, check out the trailer to get an example.
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Too bad the game has no polish and has extremely poor design choices, making it extremely hard to enjoy! Like seriously, when you have a gun you have to lock onto everything or else you cannot hit anything. Now imagine you need to lock onto multiple small enemies that are really fast and are chasing you everywhere. Sound like fun?
A cool idea is that everything you do has to be done with a button press, like say you want ammo from a gun, press X near the gun then press X again to pick up the gun and look at it, press X to remove the ammo from the gun and look at the ammo and then press X again to store the ammo. I can understand why they made it like this, it is also very unique, but when you are in a fucking firefight and need ammo... Also, if you press B any time you are holding anything, you get rid of it, and it disappears, so if you picked up something by mistake, you are out of luck later on if you might need it another time.
These make the game sound truly horrendous, but if not for anything else, it is worth trying to try and appreciate some of the design concepts. It is very immersive and should not go for much money at all.
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I played the demo of Snoopy Flying Ace, and HOLY SHIT what a brilliant game! Seriously, top shelf AAA game everyone here needs to at least try out. The gameplay is fantastic, the graphics are better than Sonic Unleashed (which has similar art), it has loads of unlockables and missions to go through. It could be the best game on the service and is only 800 points to boot! At least download the demo, and do so now!
