Reviews of my PS2 games
Here are some games I have bought, and what I think of them, including a verbal review and a rating from a scale of 1 (great) to 10 (Jay Leno).
Game 1: Star Wars Battlefront 2
This game would be great if it weren't for the Star Wars part of it. A nice, solid war game like this (where lasers become bullets, and spaceships become jets) for the PS2 would earn a 1, but for now, this will do.
Rating: 3
Game 2: Lego Star Wars 1
Bought on a stupid thought it might be a good game, not the fact that I am a Star Wars nerd, which I am not, this game disappointed me to a certain extent. The fact that when you lose all of your health and die, you simply respawn in the same place you died, is too forgiving for me. You never get game over, since there are unlimited lifes, and the graphics are on the far end of horrible.
Rating: 7
Game 3: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
What can be said about this game besides amazing? You find yourself ignoring the mediocre graphics once you begin stealing people's rocket launchers to wreak havoc on anyone who makes comments about you on the street. You can jack cars, steal weapons, kill anyone, jetpack on top of anything, and blow up helicopters to your hearts content, in an entire, scale sized, thriving, intelligent city with amazing highway simulation. It's as if you were really driving, every now and then someone getting pulled over, or if you are walking on the sidewalk at night, about a 1/10 chance you will be slammed by a drunk driver.
Rating: 2
Game 4: Star Wars Episode 3 Video Game
I know what you are thinking, one of the 4 Star Wars games I own must classify me as a loser who can't stop watching the 1st edition movie DVDs he owns, and who's room is filled with figurines of the Death Star and whatnot, but you are wrong. Most of these games I hate, including this one. Extremely short, not relating to the movie at all, no one dies like they did, crappy texture and models, horrible sound, and okay lightsaber graphics. The fact that half of the game (literally) is on Grievous' Ship, imagine what the rest must be like. No, don't imagine. You might have to run to the bathroom and do who knows what.
Rating: 9
Games 5, 6, 7, and 8 (or the entire Jak & Daxter series): Pretty good in general. The first game was a little weak in storyline and gameplay, but had an excellent follow-up by Jak II, with an amazingly cool storyline, pretty good graphics, and mediocre gameplay. Almost matching Jak II was Jak 3, with amazing gameplay, pretty good graphics, and the worst storyline I've ever seen. Wow, the enemy I've already killed is back? What a surprise! Oh, and he made friends with the other 2 teams of bad guys, how original! And he's a cyborg too? Wow! When will Naughty Dog cease to amaze me? Basically the entire game is based on random stories all weakly stitched together by a giant boss which is a snake poking out of a crashed spaceship. But, the 12 guns, 2 different forms Jak can transform into with the press of a button, and many cheats I activated with my GameShark made it a great experience of gameplay.
Rating (average, for the whole series): 4
There you have it. Nothing was QUITE Jay Leno bad, but I have plenty more games I don't want to post right now because I am tired and lazy. Maybe if you want the reviews bad enough, you'll get them.
-Lane