A game that is completely alone in it's own genre should receive at least a grudging nod from the "experts" reviewing the free copies that they get. I saw Vampire Effect get a 3 out of 10 and it was about as bad as games get (except for the Resident Evil that you had to type to play...Yeeeeccchhhh). A 4-6 out of 10 for this game is just unusually harsh. Honestly, show me a game out there that doesn't slow down some, or get a choppy frame or two, when you really hit the nitty-gritty, every now and then, with as much as can go on in a game today. This surely ain't your Daddy's Pong with the Human Cannon Ball or a infinite death combo from your own traps and this is just the surface of the game. The "experts" are right about the short game length, RARE slowing/chop, or bad translations but, the game's mechanics are sound. First, the Japanese really speak conversationally like in Katamari? Some languages just don't have an English equivalent for every thought or action so can we please give that flaming duck a rest. Then show me where SOCOM (you pick which one) doesn't lose it's mind on a room entry and people disappear, slow-down, or just plain skip with a dual frag out and cover fire in the game. Next, show me a copy of any of the early Final Fantasy games that are still selling at at least half of it's original release value like any of the Tecmo Deception series does; that is, if you can even find any early or later Deception series games. If anyone can find them they need to snap them up and Ebay (or whatnot) them for some fat pockets. Trapt copies are still selling for large coin; and those are used copies, if you can find them. Check the forum boards and see what people are doing to try to find any of these little gems even from half-way around the world. Trapt didn't have a quarter of the hype of most of the mainstream games got for their release preparations months and months in advance here in the states, but look at the price you'll pay for it today and compare them. A game that has a 4-6 out of 10 (barely a D on a report card) and it's still quietly drawing the duckets by the bucket. This game isn't for everyone, but not one game out there is. This is an acquired flavor. Just like a bottle of finely aged, 21 year old scotch; but because you don't like scotch it barely gets a passable grade? I guess the big, mainstream, corporations can push whatever "new" version of their games (spoken-FF 5,000 or Mortal Combat horse-kung-fu-clown balloon-figure fighting) down the consumers throats because of sheer volume of production and/or advertising, and it will continue to be palatable to the blind masses because the consumers only heard about those mainstream games over and over as 8 or up out of 10 (go to sleep-don't think for yourselves). Just think, this game was one of the first to get the "Mommy groups" to go to our elected leaders (spending our tax dollars) and try to have the game banned! I played the first Deception and I still haven't figured out how to tear out someone's soul, make a monster out of their body or help the devil rule the world so I guess the Mommies were wrong for trying to ban such an innovative game. The current Deception offering of Trapt deserved a better rap. A game that made it's own genre and continues to rule it with an Iron Ball and a Wall Magnet deserves at least a 9.5 out of that same 10. Opinions are like roses-some smell the bouquet of the flower and others the manure. Try to remember Pong or hours of programming a Commodore 64 to make a little ball bounce along and give the respect to the games of today that is deserved.
You might remember the Deception series of games for the PS1. Five years after the third Deception title was released, Tecmo brings us Trapt which, although it doesn't carry on the name of this franchise, is essentially ... Read Full Review
I never thought that Tecmo would release a game like that.Such a poor game. The good: Trapt could have been an excellent game because of the unique weapons you use.We are talking about setting traps.This is excellent.... Read Full Review
