The flawed genious that everyone should be subjected to at least once...
Back at the release of the dreamcast it was being held up as the best looking game , like , ever maaaan!, in the games press of the time (the now no longer with us Computer and video games for example.
But when it hit, Not only did its ripples cause no impact on the surface of videogames the world over... It was FAR from a graphical powerhouse. Now dont get me wrong, ill be honest from the off. This is a very bad , and very very flawed game. Its not going to win any little miss padgents... The vistuals are cheap , and tacky, the running animation looks and feels horrible. The world around you Is not a pritty site. And i dont mean , its dark and moody ugly, its REALLY BLOODY UGLY ugly.
It all starts so well though, the opening video , although still a little bad in the voice acting dept (name one english dubbed game that isn't) , But its good for its time. Well scored and interesting, as intro videos go.
And add to it , the ending also is very good. A total mind bender... that is if you managed to sit through the game and its terrible acting and cut scenes to the end.
But theres something strange about this game. Even through the ONE SINGLE LOOPED TRACK OF MUSIC PLAYING ALL THE WAY THROUGH..... Its endlessly playable. Its almost as if its so flawed and ugly and horrible in every way, that i bypasses that part of your brain that tells you you should hate it and makes you play endlessly. The wide range of weapons available always entertain (especially the 5 laser shooting thing you unlock with repeated plays). The comicly named hassy drinks... mmmmm hassy. Dogs and his many fun costumes, each which give him new attack abilitys, which at the end of the day are totally useless against the monsters. (sumo?? santa!!?) And the pure fact you get to play as dogs, For someone who always wanted to play as barry burton in the resident evil games , this is a highlight. I wonder if poor old barry knows he has a long lost brother...
Sure some parts really drain on you. (elliot slowly tuning into a mutant... and then his mutant abilitys making him 1.crawl up walls, but 2. even slower and more useless.) But its still strangely fun. And the last boss battle is one of my favorate of all video games. Its like this frustraited release after the trial that is blue stinger. And when you beat the monster cloan dragon thing, you actually feel a level of pride in yourself.
Most importantly, Blue stinger would never happen in a day and age like this. Even horrible games are on such a high level of quality that you'd have to work REALLY hard to make it happen. And thats a brilliant thing, but a sad thing too.