NAMCO - E3 2002
Namco had the usual booth setup with round kiosks where you could play games. Not too many surprises on the show floor, but if you were lucky enough to get in their back room area you were presented to a personal demo of Dead to Rights. Attendees also got a chance to play the game and while a little complex at first, it is really cool and worth every ounce of effort to learn. We even got T-shirts for playing the best game at the show! Sweet!
| Dead to Rights - Lucky me! I had scheduled an appointment with Namco prior to E3 to get a personal look at Dead to Rights. This X-box gem is awesome! Everything about the game is top notch... the story of Jack Slate, a cop who has been setup. Not original, but it is presented well and the dialog, intense action are all excellent. 'Jack' even has a K9 unit you can use to explore unreachable areas and to disarm baddies. The K9 brings back their weapon for you to use! You accumulate a meter that allows you to do Matrix style bullet time jumps, allowing you to take on a lot of enemies at once. You can also use bad guys as human shields while you waste targets further away. This game is part Max Payne, Grand Theft Auto 3, 100% violent and 100% awesome. This game is for X-box owners only. |
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Pacman World 2 - I played this game at last years E3 show and now the game has been completed and a new Gamecube version was on the show floor. The Gamecube version is practically the same except the graphics are sharper and there is a lot of anti-aliasing, so all the edges are smooth as silk (If Namco can do it, why can't Nintendo figure it out for their games?!) Anyway, Pac Man World 2 is a great game that plays like Mario Sunshine. Perhaps a bit simpler, but it may be just as fun. After playing it at the show I realized it would be a good game to own and play through. that's saying a lot coming from someone who's apartment is bursting at the seams with unbeaten/unplayed games. Pac Power! |
