Rockstar - 2002

      Blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence, insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, one, nothing wrong with me, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, dead bodies everywhere, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts. 30 Minutes.

      Blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, two, nothing wrong with me, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, anal bleeding, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, three, nothing wrong with me, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, four, nothing wrong with me, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts. 1 Hour.

      Blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, let the bodies hit the floor, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, let the bodies hit the floor, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts. 2 Hours.

      Blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts, blood, guts, gore, carnage, chaos, death, destruction, arson, explosions, violence,insanity, riots, stampede, charred remains, beating a man with his friend's head, decapitation, dismemberment, mayhem, mass murder, corpses, clouds of blood, body counts, higher body counts. 2 Long.

      The point at which you stopped reading this review is the point at which you stopped enjoying this game.

What I liked: This is and extremely violent game. You get to run through clouds of blood while firing a hand-held minigun. Sometimes, you'll pop a guy's head off and blood will shoot out of his neck some messed up Old Faithful. I liked the art, too. Some people, Ari, think it is too cartoony, but I think it was fun. The game is very colorful and has tons of people on the screen at once. Rockstar did a great job of creating complete chaos. In fact, the Chaos mode was the best way to play. It was based on points gained for blowing stuff up and killing people. It was played one stage at a time, one life at a time.

What I disliked: This game has no replay value. Heck, it doesn't even have any play value. After the novelty wears off, it's over. You may be able to force yourself to play through the game, but for what? You'll get some secret characters, maybe some new modes (which are basically the same), and you get to play through again. It would make for a great minigame in something larger, but fails by itself. Revolution mode was the "real" mode with the negligible plot. It was also the worst mode because it required you to play about thiry repetitive missions on each stage. If you did beat the stage, you just got another stage to play essentially the same missions on, forever, FOR-E-VER. There are only four stages so they packed them all with uninspired missions: protect, escort (protect), or kill. None of the missions require mass murders.

What to expect: Expect chaotic gameplay, assorted weaponry, and repetitive goals. This game was visually impressive, and had high novelty value.

What not to expect: Grand Theft Auto 3. I bought this game because I expected GTA3's nasty, violent little brother: I was wrong. The stages are much smaller and much more crowded. However, because of the small stages, and poor design, there is no variety in this game: at best, you get to kill a bunch of people; at worst, you try to protect one guy in a huge crowd. Either way, you have to do it a lot to beat the stage.

What sets it apart: It is much more violent than most 3rd person games. There is also a lot more on screen action.

Ratings On:

Controls: 8 - No big problems. Sometimes it was hard to aim and the camera was a bit slow in turning. Other than that, all went well.

Graphics: 6 - This is strictly how everything looked. It was very simple and cartoony. However, it still looked good. I must explain: there were always about a gillion things happening on the screen, and the game never slowed down or skipped. Thus, the game was quite impressive, but could not have handled better graphics.

Sound: 7 - The sound was high quality. The announcer was made to sound like a gameshow host, which was great. The background screams and stuff were good, too.

Style: 5 - It was GTA3 without the missions, variety, backgrounds, and cars.

30 minutes: 9 - This game kicks ass! Hey, I've got someone's head. Who wants it?

1st hour: 6 - Didn't I beat this stage yet?

2nd hour: 4 - Uhhhhh . . . new stage, same missions.

3rd hour: NA - I Hate This Game.

6th month: 5 - It's OK to play with someone who hasn't played before, but the fun wears off faster this time.

#1 thing I hate about this game: Good Job on that level! Now do it again! and again! and again! and again!

by Sundu