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Review: Galleon has had somewhat mixed reviews in the mags, so when my copy arrived I was expecting it to be one of those love it or hate type of games, but it isn't, it's quite simply brilliant. I wont bother going through all the "you play captain Rhama ..." stuff as you can read that anywhere, I'd rather just give a gamers opinion on the main features: GRAPHICS The graphics are stunning, they've gone for an animated story look and they've achieved it, in play the game is incredible there is no clipping in the distance at all, which is amazing given the huge environments, it's very fast and smooth. The other interesting thing about the graphics is how good they look on large screens, a lot of xbox games don't work well on a big tv, try playing Splinter Cell on a plasma and those great graphics soon start to disappoint and look jagged, not with Galleon. SOUND Full 5.1 adds to the game atmosphere superbly, really makes the environments come alive. PLAYABILITY The game uses a slightly different type of control system, I say slightly because in all honesty it isn't the revolutionary new approach that's claimed. Basically you control the camera, which effectively means that left and right turns the camera rather than the character and pushing the stick forward causes Rhama to move in that direction. There's also a safe and dangerous mode, push the stick slightly and Rhama will move along ledges etc and never fall off (he'll also work out how to get where you're pointing ... sort of, this isn't as effective as claimed but it doesn't really matter), push the stick all the way and he'll run but you're on your own in terms of whether he falls etc. I find the control system very good, compared with games like Prince of Persia and Legacy of Kain it's far better, there is also a simple interface for controlling other characters as well, not overly complex. Once you get used to the controls you can really appreciate the massive scale of the islands and speed of the game, climbing rock faces, diving off into the ocean etc etc, a lot of thought and work has gone into the acrobatics of Rhama COMBAT I wasn't sure about this at first and it does take some getting used to, but it grows on you and becomes very good, again beating games like Prince of Persia in my opinion and the massive bosses are excellent. If you like action adventures then this really is the business, the plot of the game is excellent, even the reviewers seem to agree on this, keeping you playing to find out what happens next. All in all, a very worthy purchase I'm very please I made. |
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