Gun Valkyrie
by Sega
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Product Summary
Brand: SegaPlatform: Xbox
Publisher: Sega
Product features:
- For Play on Your Xbox
- Published by Sega
- Game Genre: Action/Adventure
Video Game Reviews of Gun Valkyrie
Customer Review: Say goodbye to your controller
Summary: 2 Stars
I cannot recommend this game to anybody (unless I want to see that person throw a fit). The only thing this game has going for it is its visuals. That's why I gave it a 2 instead of 1. The music is lousy and was so repetitive I had to turn the music volume way down just to keep from getting a headache. The story is as wierd as any other Japaneese anime of late. This game had the worst controls I have ever come across for the XBOX and that includes "Grabbed by the Ghoules". Even if only properly used the controllers took a lot of physical abuse in this game. This is because an often used move (thrust) essential to the game's play has been assigned to the left stick depression with no possibility of remapping. The problem with the thrust being were it is is that it HAS to be combined with a directional move to even work. Directions are also controlled with the left stick. So for example a basic move would be; push left stick in, hold it down, and move forward. That would give a forward thrust (rather than just a forward walk). Sounds simple enough on paper, but when you are forced to moved about the game like this for hours on end (thrusting quickly takes over walking) it gets to your thumbs as well as your controller I am sure. I would fail a thrust move often just becasuse it is physically awkward to perform (not just because I run out of thrust fuel). During those times I would fail to push in the stick hard enough to initiate that thrust. To add insult to injury this game doesn't end with just basic thrusts. To invoke more powerful moves from your character series of thrust moves have to be performed one after another without any break in combinations. One mistake and you start all over. To achive a "heightened" state from within your character 25 uninterrupted thrust moves have to be performed. Uninterrupted means that you cannot get hit by enemy shots or touch the ground. This is really hard to do in game considering the small amount of thrust fuel at your disposal. Throw in the aformentioned controls and it borders on impossible.
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