Unorthodogg.com: 2001

Monday 31 December 2001

AWARDS SEASON: BEST GAME OF THE YEAR 2001

Overall winner

Conker's Bad Fur Day

Honourable mentions

Monday 3 December 2001

JAK AND DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY

PS2 exclusive.

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a platformer published by Sony and developed by Naughty Dog for the Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4 and Vita.

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Thursday 22 November 2001

ROBOT WARS: ARENAS OF DESTRUCTION (2001) REVIEW

Robot immobilised.

Playstation 2 version reviewed.

Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction is an action game published by BBC Multimedia and developed by Gamezlab for the Playstation 2 and PC.

GAMEPLAY
It can be quite fun at times, the variety of maps adds a few different ways to approach the game.

There is a certain robot in the game that can't get immobilsesd because the game doesn't realise it can no longer partake, meaning if you can't shove it out the map then it will survive to the end, sometimes even leading to it beating you on the judges decision, the whole judging system in the game is awful too.

Despite bossing a whole fight your robot can randomly cut out and make you lose the tie. Similar things can happen with the judges, I remember dominated a certain robot where

Some robots are clearly inferior, there isn't really any reason to pick anything other than one with a flipper.

GRAPHICS
Looks alright. The licensed robots look quite nice.

SOUND
I really liked the guitar music that plays at most of the menus, but after hearing it for the umpteenth time it began to get on your nerves.

The crowd just repeat the same noises over and over again, as in, pretty much the exact same noise. Jonathon Pearce is amazing as the commentator on the show, but in this game you just hear the same sentences being spewed out incoherently and it just gets annoying.

VALUE FOR MONEY
It's probably worth getting on sale if you like Robot Wars, since it does have a decent amount of content for fans.

OVERALL
While you may find some enjoyment of the game with its Robot Wars licence, this game would not be worth playing without it. Shoddy controls, annoying sound design and being blatantly unfair at times really brings the game down.

Wednesday 21 November 2001

POKÉMON RUBY & SAPPHIRE (2002) REVIEW

Gotta buy them all.

Game Boy Advance exclusive.

Pokémon Ruby (or Sapphire) is a role playing game published by The Pokémon Company and developed by Game Freak for the Game Boy Advance.

GAMEPLAY
Double battles are nice

World is good

Catching some of the best Pokémon seems to be more grindy or luck based than skillful

STORY
Okay

GRAPHICS
Looks fine.

SOUND
Excellent

VALUE FOR MONEY
Definitely worth it

OVERALL
Pokémon Ruby is probably one of the best games the Game Boy Advance has to offer.

Thursday 15 November 2001

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE REVIEW

Playstation version reviewed.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is an adventure game published by EA Games and developed by Argonaut for the Playstation, Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Game Boy Colour, Game Boy Advance and PC.

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Sunday 21 October 2001

SPYRO: SEASON OF ICE REVIEW

GBA exclusive.

Spyro: Season of Ice is a platformer published by Universal Interactive and developed by Digital Eclipse for the Game Boy Advance.

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Friday 19 October 2001

MONSTERS, INC. REVIEW

GBA version reviewed.

Monsters, Inc. is a game published by THQ and developed by Vicarious Visions for the Playstation 2, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance.

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Monday 24 September 2001

RESCUE HEROES: MOLTEN MENACE

PS exclusive.

Recuse Heroes: Molten Menace is an action game published by Fisher Price and developed by Runecraft for the Playstation.

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