Great game, it's a classic in a series
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Great game, it's a classic in a series. This and most wanted 2005 were the last great nfs games
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I've been a fan of the entire Mario Kart series since it's original game. Any person can sit down and enjoy this game. Simple and easy to play on 50 CC and great Nintendo mascots.

Graphics: 8.5/10. Most game sites did not like the graphics so much in this game. They thought they were good but nothing special. True, but they didn't appreciate them enough. The cartoony and bright graphics fit well in this game, and the character models look great. The only real flaw is that they are a wee bit dated.

Sound: 9/10. It's all here. DK's trademark grunts, as well as Bowser's, Daisy says "I'm Daisy" so much it makes you want to shoot her with a red shell... it just sounds good. The tracks have their own little track too so there is a little music as well.

Control: 9.5/10. A lot of people hate the controls for this game. Why? I have no idea; but they are very realistic. Very, very realistic. For example, when you are going down a straight away and do a sharp turn, you will not turn much unless you use R to drift. Drifting well is essential to win races on 150 CC, so you have to get used to it if you want to win those karts and 2 extra characters.

Fun: 9/10. There is a lot of fun to be had here. Especially on multiplayer. You and a buddy can team up on one kart or go head-to-head; your decision. There are quite a few characters to race with from obviously Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, and so on, to less popular mascots such as Birdo, Diddy Kong, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and many, many more. Each set of characters have their own "special", too. Baby Mario, Mario, Luigi, and Baby Luigi all shoot a set of five fireballs, Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong throw a large banana, and so on. You can also unlock the special cup after you beat the star cup, which adds to the games 15 levels to make it 20. This game will be hard for kids, and maybe for some adults, but with practice you will succeed. Even after you have beaten the game on single player, you can still have your way with up to 3 other friends, or you can play on LAN. This is a great addition to the series and I recommend ( if you haven't already ) that you pick it up now.

9.6/10
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Mostly everyone I know loves it, and the proof is out there on why the great responses. For me, this title was moreso the title to end it for me with enjoying this style of gameplay. Seeing that I've done this more than TWICE durring high school on the older games of this series, I wasn't astounded with its then-horrible (and possibly still?) frame rate long enough to keep at it past a few missions. I did like getting drunk and playing darts, though.

But if this series has had you since the begining, then by all means, get this game. You'll even be going online and getting yourself a few trophies out of that way if you really wish to chose so. As for me, I never played it long enough to try out the online. I hear "Cops and Robbers" is pretty fun.

All and all, It's a good game, especially so if the series is still new to you. Go at it and have yourself a ball.
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One of the greatest Sonic game in YEARS. Both versions of the stages take memorable set pieces from the past, but doesn't completely rehash level design. I do wish Classic could gain momentum by rolling, but beside that, the Classic physics are nearly perfect. I do also like that the modern sections (besides Green Hill) aren't so boost-to-win. The story isn't as good as colors, but it's a Sonic game, so I'll let it slide. Buy. This. Game. Now.
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I owned and enjoyed the second game in this series, so I had high hopes for this game. It did not dissapoint. The shooting and aiming is great and easy to use. The multi-player is definatly the best I've seen in any game on the psp. My only suggestion to the developers would be  a longer campaign. I loved it so much i wanted to keep playing through the story. Overall, this is a great game.
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This was a fantastic game, but if you haven't read into this game yet it does have some issues. The story line is very well told, solid voice acting with very eye appealing visuals. The gameplay is very solid to, you can either go in guns blazing or go in stealth mode and take over branches without firing a single bullet. The enemy AI is pretty difficult as well so it gives you a nice challenge while running through the game. Gun gameplay and car physics are pretty spot on too, each car and gun have there own feel to them. Some of the basic cars feel like driving boats as of driving a sports car and floating all along New Bordeaux.
One thing I do have to mention is the environment, driving around Louisiana in 1968 is literally like driving back in time. Racism was a huge thing back then and you experience it first hand. The main character you play is African American and depending on the area your in, crimes can either go unnoticed or immediately can backfire. Cops are called as soon as you commit a crime in rich parts of New Bordeaux, but when committing a crime in the poor swampy areas they go unnoticed. The attention to detail in this game is incredible, but that comes with some faults.
The games side missions are pretty repetitive, thus giving it 4 stars instead of 5 stars. To unlock the main story missions you have to go through these little side missions to take over parts of the city but they all have the same objective, talk to this person, take care of these people, smash or burn a few things, then kill the person in charge of that area. It's not too bad though because when you stick it out you get to pick a few things to unlock which help and correspond with your play style.
At the end of the day you won't regret picking up this new title in the Mafia series. You don't need to play the old games in the series to know the story but this is perfect for players looking for a game with amazing story telling and to get a lot of hours of amazing content
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This game is truly a classic. If you missed it when it first came out, or just want to relive the experience the Vita may be the best way to.
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Growing up, I spent a lot of time playing Super Mario 64. Earning the stars required just the right amount of effort for most gamers, but since I was a little kid I bought the strategy guide to aid my 120 star pursuit.

--STORY--
So I don't think I'm giving much away by saying that the Princess needs to be saved again by our favorite plumber, Mario. It's a tried and true storyline that may seem to be a little stale to some but a classic to others. Mario must harness the power of the stars to defeat Bowser.

--GAMEPLAY--
Even though the story may be lacking a bit, the game is very fun to play, which will encourage most gamers to stick to the end. There are different levels with different environments such as mountains, snow, lava, desert, and water. This presents a great mix and it allows the quest for each star to feel at least somewhat unique.

Mario has a good number of moves that must be utilized during different parts of the game to collect all the stars. He utilizes three different caps (hats) that give him special abilities. And he interacts with different characters throughout the game in his journey. I still think it's fun as a young adult, though that is partially due to nostalgia. For a younger gamer it is a blast.

--MULTIPLAYER--
No multiplayer exists for this game. When I was little my friend and I would take turns going for a star, but it seems like people aren't as patient these days. But you'll want to add this game to your single player collection.

--CONCLUSION--
You can look up speed runs of Super Mario 64 on YouTube. This game has a very high replay value and that is why people are willing to play it over and over until they can beat the game in the shortest period of time possible. The game is rather expensive because the Mario N64 games held their value well. But I would splurge for it, because no other game quite compares to Super Mario 64.
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These are the classic games I played as a kid.  Although primitive, they were *very* addictive and kept you saying, "Just one more game!"
And what a bargain!  ...  Well worth it.  Although about half the games are not really worth playing today, there are several must-have classics:
Pitfall, Pitfall 2 (like 2D Metroid in a jungle), H.E.R.O., Kaboom, Cosmic Ark, Demon Attack.
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Worth the wait and a great entry title for newcomers to the series. Don't worry about story, each game's story isn't connected to the last. And man is this game a treat for long time fans
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These games are classics and, in the case of "The Day of the Tentacle" and "Sam and Max Hit the Road" totally entertaining to play.

I bought an older IBM PC that runs Windows 98 (built like a bank vault too) just so I could keep playing these games and others I love, like the Journeyman Project series.

Sam and Max have come back too and have a new series of Adventures available.

I wish that Lucasarts was still publishing adventure games like these.
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To be fair, this game is rather old now, but the in-game graphics are actually still pretty spot on, it's a fun game to play, and was revolutionary for its time.  This game inspired more thought towards the Assassins Creed games, and the producers of the game never thought it would be such a hit.  However, after the game was played widely and recommended from people who played it to people who did not, they produced more of the Prince of Persia games.

That being said, this is obviously the first of the series, but not the first Prince of Persia game.  There were ones that predated it, but aren't worth your spit so don't bother.  And they're ancient.  However, that is where the death machines come from as it seems highly unlikely that this castle had rotating buzz saws and spiked, spinning columns back in the days of Persian times.

The characters are actually pretty enjoyable.  The Prince is an arrogant snot-rag at first, but eventually his snooty, pretentious outlook turns to base sarcasm and then genuine appreciation for the world and people in it, so hey...redemption.  His female counterpart-love interest, Farah, is also pretty genuine as she typically talks like an actual person and has a use other than being the "damsel in distress."  Both play off of each other well, and once they team up, it's fun to see her helping the Prince.

The gameplay is forgiving, thankfully because of the ability to reverse time, so if the Prince falls an irrevocable death, you can always reverse time and send him careening back up to the ledge he jumped from, safe and sound.  And this is super helpful as the majority of the game is puzzle based, attempting to get the Prince to navigate the gigantic palace safely.  Only a small amount of the game is actual fighting, and it's pretty repetitive and even gets to be annoying after a certain point.

The story is simple, but intriguing.  The Prince must save the world from the sands that have been released from an hourglass by an evil Vizier (I call him Jafar because he looks just like him) who is part of the official governmental party of Farah's homeland.  The Prince and her are the only two survivors, other than the Vizier, and they must find the hourglass, return the dagger that started the whole problem to it, and hopefully save the world from being consumed by sand.  All the palace workers, guards, creatures, and royalty have been turned into mindless sand beasts keen on killing the Prince and Farah.  So, they team up to kick some serious sand.

The ending, for lack of a better term, is pretty lackluster, but again, the developers never intended for it to be such a hit.  But with it'\s revolutionary gameplay where the Prince can run up walls, do backflips over sand beasts, and turn back time, the game had a lot going for it.
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I have been a long time Animal Crossing fan. I used to spend hours a day on the original for Game Cube when I was 11. New Leaf adds a bunch of new features and events to the game series. It's easily the best in the series with better graphics, more stuff to do, improved multiplayer capabilities and npc AI. Actually the villager AI is probably what improved the most about the games. They no longer say the same thing over and over again like in wild world and city folk and they actually do stuff around town like plant flowers and shop now. Now the only thing missing from this game is the quirkiness of the original that I really enjoyed but none of the other games managed to capture. I don't know if it's just nostalgia or poorer translations, or that it was the first game of the series but the original indefinably had a charm that the others lack. Either way this is still a wonderful game with tons of features and charm and most of all it's easy to pick up and play for an hour or play all day.

Edit: I just wanted to say it's been over a year and I still find this game as fun as when I got it. The graphics are great, I love all the different weather patterns and the small touches here and there such as lighting really makes the game. I still play several times a week it's a great game.
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Now, obviously i can't really say that it's my favorite game. But it's definitely one of my favorites. It is addicting and very fun. the only negative comments I can think of are that the battles that pop up on the world map area can be annoying, and a warning: Level your characters up! I'm stuck on the Gizamaluke Grotto, and everyone is only at level 8, so I have to work on it. It's a great game, the cinematics are awesome, and the storyline is great! It has everything a game needs: Action, adventure, and fun! I have all the Final Fantasies for Playstation and PS2. (Except for 10-2 and 11.) and they're all great. Final Fantasy is my favorite series of games there is, and I enjoy naming all the characters myself except the main character, which, in this case, would be Zidane. So my point is: THIS GAME IS THE GREATEST!
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I played this game when I was around six, but then lost my game boy advance and all the games, and saw it again on here. Even after playing Mario Kart Wii, Game Cube, and DS, this is still my favorite. The music is good, the colors are vibrant and fun, and the tracks are creative and inspired. It's a classic for all ages.
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Love it! Not only are the characters awesome, but you can create your own car AND there are some sweet Deathmatch levels that you'll have a blast eliminating your opponents on. All in all, a most worthwhile game in the series.
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This game lives up to the PS2 and PS3 games and fits right into the story line. It took about 5 minutes to get used to playing as Clank instead of Ratchet but then again there are parts where you get to play as Ratchet. This game has so many facets that it's difficult to get bored. I am still playing my way through it and have found that the Guitar Hero type mini-games are the hardest for me. This is really fun though and I enjoy them. The only con is that the screen for PSP is small but other than that it doesn't retract from the massive amounts of fun that the game offers.
The best part of this game is the sneaking around aspect. As a secret agent this is important and there are lots of opportunities to pass missions without being spotted at all.
Overall this game is 5/5 and I'd recommend it to long time fans as well as newcomers to the series.