God Hand okay, but underwhelming so far

[Aussie Ben]

God Hand is certainly filling that realism requirement with ALL THAT BROWN. After playing Okami, I'm stunned that this game is from the same developer. You can't lock onto an enemy manually (odd for a 3D fighter like this), you can't control the camera, and oh my the random disappearing of walls and stuff is fun.

There are good bits, but so far it's less of a rollercoaster ride of fun, and more of a rollercoaster which goes like this:

=========== <- get off here

I like the setting though, we don't have enough Western games at all. Just a pity about so much brown. I know it's a desert, but aren't there cactii and stuff in the desert too? They have flowers you know, we have some cactii in the garden at home.

[Wrestlevania]

Well, that's somewhat disappointing to hear. Hope it's picked up since you posted this.

I'm still really looking forward to playing it, but I need to get my PS2 up and running first.

[Noyb]

Just started playing it, and I'm enjoying it almost as much as it's humbling me. I'm a good ways into the game (8 hours, 4th stage out of about 8?), and it's still keeping my interest. Maybe the reason I'm not hating the controls as much as some reviewers is that this summer I just played Breakdown, that first-person fighting game, where you obviously can't change the camera angles. With the tank controls and instant-180 button, it reminds me a bit of Breakdown combined with slightly less tight RE4 controls. The coolest part about the controls is that you can assign any move you want to the buttons, and build up your own combo chain. It's a bit odd that the emphasis is on dodging rather than blocking attacks, but it keeps the movement flowing.

Also, the cutscenes are so unbelievably cheesy as to be utterly hilarious.

Godhand: You're not human, are you?

Mask-wearing Gorilla: Ook!

Enemies: We'll get your arm next time!

Godhand: Yeah, well...you're idiots!