Robotica (SAT)
Last night I dug out my Saturn and it's required cables and controller, hooked it up to the TV and played 20 minutes of Robotica. Why did I do this?
Way back when I went through a glut of Robotica questions on Giant Bomb trivia. It got me interested in the game, since I can't get enough Japanese robot corridor shooters. I tracked down a copy at Game Exchange in Springfield while shopping with Jim. He's got it and said it wasn't bad.
I beg to differ. It's awful. It's slightly better than Kileak: The DNA Imperative. I got 8 levels in before I realized that there would be no saving my game. It's one long run through or you're playing the same levels over and over. In those 8 levels I saw four different enemies, two tilesets, and one ultra-shitty cutscene. Each level played exactly the same; find the key, find the exit. One key, one exit, nothing compelling you to search the rest of the level.
I'm not giving this game a "finished" number but I am finished with this game. Probably forever. I'm more likely to play through the rest of Kileak before I pick this one up ever again.
Epidemic (PSX)
http://www.giantbomb.com/epidemic/61-22298/user_reviews/?review=6563
I wrote up a pretty big review for Epidemic on Giant Bomb so there's not a lot I haven't covered. It's the second of three FPSs Genki made, the first being Kileak: The DNA Imperative (on it's way here from Ebay) and the third being BRAHMA Force: Assault on Beltlogger 9. BRAHMA Force was pretty fun, Epidemic is mediocre, my hopes are not high for Kileak. With only 7 missions in Epidemic, it's made me want to replay BRAHMA Force.
There's really no explanation for why I'm playing a crappy PSX FPS from 1996 rather than the totally fucking awesome games I got for Christmas.
Amazing games
Disclaimer: I have not finished any of these. Two of them I just started. This entire entry could just be initial impression gushings.
Hellgate London This is Diablo with Guns. It's buggy and the part I've left off at gets frustratingly difficult but if you're into Diablo you can forgive these flaws pretty easily. I play as a marksman so I use nothing but guns and I play the game like it is Doom with randomly generated levels.