Zone of the Enders HD Collection

I have fond memories of playing Zone of the Enders with a close friend, we used to do speed runs through this and Resident Evil, years and years ago, and was looking forward playing again, unfortunately this title doesn't work on PS4. This is one of Kojima's best games, lots of bright colors, fast paced action, interesting characters and compelling storyline. If you still have the hardware, I can't recommend this one enough.

Chances are, you don't care about ZoE 1. It was never that great, and all the attention went to The Second Runner, the game you're really paying for with this. And considering that it's $9.99 new right now, it's hard to beat that.I avoided this game after hearing that the frame rates were astonishingly bad. It took some time, but eventually Konami decided to make the game playable, though I'm reading people have gone up to patch 1.4 of the game. When I first booted the game (today), it was Patch 2.0. I have no idea what the difference is, but the good news is, ZoE 2 is playable, and it's one damned fine nostalgia trip to when games were, you know, fun.My own bias aside toward the new generation of games nowadays that actually convinced me to cancel my PS4 pre-order completely (upon realizing that new consoles with new features used to mean a LOT more before those features became annoying--namely, the "social" features. What a joy those are, since my "social features" on the PS3 consist of receiving nonstop hate-mail because I play a lot of fighting games online. I don't know what the heck else other people are getting out of it, but that's it for me.), this is a nice drive back to when games were, well, cooler. ZoE 2 was definitely something else, and it still is, and holds up very well to today.Though I realize the possibility is very slim (and these types of games went off the market for the simple reason that they don't sell as well as Call of Duty and the biggest mountain of DLC you'll ever see in your life. End of discussion on that, really.), I'd absolutely love to see some other more-obscure PS2 classics make their way at least into the PSN Store. I miss the .Hack series (both of them) and others of the like.But I'm going off-track. The point is that the game's playable again, and dirt-cheap, though I doubt for long. Might wanna snag this up quick, to my knowledge it's out-of-print by now.Cool stuff. Love that mech action.

I like giant robots. I like Gundam, Big O, Power Rangers, Voltron, Gurren Laggan and many others. So when I was told that back in the glorious age of the PlayStation 2 Hideo Kojima and his crew released a high speed giant robot series with an anime like flair and that it was being Re-released on the PS3 in HD, I was slightly interested. Finally getting my hands on this collection was a special moment for me. It's a great series, one of the best I have ever played. So please understand that when I say that I hate Zone of the Enders it is for a very specific reason that might not be a good reason at all : Leo Stenbuck. He is awful. His voice actor is awful. I hate him and everyone that defends him so much so that every good thing that happens to him and every victory he gains angers me. He almost ruins the game for me but not quite.What does ruin ZOE for me is 2nd Runner. There is a huge jump in quality between these games. Every thing about 2nd Runner is better. The lead character is better, the plot is better, the characters are better, the gameplay is better and the subtle cel-shading is gorgeous. 2nd Runner is more of the game I expected than the first so that first fight after completing ZOE was a nice surprise. My favorite difference is the grab mechanics. In ZOE you grab a guy and knock him back. In 2nd Runner you can use him as a weapon, a shield and throw him into his allies. ZOE is a decent game by itself but 2nd Runner is miles ahead of it. Totally recommend 2nd Runner but ZOE is a miss for me.

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Overall I like the game,the story is kinda generic in the first half(1st game) its in the second half(2nd game) it gets a bit more interesting and it starts to paint the overall picture that connects everything together.Those playing this game will realize that the difference in game-play between the first half(1st game) and Second half(2nd game) differ greatly in speed/difficulty with good reason,that being the creators vision. The story though kinda generic is still the one thing that propelled me towards the end of the game somehow pulling me in despite its predictability...maybe due to the characters.The game-play is the core of the game by far and you'll love it in the first game and hate it in the second till you get the hang of how over the top crazy it is.If I had to tell my friend what this game was about in as little words possible I'd say "Its a game were you control this giant robot destroying other giant robots and occasionally get rescue missions which range between doable to impossible whether you want a good grade or not...with cool boss fights"Gameplay:4.5Music:3.5Story:4Fun:4Overall:4If this helped you in anyway goodif it didn't well...I'm sorry I triedgo look up a review on YouTube or something.