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Over 12 Hrs of Gameplay for $15...how can you beat that!! I found Blowout to be a great chance to go back to the days of no nonsense, no story, just kill everything games that we grew up with. The company that made it is the same ones that did BloodRayne and Roadkill and it really shows that they have some talent. I also wanted to mention that my Blowout box has a TEEN rating not mature as it says on this site.

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When I saw this game in the store, I insantly wanted to get it because it is rare to see non three d games now a days. I like three d games but it is cool to see a modern one dimentional game to be released. Like one reviewer said there isn,t much of a story line but it is a fun game. But the graphics could of been a little better being on ps2. Not to mention it isn't a very old game it was released in 2003. But that is the only reason why I didn't give it five stars.I know they could of made the game with better back ground graphics with the technology they have now a days. But other than that this is a very fun game and if you like one dimentional games this would be a good choice for you.

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Fun game no real story, but who needs one in this action packed shooter. The main character is cool, the enemies are not as cool, but heck you are splattering them all over the ship, so who cares. Ahh.. the days of just plain fun games is back!

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This is one of the PS2 launch titles, an early first-gen PS2 game that can be evidenced by the purple color of the underside of the game disc itself. Oni was another such game but its much better then this steampile of crap.

Don't expect much from the graphics, and try not to laugh as you realize this is a PS2 game and not a PS1 game. Honestly, I can't tell the difference as it seems this was ported from the PS1. Even many PS1 games look better then this!

The sound is forgettable, turn it off and enjoy your own music. I have to say the 'opening theme' music that plays during the initial CG cutscne is adequete if repetitive (a looping heavy-guitar riff). Almost as if they tried way too hard to be 'cool'. There's no environmental audio and the 'ambient' sounds of the enemies growls/snarls nearly always play even if you're nowhere near them so you aren't missing much. The enemies appear (and reappear) without rhyme or reason around nearly every corner (even areas you've been to) so you don't have to listen for any audio cues to shoot anything that moves.

In-game, you're constantly interrupted by 'Mr White Nerdy Guy' and you have to listen to 'Mr Tough Black Stereotype' talking like something out of a comedy movie-parody (like 'Not Another Teen Movie'). I mean you had 'Barret' from FF7 that had a similar stereotypical personality, but even then you could at least be distracted by the story.

The controls are absurd, either you can 'move and aim' with the same joystick or you can seperate them both between two joysticks (which takes a bit of getting used to) but neither format really seems comfortable even after several hours of play.

The storyline seems like it was written by a 3rd grader, and even they could write better stuff then this. However, you don't really play a shooter/action game like this for the story, you want to have fun!

That's where the real faults lie. The gameplay is generic, uninspired, and a very poor 'run around to find the key/throw the switch/unlock the door' maze game. Unlike the much-superior Metriod series (ANY Metriod game is better then this, even the GameBoy ones!), this game fails to provide meaninful powerups (several of the weapons are near-useless even if ammo is plentiful), you run around aimlessly throughout the level without much of a clue where to go (and by the time you find the 'map console' that opens up the entire map you might as well have explored everything yourself). The 'destructible environment' is a misnomer, as you can only blow away walls/ceilings in very specific areas to create pre-defined shortcuts that don't really make that much of a difference. The enemies repeat themselves and 'respawn' fairly often whether you've been through an area or not. They show no intelligence whatsoever and are pretty much gun/flame fodder.

The 'Boss Battles' are pretty much a very confined one-screen-width room without any 'safe areas' (so you have to keep running/flying back and forth) with bosses that follow a preset pattern that takes all of a minute to learn and 'beat' them.

The 'description' of the game says you're leading a platoon but that's misleading as you are always by yourself and the only other person you talk to is the annoying 'Mr White Geek Guy'.

I'd say you should probably go get the original Doom on PC rather then play this. Doom was fairly simplistic but the first-person perspective (as well as the puzzles) at least elevated it above this wannabe.

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Thought this would be a fun old school 2D scroller. Well its a scroller at least. Jerky game play that is disrupted by an off camera voice. It really tries to add depth and plot to what should be a shoot em up. Yeeeessh, unless you're in the market for a DVD coaster or simply need a gag gift, avoid this one.