So how's that?įor a third-person brawler, the movement isЕodd. You're only going to reap the benefits if you soldier on for a few stages, but the core gameplay, the combat, won't change drastically.
A vast amount of cash is required to buy them cash that can be found either in the stages, the casino, fighting in an arena, or Chihuahua racing.
You'll be able to get these techniques at the shop, along with power ups. Techniques that can break their guard, allow you to juggle them, or just launch them away. Simple, no? Things get trickier later on, when enemies start blocking, dodging, etc and you're going to need stronger, better techniques to keep up. You can assign individual techniques to the other button as well. At the start, you're given a few techniques which you can set in any order you want to make your own combo attack. The gameplay? It depends almost completely on your own patience. So the presentation is unusual, that's for sure. I guess there was just a small part of me wanting to know what crazy things I'd see next. If it weren't for the sheer ludicrousness of everything, I can't see how anyone could keep their interest up throughout. The antagonistic demons are the only ones that give more lasting impressions and in my case, it's due to their absurdity. Gene has his moments, but he's still pretty flat. Nevertheless, even if УGod HandФ isn't played straight, it won't change the fact that the characters are all drawn from the stock and lack any defining feature. I know there are those who abhor the exaggerated humor, so it's really up to your tolerance for the stuff. But whether or not УGod HandФ was meant to be camp doesn't matter what matters is whether or not you'll accept it. I honestly can't help but feel this is all intentional thanks to the awful dialogue these are the same people who made УOkamiФ, a fantastically written game.
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The camp's played up so much in this game you'd think the writers of the hammy УBatmanФ series translated this. Only townspeople look normal but what colorful things they'll say when you talk to them. You'll deal with sadomasochistic demons, helium-voiced Power Ranger rejects, and killer Chihuahuas. Well, what Clover Studio decided to do was sidestep the whole Сstory' aspect and make everythingЕbizarre. Now, even if this is just a beat-em-up, that's no excuse to have a tacked on story, right? It's not like these are the days of УFinal FightФ and other brawlers of old. It's not until halfway before you're given some sort of back story on what's up. At the beginning of УGod HandФ, you won't even be given a reason to knock heads, aside from the fact that there are unsavory characters about. The girl, Olivia, gives Gene the arm and now they're out to take down the rising demon presence that plagues the land.īoy, doesn't that just sound clichщ? Don't worry, it is. But not all is lost, for the girl happens to be a guardian for the Godhand, an arm imbued with the power that defeated a demon king of long ago. Sadly he gets thoroughly beat and to add insult to injury, loses an arm. Seeing a girl being harassed by some thugs, he spares no time to help her out. Have you ever tried to play the hero, only to end up in a distressing predicament? Then you'll have sympathy for Gene, a wandering man of fisticuffs and justice. Hey, when Capcom's trademark УThis game contains scenes of explicit violence and goreФ screen shows someone getting a kick to the crotch, complete with the sound of a bell, you know you've found yourself in an extraordinary place. Now comes another to join the ranks of the weird: УGod HandФ, a beat-em-up by Clover Studio, the makers of УViewtiful JoeФ and УOkamiФ. УKiller7Ф was some sort of surreal trip from those crazies at Grasshopper Manufacture and the УCho AnikiФ series was downright insane/homoerotic.
Every so often you get a game where you're just not sure what to make of it.