Shogo

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Summary: Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Review: Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is an fps with a great story driven gameplay. Set in the future it is a japanese anime inspired game. You play Sanjuro Makabe a soldier in the United corporate authority security force and against the terrorist leader Gabriel, he is in love with two girls both of them sisters and daughters of the general. The story is orginal and a certain situation you will be given an option of what to say. In the level "city of hope" you will be given an option of what to say, If you choose the first option you will get to play many levels in places much different from what you would play if you choose the second option. The game has two different endings. Shogo's gameplay is very good, part of it you play Sanjuro on foot and part of it he is riding an mca (giant robot), They are very well balanced, few levels on foot, then robot, then on foot, then robot ect ect, They make the game lot of fun and very intresting. There are many types of mca's for you to choose, very fast but a weak mca, very strong but slow mca ect. Shogo's gameplay is very good, There are lots of great action with lots of villans to fight. The enemy AI is bad, baddies do not react if you snip their partner standing nearby. This flaw makes shogo a little linear.

Shogo is powered by the lithtech engine. I played it on the Direct3D video mode and the game runs very well. The graphics are outdated today and the human charecter dont look real, but being an anime inspired game makes the graphics quite ok. There are loads of well designed and challenging levels. The level designing is fantastic and some of the levels are quite funny, In one level you need to jump from roof top to roof top in your mca and in one level you need to search for a pussy cat in a wearhouse so that it's owner would open the door which will let you into the next level. Shogo has a lot of really cool weapons and there are loads of different weapons for the human and the robot. Shogo's only flaw is the weak AI, besides that it is surely the best giant robot game ever made and a great fps.

Finally I had a small problem with the game and almost everyone with Geforce based video cards may have that problem in Shogo and Blood2. The main menu will not appear or keep flickering. Turn the vsync to always off in the more Direct3D option or go to planetshogo.com, They have a solution for it.

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Summary: not exactly replayable
Review: This game is very entertaining and absorbing, but it's too short, and not exactly replayble in single player. Multiplayer isn't that great, and it's buggy as heck. However, for a short time during the duration of single player, this will probably be one of your favorite games. The story is great, as are the graphics, and the hit points for enemies are very realistic - shoot a guy in the head and he's dead. I really like the anime style, and the sense of scale while in a Mech.
I would like to see a sequel with better multiplayer and a longer campaign game. That would be awesome.

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Summary: Amazing Shogage
Review: This has to be one of the best first person shooters I have ever played. It has more dynamic characters and character interaction than a huge number of other games I have played! It has a raving soundtrack that is bested by none other, and matched by few. The graphics were great and even today don't detract from the gaming experience. The game was released back in the day and /still/ runs on computers, including ones running XP! This is no small feat. You can even find a port by Loki for Linux! Woot! The story and weapon selection are dynamic, deep, and involving to boot. I highly recomend this game.