• Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Jun 29, 2010
User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 50
  2. Negative: 13 out of 50
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  1. May 26, 2011
    4
    I rented this for five days, and honestly I hope to be done with it today (it's day two). To be fair, I've been re-treading through the Mass Effect series in preparation for the new one coming out, and I picked this up on a whim for simple simple no brains button mashing fun.
    This is the type of game you would throw a few quarters into, but not seriously want to own. I would akin this
    I rented this for five days, and honestly I hope to be done with it today (it's day two). To be fair, I've been re-treading through the Mass Effect series in preparation for the new one coming out, and I picked this up on a whim for simple simple no brains button mashing fun.
    This is the type of game you would throw a few quarters into, but not seriously want to own. I would akin this game to gauntlet from back in the 80's. Tons of enemies, you beat them and move forward. The story, much like gauntlet, doesn't matter at all. You have few purposes: beat everything, kill a statue, beat more things, look at busty elves, and beat more stuff.
    Dynasty Warriors fans might dig it, but I wouldn't go much past that. We've grown more sophisticated in our gaming over the years. This is a good thing.
    Not as god awful as everyone is saying...but certainly not much better, and I'm being positive!
    Not too bad for a one day rent, or as the free game you get on a "Rent one get one free." Escapism is fun, but you have to come back to reality eventually. The reality is if you get bored by stage 2, you are in for one long dull ride.
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  2. Apr 16, 2017
    0
    Lassant, soûlant, terriblement répétitif et même pas marrant même s'il est un peu moins moche que le premier épisode avec en prime un framerate poussif. On moissonne sans relâche des armées entières au fur et à mesure que les neurones du joueur demandent grâce de même que le pad et le pouce qui déclarent forfait au bout du 3000ème ennemi découpé en tranches. D'une débilité absolue et d'unLassant, soûlant, terriblement répétitif et même pas marrant même s'il est un peu moins moche que le premier épisode avec en prime un framerate poussif. On moissonne sans relâche des armées entières au fur et à mesure que les neurones du joueur demandent grâce de même que le pad et le pouce qui déclarent forfait au bout du 3000ème ennemi découpé en tranches. D'une débilité absolue et d'un néant abyssal, un sous-jeu, un sous-produit. Expand
  3. Aug 27, 2010
    1
    I liked the first N3, and I am a fan of the Koei games of the same style, but this game was awful. All the things I like about the Koei games, the responsiveness of the controls, the close up feel, the ease of movement, the partially non-linear play, the tactics, all of these things are gone. In its place, the developer put in more enemies. The genre needs innovation and creativityI liked the first N3, and I am a fan of the Koei games of the same style, but this game was awful. All the things I like about the Koei games, the responsiveness of the controls, the close up feel, the ease of movement, the partially non-linear play, the tactics, all of these things are gone. In its place, the developer put in more enemies. The genre needs innovation and creativity (Bladestorm, for example, took everything good about the basic hack and slash and gave it a positive overhaul.) Adding more enemies but making them useless is, well, useless. They could have put wooden poles up and the poles would have been more interesting to fight. 1/10, and that's being generous. Expand
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45

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 43
  2. Negative: 26 out of 43
  1. Jan 7, 2011
    50
    Too many enemies, too few ideas. Bad checkpoints and boredome waste an otherwise good potential.
  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 25, 2010
    50
    It's somewhat understandable that the sequel struggles to find new directions to take the game in, but failing to live up to the original? That's a real crime. [Issue#65, p.93]
  3. All in all, this game has many glaring flaws, but it does a great job at when comes to the main task of "maim and destroy".