Charge And Blast

by Sega

Product Features

• First-person shooter
• Lush 3-D graphics
• Three different characters
• Multiple levels
• For one player

Product Details

• ASIN: B000056FLJ
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,557 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Taking down gigantic reptiles, monstrous insects and out of this world alien invaders are just a normal day at work for you in this exciting new game from the makers of House of Dead and Saga Bass Fishing. This third person shooter brings home the idea of excitement and adventure to your living room.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable But Short, October 28, 2001

By 

Iyad T. Alashqar (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charge And Blast (Video Game)

When I first played this game, I didn't really like it because of the controls. But after some practice, and after reading the game's manual over and over, things started to be easy and clear for me. Very nice and fun game. I wish it had 20 or 30 levels instead of only 5. Very promising game. Graphics are beautiful, fast and smooth. Weapons and Characters are great. Bosses are cool. Scenes are excellent. I like the replays that you get after blasting each boss. Get the Tremor Pack with it. RECOMMENDED GAME.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't get charged up, February 28, 2001

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Curtis Tom "shemme" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charge And Blast (Video Game)

Wouldn't go so far as to say this was a blast to play. As a casual gamer, this game is worth playing a few times but it hasn't killed my life anywhere near as much as Phantasy Star Online or Soul Caliber (heck, even as much as Evolution). Trying to get a handle on the controls is probably what's really keeping my interest in the game. You use the triggers to dash side-to-side. The X, Y and B buttons charge up one of your 3 weapons, and you fire with the A button. The analog stick moves the cursor. I've not been able to strafe (yet, if possible), nor can I dodge and continue to charge weapons up. You have to charge a weapon up minimally to do any damage. Aiming the cursor with the joystick is pretty challenging, as is gaging where to hit the ground with a missle if you are trying to nail a group of monsters. Actually, reminds me of that old Sega game Alien Storm or something like that (where the players ran around with Ghostbusters-type proton packs).

It's kind of fun to blow up buildings when you miss, which might happen a lot unless you're using weapons that lock onto their targets. The graphics are nice, including having your armor fall off as you take damage. Sound isn't too annoying.

The stages are sort of short (3 screens of underlings prior to the boss), and I've found the controls to be more difficult to handle than the enemies. One of the selectable characters does not have lock-on weapons, and I've not yet used him since my accuracy rate is low still.

This might be more fun with a second player; I'll find out this weekend. Definitely worth playing once or twice, so rent it first if possible.