EOE: Eve of Extinction

by Sony

Product Features

• Fighter/RPG Game
• Released in 2002

Product Details

• ASIN: B00005Y3ZU
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,490 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Josh Calloway is an employee of Wisdom Incorporated--a conglomerate known for its great advances in the genetics industry--and is himself the subject of extensive biochemical experimentation. With superior strength and reflexes, he proves to be the perfect genetic fit for Wisdom's latest research, and he hopes to use his enhanced physical attributes for the betterment of medical science. However, Wisdom's true purpose is to use its biogenetic technology to gain military power. The company's primary focus is the development of a close-range weapon of deadly power called Legacy, an uncanny fusion of a rare metal with a living human soul that produces a weapon of unimaginable destructive force. Once Josh discovers Wisdom's true intentions, he decides to escape Wisdom with his girlfriend, Eliel Evergrand, another worker taking part in the development of Legacy. But Eliel's soul is forced into the core of the most powerful Legacy ever made--code-named E.O.E.

Eve of Extinction features huge, free-roaming, fully interactive 3-D environments and the ability to fight in close combat against dozens of unique enemies and level bosses, each with a different fighting style, set of strengths, and weapon types. You can collect different power crystals to transform your Legacy into a variety of weapons, all with special qualities such as time stop, antigravity, and energy projectiles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old-School Brawling Done Right!, March 10, 2002

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evergreen "Jerome G.V." (Cerritos, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: EOE: Eve of Extinction (Video Game)

Eve of Extinction has not been getting much hype. I've seen previews here and there in magazines and they're put in thirds of a page. Meanwhile, games like State of Emergency get tons of coverage, yet in my humble opinion, fail horribly gamewise (not saleswise). In this case, who cares about hype?

Eve of Extinction puts you in the shoes of Josh Calloway, an ex-employee of Wisdom, a biogenetics corporation with a secret agenda of ruling the world. After discovering their plan of world domination, he and his girlfriend and ex-coworker Eliel Evergrand try to escape but to no avail. The two are captured and Eliel's soul is placed in a Legacy, a weapon made from the fusion of a human soul and an ancient metal, codenamed E.O.E. As Josh and E.O.E. are being transported, things go awry and Josh manages to escape with E.O.E. Thus, your quest to discover Wisdom's true intentions and restoring Eliel back to her body begins.

E.O.E. is the next step of evolution in the Old-School Brawler genre, of which Streets of Rage was a benchmark. Throughout the game you utilize E.O.E. which as you progress through the game can become a variety of weapons from a giant axe to a crossbow. From here you can switch weapons midcombo to extend and maximize damage. To add another dimension to the gameplay, each weapon has a Legacy Drive that can be activated. Using the Legacy Drive in itself is something to master. And for you 3D skeptics out there, the lock on button (L2) is just perfect.

The graphics are very nice. Not Final Fantasy X caliber but it's still awesome. Control is spot-on and the challenge factor first time around is moderate. The story has a couple twists and is very good in itself. The music is actually not bad and I found myself humming to some of them. And as a plus, this game is very anime-influenced.

All in all, E.O.E. is a worthy addition to any gamer's PS2 collection.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT BEAT-EM UP!!!!!!, March 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: EOE: Eve of Extinction (Video Game)

When I picked up this game the other day, I wasn't too sure what to expect. I saw pictures of this game and it looked great.So, I popped it into my ps2 and i was blown away!! The graphics are great! The gameplay resembles that of the bouncer and State of emergency. You get different weapons with special functions, and a whole lot more!! The game runs smoothly with no slow daown whatsoever. If you're a fan of fighting games, Then go get this game right now!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Controls and Bland Storyline Make This Game A Miss!, March 14, 2002

By A Customer

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This review is from: EOE: Eve of Extinction (Video Game)

Let me first say that this game is better than State of Emergency although not by much. The controls are absolutely horrible. I found myself spending more time trying to make jumps and climbing down ladders without falling and dying than actually fighting. The enemy characters are generic and are not the brightest enemies in the videogame world. I think those ghost on old-school pacman and the Mad Gear thugs of Final Fight are a whole lot smarter. And the main character's girlfriend is very annoying perhaps more annoying than the controls. The storyline is right out of some low budget cheap ripoff made for television [stuff] you'd see on the scifi channel too often. I suggest renting this game first!