Customer Reviews

MDK for PS1

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4 star:		(2)
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MDK has very good graphics. The story behind it is pretty cliche, but the gameplay is fun and there's always something new around the corner. The controls are very easy to get used to.

If you play this game on a moderately advanced PC it truly rocks. With great special effects, play control, play variety and level depth it is one of the best Games I've played. The plot is a little thin, and it takes some thought to figure out the story and how it relates to the game, but once you get it, it's a great game.

MDK for the Sony Playstation is a pretty good action/shooter game released in 1997. In fact, you will be shooting quite often as that's the main purpose of the game. Kill all (or most) of the enemies you encounter to advance to the next stage.

I mention in another review how it's pretty sad in my opinion that so many people feel the need to upgrade their video game consoles when there's *so* many unpopular (though entirely enjoyable) games such as MDK that go by without hardly anyone noticing them. Once the Playstation 2 hit the market, the odds of people discovering a hidden game like MDK are *really* slim. It's really a shame that once a new console hits the shelves, everyone runs to it like there's a dinner bell attached to it or something.

You should NEVER ignore old games just because they're no longer brand new. Am I right? If the reviews for a game are mostly positive, then it's probably worth owning no matter HOW many copies sold, or how many people know about the game. It makes you wonder how many other fantastic games are available for the original Playstation that hardly nobody knows about. Thanks to the Playstation 3, the PS2 will experience the same problem one day.

With that out of the way (sorry, I like to ramble, but you have to admit I make a good point) let's talk about the actual game.

MDK is a VERY pretty game to look at. Colorful and whacky graphics dominate. MDK was clearly a notch above other games at the time of its release. The graphics look a lot like the original version of Star Fox that appeared on the Super NES. If you recall, Star Fox had an FX chip which allowed the graphics to stand out and look distinct. I don't know if it's possible for an FX Chip to be included in a Playstation game, but it sure looks like MDK has one. The graphical similarity to Star Fox was immediately noticeable to me.

I guess the best way to explain MDK's gameplay is that your main character has a gun (apparently with unlimited ammo, though not entirely sure about that) and a bunch of other things like grenades and whatnot which are mainly used to help open doors once you've eliminated the necessary amount of enemies in that particular level. Once the door is open, another stage begins. It's cool how you just WALK into another stage, with a different atmosphere and background. It's like walking into a carnival. Of course, the items you collect are not simply called grenades because apparently a word THAT short and simple would be boring to the people who created this game. Everything in MDK has to have a funny side to it. Well, not the shooting itself, but besides that, everything else.

You see, MDK is a really goofy game that shares a few things with Earthworm Jim (the same company made both games, by the way). I was taken by surprise when I first played MDK because, reading the reviews, I was expecting an alien-shooting action game to lean on the serious side. Instead, it's just a really goofy game.

I'm happy to report that NONE of the goofiness turns annoying after a while, which means I give the people responsible for this games creation a LOT of credit because many times game companies like to try to be funny with all sorts of experimental ideas, and most of the time they end up with a super-annoying, unplayable game. SOMETHING usually goes wrong when too much humor is thrown into the mix, but I'm happy to report MDK is able to still proudly stand tall as a really good action game. It's just not a serious one.

The only difficulty you will discover in the game is trying to learn how to jump properly at all the right moments. For some reason, your character has an awkward way of landing after he jumps, which can make it tricky to land on certain platforms. Other than that, the game is pretty simple. Shooting aliens over and over is actually not very challenging at all because all you have to do when a bunch of them appear on screen is simply hold down the shoot button (Square) and continue walking back and forth with the L1 and R1 buttons. If you continue doing this, the laser beam attacks and other gunfire from the enemies will miss you, but you won't miss them. Also worth noting is that every enemy you encounter has a life bar. Some are short, some long.

It took me a couple hours to get used to the controls, and figure out what everything important on the screen means. Thankfully my copy came with an instruction booklet, but if your copy didn't come with one, well, there's a lot to learn. It's well worth putting time into MDK though, and eventually you will probably figure out what all the buttons do. It just takes some time to learn. Though honestly, there's a couple things I STILL have no clue what they mean, but they haven't interferred with the gameplay in any way as far as I can tell. And they haven't held me back from completing some levels either.

Saving your progress can be hard to understand at first. You have to pause the game and then hit the select button. This will bring up the save option. If you die, luckily you can start over at the last savepoint. HOWEVER, as far as I can tell, the game NEVER asks you to save on its own. You have to do it yourself. So, if you die 10 levels into the game and then realize you forgot to save, you will have to start ALL the way back at the beginning of the game. Just remember: every time you enter a new stage, SAVE THE GAME!!!

The loading times are really short. In fact, while walking into the next stage, they are barely even one or two seconds long. It's funny because I remember back in 1996 everyone would complain about the loading times on the Playstation. One year later and the waiting time apparently went down considerably.

The music is really good overall. Many times it builds tension. I especially like the theme that plays when the Game Start/Options screen appears at the beginning. It starts off with an innocent flute melody which turns into a much bigger castle-like theme. It reminds me of the Genesis song "Watcher of the Skies".

Call me extremely observant, but the way your main character fires his weapon is exactly the same as Earthworm Jim. In fact, the only difference between Earthworm Jim and this game is that MDK is a 3D third-person shooter game. Earthworm Jim was just a 2D side-scroller. Well, I haven't come across any COWS yet, which is a trademark for Earthworm Jim. But you can clearly tell the same company created both games.

I really think if you like nonstop shooting action in a colorful, unique environment you will enjoy what MDK has to offer. It's not a best-seller, but that shouldn't matter. It shouldn't stop you from going ahead and buying MDK. The graphics are really cool-looking, the animations from enemies exploding is quite a spectacle, and the challenge is just right for anyone to play (but make sure you have it on EASY mode the first time). Don't give up on the game if the first couple levels are confusing to you. Give the game a chance. A really good forgotten Playstation game that can be purchased for a very good price.

I've had this game a long long time and ive beaten it like 999 times. Its really easy. lots of people played MDK and most of them liked it. In 1 school year 4 people in my class have beaten it already Charlie Lamb, Chris Nelson, Kasey, and Chase Passuer. MDK is an easy game with a good plot and a funny/gross ending. this has to be one of the best games ever.

MDK is a fast paced action game. You play Kurt Hectic, a reluctant janitor who has to save the world from aliens. As you can see, the storyline is a bit thin and makes little to no sense.However, the gameplay is great, and the graphics are more than pretty good even for today's standards. The game is halarious and unique, with odd items such as the dummy decoy (an inflatable figure that has a crude painting of Kurt on it. Nonetheless enimise fire at it and not you) the world's smallest nuclear explosion, and the thumper (a large hammer that pounds the ground stunning enimies). In addition, it's halarious. I love this game and have beaten it many times, and I have to wondor why it never sold better. I highly recommend this game and any others by Shiny Entertainment.

I love playing this game on my CD-Rom.The graphics are terrific, the gameplay is good and there's lots of sly wit(The dummy decoy, Bones Airstrike,the hilariously ugly and stupid bad guys).I wanna get MDK 2 soon.