Phantom Crash

by Encore

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• ASIN: B00006RHLV
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 6, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,309 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

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In the year 2031, Tokyo is suffering from massive air pollution and thermal island phenomenon. The Japanese government has moved its capital to Neo Tokyo City, a shelter city built on an artificial island. Shinjuku and Shibuya of old Tokyo have been closed off to civilians to protect them from collapsing buildings, and the vicinity has been declared "Trash Area." And now in the middle of Trash Area a battle game called Rumbling has started, in which participants pilot Scoobee, a highly mobile close-combat vehicle, to destroy the opponent, earn the prize, and climb the ranking ladder. Since the day it started being televised, Rumbling has thrilled viewers with the excitement of destruction and suspense coming from the invisible danger of optic camouflage. In 2031, Rumbling has become the biggest entertainment in the history. The gladiators of this new era aimed for just two goals: strength and style.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable game with replay power., November 29, 2002

By 

Madcat (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phantom Crash (Video Game)

if you don't want to read a long review, skip to PROs and CONs at the end. This game has it's pro's and con's, but there are few cons. the pros first. You start the game with some cash and a few shops to buy parts at. You go around and use your money to make a meager mech (or scoot vehicle as the game calls them). you can pick from three different classes, Photon (light), Holy(medium), and Aeron(heavy). They all have there strengths and weakness and are well balanced. When you make a mech, you decide what type you want and can buy parts for that type because all parts (except optional equipment) are designed for a specific type of mech. You can customize the body type, the legs(which are highly customizable because you can have two-legged, four legged, and in the case of the photon, six-legged spider-like legs as well as wheeled mechs. some are like inline skates and others are like tanks.) You also buy two arms, which can be any number of ranged or melee weapons and you can also buy back weapons, which are heavier, like missiles and lasers. (the lasers rock, by the way because ammo is a great consideration in building a mech and lasers never run out of ammo, you only have to wait like 3 seconds to charge your lasers and one stream can decimate almost any opponent in less than 2 seconds. they are, however, the most expensive and heavy weapon in the game, but for good reasons) there is optional equipment, which uses up socket holes on your main body (2-8 depending on the body type and heavy/light level of it). I'll explain that in a sec....
Anyway, you can get optic camoflauge, which makes you virtually invisible for 5-20 secs depending on what kind you buy and then they recharge for a few secs and you can re-activate them. no one can lock any weapons on you while you are cloaked. they must use weapons like machine guns and lasers to hit you. there is also armor modules you can buy to make you tougher, but they use up socket holes too. you can also buy dozens of paint jobs and decals to spruce up your mech. and you also buy a targeting and pilot assist chip, which you can upgrade as you play, making your mech even more deadly.
As you play the game, you make money depending on how many mechs you destroy without getting destroyed yourself. it's basically an arena based game where you go in, shoot 'em up, and leave when you are about to die. if you get shot down before you leave, you have to pay repair costs, which reduce your profits greatly. With the money, you can buy new parts, or even make a whole new mech. there are 10 hangars in your garage, so you can have up to 10 mechs to choose from in the game. Also with the money you can upgrade your parts. You can either make them a higher level heavy part, which will usually increase durablitiy/damage done while reducing ammo, or make them lighter, and get more ammo and a lighter piece( because all the leg parts have different weight capacities) but do less damage. you can also upgrade legs to increase their weight capacity.
the only real cons to this game are that there aren't as many parts to choose from as one would hope and there are only a few arenas to rumble in (I think only 3 arenas) and there is no mission mode except that as you play and defeat certain players you get awards and go up in rank. the object of the game is to beat the area rankers and achieve the highest ranking and own the toughest mech. You can also play 2-4 multiplayer, and even load your personal mechs from story mode to decimate your friends with ;) that's my favorite part. If you like games that have long-lasting play value and endless customizabiltiy, get this game. Hope this review helped you make a decision about Phantom Crash.

Review

PROs
1) almost endless customizability options
2) smooth gameplay
3) great graphics
4) easy yet sophisticatingly complex controls
5) fun multi-player mode with the abilty to use your custom mechs against your friends
6) Nice sound effects that don't get annoying after time.
7) cool music, with a music shop to buy tons of songs for your background music

CONS
1) only 3 different arenas to fight in within story mode, and 4 for multiplayer
2) not LIVE enabled (bummer)
3) NO CHEAT CODES!!
4) multi-player matches are quick and painful for the losers as damage is dealt quickly. (but is that really a CON? I'm not so sure).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blast from the Past, August 13, 2003

By 

"migoman" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phantom Crash (Video Game)

Phantom Crash is one heck of a cool game. The controls are almost identical to halo save for the shoulder guns on the B and Y buttons and the emergency dodges with the white and black ones. Its action packed and even involves some tactics with the ability to cloak sneak up and blast mechs into rubble.

Another interesting thing for those who own this game is that it is quite similiar to playstations Robo Pitt game. In robo pitt you could choose from several body/walk parts and could fully customize ur Bot with one of several weapons. All in all though, I like Phantom Crash better. ^_^

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sleeper hit, May 14, 2009

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Core (Somerset,KY USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Phantom Crash (Video Game)

This is a great game.
Game-play is a 5 out of 5, especially on the 360, because the two top shoulder buttons, make you dodge quickly to the left or right, and anyone who has played it on the original xbox, knows how much this helps.
(although it freezes up on the 360 and there is horrible lag right now)

Graphics are a 3 out of 5. There good, but details in the environment are not really fleshed out. I have to say when you go into first person though, it really has its on unique flair.

Graphics COULD BE SO MUCH BETTER on the 360!

Music is 5 out of 5. It fits in well with the alternate world this story takes place in.

The characters are lovable, but somewhat shallow. They could be filled out a lot more. The story could as well.

The mech choices could be more.. you have 4 total.. the fourth unlocked upon beating the top area ranker.

I actually hooked up my xbox to my Panasonic 42" HDTV today..just to play PhantomCrash (again kept freezing up to bad on the 360) This is just how enjoyable the game is. (And I have fallout 3, I think that speaks volumes. Fallout 3 is wonderful as well, its a classic)

I would love a remake of Phantom Crash, with more content, mech choices, areas to battle.. etc.. or a true sequel. I know one came out on the ps2, but I doubt I will ever play it.

With the 360's power.. and high definition and the winning setup of this game..and xbox live. The possibilities are wonderful, well with the right team behind it. (Honestly the original is great, but could be so much more)

If your a fan of mech games, I definitely recommend this title. You won't regret it. (Mind you if you plan on playing it on the 360 you may regret it slightly, like when your kicking tail and taking names and collecting tons of money and the game decides to lock up on you)