Project: Horned Owl

by Sony

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00002SVWR
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,025 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

GameSpot Review

Project: Horned Owl is an unambitious offering - a game which neither breaks into new territory nor improves upon established standards. Ultimately, players will be severely disappointed when comparing it to the other light gun games currently available.

Horned Owl's problems begin with the first round (although shooting a civilian does provoke a semi-thrilling scream). The rendered robot enemies are very bland - they move and die in almost the same manner. Hit a car with a single shot and it's instantly destroyed (with hardly any animation to show it exploding). What's worse, the texture-mapped polygons are so pixelated that it's hard to believe the game is running on a 32-bit system. In fact, the shading on the walls gradates in giant blocks, and close-up explosions look like multicolored brick walls. The cutscenes are anime-style cartoons (the game was designed by famed manga artist Masamune Shirow), replete with bad dubbing and a corny plot. Simply, there aren't any neat touches that denote a well-developed video game.

If you live to shoot at your television, and you've exhausted all the alternatives, Project: Horned Owl will provide ample action. But ultimately you have to wonder why the effort wasn't put forth to make this a stronger title. --Hugh Sterbakov
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Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is the BEST!!!, April 7, 2003

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Austin Alexander (Conway, AR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Project: Horned Owl (Video Game)

This game is SOOOOOO awesome. Don't believe what some of the pro reveiwers say. One thing that got me to buy this game is the nicely done anime cutscenes(I'm a huge fan of anime). The other thing that made this game appealing is your inside a giant robot. Plus it is light gun compatible!! if you have a light gun then I highly suggest this game. If you truly what believe the pros say then get elemental gearbolt(a light gun game that is a thousand times better). but if you are short on green and are unable to find those rare, cheap games that are actually worth playing then pick this one up.