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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tons of fun, but even more frustrating at times, April 22, 2003
First off...this is the BEST Godzilla game that has ever come about. The only one that came close was probably the old Japanese Godzilla game for the Sega Saturn. But this is not only the best Godzilla game ever, it also blows its Gamecube predecessor out of the water.Lets start by comparing the two:
I'll be honest. The reason I bought a Gamecube was because of Godzilla and Resident Evil. I've been a Godzilla nut all my life. But when I heard the Xbox version was coming out, I couldn't beleive it. I traded in my Gamecube copy immediately and bought the Xbox version. The Gamecube version looked ok, but the XBox version completely blows the cube away. Graphics are crisp, sharp and clean. The monsters are very heavily detailed. The environments never looked better, and the effects are awesome. The sound is also alot better, with Dolby Digital support. There is considerably less slowdown and the monsters all move fluidly. The Xbox version also lacks the graphical distortions that plagued the GC version. And of course, it lacks the infamous gamecube exclusive graphical anomaly 'pixelation distortion', which causes shiny or detailed objects to turn black and extremely pixelated, as if playing on a 16-bit system. Exclusive to the XBox version, which just completely makes the Gamecube version inferior, is the addition of all game modes available for single player. In Gamecube, you could only play Adventure or Versus mode. To access any other mode, you MUST have 4 people playing. For the Xbox version, you can play any mode you want with computer controlled 'bots. Not only does the Xbox version have more game modes, but it also has new levels, larger levels, and even a new monster: Mechagodzilla 2003, a truly awesome monster. There is also XBox live capability. There are a few problems though.... For starters, the difficulty in this game is outrageously insane. The A.I. in the game can be very smart at times, but the problem with that is that it anticipates your every move and blows you away before you have a chance to pull it off. Also, the inclusion of power-ups in this game only hinders it. Whenever a power-up appears, the computer player automatically knows where it is, and makes a b-line straight for it. 99% of the time, the computer will get the power-up, leaving you at a major disadvantage. Other issues include balancing. Some monsters, namely Destoroyah, are so powerful that they simply throw away any fun factor in the game. Destoroyah has a series of uninterruptable and unblockable moves that can literally take half of your lifebar away in little over 3 hits. And once the computer gets a hold of the 'rage' power-up...forget it. You'll be knocked into next Tuesday. Control is another issue...the control is so clunky that you won't even know whats going on. Reactions are delayed so much that you'll be mashing the controller and having your monster swing away at air while the computer charges up a beam attack. However, I blame this mostly on the Xbox controller, which is quite possibly the worst controller ever conceived in the history of video games, only second of course to the gamecube controller. Those issues aside, once you get some pals over, this game is just a ton of fun. Team Battle mode and Melee battle modes are so much fun that you'll be sitting there for hours hammering away at each other. There's nothing more satisfying than hurling two giant monsters at each other and watching them collide in mid-air and hit the pavement like a ton of bricks. All in all, the game would have definitely benefit from an option to turn off power-ups, mainly because it would balance the game more. But overall, this is the best 'zilla game ever, and is tons of fun to play.
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