celerystalker
02-06-2016, 01:26 AM
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Under the Skin was a weird looking game I'd never heard of when I bought a copy at a GameStop toward the end of their carrying PS2 games. For $2.99, I figured an oddball game with the Capcom logo was worth a shot. With no expectations, I fired it up to see what I was getting into.
You play as an alien named Cosmi, and your goal is to sneak around, do some bodysnatching with your scan gun so you can transform into a human temporarily, and then use various items and situations to scare the crap out of the humans and take their money. The goal of each stage is to collect enough money within the time limit. It's an odd premise, but can be fun. The scares and pranks are a mixed bag, some being pretty funny while others are dull. The humans mix it up as well, creating increasingly dangerous groups just aching to hunt you down like an angry mob if you screw up.
There are also co-op and versus split screen modes, and they work well enough, but don't add much that you don't already experience in the single player mode. The graphics and sound, though, are pretty fun, and somewhat reminiscent of Jet Grind Radio. Really, it feels like something meant for the Dreamcast. It's an odd little game that's somewhere between Jet Grind Radio and The Haunting Starring Polterguy.
Under the Skin is fun, but loses steam pretty quickly, so it's good that it's brief at only 8 levels. Completing the game unlocks characters and levels for multiplayer, too.
If it sounds like I'm a bit tepid on this one, it's because even though I like it a lot, I'm not so sure how well it'd come off to most people. It's great as a goofy, idiosyncratic game that's not like anything else on PS2, but it's not so great based on technical merits. It also features a few Capcom cameos such as Jill Valentine and the Nemesis.
Played this one? Like it for offering something different? Hate it for getting repetitive? It's definitely an oddball coming from Capcom, who has for a long time now played it safe.
Under the Skin was a weird looking game I'd never heard of when I bought a copy at a GameStop toward the end of their carrying PS2 games. For $2.99, I figured an oddball game with the Capcom logo was worth a shot. With no expectations, I fired it up to see what I was getting into.
You play as an alien named Cosmi, and your goal is to sneak around, do some bodysnatching with your scan gun so you can transform into a human temporarily, and then use various items and situations to scare the crap out of the humans and take their money. The goal of each stage is to collect enough money within the time limit. It's an odd premise, but can be fun. The scares and pranks are a mixed bag, some being pretty funny while others are dull. The humans mix it up as well, creating increasingly dangerous groups just aching to hunt you down like an angry mob if you screw up.
There are also co-op and versus split screen modes, and they work well enough, but don't add much that you don't already experience in the single player mode. The graphics and sound, though, are pretty fun, and somewhat reminiscent of Jet Grind Radio. Really, it feels like something meant for the Dreamcast. It's an odd little game that's somewhere between Jet Grind Radio and The Haunting Starring Polterguy.
Under the Skin is fun, but loses steam pretty quickly, so it's good that it's brief at only 8 levels. Completing the game unlocks characters and levels for multiplayer, too.
If it sounds like I'm a bit tepid on this one, it's because even though I like it a lot, I'm not so sure how well it'd come off to most people. It's great as a goofy, idiosyncratic game that's not like anything else on PS2, but it's not so great based on technical merits. It also features a few Capcom cameos such as Jill Valentine and the Nemesis.
Played this one? Like it for offering something different? Hate it for getting repetitive? It's definitely an oddball coming from Capcom, who has for a long time now played it safe.