AB Positive
12-11-2003, 08:17 AM
We haven't gotten it in my store yet (argh!) but I'm insanely intrigued by this supposed hybrid of MagicTG and Monopoly. I assume anyone who knows about this knows the actual card/board game itself exists in Japan, a huge tournament of the same game caused an early loser to freak out and shoot two people.
Regardless of the insane people playing this, I want to try it myself. It looks fun. Anyone have this in their hot little hands? I'd like to hear thoughts on it.
-AG
Stark
12-11-2003, 09:41 AM
I'm looking forward to this one but I'll wait for a few reviews before buying it.
I'm intrigued by a game that gets someone so messed up by losing that they go on a rampage. 8-)
IntvGene
12-11-2003, 12:30 PM
I have played all of them. The series goes way back to the Saturn in Japan, and I can highly recommend it, assuming it hasn't been destroyed in the localization.
Mini-review for those who are familiar with CCG:
The four "colors" are earth, fire, water, and air. When you place one of those creatures on their home type: water creature on a water square, they are stronger. If someone lands on that square, you can just pay the penalty, or summon a creature of your own to fight it. Both of you get a chance to equip your creature and then combat is worked out. Whoever wins, gets the square. The more squares you have, the more power you receive, etc.
There are about 500 cards, which all have rarity, and you start with a small starter deck. When you defeat enemies, you win cards (and can play for ante). You also have spells that you can cast at the start of your turn to do various things. Each turn, you draw a card, and can only keep seven. If you play through your deck, you aren't dead.
The art is very well done, but the game is really fun if you are into the card games. Four players at once, and everyone can load in their own deck. Tons of different boards to play also.
The sounds and music are nothing special, but the game is really fun. It took me about 30-40 hours at least getting the entire set of cards (and you receive bonus cards for finishing each subset (water cards, etc)). There are also a bunch of options that you can set too, like which cards are allowed, which aren't, which really increases the longevity of the game. I tell you, this is a very popular series in Japan, just coming over here now. It started on the Saturn, PS, DC and now PS2.. so it has been tweaked and improved along the way. If you like CCG, you reallly should give it a shot.
Here's Metacritic's links to some reviews:
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/culdcept/
zmweasel
12-11-2003, 01:20 PM
I have played all of them. The series goes way back to the Saturn in Japan, and I can highly recommend it, assuming it hasn't been destroyed in the localization.
Nope, it hasn't. The text translation is decent, and the gameplay is wholly intact. The PS2 version is my first experience with Culdcept, and I *love* it.
-- Z.
geelw
12-11-2003, 01:47 PM
if i'm not mistaken, shadows of the tusk (saturn import) borrows elements from culdcept, but the gameplay is set up like tactics ogre or ff tactics. i'm actually surprised NEC took a chance on bringing this out- now all it needs is an audience. it's a hell of a lot better than that awful magic game for the xbox, lol...