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Game Information
- Platform: PlayStation2
- ELSPA Minimum Age: 11
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Customise Maximo with new skills and abilities--more than 40 in total
- Collect spirits to earn 'death coins' and gain continues
- Full 3D worlds with true 3D movement and interaction.
- Game characters were designed by leading Japanese artist Susumu Matsushita
- Classic gameplay--fun, highly addictive, can be enjoyed by players of all ages
- Advanced players can gain additional challenge stages with new gameplay and added abilities
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
A modern version of Capcom's Ghosts 'n' Goblins series, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory is one of those rare games that offers a solid update of a classic arcade title. This 3-D platform game delivers all the charm of its 2-D side-scrolling ancestor with current gameplay mechanics. In his latest adventure, Maximo returns to his kingdom to find it in disarray; his formerly trusted advisor, Achille, has banished the four sorceresses that govern the land and forced Maximo's true love to marry him. To save the day Maximo must run, jump, and fight his way through five environments spanning more than 25 levels. Like his predecessors, Maximo must constantly worry about upgrading his armour and weapons. Play the game skilfully and you'll have a heavily armed fighting machine. Take too many hits and Maximo will be fighting villains in his heart-covered boxers.
Graphics-wise the game is very strong. The animations are smooth, the textures are rich, and the environments are detailed. Sound is an absolute joy. The effects are humorous, while the music is fantastic: the developer has done an excellent job of taking the melodies from the original game and creating updated variations that are equally memorable. Although some will find the gameplay repetitive and many will find the boss fights too easy, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory is an excellent 15 to 20 hours of platform goodness. --Raymond M Padilla
Product Description
Can't a noble knight go away to war without having all heck break loose back home? Not this time. You control the fate of the gallant Maximo, who returns home to find his kingdom in shambles. Your once-trusted advisor, Achille, has wrought evil on the land. Not only is the countryside filled with hordes of the roaming undead, but the four wise sorceresses have been imprisoned at the four corners of the kingdom, and to make matters worse, your girlfriend, Princess Sophia, has been forced to marry the scoundrel Achille. Talk about bad days! Help Maximo rescue the sorceresses, restore good to the kingdom, and whup Achille's butt. And while you're at it, get your girl back.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
The platforming genre is perhaps the one that had the hardest time making the transition to 3D with the advent of polygon-pushing hardware, the problem (of course) being the camera - falling to your death due to a bad camera angle feels unfair and results in irritation. Jak and Daxter got around this by removing "lives" altogether. Maximo, however, does not. In fact, this is one of the few modern platformers that ask you to take care of each life, and when it works, it works well - the whole game has an old school feel to it, presenting a challenge that is satisfying to beat (although not as much as its 2D inspiration, Ghosts and Goblins). This makes the rare instances of camera abuse (I'm thinking of the brain trampolines in the spirit world, and the maze in the castle level) all the more galling, not least of which because the R-stick, usually used to control the camera angle, is here redundant. This forms an unsightly blemish on an otherwise solid game that has intuitive controls, great characterisation and a surprisingly involved range of bonuses and add-ons. The levels are also well designed, and mostly fairly original (except the appallingly cliched ice world...) In summary, good solid fun and worth 15 hours of anyones time, especially at its current budget price.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The one big problem with Maximo, I've found, is the difficulty of saving the game. The save points can be difficult to find, and when you do find one, you need a specified number of coins to "buy" a save. If you are not able to save your game, then you will end up starting at the same point each time you play the game, and progress can be extremely difficult. This makes for a frustratingly repetitive and irritating experience.
On the plus side, the graphics and atmosphere are superbly detailed, and the game can be fun to play, but it does have that one big negative point I've outlined.
On the plus side, the graphics and atmosphere are superbly detailed, and the game can be fun to play, but it does have that one big negative point I've outlined.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Truly brilliant platformers are not commonplace on the PlayStation2. IMO, Jak and Daxter was the strongest contender in the genre... until Maximo came along...
Maximo is great fun - the graphics are clean and crisp with some lovely comedic touches. Where else can you control a character who wields a large sword whilst wandering around in heart-print boxer shots??
The other reason I really like Maximo is that it demands good game-play in order to suceed. You can't do it by luck alone but you equally don't get punished unless you make a mistake. There will undoubtedly be people who don't have the patience to play this game to it's fullest, but it is rewarding for those who do.
It's well-rounded, fun, has reasonable life-span (but limited re-play value) and is generally a good title to own.
Simple, effective fun and a worthy addition to any gamer's collection.
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