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Barbarian (PS2)

by Avalon Interactive
Platform:   PlayStation2
2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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  • Platform:   PlayStation2
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
  • Media: Video Game

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Product Features

  • Intense fighting and deep RPG storytelling
  • Every character has a detailed story
  • 10 customizable characters in a fully 3-D environment
  • Rich and detailed training area
  • Up to 4 players with multitap

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  • ASIN: B000066R4V
  • Release Date: 5 Dec 2003
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,682 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Product Description
With its blend of action and deep RPG storytelling, Barbarian offers a satisfying adventure. The story is this: heroes of Barbaria have waged war since the dawn of time, ravaging the Earth as they battle with weapons and magic alike. Their motives are to stop the madness forged by the evil Zaugg and end his growing power. You will discover every character's massive story and goals through the battles in quest mode and choose from a total of 300 branches. Upgrade your character and enhance his physical and magical attacks, his ability to lift objects (and even other characters), his speed, and more.

In multiplayer mode, one to four players can compete simultaneously, with up to eight different fighters on the screen at once. There are 12 huge arenas--with subarenas accessible during gameplay--10 customizable characters in a full 3-D environment, interactive objects you can use as weapons, a rich and detailed training area, and hidden assets for constant rewards.

Manufacturer's Description
Skin, fur and heavy metal: Barbarian is an arena-based fighting game with 11 playable characters, each with their own unique weapons and abilities. Defeat your opponent in rich, interactive environments as you collect bloodstones to enhance fighting skills.

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2.0 out of 5 stars What went wrong?, 31 Dec 2003
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At first glance Barbarian has got vast potential: it looks great, it sounds great and the presentation is good- the style set up well.

The graphics are top notch: from the movement of cloth and fur (lots of fur) to chainmail (ditto) to the movement of characters' muscles the inidivudal animation is great and the detail excellent: the characters looking suitably heroic and fairly realistic. The background graphics for the arenas are excellent especially as they are liberally splashed with colour- even the swamps and subterranean arenas have some colour and light to them.

The sound is great as far as the music goes: blaring trumpets and horns, pounding drums and dramatic chanting sets the atmosphere for a barabaric extravanganza perfectly. The sound effects are not so good, but do their job satisfyingly enough.

Unfortunately all this superb set-up (and all squeezed into a CD, not a DVD) leads to major disappointment. The game is not bad, but it is overwhelmingly average when it plays. Fights are okay, nothing more- its rare you'll get the edge-of-the-seat feeling of Soul Calibur et al. The environments are fairly interactive, which is solidly in the game's favour: fighters can pick up objects and belt opponents with them, they can even pick up opponents and belt other opponents with them! walls can be shattered, revealing extensions to the arena. But all this leads to is more fighting blandness- the characters do have character and are distinctive in appearance, but their moves are extremely non-descript and rarely satisfying to execute- even a win can be a let down as the best result you'll get is a character holding their sword in the air briefly. The multiplayer option is great idea but can't really save the game from this blandness.

By no means is Barbarian a bad game, indeed it excels in atmosphere and looks, but in that most vital area, gameplay, it crashes badly. Very disappointing as it would be nice to see a barbarian fighting game appear for a change from the norm. Worth renting for a couple of nights, but not really worth buying.

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