Review: Dragon Ball Z – Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3)

Well, last week’s issue was pre-empted by my hasty playthrough of Halo 3 to get it done for a review time and date. So I felt compelled to have two random games this week to make up for last week. This week, we have Gauntlet Dark Legacy for the PS2 and the Metal Slug 4 and 5 box for the Xbox. As always, MobyGames helps us out with this article. If you haven’t done so in the past, you should check their site out. They know more about games than the developers know about them.

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Gauntlet Dark Legacy is a follow up to the previous game Gauntlet Legends and a distant cousin to the original Gauntlet arcade game. The game has seven characters that you can play as, ranging from a Wizard to a Warrior to a Jester. Each have their own styles that will help them get through the massive amount of monsters that are going to attach you enmasse. The game does not have a static camera as in the previous titles in the series. In this game, the camera will be anywhere from an isometric angle to almost level with the ground. Below are some pictures from the game.

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Next, we have the Metal Slug 4 and 5 combo pack that came out for the Xbox. The box included both games on separate discs and would allow for score comparisons over Xbox Live. In part 4, you are fighting a computer called Amadeus, a machine that is trying to take over all the military computers in the world. Using lots of new and improved weapons, you go about trying to stop Amadeus from reaching his objective. Metal Slug 5 introduced the Ptolemaic Army, a paramilitary group that attacks the labs where the next-gen Metal Slug projects are being created and steal a disc containing the Metal Slug data. Several new weapons and a slide manuever that was performed by pressing the B button.

Metal Slug 4 Pictures (click to enlarge)

Metal Slug 5 Pictures (click to enlarge)