LOADED!

I realized today that I really like reviewing games. But reviewing games that I really had the opportunity to live them thru, not just a new game that I just played like 2 or 3 levels the most... and just talk baout its hype...(fuck halo). I wanna talk about games that are considered old or obselete or whatever. Games that people will be like.. "Yeah, I heard of that game years ago, wow I didn't know it was that cool." Many hardcore gamers right now, are people that were born on the 90's, or many of them were just kindergarden kids when the 16 bit consoles were at their peak, and the 32bit consoles were entering the market and probably most of them might see 8 bit consoles as prehistoric sytems that somehow it games are only availble thorugh Xbox Live Arcade, Virtual Console or emulators. Having that in mind I want to wirte reviews from a technical way and personal way combined, bringing forth the positive and negative sides and how can both be balanced, and take those points and compare them to current generation games and how at certain points old console games are more fun to play than today's.

Here is a review of the Playstation's game Loaded, the game is one of my favorites and I was glad that I had the opportunity to review it on Ebay... here is the review:
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Search and Destroy Gore Fest

I think LOADED was a game that was ahead of its time back in 1996 (at least its theme). It is a game which gameplay is borrowed from GAUNTLET (top view moving characters blasting their way out of the level) but with some twist and mature content that is special nowadays on first person shooter games. With this elements LOADED is a pretty fun game to play, you got 6 (psycopath) characters with unique abilites and special attacks which adds to the gameplay specially if you are playing on a cooperative two player mode, which I thinks is were everything turns out to mayhem (good of course). The game was pretty violent and bloody (your shooting path looked like a slaughter house afterwards) and had adult content deep within.

The game theme is dark and morbid/fun and you can tell by looking at the inspirational characters illustrations and reading their profiles. The graphics is all what you expect from a first generation Playstation game so expect some pixelation, slowdowns etc.. but its all good and all becomes part of the game...as a historical technological check point Also some premature 32bit compressed FMV are included.

The music fits the game perfectly, I just cant describe what type it is, but its something that you can tag the 90's electronica or industrial theme on it (maybe I am wrong). Artist involved is: Pop Will Eat Itself.

My own experience with LOADED:
The first time I got in touch with LOADED was from a demo disk that came with my Playstation back in 1996.. from all the games that were included WARHAWK and LOADED were my favorites, constantly playing it even thou it was one level and one character available. So years later on a PAWN SHOP / COLLLECTORS STORE in Fort Lauderdale Florida I found the game on a shelf for around $10. The store owner told me it was a really wanted game sought after by collectors, and that everytime it came to the store it was sold as hot bread, and this was back in 2001. That same game copy I bought I accidentally broke it 2 years ago... and now I got a copy recently purchased from Ebay(just bought the disk only since I still had the original box), and still play the game, over 10 years later and still love this game. It is just fun to play.. pick up and shoot, blast everything that moves or that stands in your way.

FINAL WORDS:
If you buy this game, do not expect current generation graphics or gameplay (its an early 32-bit era title!), think of it as a classic top view shooter game with enhanced graphics and sound, and of course with awesome characters and their unique special attacks. I gave the game a "Good" review instead of "Excellent" because it might get too repeatative further into the gameplay, but that is how it is. If you are into shooters, violence, psychopaths, deatailed characters illustrations, Gauntlet, Contra, adrenlaine rush and all that cool stuff... then what are you waiting for? For the rest this game is a MUST for a 32bit Playstation or Saturn console. "Body bag not included"
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Ill try to do more reviews whenever I can, maybe I will try to get a post on the local newspaper talking about it..instead of sucking on ad hype supported games that really suck. And yes I finally moved in with my girlfriend, its all coming out great even better than I thought.