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Dead or Alive 3

Xbox´s Tecmo & Ninja team. 69 €

As soon as any new games console hits the market you find wonderful new games available. Tekken for PSOne, Soulcaliber for Deamcast and, finally, DOA3 for the X-Box; a new release that takes fighting games onto a new plain. This really attractive game is highly playable. Just check it out ans you'll see. You get a chance to move around outside normal bounds and muck around with hitherto unseen guality graphics and sizes. 16 characters to choose from (that's not counting the hidden ones); you soon find out, as could be seen in previous DOAs, that they're pretty otakus. Not only have the female characters got quite impressive chests, they can also beat eight shades of shite out of you. Here's a great chance to chuck your mates out of rather high up windows and pound their arses into the ground. Considering that it's the first fight game for the X-Box, this is really the biz. One small flaw all the same; it's a wee bit short.

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Ico PS2

Sony. 59 €

You're ICO in this game. A "horny" little git (you've got two of sticking out of your noggin). Your mission is to rescue the Princess Yorda from a castle. In order to do so, oyu must guide her along and make sure she doesn't fall prey to the the dark and evil shadows. Ah, sorry... we forgot to tell you that Yorda is catatonic and you have to get her away from the castle as she stumbles around in a daze. Just as well that our horned friend can do all kinds of whacky movments (walk up walls, swim, dance, run...). Apart from having to master the movements, you'll have to use your head a little as well. This game is full of headwrecking obstacles that make everything nice and difficult. Great stuff! The technical aspects of the game are brilliant. The atmosphere is wonderfully built up by the use of different sounds in the surrounding areas rather than by using music. Albeit a bit strange its playability makes this game hook you from the start straight through to the end.

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Head Hunter

PS2: 59,50 €/Dreamcast: 39 € · Sega and Amuze

You become a head hunter in the near future in this game. You stroll along, as if in a movie, and move between different scenarios as you try and successfully carry oyt different missions. On a bike or on foot; you'll find enemies lurking around every corner. You also the rather unfortunate drawback of having to defuse bombs if you want to get to the end of the game. This mixture of “Metal Gear” and “Tomb Raider” has really come up trumps for its makers. The music is great (especially during bike-riding scenes) and the script is quite good when you compare it to te usual tripe to found in these kind of games. One of the best games of its type to have been released lately. The only difference between the PS2 and Dreamcast versions is the price; the one for PS2 is 20 E dearer. Highly recommendable.