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 Contents September 2 0 0 5

Letter from the Editor .....................................4

Section breakdown
Digital Imaging
Home Entertainment
Personal Computing
Wireless
Total Gamer

Feature
Test Lab .................................................6
Wireless desktop solutions

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Sid Meier's Pirates! .......................................9

Building the brains behind the brawn ......................10

Ben Geisler talks about programming the Incredible Hulk

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Handheld reviews: Nanostrag. Golden Eye.- Rogue Agent ......14
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Letter ofthe Month ......................................4

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The Internet has funda‑
mentally changed the
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early days when augmenting a company title with a
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productivity that day, it's clear that for good or ill, Vo l u m e ‘ l a N u m b e r s

business, the way we our reliance on the Internet ‐ forwork, play. communi‑ EDITORIAL
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how disgusting the average office area is, you may be tempted by
Fellowes' anti-bacterial come on. While the HUB electron microscope is
currently in the shop for repairs [always happens when you need it the
most, it seems], Fellowes assures us that Microban protection disrupts
the normal functioning of micro-organisms, making it impossible for
them to grow or reproduce. It's incorporated during the manufacturing
process, and as such, won‘t wash orwear away. button array is separate from the keyboard [with the same media
The antimicrobial protection afforded by the Fellowes solution is the control array] itself. The idea seems to bethat mobile professionals can
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otherwise unremarkable. keyboard at home. As very few laptops include a number pad ‐ Dell only
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hard, not too soft - and a fairly quiet key strike. Customizable and ‐ this could prove a boon for mobile professionals.
simply-labelled function buttons on the top of the board take care of Desktop users looking for a sleek and stylish wireless desktop
several Internet and email functions while three left-mounted buttons solution are well served by Logitech's latest. While the key design and
look after the most common word processing commands ‐ cut, copy, travel takes some getting used to after using a regular format keyboard,
paste. A simple oval button array looks after media functions like it does work well.
volume, play, pause and skip. It works natively with Windows Media The software that ships with the DiNovo integrates well with Windows,
Player, but requires training for other media applications. finding the default mail application [Thunderbird in our test case] and
The mouse portion ofthis particular combo is a major stumbling block. media player [Windows Media Player 10] then mapping these to the
It's not ugly per se, but it's far from the most attractive thingto grace the appropriate function buttons on the left and right ofthe keyboard.
desktop. While it's wireless and optical, it's still decidedly old-school. The smallerthan usual format may not be comfortable for all users; it‘s
and not in that chic, retro way either. The scroll wheel works, but offers clearthat the DiNovo was designed with portability in mind ‐ whetherof
no benefit over other wheels, and when compared with Microsoft’s all orjust some ofthe components. The mouse is diminutive next to a
recent innovations in hardware with scroll wheels, it doesn't fare very regular mouse and the keyboard is similar to a full-size laptop board.
well. It's essentially an oval lump to control the cursor on-screen and The modular number pad incorporates a digital display to give a read
nothing else ‐ no useful extra buttons to be found here. on the time and ambient temperature or, by pressing one of two context
buttons, can be used as a calculator, sans computer.
DiNovo Wireless Desktop The DiNovo is also available in a Bluetooth version with arechargeable,
Users looking to escape a laptop-style keyboard might be advised to full-sized mouse for an extra $100 or so. Wetested the RFversion.
look elsewhere; the “Zero Degree Tilt" key design of the DiNovo desktop
is very similarto a laptop board. That said, the desktop is designed to be Wireless Optical Desktop Elite
modular with the smaller-than-average optical mouse. The wireless As keyboards and mice go, Microsoft‘s hardware arguably leads the
receiver can be used as just a USB dongle or kept on the desktop in a pack. While even its Mac-compatible keyboard / mouse combos cur~
stylish one-port USB hub, and the number pad with media control rently refuse to incorporate any Apple-specific keys, users might be

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within easy reach.
Users can press a function lock button to alter the way F keys are
used. Upon locking the function keys, they fulfill other common Office
and email functions such as copy, paste, reply and forward. The
barebones software that ships with the keyboard and mouse combo
offers the option to lock the F-keys to their primary or secondary
functions on boot; while the Flock function appears on other keyboards
tested. the option to choose how the keys function by default is unique
to the PilotBoard.
A series of buttons launch common applications and look after

willing to forgive upon using the desktop.

The actual keyboard leaves a little to be desired; it merges seamlessly
with Windows as one would expect, but the keys are overly loud.
Aside-mounted version of Microsoft's excellent vertical and horizontal
scrolling wheel makes up for this somewhat, as does a row of favourites
keys, keyboard shortcuts for common applications, and an extended
battery life.
Microsoft offers a wide variety of keyboard and mouse combos, from
the straight-ahead version as tested here to ergonomic split-key and
semi-split boards.
The mouse element is where the Elite really shines. The same
click-less vertical and horizontal scroll wheel is wrapped in a very com‑
fortable and ergonomic design. The wheel scrolls easily and rocks left
and right to allow for horizontal scrolling in documents and web pages.
The mouse can also function on just one AA battery when
replacements aren’t nearby.
Two side-mounted customizable buttons are default mapped to
Internet browser forward and back functions and actually add to the
web browsing experience.
functions like putting the computer into sleep mode. However, the
impressionistic icons that label said buttons are open for much
interpretation and require some thinking about before pressing.
A media control button array looks after the standard media player
functions and a rotating wheel in the centre of the keyboard allows for
easy adjustment of the volume level. The volume control knob feels
sharp to the touch however and offers up too much resistance to be
used with one finger.
The mouse that ships with the PilotBoard combo is unremarkable.
Rubber ribbing on the side of the mouse is comfortable to use and the
left and right click buttons function as they should. The scroll wheel is
ofthe clicking variety and functions as a third, user-definable button.

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stylish, semi-transparent receiver puck that would look at home on a
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Sid Meier's pioneering 198? action-adventure-strategy game Pirates! gossip at the local tavern, and wooing the governor's daughter], action
got a graphics, sound and gameplay overhaul earlier in the year for PC. [engaging in sea battles or boarding enemy vessels to dual one-on-one
and now comes to the Xbox with some console-specific new features. with the enemy captain), and adventure [seeking out treasure based on
Set in the 17th century Caribbean, you control a fledgling pirate out to arcane pirate maps, laying siege to towns in turn-based battles or
make his mark in the world. How you choose to do that depends sneaking around town in a stealth mode.)
entirely on how your want to play the game. For those who might find the open-endedness a bit overwhelming, one
Whether your goal is to seek revenge on the Spanish nobleman who ofthe new features is a quest mode that lays out a set of concrete goals
wronged your family, become the most notorious pirate in history, or to follow. The Xbox version also differs in that there‘s less sailing time
retire a wealthy trader and treasure hunter, the open-ended nature of between ports. wind doesn't have as strong an effect onmovement. and
the game makes it possible to tailor your experience accordingly. sneaking around town is in third person perspective.
The bustling seas of the Caribbean are rife with opportunity for an While it's easy to sink hours and hours into exploring everything
enterprising young privateer. Merchant and treasure ships sail the trade Pirates! has to offer, the repetitive nature ofthe mini-games and limited
routes between budding colonies, ripe for plundering. Colonial
<New leaturrs include quests, number Of scripted events
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exhibition floor, and it (he?) had managed to pluck my name out of my programs since I was a kid
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to be for the latest and greatest in computer animation and special canned scripts came into
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features 1?hours of panel discussions ‐ but also has a practical side said our goodbyes. As I
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The scene is only displayed on a bright flip-out 2.5vinch LCD display Every consumer electronics device is going to have to take its knocks
that rotates through 270 degrees, and that allows for shooting in a vari‑ and camcorders ‐ no matter how careful we may be ‐ are no exception
ety of positions, including over the top ofa crowd orat kid-level. The micro hard drive in the Everio is cushioned ona floating suspension
Recording to hard disk offers many benefits. Chief among them per‑ system to protect it from shocks, JVC says. Also, a force sensor shuts
haps is the fact that clips can be navigated in an interface similar to a off the camera and locks the hard disk in case of a sudden change in
digital camera for near instant scene selection. Once you get used to acceleration to protect it from a head crash, which would be a
this way ofthinking about digital video still in-camera, going back to the terminal blow.
This is great in concept and likely effective in protecting the hard drive
against damage ‐ we didn’t test this feature by actually allowing the
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mize to the desktop: The following are HUB's picks for the best of the just general levity around the office] and a whole host of other ways to
Internet time wasters. while away the time between lunch and the afternoon coffee break, the
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The Union is the predominant satirical news site. It applies its glib and
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enough to tow a large pop-up tent trailer, coast across deep sand
using four-wheel drive. and keep the kids quiet with a built-in DVD
player with overhead LCD screen, remote control, and two wireless
headsets. I cannot stress the importance ofan in-car DVD system for
making long road trips with kids quiet and bearable!
Upin the front seat, it was the Jeep‘s DPS-monitoring navigation
system that kept us on track. Equipped with a large colour LCD
screen built into the centre dash, the navigation system allows you
to plot a course by entering in the destination street address and
city, and track your vehicle's location and direction on a dynamic
"moving map" while providing on-screen and voice-generated direc‑
tions on where and when to turn. This last feature was a godsend on
those times when we went off course in Portsmouth due to road
work: The navigation computer guided us patiently through a series
of tortuous twists and turns, getting us free of a rundown urban area
that can charitably be described as“bleak."
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hard drive]. Sold with aUSE-connected GPS radio receiver ‑
the size ofa restaurant butter pat, the receiver suction-cups
to the windshield ‐ Streets & Trips provided
more detailed map information. Its
extensive database also allowed us to
pre-plan restaurant, gas, and sight‘
seeing stops, calculate travel times
and detailed turn-by-turn direc‑
tions, and take over from the
Jeep's navigation system when we
wanted to take a different road.
When this happened, the Jeep's
female voice would tell us in a
polite but firm tone that we were
off-course. if we persisted, the
car's computer eventually relent‑
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route to compensate for our
deviations.
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shoreline 10,000 years ago, before glacial melting raised ocean levels
by 400 feet. As the meeting place between the cold North Atlantic and
warm Gulf Stream currents, the Outer Banks are home to a range of
water temperatures [mainly warm] and great surf. As well, the stiff
winds blowing across the ever-shifting sandbars made for fabulous
kite-flying, and explain why the Wright Brothers chose this site for their
first flight in 1903.
The KOA campground had water/electrical hookups at each campsite.
For us. this was key to a comfortable camping adventure, because we
were using a Jayco Select pop-up tent trailer. The Jayco Select is to a
regular tent as our Grand Cherokee is to a tricycle; unbelievably well‑
equipped and comfortable.
Not only did our Jayco Select tent trailer come with two slide-out tent‑
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to provide more space, but it had athree-burner gas stove and oven, a
electric/propane refrigerator, microwave oven, double sink with hot and
cold running water [thanks to the Select's propane water heater], built‑
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a powerful rooftop air conditioner. Given that we were parked on a tree‑
less sandbank where daytime temperatures routinely exceeded 45
degrees Celsius, air conditioning was a must. I am amazed to say that
ourtent trailer stayed cool no matter how hot it got outside, and believe
me, it got extremely hot!
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Geisler talks about his work on Hulk: Ultimate course of development is
Destruction. his role in the industry, and where he interesting because they
thinks vrdeogames are headed. can go from being really
Ben Geisler is a five~year veteran of easy one day to really
the videogame industry. He worked difficult the next day, and
as an AI [artificial intelligence] that's all because we‘re
programmer on X~Men Legends and sitting in there adjusting
Soldier of Fortune I! with Wisconsin‑ the difficulty levels, how muchthe Alis allowed to react to the player We
based Raven Software before moving to could iust Sit hero and easrly defeat the player whenever we wanted. but
Vancouver and reining Radical that's not the point. You want to make a balanced game. The end of the
Entertainment in March 2 0 0 i development is all about that It's all about balance, (If COUIt-L‘. you also
Hrs latest project. The incredible Hulk: have to make sure that the Al doesn't look stupid; some of these
Ultimate Destruction, is in stores now characters need to be able to catch up to Hulk
for Xbox and Gametube.
HUB: That‘s probably the most common complaint we hear against AI,
E _ ‘. : L _ ‘ 3 . 3 J : ‘ T ' t f w 3“ though that it's too dumb
86: That is definitely true, except at the same time, if you make an All
aac t h ee a : animation that‘s too smart. then gamers are gonna complain that the Al's cheating
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HUB: TSSU :h a aelicate balance to maintain.

F" T ' I “ T- ' u : " 2 ‘ " S C ' B ' I ‘ l G ' 89: it is. definitely. The producer of Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Tim
Bennrson, came up With these four posters during pre~production that
V ' E E all
S about the showed the key elements we wanted: Unstoppable Movement, Epic
au actually played Fighting, Total Freedom, and Smash Everything We really focused on
mend we kept those four bullet points and made sure that whatever aspect ofwhat we
utimate were doing should relate to that. So if l'm making AI, it shouldn‘t
necessarily feel like you're playing Rainbow Six or something like that.
it's not about enemies doing cunning things and dodging behind crates.
it's more about the epic, grand scale of a superhero brawler.
Earlier in production, before it was fire-fighting mode and crunch
mode, it was about creating the systems to support that. We figured out
that we were going to need a heavy reliance on being able to react to
Hulk's actions, Hulk has over a hundred moves in this game, and the AI
needs to be able to know when each ofthose moves is being kicked off
and react to it.

HUB: in the time that you've been in the industry, what changes have
you seen7
86: It seemed like there was a lot more PEdevelopment going on when
i first entered the industry in early 2000. This current generation of
consoles wrth Xboz and P52 seems to really have taken off.
Manufacturers like Song,
Nintendo and Microsoft
lcl ghlng'rmg at t h a stage,
t so understand now that devel‑
and prezem the game from opers are important, and
and play and see, x’J‘n they're putting the time Into
afthaf buildir.g. heP 'rsn o ! shrotirg at me for making good tools, allowing
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those platforms. It lust
seems to be more
developer-friendly.
The other thing is
licenses. It's definitely
true that there are a lot of
licensed games coming out. that‘s the big thing is licensed properties
as everyone knows.
HUB: Certainly with Radical and the Simpsons and Hulk
lGx Yeah. 50 it could be just my own personal bias, but l'm even saying
that you know every other game you see advertised will be a licensed
property, or a sequel of some sort.
HUI: It's less of a risk to take for sure.
IG: Right, it is. The publishers feel comfortable because they know that
if you've got a fan of Harry Potter, the mom is going to go to the store,
and she knows the kid likes Harry Potter so she'll pick up the game. She
might not necessarily know if it's a good game or not, but there's defi‑
nitely that element.
HUI: Doyou think the trend of license-based games is good overall?
I s : Well, one thingl will say about it is that l'm an old-school gamer, l'vegot indie film, and that's cool.
been gaming forever, and in the past, licensed games have kind of
sucked. I mean, like ET. on my Atari 2500 was just awful.
HUB: You had that thing? That was legendary!
86: That's kind of the worst case example. That's not really fair. But in
general, hardcore garners wouldn't get excited about those titles. I do
think that's changing. That‘s why l'm glad to be a part of Radical,
because I think we're part of changing it. Our first Hulk game did pretty
well, and with Hulle Ultimate Destruction, at least from the reviews I've
seen, everyone’s been loving it. I mean, you're still going to have some
[licensed games] that just aren‘t very fun, but I hope that if we‘re going
to continue doing licensed products, we at least invest the time in
gettingthem right instead of just sort of relying on, asl said, the mom
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HUB: How much t i m e do you actually get to spend playing other peo‑
ples' games7
BG: it depends. for Hulk. Ultimate Destruction, i spent a lot oftimr: on
games that were closely related to that I played a lot of Devrl May Cry.
and then God of War came out, which was awesome. but l'. was really
too late to influence some of our development We work pretty crazy
hours, and I'm a family man so my time is preCious, but I've tailo'ed my
gaming now to what l'm currently interested tl'l making lptayed Power
Stone (1999, Capcom] qune a bit, because that has a lot of good boss
fight material for Hulk Ultimate Destruction,
HUB: What do you like and dislike about working m the industry"
86: I think that the best thing about working in the indust'y i; that
there's so much reward for what you do ~ once you ge'. a game or.
there on the shelfarid you get farts and people make Web S i t e s aoau' i'.
and people are talking about how cool it is i remember as a kid Just
lovrng games, and now i get to share that
Games are starting to get the respect they oeser 15- in terms oi a me
art form. lthink it took the fact that we finally make more than the fitm
industry to make people see that this can bean an form in o‘nseh’, are,
it has been really cool to be part oft'nat sort of mange l'm p a r t ofthe
mainstream gamingindustry, but you ve also go: ali these irdeaendent
game developers that are trying to play wnh experiments game
It's kind o f like film, where you w e got m a i n s t r e a m Film an: tneo y:u r e
there are some things that we no probe:
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Like so many licensed games before it, enjoying Fullmetal Alchemist 2 restore their bodies to
depends on whether you're a fan ofthe animated TVshow upon which it's their original forms.
based. The good news is that Fullmetal Alchemist happens to be a very Players take control of
good anime. Edward, who besides
It's highly recommendedto watch the included TVepisodes before play~ his repertoire of braWi.
ing if you aren't already familiar with the series. Chances are, you'll find ing moves can also use
the characters and story compelling enough to be willing to sit through alchemy to transmute
the game’s largely indifferent action-RPG gameplay. mundane objects into
1 m . |-||t
The story follows brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, two young . h , various coolweapons,
students of alchemy who were involved in an accident that left Edward The hulking Alphonse trails behind as a sidekick. He‘s largely computer‑
with two artificial metal limbs controlled, but is strong and smart enough to hold his own in combat.
-l:oul music and sound [hence the name Fullmetal] Edward's transmutations are the coolest part of the game, which is
- DVD with episodes Irom the show and Alphonse without a body
- Transmutinu is cool
otherwise pretty standard action-RPG fare, relatively short and easy to
altogether, his soul fused to a complete with uneven boss battles.
gigantic suit ofarmor. The in-game dialogue can be tedious [despite using the excellent voice
-Frustratlno hoss battles
- Lanitlustre gameplay Curse of the Crimson Elixir actors from the series] because it advances slowly by way of repeated
continues the brothers‘ button presses. However, the anime-style cutscenes are welcome, and
it journey as they search for the the game is presented in a pseudo cell-shaded look that gives the
‘ -k Holds up for tans oi the
58m and iusl mighl win o n , “ m e Philosopher's Stone, an impression that the characters are being plucked straight from the show.
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K'II r- 7 l e characteristics, and special

Fetlisiicr I 5:1. skills that must be used in
certain situations. For example.
For evidence that videogames are maturing as an art form, you need
the nimble Coyote Smith can
look no further than Killer P.Where many of today’s games rated "M for
pick locks, while formerwrestler
Mature“ are actually anything but ‐ containing an overabundance of
Mask de Smith can bash down
exaggerated violence, naughty words and puerile sexuality ‐ Killer 7
barriers.
tackles some pretty heady subject matter in ways that are both
While there are many unique
disturbing and beautiful at the same time. things about Killer 7,one ofthe most significant is the movement system.
Make no mistake, Killer P has sex, violence and vulgar language in Killer ? is quite possibly the first and only action game on rails. Press the
spades. But the difference is in the execution. Where notoriously A button and the character will advance along a pre-determined path.
“Mature" games like Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto are full of Press B and he or she will turn around. A flick ofthe analog stick decides
sensational violence, the violence in Killer Pis stylish. When enemies are which direction to take when the available path forks. This is awkward for
dispatched, they spurt red ribbons of blood or explode in thousands of about two minutes, then, rather surprisingly, becomes second nature.
tiny dots. The esthetic backdrop is stylized and surreal as though you While some might argue that this cuts down on the player's freedom
were navigating through aninteractive manga. immensely, it also makes for a streamlined and concise adventure that
Even the premise is gloriously messed up. A sort of post‘apocalyptic eliminates pointless red herring exploration.
Earth is threatened by a strange scourge of monsters known as the When a persona dies, it falls to the "cleaner" persona, Garcian Smith. to
Heaven Smile. Hired to
retrieve the body. This was
fight them is a syndi‑ - “(In rails” uamenlay works well
the only thing that proved a
cate of seven assassins ‐ Artsy. stylluii nraphics
bit tiresome in the otherwise
known as the Killer ?,
perfect pacing.
who in actual fact are all
-The retrieving nl dead persenas Anyone who buys into the
different personalities can beannoying
of the leader ofthe syn‑
"games as art" philosophy
dicate, Harman Smith.
owes it to themselves to
experience Killer 7.
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have distinct weapons, By Erin Be"

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Gamers longing to relive their glory days, impressing others in the

arcade with their mad R-Type skills, will want to give Nanostray a closer
look. You're already used to blasting everything in sight for no better
reason than that it's there and your ship is equipped with an array of
lasers, bombs and projectile weapons with which to do so.
Nanostray draws heavily from R-Type and other such vertically scrolling
shooters from the arcades of yesteryear. It improves in some ways ‑
user-selectable weapons, better graphics, richer sound among others ‑
but fails to quite match its inspirations in gameplay.
Players pilot a ship through standard vertical shooter locales ‐ forest, when wearen't even given "the aliens stole your military plans, your girl,
ocean, futuristic metropolis, lava floes ‐ in eight levels, sadly with little your milk money" or similar.
sense of purpose. There isn't The lower touch screen of the DSis incorporated into the gameplag
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sometimes underpowered
story isn‘t exactly the thing concept of switching weapons using the touch screen is a neat one, but
ll you‘re looking to relive that draws players to games gamers that are distracted from the top screen action for even a moment
your vertical scrolling arcade heyday. such as Nanostray, the whole will find themselves obliterated in short order.
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Publismrlnnmper:flochnnlclrts "summon-mos
Ahandheld rehash ofa mediocre console shooter. Can't be all bad, right?
Actually, yes, that is right. And in many ways, the handheld version of
Rogue Agent actually bests its console brethren.
Perhaps it‘s because we can forgive Rogue Agent for many ofthe same
transgressions that appeared in the console versions given that the 05's
current FPS library is so bleak.
it's a shame too, given that the Metroid Prime Hunters DSdemo cartridge
has shown the USas the perfect handheld for FPS gameplay thanks to its
lower touch screen and stylus / thumbpad pseudo-mouse / analog
[respectively] control.
There's not a lot to the single player game; running through various
Bond-esque locales, shooting various Bond-esque baddies with the occa‑
sional boss battle and sort of gameplay puzzle thrown in for good meas‑
ure. However, on the USit comes across quite well.
Amultiplayer mode adds value to the proposition and is similar to the
classic Golden Eye onthe Nintendo 64. The multiplayer maps can also be
played with computer-controlled bots, but that's nowhere near as mUCh
fun as having a human opponent to play against.
For best results, you'll need seven friends sporting a DSand - to get
access to all maps ‐ a copy of the game. Upto eight gamers can play
together onalimited number ofmultiplayer maps with only one cartridge,
however.
The music is a major failing point, filled with blips and bleeps more at
home in a 19PO's arcade than a current generation game. Load up your
MP3 player before sitting down for a session with Rogue Agent.
Powers stemming from the game's namesake prosthetic eye that
appeared in the console iterations are present and accounted for and do
help to add a little extra interest to what is otherwise a decidedly middle‑
of-the-road FPS.
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