[alice]

So I burnt me a copy of God hand ages ago and started playing it and got pissed after the first level declaring the game impossible. About a month later, I went and read what's only the greatest game review ever http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/godhand/godhand.htm and decided to pick it up again. I've been hooked on the damn game since.

The system is just plain great: I thought the whole "chaining" thing was a bit of a nuisance but after a while, you start to see the subtlety of all the different possible combinations; not just stringing random moves together to dish out different amounts of damage but to take advantage of all the (rather specific) properties of every single move. The enemies constantly change as well, and I have yet to consider the game repetitive at all. Every stage, there is some new breed of enemy that requires a different strategy to beat. The bosses likewise, stay unique and insanely difficult. Finally, in pure capcom goodness, all the references (giant enemy crane) are just plain delightful.

References aside, the humor in the game is great and I find it more tasteful the the crap they put on TV. I read... a long time ago how there are very few games that are of the "comedy" genre simply because comedy and games don't fit. God Hand succeeds in throwing subtle and not so subtle jokes all over the place. Not often a game can make me laugh..... out loud while I'm playing alone.

So, I say greatest PS2 game evar.

[alice]

Urr, I will buy it, just not right now. I'm cheap but not that cheap.... But still pretty cheap.

I need it for my shelf of badass games in any case.