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Dom Robinson reviews

Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage

for
Sega Dreamcast

Distributed by
Eidos

game Pic "People are Strange", sang Jim Morrison, but they're even more so when they become mindless zombies.

The plot goes that you, Gattsu (aka "Guts") and Casca are the sole survivors of the Hawks, a mercenary group mostly slaughtered by the supernatural warrior clan, 'God Hand'. Only you are the one left mentally unscarred. For Casca, the lights are on but she's not sure if anyone's at home and the only thing keeping her going is your love for her.

That's all well and good, but just as you're getting set to take revenge a deadly plague sweeps the land and poisons the inhabitants, turning them into disgusting creatures that apparently congregate in a village near the castle protected by a nun (is that Big Brother's Anna, the skateboarding lesbian?)

Translated into English, it's just another third-person hack n' slash game pitting you against a zombie city with game play that's way to repetitive. There's also too many FMV sequences which are meant to set the atmosphere but just come across as boring and really slow the pace down.

It's one for older kids, thanks to the presence of lots of unnecessary blood and gore and plays like a 3D version of Double Dragon, ie. hit most basic enemies once and they'll just fall to the ground. Hit them again and they'll fall, flash on/off a few times and then disappear. We've been down that road more times than the Millennium Dome has had chances to make a profit.

One of the biggest complaints I have is that when I'm surrounded by hoards of monsters it's difficult to work out where they all are. The camera is fixed on you and some of the baddies only come into view when it's almost too late.

Of the weapons I found to use, there were some arrows that made little difference in defeating the enemy, but also your chief big kahuna - the "Dragon Slayer" sword, which when waved about makes you look like Siegfried in Soul Calibur.

One point worthy of note, is your only real chance to overcome those who stand in your way. Guts has been branded with a mark, courtesy of the 'God Hand' gang. The manual details in what circumstances this will kick in and make you go Berserk', resulting in a frenzy of activity, but for me it just seemed to happen at random and made him, powerfully, chuck a mental.

Overall, I can't understand Eidos' game-plan in releasing something so unoriginal with choppy graphics, dressed up in a ridiculous storyline as if we won't notice. There goes their share price again.

Overall: 1½/5

This review was on Freeloader.com before they closed.

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.

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