I played Boktai
I'm sure you all know what the game is, Konami's action/adventure GBA game with some RPG elements. You kill vampires and stuff, and theres a special solar sensor thing on the game cartridge which you use to do various things in the game.
I wasn't very impressed. I only played the first level so far, but it was rather annoying trying to use the solar thing. The game itself is cool, nice graphics, fun gameplay, lots of good stuff, but the solar thing is really, really, stupid. Its not just a gimmick, you NEED to use it to play the game. You cannot complete certain levels or obstacles without it, and not to mention, just basic gameplay really sucks without it. You shoot enemies with your little solar gun, but it only has a certain amount of energy, once its gone, its gone for good, unless you replenish it using the solar sensor.
It plays sorta like an rpg, which I like. The levels are pretty cool and inventive, lots of great ideas. But this solar thing totally ruins it for me. I'm sitting in my house playing it, but then I have to go outside in order to finish a puzzle.
I'll need to play more before I make a final judgement on Boktai, but so far it looks to be a great game destroyed by stupid technical aspects.
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