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Time for Backlog No.4!

Argos no Senshi, to be exact, being the Japanese name for Rygar, the PS2 version in this case.
In this game you play a Warrior who I suppose is called Rygar, although I don't think his name is actually ever mentioned. It takes place against an ancient Greek/Roman background with collosea, mythological creatures and whatnot.
As Rygar you are bestowed with the magical DiscArmor, which is a kinda yoyo with edges and you have to basically destroy everything in your path.
And that is immediately one of the coolest things about this game, you can actually destroy practically anything you see, and most of the environment holds some kind of item, or secret or something.

You get 3 kinds of DiscArmor, Fire, Water and Earth and you can equip them with runes to make yourself more powerful, and you can upgrade them with souls. Cool.
What is NOT cool, is the Story, because it's totally uninteresting, and, above (or beneath I should say) all else, the voice-acting.
It is Hor-Ren-Dous. Really. I have never EVER experienced voice acting THIS bad, and I've watched plenty a dubbed anime. It makes Resident Evil sound like motherfucking Shakespeare. In fact, I think Shakespeare got into a good deal of motherfu......but that's beside the point.

This game was made by Tecmo, the wonderful people who brought you That Fighting Game with The Big Bouncy Boobs, so you are ensured of very pretty graphics with very....liberal.....physics. Fortunately, Rygar is a man, so no wobbly bust for him, and the insides of his mail are not animated, thank Zeus.
It does mean he can jump about 2 times his own height though. Jumping is actually implemented really well, you don't actually have to be very accurate, cos you get a kinda auto-aim, like in Devil May Cry, which is good.

Oh, and I have to point out the magnificent soundtrack! Argos no Senshi was scored by, I think some Polish Orchestra or something, so it's all majestic orchestrations, which are very good. They sure spent a lot of money on this one.
It's a shame therefore, that it's so incredibly SHORT, you'll blast through in no time at all, there are lots of secret pick-ups to find, which unlock artwork, a sound test, etc. so there is some good replay value.
All in all, a very decent action game and one to recommend: a nice round 8.

posted by Ingen! @ 12:40 PM