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Thank you for the review. Debating if I want to download it for free on PS3 or not. I decided to do so. Thanks again IGN
It's now free on PS+ for PS3 users.
It's free on ps3 right now.
finally today after years of never having time but was determined. I just beat the game thinking that it was just beginning. but I still love it. now time to play ZOE2
PS Plus brought me here. Yep, still enjoying some old games on PS3 until PS Plus stop the free games 🙁
This video gave away a cool cameo. Lame to do that. I got a kick out of it when I first seen it years ago
WHOS HERE COS OF PS PLUS JAN 19
7.6 to much movement- ign
Who is here because of backwards compatibility?
ITS BACKWARD COMPATIBLE FOR XBOX ONE NOW
hmm. not a fan
If you're only comparing the 2 games to each other, then the first game will seem a bit rough and unrefined, sure. But one their own, the first and second games were both pretty great. The 2nd definitely has more polish, but they were both great plays, the first one being suitable for even the casual player, and the second only to those that can adapt to a quickly to an ever-changing game environment. The two games were set up differently, with the first relying somewhat on exploration and, if I remember right, random encounters of attack waves sent to destroy the colonies that you can either protect, or let die. The 2nd game is more level based, and you're actually kind of encouraged to destroy the environment around you, if nothing more than to see the pretty destruction. It's more of an action-based game, the RPG element of exploration mostly gone, and only has one part in the game where you can help others survive. In short: Play them both. Both have great action, great music and cut-scenes, and yet, they feel like very different games.
"cool mech designs" i bet they do ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
This is not to say that ZOE 1 or 2 are bad games, but Kojima had absolutely NOTHING to to with the development of either of them. He was just the producer, which just means that you are backing the project. This is such a huge misconception that drives me absolutely nuts, with heaps of idiots saying "If you like MGS, you'll like ZOE." NO. Kojima was solely the producer, not the designer, director, composer, writer, or anything like that. He was just the producer. Thanks for reading to the end, if you did. I just had to get it off my chest. Such a massive misconception.
zoe 1 is meant to be played at the time of its release.. if you didn't play it at that time, then poor you.. such as playing mario in the 90s… It feels great.
the only thing i have to say about your review is that u didnt need to add your own back track. the soundtrack for these games would have been better and your team wouldnt have had to overlay that sound whatever it is.other than that good review 🙂
I love both games, the artwork, graphics and the orbital frame design and idea of them. when it comes to other games and anime that have mecha, the orbital frame is leaps and bounds ahead of anything out there. for example, you have orbital frame Jehuty and Anubis, both machines capable of traveling vast distance near instantly with the use of the 0-Shift program. the frame is insanely strong and tough, and capable of stopping a say a 6 million ton train traveling at speeds of say 200mph or more in a real short amount of time and space. they also have the ability to easily enter and exit the atmosphere of mars and earth. then you have their offensive ability, with Jehuty having a fixed sword for melee combat, a energy gun and homing lazers for ranged attacks, then you have the burst attack which channels the power generated from the frame into a large dense energy attack. lastly for offensive ability for jehuty you have the vector cannon, which with the power generated from the frame is a weapon that can compress space itself and fire that compressed energy into a high velocity and higly powerful projectile.
now on to the other highly known mecha, Gundams. there have been many re-interations of them over the years, but the are all mainly the same. if you were to pit an orbital frame againt a gundam, the orbital frame would would hands down!
the idea of the orbital frame as a mecha is pure genious for the genre.
Too much Zone, not enough Enders.
I love playing this game as a kid and now
that's waaay too much bashing on the 1st zoe. I remember playing this as a kid, the horrible imagery of a world burning, I felt like I was there in that cockpit. The second boss, first real boss, whatever, he was so creepy, and it took me awhile to figure out to hurt him after his health hit the 50% mark. This game was one of the first that gave me moral conflict. Do I save civilians or just move on? As a kid I was far less cynical than I am now and always saved them. The game was unique and ahead of its time in a lot of ways. IGN missed the mark on another review. Even if the first game came out before your time you should still be able to appreciate this game. It's not every day a game rolls robots, kids and a dark story up so well. You may even do more harm than good by trying to save the civilians and accidentally wiping them all out. Don't listen to the simple minds at IGN, the first is a classic!
i had this game for ps2
Dang i remember this game. I didn't know what i was doing but i loved it since i was in a mech and this looked like friggin MGS Phantom Pain to me.
12 fps
What's the happy music playing during the gameplay parts quietly in the background?
I remember Zoe
BRUCE, THE LIVESTREAM!!!!
First world issues. Young kids not old enough to remember the initial release want to review everything.
Just hot the hd version recently. Ho early the first one is pretty good overall. My major problem was the fact it's so damn short. Like it took me less then 4 hours to beat the game. Hopefully the 2nd one isn't that short
Lol cmon ZOE1 was just a promotional game really for the MGS series. I agree though ZOE 2 was so badass, the multiplayer is really good too. I just wish they made a gundam version of this with the the same gameplay.
how about you show some actual gameplay ign
does it come with 2 games?
i remember playing the ZOE demo on a Jampack disc back on my ps2. it was one of the first games i ever really loved to play! Sadly, i could never find it, and so it was forgotten…until i found this awesome pack of BOOM at entertainmart.
I loved ZOE 1 even though I never got to play the second one but I hope they have it on psnow, maybe kojima got out of Konami so he could build his own thing and maybe he'll come up with ZOE3 on ps4, THAT would be SICK!!