Seek & Destroy (PS2)

JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Darklands - Custom Framed Original Ad Framed Music Print/Poster 42×34cm 23mm black wood frame with white mat Glazed with plexiglass
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List Price: ?19.99
Amazon Price: ?14.98
Customer Review: Amazing value for money
I bought Ejay Dance and Dance 2 many, many, years ago and got a lot of pleasure from those items, so I came to Dance 7 VMS with interest. The first thing to say is that this package is amazing value for money - it does a lot more than earlier versions and the developers have done a fantastic job. The .pdx format is gone and instead .wav files are used and the audio-quality of the sounds is excellent. There are a few instruments and effects [although they're not plug-ins in the sense of VST plug-ins, they do a reasonable job]. There’s no midi of course and you wouldn’t expect it for this price. The interface is very impressive looking - much more slick than the earlier versions. There is also a lot more versatility because you can import your own samples [actually I haven't worked out how to do this from my sample cds - I can load the wav files onto the sample palette in file manager, but they never show in song mode so I think I am doing something wrong here - but let's just say I didn't find that bit very intuitive. ] OK - so what are my reservations? Well it is a less ‘immediate’ then the earlier versions. Although the audio quality is impressive, the loops themselves are - well a bit dull - I found it harder to build a pumping track than I did on the earlier versions. The interface does look really good, but it isn’t that practical. So for example, when you have chosen your loops and are arranging them in the song, there are no text names on the loops themselves, just a sort of cool muted design. To see the names you, have to move your mouse over the loops, one by one, and this takes ages when you are just scanning the song area for the one you want. The rest of the interface is similar - even with the tool tips it isn’t that easy to get around. The help files aren’t great that great either. The naming of the drum loops is, I’m afraid, a weakness. There are an impressive 192 house drum loops, [and 128 more trance loops] and they are quite varied, but they are named house drums 001, house drums 002…. house drums 192. Naming is hard I know, but can’t you even give us a clue?! Its hard to remember which loop you want to go back to when it is just a number from 1 - 192. To be fair, you can rename them yourself though once you have got them on the palette, and when you rename a loop on the palette, all the instances in the song take on the same name - neat! So would I recommend this? Well yes! - despite my reservations - it is still a worthwhile product and probably, unlike the earlier versions where you sort of exhausted them after a few weeks, I think this one will reward you because there is quite a lot of depth to what you can achieve, with patience. I would probably give this 3.5 stars if half stars are allowed. 4 is a bit generous, but 3 would be a bit stingy.
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GTC Africa Customer Review: GTC Africa
Sorry guys but I think your review was rather over rated. The game play is smooth with a lot of effort going into the background, other cars etc. Generally the game play is excellent. BUT, very simplistic, a continuation each time you finish the previous track, and to be fair on to….. more of the same. Nothing much changes throughout the game other than the scenary. My father and I enjoy a good driving game but this particular game kept our interest for just 1 evening, when we completed the last track as you can imagine it was a massive let down. On the whole the game has had a lot of effort and thought put into it before release, sorry, after a couple of hours BORING same old same old.

Lee
Customer Review: Not a bad game, but it’s one year too late
I think the racing feel of the game is very nice. Maybe even a bit more fun than GT3 (where it’s either too easy or too difficult). It’s a bit slow sometimes. But the real waekpoint of GTC Afrika is the graphics. The graphics are not half as good as in GT3. If you own GT3 you’ll be disappointed. The graphics look one year too late in my eyes. Far too simple. Makes it even more disappointing that the framerate is also not too impressive. GT3 runs with 60 fps almost all the way through. GTC Africa will run around 30 fps.
It’s not a bad game at all, but not up to date.

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Seek & Destroy (PS2)
Customer Review: Great little tank game
Fed up with boring sneaking around in games where the only aim seems to be to avoid doing anything? Well, here’s your answer.

The only aim to the game (I think) is to blow up anything that so much as wobbles. And this is made easy by the highly accurate (well, as long as their not moving at a right angle to you),R2 activated, lock-on.

The weapons have to be seen to be belived! There’s everything from Giant chainsaws to nuclear missile launchers! (these things are bigger than the tanks firing them!)

The best thing about this game is that it doesn’t try to be a cheap attempt at a tank sim game. It is just a classic playability over graphics game.

Customer Review: Another tank battle sim. Another ‘failing’ tank battle sim.
If you ever needed proof that cheap isnt necessarily cheerful, here comes a very unhappy tank battle sim from Takara. You’re part of a rebel force looking to oust an agressive empire from your shores. To do this you take part in a range of battle missions, blowing up baddy tanks, bridges, buildings and anything else the annoyingly overlong, and unskippable, plot sequences tell you to do.
Unfortunatly, trying to shoot anything in these tanks - even when you buy new weapons any upgrades - is a (cough) hit-and-miss affair. Although it tends to be more miss than hit due to the terrible aiming and poor controls. It’s often difficult to know what you’re supposed to be doing, who you’re supposed to shoot, and where exactly they are. Come to think of it, perhaps this is nothing more than a supremly realistic simulation of what its like to be in the US Army.