Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness Review

[Jack]

Most of you will remember the preview i had of this game earlier last year. Well, Having possesed and completed the game, i can give a full review.

Story/Plot

Like Colloseum, the game is set in The Orre Region. Cipher have risen back after being thwarted 5 years ago. You play as a young boy who has been given a snag machine to try out. Little did he know then, he would use it to save the world's pokemon. You must work your way through each place, snagging as many Shadow Pokemon as possible, and then purifying them.

Score - 8/10 - A good plot but a bit of a copy from Colloseum.

Gameplay

Not much i can say about gameplay i have may have already mentioned. Though, the battles you get into are very pulse-pounding as you never know what move your opponent will us eunless your pyschic which is highly unlikely ^.^

Score - 8/10 - Very pulse-pounding battles but not much else i can really say.

Graphics

The 3D Graphics on this game are excellent. there are no 'Piece of Clothing Dissapearing' problems. The Enviroment is excellent too.

Score - 10/10 - Basically, the Graphics are virtually flawless.

Game Legnth

The game takes quite some to get through. If you're planning on staying on
the game non-stop, then it'll take you 20-30 hours to do. If you are planning to do about 3 hours or so a day, you'll probably have it done in 3-5 weeks. This means, you'll be having something to do for a while.

Score - 9/10 - It'll keep you occupied for a long, long time ^.^

Controls

The Gamecube buttons may be time to get used to but after that, the controls are pretty basic. 'A' For something important etc. 'B' to cacnel sometihng etc. and the joystick to move. Simple ^.^

Score - 10/10 - Simple, Easy controls. Easy to get used to.

Overall Score

Counting all 5 sections, giving a total possible score of 50, adding all the scores gvn for each section, the game gets:

45/50

Peace Out,
Thunder Lord