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VISIT http://blog.graduategames.com FOR MORE REVIEWS! Stuntman for the original PS2 was a favorite of mine, despite its many flaws. The difficulty built in a lot of challenge and longevity into the experience and I kept playing in order to unlock the next movie trailer. The sequel, Stuntman Ignition, is still challenging, but a lot more forgiving (no load times on restarts! THANK YOU!) and adds a very addictive Tony Hawk-esque Combo Scoring System. Graphics: 9/10 Pros: Fantastic visuals, great animation and action sequences. Gorgeous replays. Cons: FMV for movie trailers (mixing with ingame graphics) aren't necessary anymore. They should have used the ingame engine to do the movie trailers to make it look less disjointed. Gameplay: 8.5/10 Pros: The gameplay & scoring system is vastly improved. No load times for restarts, serious driving skills required, and a variety of movies, commercials, stunt shows, and cars to fool around with. Cons: Levels still require a lot of trial and error to figure out what's going on. No real way to beat a level on your first try. Instead of confusing sketches during the load screens, they should give you a map with all the stunts on it that you can look through prior to your stunt run. Sound/Music: 8/10 Pros: The voicework for the directors/characters is all really well done. There are definitely a few good impersonations and charicatures of directors currently out there. Sound effects do the job well. Cons: Standard music and score detract from the epic orchestral scores we hear in the movies Lasting Appeal: 6/10 Pros: There's online multiplayer with several different modes, stunt shows, commercials, and quite a few movies to shoot through. There's also the challenge of stringing (comboing) every single movie scene to get full stars on each stage and unlock everything for the build your own stunt arena...which offers quite a few thrills itself. Cons: NO ONE plays online...guess this game didn't sell very well or everyone is just caught up with Halo 3, Gears of War, etc. It is really annoying being forced to replay levels again to get higher stars to unlock the next movie...if you beat all the levels...you should unlock the next level. I didnt' have the patience to go back and replay the levels again to unlock the final movie, since I had to play some others over to unlock the movie I had just completed. Average: 78.75% Tilt: -0.75% Stuntman: Ignition lacks some of the charm the original had. I still remember the orginal as having some of the best graphics on PS2...Ignition doesn't leave the same impression as far as graphics go for PS3 or Xbox 360. The movies aren't as diversified either and there isn't the same sense of working your way up from a small indie film to the big budget blockbuster...they all sort of seem like blockbusters...which ups the action but reduces the charm. It's still a good sequel and a pretty engrossing experience though. Verdict: 78%Read full review
Stuntman: Ignition is a fun game, no more no less. Graphics: 8/10 Nothing incredible to be found in the graphics department but they are definitely better than some. Control scheme: 8/10 The controls in this game are simple but excellent and most important of all, smooth. Most vehicles are quite easy to control. Those that aren't require more accurate timing and consideration. Simply put the control scheme is a success. Gameplay: 8/10 This is a driving game so the gameplay is all about the controls. Story: 4/10 If you are looking for the epic tale of the holy master of stunt driving, too bad. This game's storyline is purely functional. Some of the writing is pretty fun. ("That was awesome! You know what? We should build a giant sign that says 'awesome' and he can jump it.") Botoom line, you aren't playing this for its story line. Overall: 10/16 (I grade overall on a 16 scale because I never pay more than 16 dollars for any game) That means I'd pay ten dollars out of a maximum of 16. This is a rather short and simplistic but very fun game. I recommend it.Read full review
It plays better the second time around and there’s no games like it out now for current gen consoles
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The first Stuntman for PS2 was extremely difficult but had better controls than this game. The real challenge for in this game is getting 5 star rankings which means you have to string every single stunt (every 2 seconds for the entire race) I was able to 5 star about 5 or 10, this can be difficult but the main problem is that the controls are not as tight as the first game, they are very floaty. The first Stuntman overall, like i said, has more realistic driving physics and control. The graphics are great, replay value is excellent if you want high rankings and can deal with the controls. 7/10
The original Stuntman was somewhat of an underground hit for the PS2. Allowing players to live the life of a movie stunt driver, you could pull 180-degree turns, perform jumps off of ramps and drive like a bat out of hell to your heart’s content. Now, THQ is preparing Stuntman: Ignition, set to release this Summer on the PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360, and the game is looking to add even more intense action to the Stuntman franchise. Stuntman: Ignition will allow you to play through six different movies, each with their own set areas with their own goals. At THQ’s Gamer’s Day event, they showcased two of these movies: Aftershock and Overdrive. Aftershock presented a disaster movie involving a volcanic eruption, similar to movies like Volcano and Dante’s Peak. You must drive through flaming buildings, jump across lava flows and dodge oncoming traffic as you progress through the stages and perform various stunts as they appear on the screen at the behest of the director. The second playable movie, Overdrive, was done in the style of a 70’s cop show like Starsky and Hutch, where you drive through a San Francisco, weaving through trolley cars and screeching through the windy streets. The areas in Stuntman: Ignition were completely action packed, and there’s never a lull in intensity from the time the director yells “action” until he yells “cut.” Your goals will require some pretty crafty driving skills, and you’ll have to become pretty dexterous behind the wheel to keep in the game. Graphically, the game is coming along quite nicely. The preview build of the game featured tons of great special effects and movie magic, including camera crews at the side of the screen (if you’re not careful, you could end up hitting some poor unsuspecting grip, so keep your eyes on the road). The cars responded with the right amount of arcade feel to them lending well to the game’s overall fast-paced intensity. The first Stuntman was a fun game that came out of left field and became a sleeper hit. However, Stuntman: Ignition is a great step up for the series, and could project it to a full-fledged success.Read full review
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