GV reports:
''The Zoids franchise is built off of the premise that eventually we will ditch our aerodynamic war-machines in favor of large metal cats with rocket launchers strapped to their backs and EMP cannons mounted to their bellies. Going into Zoids Assault expecting a dramatic, Shakespearean story might be asking too much, and despite being referred to as a tactical RPG, it's very light on the Role-Playing-Game elements. The game's story is told through awful cut scenes, comprised of still frame anime images and blocks of text. It feels like a low-budget Nintendo DS game, despite having a $60 price tag. Luckily they are skippable, and you will soon be hitting every button on the controller instead of combing through the melodramatic and cliché plot synopsis.
Zoids Assault's high point is its graphics, which don't look much better than a gussied-up PlayStation 2 title. To hide the low-resolution textures and repetitive environments TOMY added several feet of fuzz and grain, which covers the virtual battlefield like a digital fog. In other games this generation, most notably Battlefield: Bad Company, film grain was used attain a darker, grittier, and more realistic style. In Zoids Assault, it's used in such excess to make up for the title's visual inadequacies that it actually manages to get in the way of the gameplay.''
VGGEN writes: "Do you remember Zoids? No? Don't worry, I'm sure not many people do. If you've never heard of Zoids, it's a Japanese toy line that consists of animal-like mechs that are exceedingly popular. It's spawned a few anime series, tons of manga, fanbooks, and unfortunately, games. In the eighties the toy line was released in America, but didn't catch on as well as planned. A couple years back Zoids made another Stateside debut with an anime series on Cartoon Network, as well as a line of models that you could collect and play with your friends every morning in the cafeteria. Like many fads, its popularity waned, and eventually faded into the background. Now, in 2008, Atlus has made the decision to release Zoids Assault for the Xbox 360, in a move that both baffles and repulses me, because this could very well be one of the worst Atlus titles-or out of any game I own, for that matter-ever."
Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece. Just a few popular anime that have video games , each a great anime and each with a game or two to pickup this holiday season. The gamer that loves anime deserves these titles this holiday season, but what are they, which games go with which anime for which system and are they any good? No worries, these licensced titles as well as a few others with anime themes will be listed below by system with a word on each. Some are good, others great, but all will seem just a bit better in the hands of a fan.
What can gamers take away from their experience with Zoids Assault? Well, first off, the strategy role-playing genre is still in need of a worthy candidate to make the genre look extraordinary again. Secondly, the developers need to hire better writers to create a campaign truly worthy of gamers' time. It's highly recommended that you avoid Zoids Assault unless you find it in the bargain bin. Until then, the only SRPG that has actually proved to be fairly decent was Enchanted Arms, so you're better off playing that if you haven't done so already.
They're charging $60 for this? LOL
Atlus needs to stop publishing crap like this.