Stuntman

"Stuntman? More like Loadman..."

Alright, unlike the game, I'm going to right down to the interesting part.

Gameplay - The controls are decent, but collisions are weird. Maybe I only got a B+ in physics, but last time I checked, hitting a pothole at 35 miles an hour will not cause your car to flip onto its roof. Also, for a game the focuses on driving, you really don't get a very good sense of speed.

The fun level varies depending on your patience and attention span. I'd say a long attention span is important because in this game, there is a lot of waiting. There are just too many load times...

Let me elaborate. Before you start a stunt, you see a picture of the movie you are going to work for...or should i say, you see a load time with a picture of a movie your working on. That's about 10 seconds. Then you watch a little movie about the scene your about to do...which is shorter than the load time you just sat through. Another load time, another short video, and one last load time. Then you actually begin the level. Are you still awake? Ok. Well, then comes the actual gameplay, in which you're going to restart...ALOT. So you restart the level...and wait for a load time. ARGHHHH!!!

And boy, is this game extremely difficult. The lack of a thorough explanation before a take makes for many, many, many, trial and error runs. I found that when I began a level, I'd mess up early, start over, get that portion, get a little further, mess up, start over...lather, rinse, repeat until I finally make it to the end.

2/10

Story -Your a Stuntman. Yep. VERY Cool idea, but poorly, poorly executed.

7/10

Audio/Video -The sounds in this game are pretty good actually. Nothing extremely note worthy, but it doesn't make your ears bleed.

Graphics though...umm...yea. This is Playstation 2? It looks just like the Driver games on Playstation. They are not pretty. The people look horrible and jaggies plague the entire game. The only cool thing is the trailer after you finally finish these movie stunts and the destruction points on your car.

3/10

Replayability -Trust me, when you finish a level, there is really no urge at all to do it again...considering you had to do it 30 times.

There is a stunt creator which allows you to uhh...create your own stunt. As you progress in the game, you unlock more pieces or cars to use in this mode.

1/10

To buy or to rent? RENT!!! That should be enough of this game for you.

In closing, this game should have been better.

4/10

Reviewer's Score: 4/10, Originally Posted: 07/09/02, Updated 07/09/02