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Platform: GameCube,
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Rampage Total Destruction
I have to squelch my desire to recount childhood afternoons spent dropping quarters into the original arcade Rampage. Besides the original arcade Gauntlet, there's no other multiplayer game that jumps out at me as being one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. Rampage featured up to three simultaneous monsters smashing up buildings and anything that got in their way, including military vehicles, and eating hapless humans for a small health boost.
Since the original game, the franchise has always stuck to a 2D perspective but with Rampage Total Destruction the series breaks into 3D, though the familiar perspective is present. Here's the official line from Midway:
Get ready to roam, rage and Rampage your way through cities of the world destroying everything in your path in Rampage: Total Destruction! George, Lizzy and Ralph are back along with 27 new monsters that you can find, collect and play as. Wander through 3D neighborhoods of major cities trashing everything in sight as you uncover hidden monsters and power-ups. As an added bonus the original arcade versions of Rampage and Rampage World Tour are included. Available in Spring 2006 for Sony Playstation 2 (1-2 players) and Nintendo GameCube (1-4 players) for $19.99 (U.S. MSRP)
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Basically, Rampage Total Destruction is a 3-in-1 package that demonstrates how the series has progressed since its inception. The action looks to stay consistent with past iterations but besides the leap into 3D it'll also feature 27 new monsters. It remains to be seen if each of the monsters has unique abilities but considering the benchmarks set by the previous games the creatures will only be different on the outside.
It's worthy noting that the GameCube version will feature four-player action, while the PS2 version will not. This automatically puts the GameCube version at an advantage but it will be interesting to see how the |
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development team incorporates team play while ultimately looking out for yourself. (It was always fun to eat your fallen comrades when they transformed back to their human form.) I'm also curious as to what other modes might be available besides the "story" mode.
At a suggested price of $20US Rampage Total Destruction (a 3-in-1 value) it might be written off as simply a "budget" title with little in the way of redeeming qualities. However, this being a Rampage game with unbridled destruction being the main point of the game, it will likely find its way onto the playlists of casual gamers everywhere.
- Omni (February 7, 2006)
-- New screens added February 2006 --
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