Press Start: God Hand

Alright folks, we're onto the next game. This one is God Hand! One of the most underrated PS2 games in my opinion. The game was released 2006 by Capcom and was made by Capcom's Clover Studios team. Clover Studios is responsible for developing the unique Viewtiful Joe series and the amazing Okami. God Hand was actually Clover Studios' last game before they were shut down so let's share a moment of silence.

*silence*

Fortunately, the members have regrouped and are under the name Platinum Games.

Anyway, God Hand falls under the "you either hate it or love it" category. There are some glaring flaws but some outstanding aspects as well. One thing about God Hand is that this game is a true testament to being "balls to the walls" hard, eanking up there with Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, and others. In fact, throughout my video journal of the game, you'll see me die. A lot. And I'm only going to be playing on Normal. But I'll let the videos and entries speak for themselves.

So, just a quick overview about the game. The story involves the characters Gene and Olivia. Gene has been given the God Hand by Olivia (It's more complicated than that but you'll find out by watching the videos) and now it seems like the Four Devas, a group of very strong demons and one human are after the God Hand for ultimate power.

The story alone seems kind of boring, right? Well, just wait till you start playing. This game is filled with humour with it's great cast of characters and enemies, most random of story segments, even some of the attacks in the game are hilarious. If finding out a bunch of gay pride members are working for the baddies, fighting a giant gorilla, and spanking a woman and knocking her 50 feet away with a final slap is wrong, I don't want to be right.

But best thing about the game is the combat system. Gene is able to equip multiple attacks ranging from punches to kicks and many more which can be used for his combos. There's some you can find but most can be bought. This is the big pull of the game, finding out which attacks string together well to create awesome and damaging combos and the combat itself is pretty slick. It's a 3D beat'em up so you get a bunch of thugs (and stranger things) to fight against and you get some cool dodges which makes fighting very fun and addicting.

So the goal for God Hand?
- To complete the game on Normal
- Complete all 51 Fighting Ring matches
- Complete the "Kick Me sign" challenge (Optional)*

*The "Kick Me Sign" challenge is more of a personal challenge. In the second level of Stage 1, Olivia puts "Kick Me" sign on the back of Gene. When you use one of the Roulette Attacks or activate the God Hand, the sign blows off. So essentially, the challenge is to not use Roulette Attacks or the God Hand and coupled with the difficulty of the game, it's one hell of a challenge.

Now for this game, and what I will be doing for all future games, is create a trailer. Something to show off parts of the game. So here's the trailer for God Hand.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjfJa2SoTnw

Expect the first entry in a day or two so stay tuned!