Phantom Crash

...gaming is my hobby...I've been a gamer my entire life and have played hundreds of games, accross all genres, spanning the entire history of the electronic/video/computer-game...

...Phantom Crash is a game for the list ((it's a keeper)).

It blends action and strategy so excellently as to provide both a pick-up-and-play blast-em-up party-game & a deeper tactical, strategic and creative gaming experience to satisfy the more demanding amongst us.

Build your scoobee (mech) striking a balance between weight and durability to find the optimum combination of weaponry, speed, strength, and strategy to earn 'new-yen' to further build and upgrade your mechs...

...a good combination ensures more cash to come back fighting bigger, better, stronger...

...customise with 'stickers' and a cool paint-jobs...

...develop your mech to suit a winning strategy or a preferred playing style...

Including a large range of alternate, experimental, electronic and guitar based music-tracks from a wide veriety of real-world Japanese recording artists you can 'buy' through the game interface to play as backround music as you battle, Phantom Crash is an example of design excellence from the ground up...

...and it even includes easy-listening and folk tracks for gamers with a more subdued taste in music.

In short, if you consider youself a 'serious-gamer' i urge you to pick up a copy of Phantom Crash.
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A Demi god amoung mech games...   November 25, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

.... yes you read it right, this is a really good game, hence the 5 stars. It has a very indepth story-line, beautifull arenas and the best part, you get to build and customise your very own mech! A must have for Mech fans.


Crashing the party   November 16, 2003
Mr JD Whicker
Well well well. Here we have another robot game!! At first glance the tasty graphics are a real turn on and the thought of racing around in a huuuuuge mechanical monster really wet my appetite.
...And so the the game itself. Let me pick it to pieces for a minute or two. Like i mentioned before the graphics really are a treat to behold, but unfortunately i cannot say the same for the music, The songs get reeeeally repetitive and boring and even with the added bonus of being able to actually "buy" music to listen to while you play, the option to have tunes pumping straight from your hard drive is sorely missed.
But what about the gameplay?? Okay well there is where it starts getting fun. You have the choice of 3 different types of mech to play with and they are all FULLY customisable. When i say this i mean literally. You can choose what type of leg, body or arm you want and when choosing your arm you have a choice of many different guns you can equip your beast with. There are 1000's of combinations you can customise your robot with, so the playability with that aspect is amazing.

But i gave the game 3 stars, and here is why. Unfortunately there are only 3 tracks you can choose from, and on each track there are a bunch of different classes. But i'm afraid this simply isnt enough, the tracks soon get bored and tiring as there isnt much variety.

Overall this is an adequet game, but i would only really recommend it for the real mech boffs.