Armed and Dangerous Xbox Review San Jose CA

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Lucasarts are known for publishing some quirky games over the years such as Sam and Max and Day of the Tenticle. Recently we've been deluged by Starwars games from them, no doubt due to the three new movies adding to the first trilogy of the series. However with Armed and Dangerous they have returned to their quirky game agenda and whilst it is an enjoyable and funny game, it's not without its problems.

The Lionhearts' friend Rexus, an old blind man, is wanted by the King of Forge to unlock an ancient book, a book which would give the King power over all the lands. To protect the book, Rexus performed a spell which turned it into an instruction guide for basket weaving, if the book is returned to its original format, the King will have control over the lands and this is your task, stop it happening. You play as the Lionhearts, some of the most misfit "heroes" ever featured in a video game. The team is made up of four, a robot, a human, a mole and someone else who teams up with you very early on in the storyline.

Armed and Dangerous is a third person shooter which has some squad elements. The other squad members are there with you along the way but it seems that throughout the entire game you only control the human character, Rome. The Lionhearts is their collective name and after Rexus is kidnapped from under their noses by the King, they set off to save the world, in a very humorous fashion. Most of the gameplay revolves around moving through different areas of the world shooting almost anything that moves and reaching a certain checkpoint. However sometimes you will have tasks such as destroying enemy bunkers or construction points and rescuing villagers which somewhat varies the gameplay, but as mentioned before the game is not without its problems.

The game features twenty one missions but unless you have a great deal of patience and can handle repetitive games then it is unlikely you will see this one through right until the end. The game starts off interesting and the first impression you may get is that the title is a unique take on the third person genre with some humorous elements, this we don't deny, however once you're a certain number of missions into the game they begin to suffer from repetition. you do visit the five different realms over the course of the game but the missions are somewhat the same each time. Something you did in the last realm, you may have to do again in exactly the same fashion. For instance rescuing villagers or defending the realms from the ongoing hordes, which appears to be a parody of the Battle of Helms Deep.