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B00006N5SM

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3.3 36 ratings

3.3 out of 5 stars

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#114,160 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#2,533 in PlayStation 2 Games

Product Dimensions

7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches; 5.6 ounces

Type of item

CD-ROM

Rated

Teen

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Item Weight

5.6 ounces

Manufacturer

Vivendi Universal Games

Date First Available

September 30, 2005

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MODEL- 71743 VENDOR- VIVENDI FEATURES- James Camerons Dark Angel James Camerons Dark Angel the game is based on the sci-fi adventure series set in the near future after an electromagnetic pulse detonated by terrorists crippled the US economy. Max a genetically-enhanced human prototype with attitude to spare escaped from her military creators and made a life for herself on the edgy streets of 21st-century Seattle. She becomes a reluctant hero when she teams up with idealistic underground cyber-journalist Logan Cale lending her unique abilities to his crusade against corruption and an oppressive establishment. * Original story progresses beyond the television series and features voiceovers by Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly. * RAGE System: Unleash over 50 fighting moves by unlocking the soldier within Max. * Stealth Mode: Utilize unique evasive moves plus enhanced vision. * Interact with familiar friends&foes from the series plus many new characters&environments. ESRB Rating : T for Teen Genre/Category : Action System : PlayStation 2 Number of Players : 1 Compatible Peripheral Features: MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 90 DAYS

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James Camerons Dark Angel is a thi3rd-person action-/adventure game, with emphasis on stealth and fighting, based on the hit TV series of the same name. Set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic Seattle, the game lets players take on the role of Max, a genetically -enhanced super-soldier, on a quest to reclaim her past by finding her sister and fellow genetically -altered escapees. As a child Max escapes from Manticore, her military creators, Manticore, along with a handful of her siblings, and makes a life for herself on the edgy streets of 21st-century Seattle. Haunted by dark memories of her victimization at the hands of Manticore personnel, Max is on a quest to reclaim her past and locate her missing siblings. Max believes that by finding her family she can overcome the battle that rages inside her, as the soldier she has always been is confronted by the woman she wishes to become. You will play through multiple missions and objectives on each level, which will include side stories of lost siblings, destroying Manticore, and helping Logan Cale overturn corrupt government movements.

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NCIS_fan97

Great game for Dark Angel fans.

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2015

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Fun game. Amazing graphics for 2002. Both of the actors that play Max and Logan are voicing the characters in the game as well.

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D. Mok

Don't bother. This is utter crap.

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2004

This one I don't get. The developers of this game took the time to license the actual theme song of the sorely missed TV series, got the actual actors Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly to do the voices for the characters, which lends a great degree of authenticity...and managed to come up with a horrible, horrible game.

There's nothing wrong with the look of the game, and the Dark Angel franchise fits the popular genre of stealth/espionage games quite well.

But I noticed one thing amiss right off the bat: Where's the tutorial level? Every game I've ever played which involves stealth, like Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter and Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, gives you a tutorial mission because in a stealth game, not only do you have to know the controls, you have to get familiarized with them within a gradual learning curve so that movement of your character becomes second nature; in a stealth game, no good player ever "remembers" the moves -- he feels them. But Dark Angel has chosen to forego this step, and the result is that the controls, already not hugely responsive, are all but alien to me. I figured out some things on my own -- the manual is scanty and poorly written -- but nothing can replace the all-important tutorial.

There's also no radar, a must in a game of this type, and looking around is laborious and risky. Most of the time the camera prevents you from seeing what you need to see to sneak through the missions effectively. No maps, either -- and added to the fiddly mission layouts, I spent so much time running around missions trying to find things that the gameplay just slowed to a crawl. To slow things down even more, the loading times on this game are incredible. Even the "Replay Stage" command, when you're trying to stop your current mission and start from the top, takes about a minute to load. Awful.

I don't like the proportions of this game -- too much environment and not enough of the character. It makes moving around seem more sluggish than it should be, and when you're fighting, it really spoils much of the fun factor. I'd rather have had a character-screen proportion closer to Syphon Filter or Jet Li's Rise to Honor. And whoever came up with the idea of using a Matrix-style "bullet time" while you fight obviously doesn't know how to design fighting games, because it makes fighting a bore. You can't control when the slow-motion occurs, so you end up having to wait before you can execute the next move. This feature basically takes your in-game control of your character away from you randomly -- something that should *never* happen in an action game.

I am tremendously disappointed, because the TV series, the wonderful character of Max, the setting...everything was just perfect for a video-game translation. And they had taken the effort to get Alba and Weatherly, put James Cameron's name on the box, and get so many of the stylistic touches right (good one-liners in the dialogue) that it's a shame that the game is mechanically unplayable. Seems like they spent all their money and time on aesthetics and forgot to test out the mechanics...no wonder this game is now widely available second-hand for less than six dollars, less than a year after I first saw it available. I will probably sell mine soon.

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Y Chromosome 99

Its worth my time.

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2015

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I do like the special features and was interested BEFORE I knew Jessica Alba was Dark Angel. I never heard of the series but enjoyed this game. It's difficult later on as you're better off doing stealth than being caught for there is a timer countdown to beat up the enemies,BUT its not a lot of seconds and most likely you will fail,hence the 4 stars.

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chad JJ

repetitive and a complete disaster

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020

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the only reason I got this game because of Jessica alba and the show that this game is based on that I used to watch back in the day and it fails soooooo hard what a disappointment.

first the gameplay is extremely repetitive and tedious as well not only that the enemies has the same amount and twice as health that u have but some of them firing their guns at u and it hard to get to them bcuz the camera is so bad that it glitches out with a terrible fixed camera angle at times one the first level on easy is the worst gameplay I've have ever experience with 20 plus years of playing video games this is the worst game I've ever played not only bcuz of the previous issues but it also ruined my gameplay experience for this game just so I can see the story the boss fight is awful bcuz ur not able to used any of the health packs for the Beatle boss fight

right now i'm on the second level where u have to place bomb to knock out the security system and it just get more and more repetitive that I gave up its so bad

I really really wanted to enjoy playing this game but its a let down

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DANN

A disappointment...but not a total miss...

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2008

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I'm a big fan of the TV show, especially season 1, which is what led me to purchase the video game, too. The game itself is not particularly well-designed, the stages are very repetitive and the camera angles are just awful at times! The camera angles are particularly a problem because you must use stealth at times to defeat enemies and the camera angles will make it nearly impossible in some places to do what you need to do. Plus the characters seem so small. The whole game looks small, like you are playing some old-style arcade game. Then again this was a 2002 release for the ps2.

The graphics are so-so. It's not particularly detailed and the sets are often basic, but I thought they did a nice job with some of the research lab areas in the I-corp stages. The enemies are pretty boring - guards, police, x-7 genetic soldiers, some research lab people and a few genetic mutants. But the detail isn't really there to make it interesting.

The story is almost non-existent and the missions very unimaginative. They did get Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly to do the voice over - I liked Jessica's voice but Michaels inflection is off most of the time! Like he was just reading from a cue card and not really aware of the scene. I would have rather they brought in someone else frankly, to do it better. I especially found all the break-ins to the game with his cyber messages a tad annoying! Sometimes they were helpful hints, but it would have been nice to mix in some text at times rather than always have him come in with some cyber bulletin. The game was sorely lacking variety on a few fronts.

The music tracks are a high point I think. Some of the cuts sound really good, very hip and techno, like you'd expect from the TV series. And some of the martial arts moves that Jessica's character does are great! The slow-mo and the burst of speed are excellent...and really make the game playable in my opinion.

Overall, the game is a bit of a disappointment but still playable and if you liked the TV show you will probably have a few fun times playing this game.

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Armando Silva

item arrived on time, item was as described by seller.

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2018

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It completes your collection of the Dark Angel series.

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