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     * Rudie: Oh man is this game awesome.  I love it.  It is Half-Life 1 done by the Japanese.  It is pretty brutally unfair at points, but I can't help but love everything it does for first person perspective, and that Xen in this game is //Halo//.
     * tacotaskforce: //Breakdown// is a japanese //[[game:Half-Life]]//. It has a lot of flaws, some set-pieces that don't quite work out, and other set-pieces that are fucking fantastic.
-    * Swarm: This game owns. It's a bit of an Xbox sacred cow for those SB folks in da know. I mean, it's basically a Japanese Half-Life and Halo clone, but with an absolutely insane Japanese sci-fi story and totally ludicrous first-person fighting system. Interestingly enough, it actually does a few things that Half-Life 2 would also do, but a year earlier. Things such as driving in large outdoor areas, an AI companion named Alex who accompanies you through most of the game and a bunch of cutscenes that play out within the environment. I recommend playing on Easy if you're just checking out this game and see its insanity. The combat in the game is enjoyable when frustration is at a minimum. There's this move in the game that they never tell you about when you press both triggers to slide into an enemy which stuns them, then immediately pressing the right trigger again sending them flying half way across the room with an uppercut. On Easy this is enough to one-shot kill most enemies and it feels awesome every time you do it.
+    * Swarm: This game owns. It's a bit of an Xbox sacred cow for those SB folks in da know. I mean, it's basically a Japanese Half-Life and Halo clone, but with an absolutely insane Japanese sci-fi story and totally ludicrous first-person fighting system. Interestingly enough, it actually does a few things that Half-Life 2 would also do, but a year earlier. Things such as driving in large outdoor areas, an AI companion named Alex who accompanies you through most of the game and a bunch of cutscenes that play out within the environment. I recommend playing on Easy if you're just checking out this game to see its insanity. The combat in the game is enjoyable when frustration is at a minimum. There's this move in the game that they never tell you about when you press both triggers to slide into an enemy which stuns them, then immediately pressing the right trigger again sending them flying half way across the room with an uppercut. On Easy this is enough to one-shot kill most enemies and it feels awesome every time you do it.
   ***//Burnout 3: Takedown//** (also on: PS2)
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   ***//Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge//**
     * Tulpa: A nice arcade flight shooter.
+    * Swarm: It's like Disney's Talespin if instead of a bear it starred Nathan Drake from Uncharted. The game gives you a bunch of big maps and lets you do a bunch of missions in them until you move on. Has some nice early levels that have you flying through island caves that it drops way too early. Simplistic but solid gameplay, if you know how to lead targets you'll win every time.
   ***//Deathrow//** (BC)