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Xena: Warrior Princess

It may not be Tomb Raider 4, but it certainly kicks Deathtrap Dungeon up the mythological backside. Had it not been for the Chakram weapon then Xena: Warrior Princess could have simply been another polygon statistic sitting alongside many other similar titles such as Ninja, T'ai Fu and Akuji. However this weapon adds a whole new dimension to the gameplay in tactical and precision terms. Check it out!.

Xena: The Warrior Princess lijkt niet meer te zijn dan een schaamteloze poging van Universal en EA om een beetje geld te verdienen aan het succes van deze serie. Doe me een plezier en blijf gewoon lekker naar de televisie kijken.

Au final, on ne peut vraiment pas dire que Xena est un super jeu. Quelques bonnes idées, ici ou là, ne suffisent pas à convaincre. A éviter.

You'll fly easily through this title if you can find the motivation to attempt it, the hardest tasks being those set by working with the camera. There are a few points, such as battling the Cyclops on the beach, that break up the monotony of the hack-and-slash nature of the game, but they're exceptions, not the rule. Ultimately, X:WP feels as though its developers were focused so intently on making the title carry mass appeal that in the end, the result is a watered-down, thin, sorry state of a game barely deserving of a rental, let alone a purchase. Like Xena? Stick to the TV show and put this one out to pasture.