PlayStation 2

Project Eden

While Project Eden boasts above-average PS2 graphics and great ambient sounds, its true strength lies in the level design and well-thought-out presentation. Each massive level contains tons of obstacles to overcome using the unique strengths of your team. Only slightly unintuitive control gets in the way of really enjoying the game, and you?ll even get used to that.

Although Project Eden includes a first-person view, a variety of weapons, and a deathmatch multiplayer mode, don't expect to engage in the chaotic combat of a first-person shooter such as Red Faction. Instead, Core Design's Project Eden concentrates on level design and inventive puzzles to create the tension and action. The lengthy and addicting single-player game and the multiplayer component should keep aspiring urban protectors occupied for quite some time.

Project Eden überrascht mit einer ansehnlichen Grafik und einer sehr professionellen Inszenierung im Hollywood-Stil. Leider ist die Schrift im Menü sehr schlecht lesbar und die Missionsziele sind nicht so gut erklärt. So kann es schon mal passieren, dass man an einem Puzzle etwas länger zu grübeln hat oder Ziellos in der Gegend rumläuft. Trotzdem ist Eden ein sehr schönes Spiel mit vielen neuen Ideen!

There are other issues bogging the game down like the incompetent artificial intelligence. of computer-controlled characters (your team will often get stuck behind obstacles—be prepared for some shepherding) and the lack of any significant characterization (three sentences between levels doesn't cut it). But in spite of this, the game has an undeniably amazing world to take part in, and I never once stopped marveling at it from start to finish.

Det största problemet med spelet är att man tröttnar efter ett tag, inte minst om man bara är en spelare. Det tar ofta rätt lång tid att klara av banorna, och allt springande hit och dit med de olika gubbarna går en i slutändan på nerverna. Men trots det är Project Eden ett bra spel, och ett tidsfördriv som inte alls är fel.

I’ve been hit with the one-two punch. Twice in a row now, I have been given games that had all the potential in the world to be really cool, but failed -- Batman Vengeance and this one. A neat idea having a city where the socio-economics are broken down so structurally. With nasty goings on occurring in the recesses of the city, I honestly wanted to love this game. But, it really didn’t live up to what I thought Eidos should have made. If you read our scoring breakdown, you will see that games in the 70s are usually genre specific. Well, this game is not only genre specific, but it’s also a disappointment. Some will play this game and want to start a cult based on it; others will wonder why I scored it so nicely.

The game’s pace is painfully slow, and like most puzzle games of this type, the payoff is far from satisfying. The menu system has some good points, but not enough to make a difference for me.