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Rampage: Total Destruction

Overall despite the annoyance of the controls, the sheer fun to be had in the gameplay makes this worth the money alone, climbing up the side of the building and pounding it with your monsters fist has never been so much fun, so at a price of £16.99 you can you really afford to miss this game?

Midway's Rampage: Total Destruction, an update of the classic giant-monsters-destroying-cities coin-op game, is one of the first budget titles for the Nintendo Wii. It's also one of the most flat-out entertaining arcade games for the console, tasking you with using a skyscraper-sized beast to wipe out the major cities of the world. It's like Godzilla meets King Kong meets freaky crab monster meets giant rhino meets... you know, there are 40 of these in all, covering most of the animal kingdom and a few random oddities besides. You get the idea.

Gezieltes Packen von Personen bleibt dem Zufall überlassen. 40 Monster mit unterschiedlichen Stärken und Schwächen sorgen für Abwechslung in der sonst monotonen Zerstörungsorgie. Als Bonus befinden sich die Spielhallen- und die N64-Version auf der Disk. Genau wie die vier Modi des Hauptspiels können auch sie von mehreren Personen gleichzeitig gezockt werden. Trotz technischer Schwächen sorgen die niedrigen Anschaffungskosten für ein gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis.

The quarter crunching classic that has basically remained the same throughout the years finally changes just a Wii bit, but still not enough to draw in any new fans.

If you know what to expect going in the game will not disappoint you. With a budget price tag and plenty of extras to keep you playing for quite a while Rampage: Total Destruction is a fine addition to the Wii library. If you already own it on the previous consoles there isn’t much here to warrant a second purchase, but with a few tweaks and some polish this game could easily make a comeback in the world of games.

Once you become acquainted with the controls, Total Destruction can be a fun diversion for a little while. It won't take long for players to realize that there isn't a lot of depth there, but depth isn't something the Rampage series has been known for. Multiplayer is a lot of fun. There is still something incredibly satisfying about beating your buddy up until he shrinks down to a little naked person and then eating him for lunch. The inclusion of the classic games meshes well with what Nintendo is trying to do with the Virtual Console, and they add a lot of value to the purchase. If you are a fan of the series, you'll want to try Total Destruction out, but don't expect a thought-provoking experience.

Rampage: Total Destruction is a very weak game that doesn't do what a launch title should - i.e. make you want to buy a Wii (the very thought sounds disgusting!) Instead, Midway have produced a sloppy, unimaginative title that on the Gamecube was barely passable and on a next generation console is just not acceptable!

As I just mentioned, there are plenty of new creatures and levels that definitely add a little more fun and replayability than the original, but it’s still basically a supped up version of the basic smash’em-up arcade classic. So, if all you want is a little mindless, simple, fun, easy, gratuitous destruction, this game’s for you. If you’re looking for a thinking man’s game, Rampage: Total Destruction probably isn’t for you.

Rampage Total Destruction has some extra (slightly wonky) controls and better visuals, but it's still Rampage. If you enjoyed that game you're probably going to like this one as well; the inclusion of the original arcade games is a welcome bonus. If the original arcade game wasn't your cup of tea or the idea of smashing buildings over and over again doesn't appeal then you'll probably want to avoid it, but by now it can be had so cheap it just might be worth a punt.

If you were a big fan of Rampage and have been thinking "I'd like this more if I could physically punch instead of button mash!", then you're pretty much the target audience. As a fan of Rampage back in the day, it's enjoyable, but probably not worth a full purchase, but maybe still worth at least a rental.

Rampage sticks out like a giant, mutated thumb in the Wii launch library: It doesn't have a popular kids license attached to it; it isn't a killer app; and the game it's porting isn't all that popular to begin with. In fact, Total Destruction could be construed as the first budget title on Wii -- retailing for $20. With all that against it, you could still do a lot worse with your Wii than this bad boy.

I wanted to really like Rampage: Total Destruction as I thought that it would make a great addition as a party game for the Nintendo Wii. In concept it is a great game, but the execution and half baked controls really ruin this game that would have been on gamers must have list. In the end this game ends up being a really sloppy port of a game on other consoles.

If you can look past the ancient gameplay mechanics (even with Wii controls), you’ll find a game that does exactly what it set out to do: keep you entertained with mindless button mashing for a few hours.

Generally speaking, if a franchise has survived 20 years in the videogame industry, it’s usually something special. Mario, Zelda and Metroid are some of the titles in this elite group, and they’re all still going very strong (both in terms of sales and gameplay quality). One series proves to me that you can last two decades without being spectacular: Rampage. While not as prolific as the aforementioned titles, the series has been around since the arcade game debuted in 1986. Mario evolved and introduced 3D gaming as we know it. Zelda followed suit with one of the greatest games of all time (Ocarina of Time) and another huge one on the way. Metroid proved the naysayers wrong and went first-person to spectacular results. Rampage, on the other hand……..well, you’re still a big monkey that punches buildings until they collapse.

Do you remember Rampage? I’m sure a lot of you do. This arcade classic probably ate away many of your quarters, just for the simplistic carnage you could inflict on cities. There really was nothing more to it. You just climbed buildings, beat the crap out of them, and then moved to the next one when your original target collapsed in a heap of broken rubble and smoke. Like older series, Rampage has been remade over the console generations. This is where we come to Total Destruction, which is Midway’s latest update to the Rampage series.

The fact that Rampage: Total Destruction was already a pretty mediocre game to begin with means that a Wii version requires some serious revamping and widespread improvements to make it something worthwhile. No such luck, it seems. Yes, you can hammer the Wii control up and down to make with the smashing, but this act does exactly zero to make the game any more playable, or any less annoyingly repetitive. At best, Total Destruction is a brief distraction. At worst, it's an obsolete relic from too many years ago that now, on the Wii, seems even more antiquated and out of place.

When played along with the right people, Rampage: Total Destruction can be a total blast. Then again, so can nude Twister, at half the cost. Play with reasonable expectations and you'll like the new Rampage just fine...

Rampage: Total Destruction is a disappointment on the Wii. The lack of traditional controls, extra levels or anything new in general makes it feel like Gadzuke instead of Godzilla. Unfortunately, nobody wants to be Gadzuke.

Like hooking up with an ex-girlfriend, Rampage: Total Destruction is a familiar bit of fun, until its annoying quirks ultimately push you over the edge. For the retro-minded though, Rampage and Rampage: World Destruction are included on the disc. Playing through them just goes to show that things are better left in the past.

Like hooking up with an ex-girlfriend, Rampage: Total Destruction is a familiar bit of fun, until its annoying quirks ultimately push you over the edge. For the retro-minded though, Rampage and Rampage: World Destruction are included on the disc. Playing through them just goes to show that things are better left in the past.

I remember my first experience with Rampage in the arcades many years ago. I loved the game because it wasn’t like anything else at the time. It was a quarter muncher because you wanted to destroy everything in sight and make your way up to the top score. So, when Rampage: Total Destruction arrived I was eager to play it for the first time on a brand new console hoping that they’d done something fabulous with the gameplay with the new motion sensing controller. It was all for naught though, as I learned after the first few stages.

Zoals wel blijkt uit het eerder geschrevene is Rampage: Total Destruction een redelijk spel geworden dat helaas veel te repetitief is en stompzinnig gebruik van de WiiMote toevoegt, wat de besturing zo goed als om zeep helpt. Een leuk spel voor een half uurtje met wat vrienden, maar daarna gegarandeerd voor een stoflaagje in de kast. Ondanks de budgetprijs zijn geld niet waard dus.

Bien que Rampage m'ait laissé un agréable souvenir, ce remake n'a pas eu le même effet sur ma personne. Vite redondant, limité et poussif dans sa progression, Rampage Total Destruction n'a pas beaucoup de points positifs à présenter pour sa défense. Le côté nostalgique de l'ensemble n'étant pas vraiment suffisant pour pousser les papys du jeu vidéo à acquérir ce titre, je ne vois pas vraiment qui pourrait être intéressé par un soft se résumant à casser du béton pendant 8 heures d'affilée.

The original Rampage was a repetitive 1986 quarter-muncher that let three players bash the crap out of a whole bunch of practically identical cities. Twenty years later, the formula hasn't changed a bit.

Simply put, if you were considering picking up this game due to its relatively cheap price of $29.99 USD then you should strongly reconsider. There’s hardly anything commendable to say about Rampage: Total Destruction, and unless you were a diehard Rampage arcade fanatic longing for nostalgia, chances are you will only be disappointed after purchasing this. It’s disappointing to see such poor titles released so early in the Wii’s life, and we can only hope that this trend doesn’t continue.

I remember not too long ago when I first picked up a game from the Rampage franchise, which quite frankly was one of the most addictive games I have played. It was one of those games that you sat there playing for hours and then wondered why exactly I am enjoying this so much. It is just a good solid game that gave some cheap thrills. Now many years later we have the Rampage franchise doing the same thing it has always done with new names and less success. Now with Nintendo's brand new Wii, Midway is hoping to revitalize their ailing franchise. So can Rampage Total Destruction turn the series around? Read our full review to find out!

The game offers nothing over the GameCube version (480i and 4:3 display; for shame), and there are just too many better options at launch. We count the days until Midway supports the virtual console, but until it does our cash is going elsewhere, and we suggest you follow suit.

Sin duda, el resurgir de Rampage ha sido un completo desastre, y de verdad ha "arrasado" con todo lo que podría haber ofrecido. El 3D no le ha sentado nada bien, tiene muy poca variedad de acciones, los escenarios son pequeños, se repite y cansa al rato corto de jugar. Sin embargo, es una opción pasable para alquilar durante unos días y probar su multijugador, sin llegar a ser nada del otro mundo.

I find it remarkable how such games are brought to market. The game carries a "12+" logo due to the amount of violence but offers the amount of depth that gets equalled by an enfants scientific knowledge. The game is so incredibly boring that I even prefer watching the weather channel.

On paper, Rampage Total Destruction has a lot going for it: a vast menagerie of monsters to control, plenty of cities to destroy and complete arcade conversions of the original Rampage and Rampage World Tour available to unlock. But the bottom line is that the core gameplay is tedious beyond belief - so much so that I doubt you'd even get value from renting it.

Rampage: Total Destruction is a total failure as a Nintendo Wii title. If the controls worked whatsoever, it might have fared slightly better, but they don’t. They don’t at all, and that’s what makes this game so horrible to play. Rampage: Total Destruction quickly joins the ranks of flops like GT Pro Series and Happy Feet in the Nintendo Wii library.

While the Wii is already breaking new ground, it takes a game like this to bring a new owner back to reality and realize that failures like this are sadly going to happen. While hardly a classic, this mildly fun romp could have grasped retro gaming fans with familiar mechanics. If it has any chance of doing that, Total Destruction isn't going to pull it off on the Wii.

Quarter-munchers were a fixture early in the history of video games, and Rampage was one of the exemplars of the genre. A huge number of stages, coupled with the cathartic fun of mindlessly destroying buildings, combined to relieve gamers of a lot of pocket change. The concept is solid enough that the series resurfaces with some success every few years, and this is one of those years. Midway Games adapted their early 2006 Gamecube and PlayStation 2 versions of Rampage: Total Destruction for the Wii, but the resulting wreckage falls flatter than the remains of the Peoria skyscrapers players left in their wake playing arcade versions of earlier games in the series.

So while this could be construed as the first Wii budget release, to date it’s certainly the worst release for the system. As such your money is best spent elsewhere and hopefully Rampage will be locked away in intensive care for some much needed surgery. Somehow, deep down, Gamestyle knows it will return when really it should left to retro enthusiasts.

De nieuwe controls weten van een slecht spel niet plots iets goeds te maken. Vergeleken met de PS2-versie is er totaal geen verbetering en dat terwijl Midway een jaar lang de tijd had om er wel iets van te maken. Reden genoeg om het spel nog een punt lager te geven.

So the only way to actually play the game is by using the Nunchuk's stick and tapping A on the Remote. That's right; we're not even using the motion-sensing capabilities, which was the slim justification for the higher cost of this port. In fact, we could derive the same result if we plugged in a GameCube controller to play the GameCube version, at a cheaper cost...if we really wanted to play the game at all. As such, Rampage: Total Destruction is broken and a perfect example of how not to port a game to the Wii. (And then charge extra for it.)