Rune

The Good
To be honest i wasn't a fan when i first played Rune, i was really confused, not knowing where the hell i'm going, but i sat down and gave it a fair trial and once i learned some important skills i was hooked! Okay... graphics, not the greatest but they deserve to be mentioned, they provide a nice atmosphere, the backgrounds and inanimate objects are done very well. The cut scenes are also done well; Odin's big ass head speaking to you is cool. Surprised the hell out of me the first time though! The character voices are excellent, Odin's voice is great, it has a realistic sound to it ya' know? Not just some dufus reading his lines without emotion, it's a big plus! And then you got that punk on the first level...i believe he was chopping wood or something..anyway he talks shit to you! Too bad you can't strangle people in Rune! Another plus for Rune, it ran like a hot knife through butter (my system sucks, for lack of a nicer explanation) and not many games run smooth, Rune however ran beautifully! Weapons (oh baby) lots of 'em, different shapes, sizes and strengths another big plus! Speaking discreetly... near the end of the game when Ragnar has his "change of life" so to speak now that was just down right awesome!

The Bad
Not too many bad points, a couple though. For instance i recall two points in the game where there was (or so it seemed) no way to advance in two of the levels. i got to a certain point and blah, door or gate wouldn't open, i pulled every switch/lever and still nothing. i even consulted a walkthrough to no avail. Good thing for cheat codes. i mean i hate using cheat codes my first go round in a game but i was screwed... oh well. Jumping on those "super jump pad thingy’s" is cool but when you’re flying through the air he's stiff as a board, arms at his sides, it just looked terrible. Not a wide variety of enemy's either, fighting the same guys over and over got tedious to say the least. The ending... what was with the ending? i was expecting to sit down with Odin, have a nice meal of lizards and enemy meat and maybe talk about the quality of Viking porn while sipping a fine wine but that didn't happen... i really expected something more... again, sigh, oh well.

The Bottom Line
Excellent! It's probably dirt cheap to buy too, so do it!