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The Mark of Kri by bastage 07/26/2003, 9:33pm PDT
I think I'm the only person on the planet who actually bought it but I still find myself going back to Mark of Kri when I feel like just completely shredding people for 5 minutes at a time.

It's gimmick is in the 'patented' fighting engine that only seems to get deeper the more you play. I won't go into the details unless you're interested since there are dozens of articles that have already done so, but it really does let you mix things up with swarms of enemies without ever making you feel like the controls are what caused you to die. (Unlike DW4, blocking actually does something.)

The game is also very graphic .. slicing off a guys head and then taking one of his legs out from under him while blood is spraying out of the hole in his neck is fairly common. (And not even the most violent thing you'll see.) What's nice is that none of it is canned. If you were swinging at his leg and he wasn't blocking and you were the right distance away it might come off. (Actually, some of the stealth moves in the story mode are canned but that doesn't count.)

Anyway, lots of fun once you play enough of the story mode (or use cheats) to unlock the arenas and you can probably pick it up used for less than $10 nowadays.
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Unlimited SaGa: Holy.Fucking.Shit. by Lizard_King 07/23/2003, 1:18am PDT NEW
    told you so. NT by K. Thor Jensen 07/23/2003, 12:30pm PDT NEW
        Wha? When? I must have missed that. NT by Lizard_King 07/23/2003, 12:54pm PDT NEW
            He told me so. NT by mrs. johnson 07/23/2003, 1:51pm PDT NEW
                Ah.... by Lizard_King 07/24/2003, 10:32pm PDT NEW
    Hell, even Gamespot gave it like a 4/10. by Lizard_King 07/23/2003, 1:18pm PDT NEW
        Ape Escape 2 by curst 07/23/2003, 2:25pm PDT NEW
            Re: Ape Escape 2 by Lizard_King 07/24/2003, 10:39pm PDT NEW
        PS2 games by FABIO 07/23/2003, 2:39pm PDT NEW
            Re: PS2 games by Lizard_King 07/24/2003, 10:31pm PDT NEW
                The Mark of Kri by bastage 07/26/2003, 9:33pm PDT NEW
                    Re: The Mark of Kri by Lizard_King 07/28/2003, 7:21pm PDT NEW
                        Re: The Mark of Kri by bastage 07/28/2003, 10:51pm PDT NEW
                            "earning" Arenas? by Lizard_King 08/02/2003, 12:34am PDT NEW
                                The commercial for that game rocked by FABIO 08/02/2003, 4:12am PDT NEW
                                Re: "earning" Arenas? by bastage 08/02/2003, 9:17pm PDT NEW
                                    Don't be sad. by Lizard_King 08/03/2003, 11:47am PDT NEW
                                        Err, "was". NT by Lizard_King 08/03/2003, 11:47am PDT NEW
                Re: PS2 games by FABIO 07/26/2003, 11:11pm PDT NEW
                    Re: PS2 games by Lizard_King 07/28/2003, 7:30pm PDT NEW
                        CODE VERONICA??!??!?! by FABIO 07/28/2003, 9:34pm PDT NEW
                            Re: CODE VERONICA??!??!?! by Lizard_King 07/28/2003, 10:35pm PDT NEW
            Re: PS2 games by I need clarification 07/28/2003, 8:35pm PDT NEW
                Re: PS2 games by bastage 07/28/2003, 10:39pm PDT NEW
                    Re: PS2 games by I need clarification 07/28/2003, 11:48pm PDT NEW
    Re: Unlimited SaGa: Holy.Fucking.Shit. by Flurgendorf J. Creexul 07/23/2003, 5:53pm PDT NEW
 
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