Is Battle Nexus (PS2) good?

*Spike Spiegel* · 11-20-2006, 02:38 PM

I am going to buy it soon if it is.

*Spitfire* · 11-20-2006, 09:42 PM

For 10 bucks it's good, for anything more then that, stay far far away. If your a fan then you'd like it. Plus the new guy Slashuur you can play as is really cool.

*Ecto Jedi* · 11-20-2006, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Marty McFly

I am going to buy it soon if it is.

I very much enjoyed it. It's not without its flaws, that's for damn sure, but it's a huge improvement over the first PS2 Turtles game. I'd recommend the third one, Mutant Nightmare, personally -- though both are pretty good arcade games.

**GK Punk** · 11-20-2006, 10:10 PM

I enjoyed it. I know a lot of people around here have nothing but bad things to say about it, but if it's relativley cheap, go for it.

*Spike Spiegel* · 11-21-2006, 06:49 AM

I'll be able to get it for less than ten bucks...I consider myself a fan and I really liked the PS2 version of the first game, so I know I'll like this. Isn't there some function where you have an AI partner (like, for example, I play as Donatello, and the computer aids me as another Turtle that I choose)?

Plus with the arcade game I won't have to go to my local Chuck E. Cheese's to play it anymore!!!

Raph'N'Roll · 11-21-2006, 05:15 PM

I have to warn you that combos are a pain, and ruin the flow of the game, when you start you have only a few moves and can't even jump properly.
You should never have to unlock basic moves in a beat'em up, the more moves you have at your disposal the better it is, even the more complex moves should be there, it's just a matter of figuring out how to pull them off.
These are the basic staples of some of the best fighting games in existence, and battle nexus ignores them completely.
Only later levels will be enjoyable(but frustratingly so), because you'll have more moves, but as I said pulling them off is a pain, and yet some of them amount to very basic attacks.

At Least Ubisoft is making the movie tie in.

*Ecto Jedi* · 11-21-2006, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Marty McFly

Plus with the arcade game I won't have to go to my local Chuck E. Cheese's to play it anymore!!!

Sorry to say it, but odds are you'll hate the port in Battle Nexus, solely because of the fact that they couldn't acquire the rights to any of the old sound effects or music. (Yep, no main TMNT theme.) What's worse, they replaced it with digitized music from the new cartoon...Sacrilege, to the extreme.

Ra · 11-22-2006, 03:48 AM

If you are a true fan, buy it. If you have your doubts, don't buy it. Even though the game has improved from the first turtle game, it has the camera FAR away from the action to the point of insanity, and the combos have no work done to them what-so ever. I say you just get "Mutant Nightmare", which I am going to get soon... *gazes whitsfully into the future* Still, if you think you'll get some entertainment out of it, go for it. I was pretty disappointed, but then again I was in "invincable" mode

*Spike Spiegel* · 11-22-2006, 06:42 AM

Heh, I just skipped it and bought the first game and will get Mutant nightmare for Christmas...

Besides the first game for PS2 has a special place in my heart as it is the first Turtles game I played.

Ra · 11-23-2006, 02:30 AM

Good choice Marty. I think you chose wisely

Besides, the only thing you are missing out is just playing as Slasshur, Karai, Casey and Splinter. And to be truthful, they don't do anything different to the turtles. No, I'm sure you made a wise decision with Mutant Nightmare

*Spike Spiegel* · 11-24-2006, 10:41 AM

Thanks...I feel a lot better now.

~~AquaParade~~ · 11-25-2006, 01:53 PM

Ya, Mutant Nightmare is definitley a better purchase. For some reason I think i enjoyed the first tmnt game more than battle nexus.

*Spike Spiegel* · 11-25-2006, 02:29 PM

I feel a lot better about that now....can't wait till Christmas!!! And even though the Turtles In Time port may not be the greatest, I still won't have to go to my local video game store to play it!!

11-20-2006, 09:42 PM	#2
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	For 10 bucks it's good, for anything more then that, stay far far away. If your a fan then you'd like it. Plus the new guy Slashuur you can play as is really cool. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

11-22-2006, 03:48 AM	#8
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	If you are a true fan, buy it. If you have your doubts, don't buy it. Even though the game has improved from the first turtle game, it has the camera FAR away from the action to the point of insanity, and the combos have no work done to them what-so ever. I say you just get "Mutant Nightmare", which I am going to get soon... gazes whitsfully into the future Still, if you think you'll get some entertainment out of it, go for it. I was pretty disappointed, but then again I was in "invincable" mode __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

11-23-2006, 02:30 AM	#10
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Good choice Marty. I think you chose wisely Besides, the only thing you are missing out is just playing as Slasshur, Karai, Casey and Splinter. And to be truthful, they don't do anything different to the turtles. No, I'm sure you made a wise decision with Mutant Nightmare __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

11-20-2006, 10:10 PM	#4
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	I enjoyed it. I know a lot of people around here have nothing but bad things to say about it, but if it's relativley cheap, go for it.

11-21-2006, 05:15 PM	#6
Raph'N'Roll Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 313	I have to warn you that combos are a pain, and ruin the flow of the game, when you start you have only a few moves and can't even jump properly. You should never have to unlock basic moves in a beat'em up, the more moves you have at your disposal the better it is, even the more complex moves should be there, it's just a matter of figuring out how to pull them off. These are the basic staples of some of the best fighting games in existence, and battle nexus ignores them completely. Only later levels will be enjoyable(but frustratingly so), because you'll have more moves, but as I said pulling them off is a pain, and yet some of them amount to very basic attacks. At Least Ubisoft is making the movie tie in.

11-25-2006, 01:53 PM	#12
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	Ya, Mutant Nightmare is definitley a better purchase. For some reason I think i enjoyed the first tmnt game more than battle nexus.