Loaded
	Genre: Action Developer: Gremlin Interactive
Publisher Region Released Interplay NA 01/01/1996

Your Account Options

You currently have no privileges related to this game profile because you are not signed into an HonestGamers account. Please log in, or click to register for a free user account.

More Reviews by pickhut
	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (Xbox 360) While I'm disheartened that Episode II feels the need to reuse stuff from past titles instead of attempting a 100% fresh game, for what it is... it's st...
	Choaniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko no Gyakushu (Saturn) !!~CAUTION~!! This review is best read with unsuspecting family members, close friends, or complete strangers for maximum effect. You have been warned.
	Brave Fencer Musashi (PlayStation) Most people anticipated games like Parasite Eve and Xenogears, but I showed zero interest in those, following instead a title called Brave Fencer Musashi...
	Wolf Fang (Saturn) Vapor Trail has a sequel called Wolf Fang. Let's focus on the more pressing issue first: Vapor Trail managed a sequel.
	PuLiRuLa (Saturn) Then you got anthropomorphic bottles in business attire, a painting of a nun that can whip out a huge tongue, and a towering sumo wrestler chilling beside Mount...

Best Saturn Games
	Panzer Dragoon Saga Average Rating: 10.0; Reviews: 2
	Christmas NiGHTS Average Rating: 9.0; Reviews: 2
	Guardian Heroes Average Rating: 9.0; Reviews: 2
	Galactic Attack Average Rating: 8.0; Reviews: 2
	Virtua Cop Average Rating: 7.0; Reviews: 2
	Die Hard Arcade Average Rating: 7.0; Reviews: 2
	Sexy Parodius Average Rating: 6.0; Reviews: 2
	Shinobi Legions Average Rating: 4.0; Reviews: 2

Looking for a good read?
Check out a selection from our database of more than 8000 reviews! pickhut has weighed in on Street Fighter: The Movie for the Saturn and figures it rates 6 out of 10. What do you think? Read the review, then be sure to leave feedback or chime in with one of your own!

User Review

Review by pickhut
July 16, 2010

The problem with Loaded is that, in its attempt to be an overhead dungeon crawler and shooting hybrid, it doesn't try hard to be either. When you first travel through the grim corridors that dominate the game, it feels like you could easily get lost, even with the aide of the map. However, you quickly realize it's just an illusion; walk a few feet in any direction at the start of a stage, and you'll be greeted by colored, locked doors. You'll continually bump into them until you find a corridor you can move through, where you will eventually find a colored keycard. Find the door with that matching color, move through its linear maze, find another keycard, and repeat the process for the entire game. There are two stages that stray from this formula, though. Instead of collecting keycards of the rainbow, you will be tasked with fetching four gas cans or four bombs! Such variety! Apparently, Gremlin Interactive stopped using their imagination after creating the screwed-up cast of convicts (a giant man-child with diapers and The Joker's bastard child, naming a few) to choose from.

On the action front, there's many aspects that went wrong as well. The most noticeable one is a flaw that triggers a domino effect for the others: the view. The strangest thing is that the default view happens to be an extreme close-up of your character. What purpose does this serve? Did the developers wanted players to see the details of the graphics that badly? Thankfully, you can zoom out... but it doesn't zoom out enough. Obviously, this creates problems in combat, since you really won't spot rushing enemies until it's too late.

Over the course of Loaded's 15 levels, you will easily learn just how annoying the rushers are. Thanks to the combination of the camera not panning out enough and the irritation of watching your character at times walk too close to the side of the screen, your opponents will have the advantage every time. This, in turn, presents a new problem to wrestle with... The bastards stick to you like glue! While you're desperately trying to reposition your avatar in the right directions, this gives the magnetic foes the opportunity to suck your life away. It comes off as a mild nuisance early on, but as the game goes on, and more enemies grope at the same time, it can turn you into a foul-mouthed geek in no time.

You know what's really messed up? Even if most of those problems were corrected, Loaded still won't feel like a lively, action-infested title. No matter how smart or strategic you try to be, the enemies will always hurt you. They just attack way too quick and accurate to dodge, and that just blows. Unlike other, similar games that require you to be sharp and dodge the wrath of their AI, Loaded just wants you to shoot blindly ahead, into the unknown, and hope for the best. You'll kill tons of people and things, but you just won't feel fully satisfied about it. This is most evident in the game's finale, when you face the antagonist: a slightly enhanced mini-boss with lame weapon upgrades. To rub it in, after you defeat him, your reward is a GAME OVER screen...

Loaded draws you in with its cast of freaks and promise of excessive violence, but in the end, it's just a game with shallow play mechanics.

Rating: 4/10

Feedback

Facebook()

Forums(0)

You can click the tabs on the above bar to choose whether you wish to read comments from visitors who have posted on Facebook, or from registered site users who have left feedback on the forums. Please leave a comment of your own if you have anything to say!

Info | Help | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise

© 1998-2012 HonestGamers
None of the material contained within this site--from reviews, guides, cheats and editorials to message board posts--may be reproduced in any conceivable fashion without permission from the author(s) of said material. This site is not sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, or any other such party. Loaded is a registered trademark of its copyright holder. This site makes no claim to Loaded, its characters, screenshots, artwork, music, or any intellectual property contained within. Opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent the opinion of site staff or sponsors.