Zone of the Enders

Zone of the Enders is an action game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 and released in 2001, in 2012 was remastered and released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Very frenetic and addictive gameplay and combat system.
 * 2) The original PlayStation 2 version came with a demo disc of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
 * 3) Well written and interesting story as other stories Hideo Kojima has written.
 * 4) Awesome mecha designs in courtesy of Yoji Shinkawa.
 * 5) Likable characters such as Leo and Viola, the previous two have sympathetic backstories.
 * 6) Very catchy and memorable soundtrack, especially the battle themes.
 * 7) The graphics look pretty good for an early PlayStation 2 game and were impressive for the time the game was initially released.
 * 8) The cutscenes are very well animated.
 * 9) The players can use a nice variety of additional weapons on the story mode.
 * 10) It has a versus mode which can be unlocked by finishing the story mode which lets the players use all the mechs (or Frames as the game calls them) from the game.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The story is too short, and can be completed in only one day.
 * 2) The enemy variety is very poor.
 * 3) Despite being rated M, there is barely any mature content, it could have been rated T instead (although the reason why this game has an M rating is because it came bundled with a demo of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty which is rated M).
 * 4) Awful English voice acting due to the poor localization. A problem shared with the sequel.