PS2 Anyone played 🎮 this KONAMI third-person shooter/hack-and-slash Produced by HIDEO KOJIMA? (Also got an anime adaptation).

[Guel Jeturk]

Scrolling through the PS2 Rom Section i found this Game, I've searched on the WEB for Reviews and more details and then boom flashback.

Never played the game but i have a faint memory of the Anime adaptation i watched many years back, i really love fast paced action mecha games thinking of giving
it a try. Before i kamikaze in it please tell me what you think about it, is it really worth it? The Reviews are more confusing than giving a real vibe what's all about.
Even gameplay videos cant convince me is it worth my time or nothing special? As you keep progressing got any hypes or is mediocre and the same monostatic feel until the end..


Z.O.E. Dolores, I is a Japanese anime television series set in the Zone of the Enders universe. The television series was produced by Sunrise, aired from 7 April – 29 September 2001, spanning a total of 26 episodes.

Adventure, Comedy, Mecha, Military

Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo is a Japanese anime original video animation, set as a prequel to the original Zone of the Enders game. It serves to explain the war between Earth and Mars, and the origin of the Orbital Frame technology. The events also lead into the TV series Z.O.E. Dolores, I.

Drama, Mecha, Military, Romance
55min OVA

Tell us what you think and your experiences about it. Thank you

 

[kanesha]

must play! armored core nervously smoking in the corner

 

[Stingy Perry]

Dude it’s kinda like what if Kohima wrote a Gundam story that’s how kickass it is.

 

[Yousef]

That’s a really long title. Was it so hard to just write “Anyone played Zone of the Enders”?

 

[Hikari.EXE]

I gotta agree with Yousef, you could have just said THAT.
Surprised more people don't know what Z.O.E is.

 

[kanesha]

Silence you two, this post is better than anything you have ever written in your entire careers!

 

[freebie#47]

I got the xbox 360 HD remake of 1 and 2. It was a free gift, and boy is it great.

 

[E0N]

Excellent game! Has the 2nd best gameplay in all Mecha genre after AC6. Was really surprised how good the controls felt.

 

[destinyduelist]

A must play, and another game added to the "Back when Konami made good games" list

 

[Hikari.EXE]

A must play, and another game added to the "Back when Konami made good games" list

Correction, back when Konami made games.

 

[Elpetro]

I was a avid fan of two of the most niche series on the PS2 era: .hack and Zone of the Enders.

I was entranced since I played ZOE Fist of Mars on GBA and as soon as I got the PS2 I played the first one an obcene amount of times, I also watched ZOE idolo after my first run and its a good OVA that ties the trauma of Viola with his lover.

Dolores is... just fine. It's a little bit mecha tropes one after another and the story is not something that I remember very fondly but seeing a full anime based on ZOE was an absolute blast.

You are going to love ZOE 2. It's perfect.

 

[PhrawzT]

Great game. I got it the day it came out and beat it twice over the following week. Haven't really played it much since then, sadly.

 

[destinyduelist]

Correction, back when Konami made games.

No they still make some, they just never go beyond being average or mediocre.
Thankfully with them having made the single best looking and best performing digital card game client and a really successful and well done remake of a beloved classic I have hopes for MGS3. (Although, I guess to be fair they didn't even make the SH2R, nor are they really making MGS3R from what I understand)

 

[Hikari.EXE]

No they still make some, they just never go beyond being average or mediocre.
Thankfully with them having made the single best looking and best performing digital card game client and a really successful and well done remake of a beloved classic I have hopes for MGS3. (Although, I guess to be fair they didn't even make the SH2R, nor are they really making MGS3R from what I understand)

Man I wish we had a Master Duel style client for the Digimon Card game, I have many cards but never had the chance to play.

 

[destinyduelist]

Man I wish we had a Master Duel style client for the Digimon Card game, I have many cards but never had the chance to play.

I wish we had a Master Duel style client for EVERY card game, and I wish we had a new Zone of The Enders to keep it in theme with the thread lol

 

[Varyag]

I knew exactly what game you meant before I even finished reading the title, lol.
I tried playing the first one on an old PCSX2 build, and it pissed me way off back then that my poor laptop just could not run the game. Most of the emulation was heavily CPU bound with that game. I should try again on the modern build of the emulator in my much more powerful current PC.

 

[regnor]

First game is relatively simple and somewhat repetitive. There's also a quite a bit of backtracking. However, it's has a decent story, straightforward gameplay and great atmosphere. Action is pretty unique, fast-paced and fun. It's pretty short too so you might as well try it.

Second one has superior and faster fighting mechanics and has some of the best 3rd person action on the PS2 and games in general. No more backtracking, more unique level design but too many escort missions. English translation is basically MTL and dialogue is nonsensical sometimes.

Dolores anime is funny and about a divorced trucker trying to reconnect with his family while getting involved in a space war.

 

[Parasite_Steve]

The world took a wrong turn when we never got a ZoE 3.

Due to Kojima‘s involvement and the inclusion of the MGS2 demo (well, video in Europe…) it received a decent amount of hype that wasn’t fully justified but it was a really fun and unique game that was then completely blown out of the water by its sequel. Just aesthetically ZoE 2 is still a sight to behold and the combat and fluency of the gameplay almost feel more at home in the current gen than they did back then. Definitely a series that ended prematurely.
One of those games that is rarely talked about these days but at the time it was a vivid showcase of the PS2‘s powers and felt truly next-gen. I don’t think I’ve seen a generational jump this massive in my lifetime since.