Zone of the Enders HD Collection

I have fond memories of playing Zone of the Enders with a close friend, we used to do speed runs through this and Resident Evil, years and years ago, and was looking forward playing again, unfortunately this title doesn't work on PS4. This is one of Kojima's best games, lots of bright colors, fast paced action, interesting characters and compelling storyline. If you still have the hardware, I can't recommend this one enough.

Chances are, you don't care about ZoE 1. It was never that great, and all the attention went to The Second Runner, the game you're really paying for with this. And considering that it's $9.99 new right now, it's hard to beat that.I avoided this game after hearing that the frame rates were astonishingly bad. It took some time, but eventually Konami decided to make the game playable, though I'm reading people have gone up to patch 1.4 of the game. When I first booted the game (today), it was Patch 2.0. I have no idea what the difference is, but the good news is, ZoE 2 is playable, and it's one damned fine nostalgia trip to when games were, you know, fun.My own bias aside toward the new generation of games nowadays that actually convinced me to cancel my PS4 pre-order completely (upon realizing that new consoles with new features used to mean a LOT more before those features became annoying--namely, the "social" features. What a joy those are, since my "social features" on the PS3 consist of receiving nonstop hate-mail because I play a lot of fighting games online. I don't know what the heck else other people are getting out of it, but that's it for me.), this is a nice drive back to when games were, well, cooler. ZoE 2 was definitely something else, and it still is, and holds up very well to today.Though I realize the possibility is very slim (and these types of games went off the market for the simple reason that they don't sell as well as Call of Duty and the biggest mountain of DLC you'll ever see in your life. End of discussion on that, really.), I'd absolutely love to see some other more-obscure PS2 classics make their way at least into the PSN Store. I miss the .Hack series (both of them) and others of the like.But I'm going off-track. The point is that the game's playable again, and dirt-cheap, though I doubt for long. Might wanna snag this up quick, to my knowledge it's out-of-print by now.Cool stuff. Love that mech action.

I like giant robots. I like Gundam, Big O, Power Rangers, Voltron, Gurren Laggan and many others. So when I was told that back in the glorious age of the PlayStation 2 Hideo Kojima and his crew released a high speed giant robot series with an anime like flair and that it was being Re-released on the PS3 in HD, I was slightly interested. Finally getting my hands on this collection was a special moment for me. It's a great series, one of the best I have ever played. So please understand that when I say that I hate Zone of the Enders it is for a very specific reason that might not be a good reason at all : Leo Stenbuck. He is awful. His voice actor is awful. I hate him and everyone that defends him so much so that every good thing that happens to him and every victory he gains angers me. He almost ruins the game for me but not quite.What does ruin ZOE for me is 2nd Runner. There is a huge jump in quality between these games. Every thing about 2nd Runner is better. The lead character is better, the plot is better, the characters are better, the gameplay is better and the subtle cel-shading is gorgeous. 2nd Runner is more of the game I expected than the first so that first fight after completing ZOE was a nice surprise. My favorite difference is the grab mechanics. In ZOE you grab a guy and knock him back. In 2nd Runner you can use him as a weapon, a shield and throw him into his allies. ZOE is a decent game by itself but 2nd Runner is miles ahead of it. Totally recommend 2nd Runner but ZOE is a miss for me.

really good game, they fix the frame rates problems I already finish both zoe 1 and 2 with every single trophy ( 4 hours and something zoe 1 and like also the same time zoe 2)I had never try before zoe 1 but for me it seems to be a bit slow and also zoe 1 sometimes when your going to start a fight at the biginning of one area it froze like for 3 sec but just only once, it usually happens to me on factory 1 and town 1 I think, but it only happens when you enter the area and your going to start your first fight and then never happens again if you continue and is not a big deal everything else is perfect, by the way I been talking about the ps3 version,and on zoe 2 everything seems fine so for everyone that is afraid of buying this games because of the negative reviews and the frame rates problems dont be afraid, I recomend this games, they fix the problems and now you can enjoy it, and now with a better price.have fun now, you can now pick it up with your eyes closed dont be afraid is been patched.

I purchased this game knowing it might have some problems. I received the game in short time. Installed the disk in my ps3 it prompted me for a update. It downloaded it quickly. The game booted up and has ran great. I never played the ps2 version so i have nothing to refer to for comparison. The game its self so far is great on the game play side. The story on the first Z.O.E. was definitely for a teenage kids and had very little depth. I have jest started Z.O.E. THE SECOND RUNNER. Gameplay wise it is a little better. The story so far is better as well. Although it is still for teens witch being a kojima game took me of guard. The only real complaint i have in the game is that there isn't a look inversion and the up and down are backwards from real flight controls on a plane. I find my self going the wrong way a lot. Besides that one thing it is a good game over all.