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Maximo vs Army of Zin (PS2)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Action/Third-person 3D Action

RELEASE DATE

21/JAN/04

ESRB RATING

TEEN, Animated Blood, Violence

DEVELOPER

Capcom Production Studio 8

PUBLISHER

Capcom USA, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

http://www.gamerdna.com/game/maximo-vs-army-of-zin-playstation-2-1

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

Medieval fantasy 1

PLAYING AS #USES

Maximo 2
Warrior 1

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

Robots 1

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

hack and slash 2
platformer 1

GENERAL TONE #USES

Adventurous 1

DESCRIPTION

The sequel to Maximo: From Ghosts to Glory, which was loosely based on the classic Ghosts 'n Goblins series, Maximo vs Army of Zin puts players in the role of Maximo, a master swordsman with a penchant for battling undead creatures. The action picks up where Ghosts to Glory left off, as the title hero must abandon his kingdom in order to search for his missing girlfriend. The developers at Capcom promise a more engrossing story this time around and have removed the hub screen, meaning each level flows into the next. There are 26 levels in all spread across six different environments.

As in earlier games in the series, Maximo wears boxer shorts beneath his armor. However, the underwear in this game actually serves a functional purpose beyond comic relief. Depending on the situation, players will be able to swap out different pairs of shorts for strategic purposes. Many of the staples of Ghosts to Glory have returned (such as hidden treasure chests), but there will be less platform jumping, more attack moves (over 30 in all), and a combat system that rewards players for dispatching enemies quickly and efficiently. Also, to make Maximo temporarily invulnerable, he will occasionally be able to transform into his buddy, the Grim Reaper.

Those who found the original Ghosts to Glory to be prohibitively difficult will notice a few changes designed to make the game less frustrating. The biggest concession is that players are now allowed to keep all the weapons they have obtained. No longer will players build up their inventory, only to watch most of their items disappear after they die. Ironically, though there are still elements of humor, Army of Zin is darker and less cartoon-like than Ghosts to Glory. ~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Maximo vs Army of Zin (PS2)

GENRE/STYLE:

Action/Third-person 3D Action
RELEASE DATE:

21/JAN/04
TOP TRAITS:

Maximo, hack and slash, platformer
DESCRIPTION:

The sequel to Maximo: From Ghosts to Glory, which was loosely based on the classic Ghosts 'n Goblins series, Maximo v... more

players 5

followers 0

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POPULARITY: PS2 PLATFORM

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KelsieKatt played Maximo vs Army of Zin on 15/MAR/10

“Meh. Decided to beat the final boss. The ending was total nonsense, and ghost of Achilles popped up out of nowhere. Normally, I wouldn't post 'spoiler', but seeing as how there's no logical reason...”

created 16/MAR/2010

KelsieKatt played Maximo vs Army of Zin on 12/MAR/10

“Played a little bit more briefly, and got to the final boss. Didn't really feel like doing it yet though, so I took a break. Still pretty boring, but I might as well finish the game at least.”

created 15/MAR/2010

KelsieKatt played Maximo vs Army of Zin on 11/MAR/10

“Finally decided to give this game another shot after my initial impressions of it when I played the game 6 years ago. The first game was better, quite frankly. So far my opinion hasn't changed...”

created 12/MAR/2010

Just hit 600! by: EarthboundX

“With adding Maximo Vs the Army of Zin, I'm now up to 600 games, Jesus.”

created 11/SEP/2009

colliny2k was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Dang, congrats! That's pretty intense.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“i wish i had even 1/4 of that. how did you manage to get that high? I'd be broke....forver....if i even TRIED to THINK about doing 600 games. ”

TheArtofBalance was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“...some one has a bit of an addiction... :D”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@TheArtofBalance I think I do, I never sell or get rid of my games, even if I don't like them, I still keep them.”

chillihead was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“That's just outrageous. I don't think I break 100, even if I go all the way back to the SNES days.”

TheArtofBalance was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@EarthboundX I have the same issue, I don't have an exact count on all my games but I know I'm well past the point of no return.”

WILDMAMMOTH was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Wow!”

mnightwind was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Wowzers! I dunno how many I have or have had over the years.. I never sell back games (a bit of a pack rat in that ;D) but I don't buy as many as I would like to. Sounds like you have one heck of a grand collection there! :D”

Torinir was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“LOL

And my family thinks *I* am bad for being a "game freak"”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Yeah, looking at my two shelving units, it really doesn't look like that many. Though I did add Wiiware, Steam, and other game sources.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“we should petition for a "most of " section to gDNA. Member with most games listed, image with most posts listed, item with most votes on it, and so forth. ”

mnightwind was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@wastelander75 Aaand... we'd see all sorts of people adding every game (and making some up) just to make the list, there'd be tons of people saying they'll comment on someone if they get commented on.. all sorts of lame content would flood forth like a plague of filth. I'm reminded of the H4H levels in LBP.. yeah. ><”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@wastelander75 Yeah, that sounds nice, but like Night said, it'd be full of liars, and spam.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“As if anyone needs to make up a game. There are litterally tens of thousands of real games which have yet to be entered into the system. Also, if someone wants to write their own game in VisualBasic or something, and then enter it here, I have no problem with it, just so long as they make their home-made game available to the rest of us.”

mnightwind was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Certainly promoting creativity is a good thing but we're more likely to see game postings of 'new_account30165 played "lol im awsum"' or some such.”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“yeah there are the less than noble ones out thee that'd do that sort of thing. ”

Dvader83 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“IGN has or used to have a member spotlight type of thing where they'd feature members that had large game collections. There was one member featured that had somewhere over 1K games. Of course that included almost every system in the history of gaming and probably some imported from other regions.”

KaKaVegeGurl was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Yeah, holy cow, grats. O.o”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Almost all of my gaming equipment is imported from other regions. The only things I know of which were made locally are my StarTAC phone (now useful only for playing Tetris) and some of the microchips on my motherboard. My PlayStation came all the way from Japan!”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@mnightwind The devs here did worry about that when they were decideing whether to let us add our own games, and they decided it was worth the risk. We were asking them to add so many games, they couldn't keep up. They still can't keep up with thumbnails for all these games.”

colliny2k was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon Yea, while we let you add your own games if it isn't in the system, it doesn't become a "official" game until a good number of people add it. At which point we review the game to ensure it's real...then push it up.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I've noticed that when I enter a game for the first time, it doesn't even record which platform I associated it with. I've been entering quite a few ancient games lately.”

PuyoDead was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I also never sell/trade-in/or anything of that sort. I did it a few times, and still regret it. Hence, I now keep everything I can. I'm up to 335 games, but there's still more I could add, I'm sure.”

Retodon8 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@EarthboundX Congratulations dude. :) I'm with you on not selling games. Only through reading about it online I realized people actually do that. A colleague of mine told me he throws away older games, which genuinely surprised me.
@LordXenophon Games manually added a long time ago, with an older version of gDNA, don't have a platform associated. I think you didn't even get the option to do that at the time, but I honestly don't remember.”

KatrinaTheLamia was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Heh, I generally avoid selling games. However sometimes it is necessary. I've also had a large amount of my games go missing over the years as well.

Though, myself I am just barely past 130.

Clearly I must make up some games >.>”

wastelander75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago... show previous hide previous

“I need to go through my collection and just do a count. ”