Zone of The Enders

[shadowedge]

In preparation for the Zone of The Enders HD Collection/ZOE 3 that was announced I recently started playing ZOE2 again, and I was very impressed!

The gameplay is as smooth as I remember and the graphics hold up amazingly well. Possibly because of the gradient style of shading instead of a realistic look. The shading and color scheme is really interesting, it is basically cel style colors with a smooth gradient for the shading.

The gameplay is so unique. The closest I can compare it to is Devil May Cry 3 meets Gundam Wing meets Dragonball Z.

Plus the game is quite colorful.

I wish I could play the first ZOE again, but I lost the disc years ago.

Anyone else like this series?

EDIT: In case you are wondering, the new Zone of the Enders 3 game is going to be called the "Ender's Project" and will take place in the past, rather than the future.

This actually fits the series considering all of the main Orbital Frames are named after ancient Egyptian gods.

Source: http://gamerant.com/zone-enders-screenshots-sieg-151251/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-25-kojima-teases-zone-of-the-enders-project

 

[Khanht Cope]

Yeah, big fan of the series. Hideo Kojima has wanted to do ZOE3 for ages, but apparently had a lot of trouble showing significant public demand for the project to see the green light.

It looks as if he might finally have gotten enough. Lets hope so.

Though I have to say, if we'll be playing Jehuty for ZOE3, I'd like it to be the rebuilt classic Jehuty and not the partially rebuilt one at the end of ZOE2.

 

[CrashBang]

The first one was such a damn letdown, IMO, but the second is one of my favourite games of all time. It blew me away and I still play it now and again.

But enough about that, ZOE3 WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED? WHERE? SOURCE?! TO GOOGLE!

 

[Zagzag]

I rememer ZOE fondly as well, although I never owned either of the first two myself, I still managed to spend quite a lot of time playing them.

 

[Cerrax]

Zone of the Enders constantly gets overshadowed by Metal Gear Solid, mainly because ZOE offers very little in gameplay compared to MGS. However, what ZOE does offer is so radically different and precisely executed that it still deserves time in the limelight.

ZOE is basically a brawler, go from point A to point B and kill or survive everything in between. But the action is amazingly fast and smooth, the interface is classic Kojima simplicity and efficiency, and the graphics and design have always been stunning.

 

[Khanht Cope]

But enough about that, ZOE3 WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED? WHERE? SOURCE?! TO GOOGLE!

It hasn't been announced. But some early concept work has been seen, to demonstrate that some work has began and it has been referred to merely as the "Enders Project".

 

[Khanht Cope]

Never seen it, but it looks like a prequel that's largely unconnected to the characters and events of the series.

 

[Lunar Templar]

still got my PS2 disks

fun games, but i like 2 better cause of 2 words

Zero Shift (and yeah know, less whiny main character)

 

[dimensional]

Never played Z.O.E 2 but I really liked the first one im definitely considering buying the HD collection but I dont think it will be a day one purchase for me .My backlog is getting ridiculous and im slowly hemorrhaging money so ive had to ration my games.

But I will buy it one day its on my when I get round to it list like vanquish was until I finally bought it a few weeks ago for 3 pounds.

The Gameplay was great in the first though felt really smooth and fun plus the bosses were actually interesting to fight.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I love the series. I still have my copy of ZoE 1 and the demo of ZoE 2 that came with an issue of OPM (remember those disks?) but not a full copy of ZoE 2. I've been looking (unsuccessfully) for one for eight years. I saw one once back in 2004, but I was broke and wound up passing it up. I've been kicking myself ever since.

While I'm glad it's getting a re-release, it doesn't directly help me, since I don't have a PS3. About the best I can hope is that the re-release causes a lot of people to sell their copies of the original. Well, that and I'm hoping it does well enough to finally get us a ZoE 3.

 

[shadowedge]

The new Zone of the Enders 3 game is going to be called the "Ender's Project" and will take place in the past, rather than the future.

This actually fits the series considering all of the main Orbital Frames are named after ancient Egyptian gods.

Source: http://gamerant.com/zone-enders-screenshots-sieg-151251/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-25-kojima-teases-zone-of-the-enders-project

 

[Lunar Templar]

still got my PS2 disks

fun games, but i like 2 better cause of 2 words

Zero Shift (and yeah know, less whiny main character)

I love Zero Shift that move was so badass

hehe, i know right? suddenly everything was your *****, it was awesome.
though, kinda mandatory for the last boss >.>

 

[Worgen]

I really enjoyed zoe2, the first one left me annoyed since the main char was such an annoying git.