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Available on: PS2

God Hand

Capcom's loving arcade tribute brings beat 'em ups back from the dead in campy, hilarious fashion

Words: on October 10, 2006
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You can send God Hand's very first enemy flying 30 yards into the distance, smashing him through a support that sends a whole roof crashing down. If you're not cackling with glee at this point, you might be after running up and mashing buttons to stomp the rest of the life out of him. This is God Hand, the most frenetic and over-the-top beat 'em-up on PS2. It's a game about the sheer, idiotic joy of beating the crap out of things, and the best homage to '80s arcade ideals this side of 360's Geometry Wars.



God Hand's story is so thin that it's played for laughs, and it's better for it. Gene, the young man grafted with the God Hand (an arm, really) is constantly hen-pecked by his beautiful traveling companion, Olivia, in cinematics right out of a vintage sitcom. At one point the story threatens to get serious, but Gene saves the situation with an inappropriate insinuation that Olivia's been turning tricks. You'll find yourself saying "They didn't just do that!" quite a bit... because they just did.

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  • Blackviperr - March 3, 2010 6:33 a.m.

    I have no idea why this game isn't popular. Maybe its the fact that i enjoy toilet humour?? I don't know. I'd say family guy and god hand are somewhere along the same level. This is one game i beat countless times xD.. i was broke and couldn't afford any games for a while (for my ps2.. which i sold to get a ps3 now)and i beat this game around 5-6 times haha. One of my fav's

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Great
YOU'LL LOVE
  • Outstanding fighting action
  • Fresh take on a dead genre
  • Winning, deviant sense of humor
YOU'LL HATE
  • Can get repetitive at times
  • May be too hard for some
  • Some will fail to see its appeal

More Info

Release date: US
Oct 10 2006 (PS2)
UK
Feb 16 2007 (PS2)
Available Platforms: PS2
Genre: Action
Published by: Capcom
Developed by: Clover Studios
ESRB Rating:
Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
PEGI Rating:
16+
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