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Maximo: Ghosts to Glory | 
 enlarge | From: Capcom
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
Buy Used: £1.35
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New (5) Used (21) from £1.35
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 1458
Platform: Playstation2
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5055060920152
ASIN: B00005R8MZ
Release Date: March 1, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: CASE DISC (1 OF 1) AND MANUAL ALL IN AS NEW CONDITION
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A modern version of Capcom's Ghosts 'n' Goblins series, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory is one of those rare games that offers a solid update of a classic arcade title. This 3-D platform game delivers all the charm of its 2-D side-scrolling ancestor with current gameplay mechanics. In his latest adventure, Maximo returns to his kingdom to find it in disarray; his formerly trusted advisor, Achille, has banished the four sorceresses that govern the land and forced Maximo's true love to marry him. To save the day Maximo must run, jump, and fight his way through five environments spanning more than 25 levels. Like his predecessors, Maximo must constantly worry about upgrading his armour and weapons. Play the game skilfully and you'll have a heavily armed fighting machine. Take too many hits and Maximo will be fighting villains in his heart-covered boxers. Graphics-wise the game is very strong. The animations are smooth, the textures are rich, and the environments are detailed. Sound is an absolute joy. The effects are humorous, while the music is fantastic: the developer has done an excellent job of taking the melodies from the original game and creating updated variations that are equally memorable. Although some will find the gameplay repetitive and many will find the boss fights too easy, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory is an excellent 15 to 20 hours of platform goodness. --Raymond M Padilla
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Solid 3D platforming with character, but a few flaws January 13, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The platforming genre is perhaps the one that had the hardest time making the transition to 3D with the advent of polygon-pushing hardware, the problem (of course) being the camera - falling to your death due to a bad camera angle feels unfair and results in irritation. Jak and Daxter got around this by removing "lives" altogether. Maximo, however, does not. In fact, this is one of the few modern platformers that ask you to take care of each life, and when it works, it works well - the whole game has an old school feel to it, presenting a challenge that is satisfying to beat (although not as much as its 2D inspiration, Ghosts and Goblins). This makes the rare instances of camera abuse (I'm thinking of the brain trampolines in the spirit world, and the maze in the castle level) all the more galling, not least of which because the R-stick, usually used to control the camera angle, is here redundant. This forms an unsightly blemish on an otherwise solid game that has intuitive controls, great characterisation and a surprisingly involved range of bonuses and add-ons. The levels are also well designed, and mostly fairly original (except the appallingly cliched ice world...) In summary, good solid fun and worth 15 hours of anyones time, especially at its current budget price.
 Best PS2 game for classic old school gamers -amazing January 11, 2004
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Brings together Gouls n Ghosts with elements of Wonder Boy in Mosterland and Rastan rolled up in a new 3D skilled hack n slash. The only good game I've really found on the PS2 and has became my favourite of all time - even better than shinobi. Must buy game. Plus V2 Out in Feb 2004.
 This could have been a great game but... April 9, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The one big problem with Maximo, I've found, is the difficulty of saving the game. The save points can be difficult to find, and when you do find one, you need a specified number of coins to "buy" a save. If you are not able to save your game, then you will end up starting at the same point each time you play the game, and progress can be extremely difficult. This makes for a frustratingly repetitive and irritating experience.
On the plus side, the graphics and atmosphere are superbly detailed, and the game can be fun to play, but it does have that one big negative point I've outlined.
Fun but difficult later on August 14, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a solid 3D platformer, with crisp visuals, fluid gameplay and well designed levels. I'm not a real platform fan but I enjoyed the game, until the 3rd (ice) section when it became too difficult for me hence very frustrating. Hardcore platform fans will probably delight at the sinking platforms, ever tougher bad guys and sheer drops, but I got annoyed. Good game though, well worth a look.
 Dull and difficult April 23, 2002
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
When your used to GTA3 a game like this simply does not cut it, its boring, linear and to hard for me to bother getting into. I loved the other G&G games on the 8bit and 16bit formats and completed them but to me this seemed like a rushed game and a dissapointment.
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