[Esau of Isaac]

So, who's played the two in the series? I just got done beating the second again a few nights ago.

Zone of he Enders tells the story of Leo Stenbuck, a young man who lives in a colony floating outside the atmosphere of Jupiter. It is suddenly attacked by an unknown force of Orbital Frames. Their mission? To secure or destroy a brand new state-of-the-art Orbital Frame dubbed Jehuty. After seeing his friends die before his eyes, Leo stumbles upon the hangar that holds Jehuty. When the warehouse is suddenly attacked by a Raptor (a type of Orbital Frame) the cockpit suddenly opens and he falls inside, finding protection inside of it. The computer ADA greets him, and he begins learning how to pilot it, defending from the Raptor and later on Viola (a runner piloting an Orbital Frame called Neith).

Over the game he gathers new abilities for Jehuty, from a spread machine gun to a decoy to fool enemies.

Trailer for the game

The second game, Anubis, picks up years down the line. The main character, Dingo Egret (Don't ask), is a miner for metatron, the material that makes Orbital Frames (metatron is supposed to be famous for it's ability to compress space). His equipment says that there seems to be a large deposit of metatron, and remarks that it's far too shallow to be underground. Finding a huge hangar, he enters it to find Jehuty. As he examines it he and his pals are attacked by a military group called BAHRAM, who had just found Jehuty as well. Dingo escapes from the scene and goes on to learn more about Jehuty and its twin, Anubis, and what they are intended for.

Trailer for the game

Who here's a fan of the series?

[Kenadian_2006]

I owned and beat the first game but stupidly sold it years ago. I've played a bit of the second one using my friend's copy but I never got far in it. What I really want to see, in terms of a mech game though, is a good Gundam game. You know how they would make a good Gundam game? Take a Gundam series, slap that universe on top of ZOE type gameplay and you've got yourself a great game. Dream waiting to come true.

[Cristiano Ronaldo]

I also bought and beat ZOE 1 and stupidly sold it as well . I actually bought it because of the MGS2 demo and decided to give the game a go and really enjoyed I. I regret selling it. I than bought the second when that came out and actually still have it. Any truth to the ZOE3 rumours??

[Kenadian_2006]

Cristiano Ronaldo, on Sep 19 2007, 12:08 AM, said:

I also bought and beat ZOE 1 and stupidly sold it as well . I actually bought it because of the MGS2 demo and decided to give the game a go and really enjoyed I. I regret selling it. I than bought the second when that came out and actually still have it. Any truth to the ZOE3 rumours??

Yanno...I didn't even realize there was a demo in it till I opened the case. :lol: Man I loved those games...pure Konami goodness. I haven't heard a peep of ZOE3. Does ZOE2 even leave room for a 3rd game?

[Esau of Isaac]

Kenadian_2006, on Sep 18 2007, 09:10 PM, said:

Yanno...I didn't even realize there was a demo in it till I opened the case. :lol: Man I loved those games...pure Konami goodness. I haven't heard a peep of ZOE3. Does ZOE2 even leave room for a 3rd game?

Heh, not really.

Spoiler

Dingo ends up finding out Jehuty and Anubis are tools to make Aumaan activate, a weapon that could potentially destroy the solar system. ADA is programmed to blow up at the core if the reaction starts, and to keep her from doing so Dingo defeats Anubis and then chucks what's left of it into the reactor to be used instead of Jehuty. Jehuty ends up just short of falling apart (missing an arm, a leg, a huge amount of plating, half of the head...totally destroyed) because of the waves of the reaction Aumaan created while it was starting up. Dingo is put to sleep to get his old body back, with Ken following him being carried away. Leo is left with ADA and it cuts to the credits, showing Jehuty being rebuilt, probably by metatron.

They are making a third, however, so there must have been something left open. I want to hear more about it badly, though.

This post has been edited by Esau of Isaac: 18 September 2007 - 10:12 PM

[Kenadian_2006]

A third one? O rly? I have heard nothing of this. LINKY ESAU!

[Esau of Isaac]

Kenadian_2006, on Sep 18 2007, 09:16 PM, said:

A third one? O rly? I have heard nothing of this. LINKY ESAU!

Here. It was stated in PSM.

They went quiet after that, however.

[Kenadian_2006]

Well it's certainly not coming out this year. o_O When was that magazine issue from?

[Mirage]

ZOE 1? Never played it but I loved ZOE 2, I wish I bought it while it was still easy to find. I hate buying stuff over the internet/eBay.

I was addicted to ZOE2's theme song for quite a while...

[Esau of Isaac]

Kenadian_2006, on Sep 18 2007, 09:26 PM, said:

Well it's certainly not coming out this year. o_O When was that magazine issue from?

Some months ago, I believe. Two or three, perhaps four.

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I was addicted to ZOE2's theme song for quite a while...

Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool.

[Kenadian_2006]

Hmm...perhaps next year maybe. TO THE GOOGLEMOBILE!

[Esau of Isaac]

Ah, one thing I've always thought: Leo was incredibly similar to Shinji from Evangelion. I mean...Almost the exact same character...

[Vaterunser]

What system? Sounds familar.

[Kenadian_2006]

Esau of Isaac, on Sep 19 2007, 12:53 AM, said:

Ah, one thing I've always thought: Leo was incredibly similar to Shinji from Evangelion. I mean...Almost the exact same character...

I haven't ever watched Evangelion but, I do know Shinji was a wimpy guy. So, they're similar in that respect then.

[Esau of Isaac]

Kenadian_2006, on Sep 18 2007, 09:54 PM, said:

I haven't ever watched Evangelion but, I do know Shinji was a wimpy guy. So, they're similar in that respect then.

Yeah. You should probably watch Evangelion (it gets pretty awesome), but just know that Shinji is, like, Leo's long lost twin brother from another dimension.

This post has been edited by Esau of Isaac: 18 September 2007 - 10:50 PM

[Kenadian_2006]

Esau of Isaac, on Sep 19 2007, 12:55 AM, said:

Yeah. You should probably watch Evangelion (it gets pretty awesome), but just know that Shinji is, like, Leo's long lost twin brother from another dimension.

Does he whine about killing people?

[Vaterunser]

Kenadian_2006, on Sep 19 2007, 12:07 AM, said:

Does he whine about killing people?

Like kenshin?

[Esau of Isaac]

Kenadian_2006, on Sep 18 2007, 10:07 PM, said:

Does he whine about killing people?

Yurp.

He's just like Leo. It's gotta be a homage or something.

[Esau of Isaac]

Oh, and who enjoyed Zero Shift? I mean, I was ecstatic when I got it. That was awesome!

[America]

Has anybody played Ace Combat 5? I think the same guy plays Captain Bartlett as one of the voices in that game. Looks interesting, but I'd need to play the actual game to see if I liked it.