Heres another review...Lifeline for PS2!!!!

Very different...but still good!

Lifeline has some rough edges-truly innovatives games usually do-but it rocks anyway. Like most survival horror titles,Lifeline begins with a catastrophe. The JSL space station,Earth's finest outer space hotel,is celebrating its Grand Opening. Unfortunately,the jubilation turns suddenly to mutilation when the party is pooped by what appear to be hordes of aliens,which quickly set about disembering everyone in sight.In truly heroic form,your response to this onslaught is to black out.

When you awake,you find yourself trapped in what appears to be the station's security room,seated at a computer terminal that gives you access to all of the station's surveillance cameras. Trough one of these cameras,you meet a young waitress named Rio,possibly the only other survivor of the attack. That's where the hook comes in. Being trapped in your location,you must rely upon Rio to rescue both of you. She,on the other hand,needs you to tell her what to do.

What evolves is a sort of Resident Evil/old-school ponit-and-click adventure game hybrid,in which you guide Rio through the game using your voice and the PS2's USB headset microphone. At your command,she explores the station,searching for clues about what really happended,making her way to you, and fighting off various monstrosities. For most part,this is golden. The biggest reason is Rio is immediately endearing,being both well written and skillfully vocalized by She Spies'Krista Miller. There are moments when she's scared to go in a certain room,or when she revisits a difficult memory,that carry genuine feeling. There's even a decent plot and the music is wonderful at times.

Granted,the voice recognition isn't quite perfect just yet(especially troublesome during combat),and there are times when you'll go mad trying to figure out specific noun the game needs you to use when referring to a particular item-for instance,a "document","pamphlet","magazine",or something else entirely. And the graphics are only average. However,when it's said and done,this is a great game,and totally unlike anything that's come before it.


FINAL JUDGEMENT:

GRAPHICS:4/5
SOUND:4.5/5
CONTROL:3.5/5
GAMEPLAY:4/5

OVERALL:80%

VERY GOOD GAME !!!!

Good review, nice detail aswell!
425 Viz

Thank you very much!!