![]() Which it was, but it's just awful playing it now. It's not primitive like a NES or SMS, but bad like it's ready for HD in a SD world. PS2 is in that weird place where it just looks bad. With my Vita, I can play almost anything I want, whenever I want to play it. And that's a good thing, because I don't want to sit in front of a TV to play video games. I can play almost everything I want to play on my Vita. I like video games a lot, but I'm not addicted to them. I had a 2600, then a Commodore 128, then a Sega Master System, then a Sega Genesis, then a Nintendo Game Boy, then an Atari Lynx, then a Sega Saturn, then an Atari Jaguar, then a 3DO and NES and SNES and NeoGeoCD and a TurboDuo and a TurboExpress (and TV tuner!) and a Nintendo Virtual Boy (all at the same time), then a PS1, then nothing, then a PSP, then a Vita, then a PS3. I started gaming on my dad's 1976-era Radio Shack Pong game. I have CFW on it, and now I have the option to play PS2 games that I missed at the time. Recommended to fans of retro 2D action, frantic, chain combo-based action, and specifically the PS2 Shinobi game.I currently own a PS3 because that was the only way to get some of my games onto my Vita (that's not actually a problem anymore). But this is an action game.Įven in Japan, I've only seen this game on shelves once, but it was only around 15 dollars and I don't think it's actually rare. The story is inane and 100% negligible, and is delivered through ugly still shots and run-of-the-mill voice acting. In case you decide you'd rather be snowboarding halfway through. To spice things up a little, Chain Dive features a number of boss fights, which aren't half bad, as well as some random stuff like a snowboarding level. The game feels a little similar to the best moments of the Spiderman 2 game, in that you can freefall (dive), snap up at the last second, and repeat, as much as you like, and with that comes a great sensation. The trick is to kill as many enemies as possible without touching the ground. Once frozen, enemies work just like hookup points, except that when you connect your chain to them, you can snap yourself into them and shatter them. To fight them, you slash them with your wing-like sword, which turns them into blocks of ice (for some reason). Additionally, just about all enemies are airborne. It is possible and probable for you to go through entire stages without ever touching the ground, as you can propel yourself indefinitely using these hookup points. You can whip out your chain, which has an elasticky kickback that will propel you through the air. Levels are peppered with glowing hookup points not unlike those found in Castlevania Order of Ecclesia. As the title denotes, gameplay is composed largely of two activities: chaining and diving. ![]() Stages are presented on a 2.5-D plane, a la Wild 9 or Magical Hoppers (or something people have heard of). I've never seen anything else about it on the web, save for the YouTube videos ( ), which contain most of the game in its entirety.Ĭhain Dive is a pseudo-retro action game where you play as a cyborg ninja with an aerodynamic double-blade (almost like a hang-glider) and some sort of electronic laser chain. Well, the PS2 Hidden Gems article is finally up, much to everyone's delight, and it got me thinking about Chain Dive, which is a truly hidden gem. ![]()
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