Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | 
| From: Bandai
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 7855
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 18209
Model: 45557180294
UPC: 045557180294
EAN: 0045557180294
ASIN: B0002CHJ00
Release Date: November 9, 2004
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| Features:
| • | Use the Major's incredible fighting skills and firepower against deadly cyborgs - multiple high-tech firearms, graceful fighting moves, wall-jumping techniques and even thermal camouflage | | • | Navigate through maze-like levels as you collect enemy ID codes and complete mission objectives | | • | The machine world is at your disposal here -- jack into security cameras to see enemy positions, control tiny robots to reach areas you can't enter and much more | | • | Pay attention to your teammates transmissions -- they include valuable help and advance the web of deceit you'll be facing | | • | Control huge cyborg Batou and the naive, hyper Tachikoma insect-tank robots in glorious side missions |
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Product Description
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex makes you part of a dangerous storyline in the very near future. In 2030, cyborgs are a fact of life and human brains are linked directly to the Internet. In this wired world, the elite force called Section 9 are on the front lines against terrorist cyborgs and "ghost hackers". When they go after a cyborg arms dealer, they enter deep into a conspiracy of ghost hacking and cybernetic human modification practices. Take control of Section 9 leader Motoko Kusanagi - "The Major" - and take her team to victory! Based on the hit anime
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
A worthwhile game if you're a fan of the anime January 10, 2005
Michael Heath (Philadelphia, PA USA)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I don't get around to playing too many games, but I'm a big fan of the GITS movies, TV series, and (lest we forget what came first) the manga by Shirow Masamune. The premise of the game was intriguing enugh for me to pick it up, and I was not disappointed except for a few aspects of the game but I'll get to that momentarily.
In the game you switch playing the roles of Major Kusanagi and Bateau trying to piece clues together as to who's using mind-controlling micro-machines to stage a government coup. I won't ruin the plot for potential players, but I will say that, as is the usual with the GITS series and movies, it takes us through the same territory of man versus machine dominance and the different levels of conscienceness, etc. I applaud the game for this single nuance because it's not your usual overly-simplified Good vs. Evil plot.
There are a total of nine missions to be completed in order to finish the game, split into different stages accordingly, and about 2/3 of the game is played as Kusanagi, the rest is played as Bateau (though there is one stage where you get to pilot a tachikoma, an enjoyably mindless fun break from the rest of the game). As you will discover, the Major is lighter and more flexible than Bateau, so she spends more time jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Bateau, who is noticeably heavier, spends more time running and gunning, but he makes up for his immobility by getting the bigger guns to achieve his goals.
For more avid gamers than I, especially those who are in tune with the later Tomb Raider games and Prince of Persia games, gameplay here is probably nothing to write home about, which is where I feel the game falls short, literally. If I hadn't died a few times trying to figure out, "How do I get from here to there," without getting shot by a sniper or just generally falling from certain heights, the shortness of the game probably would have been more noticeable. A skilled player could probably finish this game in a few hours. It's a fun few hours, granted, but I don't know how much replay value this game has beyond the multi-player death-match portion that I have yet to have tried.
All in all, I recommend this game to the fans of the GITS series completionists who want a more in depth look into the universe. For the otherwise average gamer, this is probably a rental.
Ghos hack humans are so pathetic December 22, 2004
Marc G. Mccoy
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm a huge fan of the series and it really does put you right in the GITS universe. The levels are well designed and you get a real sense of scale. I especially like hacking enemies (there could have been a little more).
All the characters are true to the series.
A Game a fan can enjoy!!!!!!!!! February 16, 2006
Sandeep Gosine (West Palm, Florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game while not the best of the best still has it's merits. If you're a fan of the anime then you'll most likely find the game fun. You can brain dive, do acrobatic moves, use weapons from the series and what's best is that the game even has the voice actors straight from the series so you can at least be sure that there's quality voices.
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