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Another dark delight...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 17
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Trapt is another installment in Tecmo's excellent "Deception" series where you use traps to dispatch foes (some old elements of the series even make appearances here). The basic premise here is setting up traps within a room to form combos, thus eliminating enemies in very fashionable and painful ways since you have no weapons at your disposal. You have can have up to 9 traps at time; there are 3 traps each for ceiling, wall, and floor.You could use a floor trap to send someone flying into the path of a wall trap, like a spinning blade that sends them shooting across the room, then finish them off by having something like a large fiery boulder fall and crush him/her. There are also room traps such as large ovens, rolling spikes, electrocution chairs, iron maidens, crucifying wheels, and many more that can be used in conjunction with your traps. The more combos you rake up, the more Wharl you get to buy new traps, rooms, and expensive costumes. However, by far the coolest traps are the "Dark Illusion" ones. These are kind of hidden traps you must set up and do an insane amount of damage aside from looking beautifully painful in their custom cut-scenes. An example of one is the "Man Eating Music Box" located in the very first area where you can lure an enemy into a giant music box that crushes the victim between large gears before being tossed out lifeless. Yes, the game can be gruesome, but not overly so; there isn't a ton of blood, and limbs stay attached.I would say the disturbing things about the game would be some awful slowdown that can occur, along with some annoying load times, and some repetitive enemies. While no enemy has the same name, some tend to look similar and have some rather hokey names. Would you be afraid of someone called "Larva?" Yep, that's a name. Also, the game is subtitled with Japanese voice overs--something that kind of bugged me as well. You could read some dialog twice before a character is done talking. Thankfully, you can skip non essential cut-scenes, and the game is a nice length for what it is in having some nice replay included. You won't get all the traps and rooms the first time through, so going through more than once is fun and recommended as you can see different sides to the story of Princess Allura's plight to clear her name and avenge her family (there are different endings). Once through is definitely not enough. Plus, you can get special traps while keeping everything you collected the first run through (think New Game +), along with some stuff to see in your virtual museum that houses all the enemies you offed with their stats, along with other game info. There is also a survival mode where you have to quickly eliminate enemies before a counter finishes. I would say the good outweighs the bad of the game, and Trapt ends up being another excellent dark gem from Tecmo in being a worthy entry in the Deception line of games. If you were a fan of previous installments (especially Kagero), then this one's for you. And I can highly recommend it to anyone else looking for some rather unconventional gameplay in their library.

Gets rid of alot of pent up aggression

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: September 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I came in from school and I was really angry. I figured I would unwind by playing videogames.My father picked up this game for me and I had yet to play it so I put it in the ps2 and was amazed. I played it for three hours and love it. The violence in the game is a great outlet and the deaths and combinations are loads of laughs.

I am not crazy or demented at all. Ask any player and they will tell you that the final words of the victims you kill are hilarious.

In this game you can combined your traps with stuff in the room. Like use a pushwall to knock someone into a wall of revolving spikes.

This game is extremely violent but as long as you don't take it seriously it is loads of fun and can relieve alot of pent up aggression.

Trapt is good in its own rights

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Games dealing with the supernatural have, many times, not gotten the respect they deserve. Trapt is one of them. Coming from a fan of Resident Evil and Condemned, this game ranks up there with the big boys. There are times playing this game when you just want to cry for your mommy, and there are times when you want to just chuck this game (and the PS2) out the window because the scenes are boring or just plain stupid- but that rings true for many other games, too. All in all, Trapt is a nice addition to your PS2 collection. Game on.

Fun... but disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: January 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you have the earlier games in the series, just play them. Same game, same graphics, same lag, slow loading, absurd story...

BUT, it is a unique game. And while I think the designers could have given us so much more, it is fun. More worthy of the gaming dollar than another Ghost Recon or GTA clone.

Good Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: March 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well i really only found two things i really didn't like for one the story is kinda set in stone, as in you are only in control of allura when your fighting other wise your just watching the movie. The other thing i didn't really like was the fact that theres alot of load screens most are uneeded. I also didn't like that it was in japanese yes it gave the game a better affect but i have a problem reading and watching the movie i'm not quick enough. Its not a big deal but yeah. Otherwise i loved the game. The game is deffinatly a game for people who love RPG's and are willing to stick with it. You get to set up your traps and can buy more as you go. I instantly fell in love with most of the characters.

Decent addition to the Deception series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Note: This review is from someone who has played Deception 1 and 2, but not 3.

Note 2: I am horrible at putting a "hook" to catch attention at the beginning of reviews. So... hey! Look! An elephant dancing to Run DMC's "Walk this Way!"

Other reviews have gone through the games basic premise, so I'll skip all of that and get to my pros and cons.

PRO:
Nice graphics - like japanese chicks? You will certainly not mind this game.
"AHAHAHAHHAHA!11 factor - you will giggle like a madman when you set off that 12-hitter mega-damage death-trap. Good for letting off steam.
R2 lockon camera - now flows easily. No more standing still, you can lock onto the closest enemy while running
Nice costumes - Reina and Millenias costumes are (eventually) unlockable.
Story is decent for a Deception game - not much to say here

CONS: (The same for every Deception game, which I don't mind, but cest la vie)
Lag- Lag, lag, lag. Lag near water, lag with fire. It detracts a little from the game. There is also a slight delay on traps activation. In 2 there was graphical lag but the traps responded well. Takes some timing to get used to.
Replay value - Low. Go through the game a few times and you'll see everything. You'll HAVE to go through to farm the ark / warl needed for the costumes anyway
Some traps are overpowered - Sure, you get deathhammer as a reward for finishing the game, but it trivializes it and replay value is already low

MEH:
This category falls into both pro and cons - The Dark Delusions.

They are fun to figure out how to activate, and DEVASTATING in action, but you cannot skip the scenes and after the 4th/5th time seeing them, you just want to continue the game (to farm that warl for the costumes of course!)

All in all, I am pleased with the way the game turned out. Voice acting
was all in japanese with subtitles (a nice touch, to me). Farming was more work than play, and getting the costumes is a huge chore because you will have done the game MANY MANY times over to get the requisite money/ark, and then you get to do it more, but with a different costume?
unpolished and under-advertised, but if you are a fan of the Deception series I suggest you pick this one up. I would buy it again, certainly.

Was hoping for more

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: January 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game would have game play of like Resident Evil or Silent Hill type of games, but all it is is like a battle mode type of game with scenes between. There isn't any searching around or solving puzzles or anything like that. So if you are hoping for something other than battling enemies in a room with some traps you choose to place... then don't get it. I am disappointed and should have looked more into the game.

Good bloody fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you have a sick sense of humor this is the game for you. Lots of different trap combinatins and the ultamate goal of seeing how many combos you can get leaves a lot to the gamers twisted imagination. Its good fun but is does get pretty repetitive so there is not a whole lot of replay value. there are 3 different endings and some unique room traps. A deffinite game for some good bloody fun.

Deception 4

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Fun for people who played the Tecmo's Deception series. Not as much variety in this one, but the graphics are decent and it's still fun using the traps. The Dark Illusions are pretty nice for the most part.

repetitive and lacking

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love finding lesser known gems (like Haunting Ground) and gave Trapt a try. Being made by Tecmo I was sure it must be a quality product. I was mostly mistaken. The traps you set are pretty standard, and only a few environmental traps show any creativity. There are no fatality sequences at all. No severed body parts or anything. When an enemy is hit by a blade, thrown into spikes, etc., they just groan and bump off of it. When they die they say some cheesy line (in Japanese with subtitles) fall down and a little round pool of blood forms under them, then they disappear. Since the entire premise of the game is using traps to kill enemies, a total lack of versatility in their death animations is inexcusable. Even if there were good fatality sequences the game is so easy it would still be boring. You practically have to try to get killed, since you can run circles around enemies and rarely get hit. Only those with projectile attacks pose any threat. Plus I constantly had to hold down the R2 button so the camera would show my enemy in order to time springing traps. The graphics are decent and there are no bugs, but the whole game screams "unfinished product". This game had potential as a concept, but as is it deserved to fade into obscurity.

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