/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8749352
Now, about the bad part, well...

The sidescrolling combat in this game sucks. Hard. There are two main forms of attacking in this game: kicking and shooting. Shooting sucks. You can't do it while jumping OR ducking (what kind of side-scrolling shooter doesn't let you shoot while ducking?) and the animation takes too long while also leaving you stationary and vulnerable in place for nearly a second. The most effective form of attacking in this game is the kicking, which happens when you press B in the air (or on the ground when without bullets), it's a fast attack that's very effective against almost anything, but guess what? It's broken. Every time you kick, there's a 50/50 chance of either you actually hitting your blow or the hitbox not working. I have gotten hit many, many many times because i tried to kick an enemy and the game thought i had actually just touched it normally in a way that would give me damage.

There are also cryptic parts where you're supposed to press up against some arbitrary part of the background and it'll take you to another place. Shit like a random building from the city or a gap between some trees. I seriously don't know how the fuck you were supposed to figure that shit out without using a strategy guide.

There are parts underwater where you're supposed to swim inbetween some mines, and i swear to god there are a LOT of these you literally cannot get through without taking damage.

Oh, and by the way, there are several sections that will take you right to the beginning of the last level in case you die. Until you get good enough at said parts to reliably be able to do them without dying, this shit is EXTREMELY frustrating and i almost ragequit from playing at thevery last level because of this tedious "feature".

Overall, i rank this game a 5/10. It's not terrible, i could have rolled way worse. But there's a good reason it made a brief AVGN appearance.
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