In this game you play as Arthur again, and you have to save Princess Prin Prin from Lucifer. Again. You all know the drill. Save the princess. It’s dated even in 1988. But that’s not what you’re here for.
This game is a bastard. Straight up. This game HATES you SO much. People talk about difficulty of games these days like Dark Souls, where you need to take your time, learn patterns and exploit them through a series of trial and error while you die over and over again. And the accomplishment you get from FINALLY beating the game that killed you SO many times is such a sweet accomplishment.
People also seem to think this is a unique concept, calling games that are hard “like Dark Souls”. But in reality, this kind of difficulty was around LONG before Dark Souls. Games like this THRIVED on that kind of difficulty.
But the point is, it’s fun! Like, this is a legitimately tight game. The controls are responsive, attacking is easy, I rarely feel like I’m fighting the controls. The graphics are beautifully animated with great looking artwork, amazingly animated sprites, colorful and fun set pieces. It’s just a place you want to explore and just EXIST in because it’s just so gothic and exciting! The game has a self-aware sense of humor that also adds to the joy of the game.
That’s not to say the game is perfect, far from it. This is STILL an arcade game. As such they need you to keep pumping quarters into it. They do this with LOTS of really cheap deaths. Like, take a look at this section here:
See those there? Those parts will RANDOMLY drop you into the pit below you with an ant lion. Now the first two are so far from the edge you can jump out but then look at this shit!
That second one is SO close to the edge of the ant lion there’s no way in HELL you can get out. So you HAVE to know where it is and how to avoid it. Without any hint to what’s coming.
But lame deaths aside, I spent maybe $5 in quarters on this game, and probably would have spent more but I needed to write this review.
If you’re looking for a punishing platformer that will test your skills as a gamer, this is a GREAT game to pick up. If game difficulty is something that turns you off, this game isn’t going to be an exception.
Next up: Laser Squad
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