Beat on Easy. I started on Hard and got a fair ways into the 1st level before reaching a locked door just past a point of no return. Seriously? So I started over on Easy and did not notice any difference in difficulty. Still die in 1 hit from anything, still a tight time limit, still lots of annoying trap and enemy placement. The ship flying shoot em up levels were the best, but there was too much emphasis on avoiding hazards instead of blowing stuff up. The standard platformer levels were less enjoyable, again being more about avoiding hazards and timing tricky jumps instead of shooting things. The top down levels were the least enjoyable; because they were tedious but easy; largely trivial traps and enemies with the main challenge being not using the map to plan ahead so that you waste keys on a way you can't completely unlock yet, thereby preventing you from progressing.

I did like the technology behind the top down levels though. If they focused entirely on that and packed it with action and good level design, like Wolfenstein, Doom and Contra, then this could have been a good game. As it stands it is dull with extremely varying difficulty, mediocre at best level design, and stiff controls and graphics.

5.8/10