Status Chovus May 26, 2021
Beat. I was impressed with the 1st level; simple run and gun shooting with a little bit of platforming. It was fun, but the character was too close to the edge of the screen, making it that much more difficult to spot enemies with enough time to react. Seriously, why is there more screen behind than in front?! I took …
Beat. I was impressed with the 1st level; simple run and gun shooting with a little bit of platforming. It was fun, but the character was too close to the edge of the screen, making it that much more difficult to spot enemies with enough time to react. Seriously, why is there more screen behind than in front?! I took it slow and steady. I did not like how you could not shoot downward or straight up, nor how shooting diagonally up uses the movement buttons, meaning it is impossible to shoot up without also moving. I used grenades to kill some of the suicide bombers, and saved rockets for the boss. The truck gunner sequence was good, making use of vertical aiming. 2nd level was not as much fun because it seriously ramped up the platforming with tricky jumps and instant death falls. I died a lot and had to save state scum, especially with those tiny platforms and hitting his head. I did not like how the helicopters prevent you from moving, making them impossible to defeat without taking damage, and there were way too many of them. Unless it was the same 1 coming back over and over, but the flames and explosions imply each was shot down. The 3rd level was a mess and I used up all of my lives before figuring out what to do. It was easy once I figured it out but still annoying how the game just throws completely different gameplay at you out of the blue. I got stuck at the 4th level because I had no ammo. How the hell are you supposed to get past this by only punching and jumping past enemies? Why is there no ammo and why can't I get ammo from enemies? Had to check a walkthrough to find out you can open doors to find ammo. Game never told me that, any why is ammo suddenly a thing this level? Was not hard at all with bullets. The 5th level was another car chase, and was trivial since I knew what to do. I fail to see the point of including it in the game. Final level took a couple tries and was anticlimactic due to using a pipe instead of guns.
If the entire game was like the 1st level it would have been a better game. Instead it seems like the developers were restricted by following the plot of the movie.
6.7/10