The watery world of Mer is threatened by the deadly Dark Water. Prince Ren and his companions must find the Treasures of Rule to control the Dark Water and return Mer to its former glory. Always hot on their heels is the evil pirate-lord Bloth who wants to find the treasures to rule over Mer. Based on a cartoon series by the same name, The Pirates of Dark Water is a side scrolling fighting game similar to Final Fight or Streets of Rage. The player chooses a character, from among Prince Ren and his two companions Tula and Ioz, who differ in strength and agility, but who use the same basic attacks. There are two attack buttons, one for fast attacks and combinations and one for a single heavy attack. Other controls include: blocking attacks, grabbing and throwing opponents, dash attacks while running, and a special attack that hits multiple enemies consuming life energy at the same time. Most levels also require you to avoid obstacles like chasms, falling rocks or spikes that shoot out of the ground.
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Fuera de esto que menciono, la version de la consola de Sega es un buen juego y divertido, buen soundtrack, unos gráficos chidos con escenarios bien ambientados, el combate es entretenido, no solamente hay que golpear al enemigo a lo loco, hay que saber esquivar sus ataques y me gusta que te den la posibilidad de jugar con distintos personajes, sin embargo tampoco es que se diferencien mucho los personajes.
Eso si, tengo mis quejas como ciertas partes mal diseñadas, sobretodo en la misión 4 que llega a tener ciertas partes mal diseñadas, como algunos jarrones que llegan a ser difíciles de esquivar casi al final de este ultimo, además hay ciertos enemigos molestos como los nativos, también que a veces hay que hacer ciertos saltos de fe porque no se llegan a ver algunas plataformas.
Pero pese a sus defectos es un juego que me gusto bastante, no conozco para nada la serie pero al menos esta version de Sega me dejo satisfecho, en otro momento probare la version de SNES.
addendum: the music is prob worth a mention. you know how the mega man x3 soundtrack is? its kinda like that 😔
The problem is it's about 1.5-2 hours of fighting the same enemies. Sudden poor SMUP boss fight (though so short it barely matters). Poor music. Health items can be fairly plentiful and many heal you all the way but they tend to be inside of boulders that will just randomly get launched at you, some you have to hit to break and some will just break and drop it if they hit you.
Screenshots: https://twitter.com/Legolas_Katarn/status/1371777464825880577