Reviews from

in the past


Yeah...the first game was better.

It's just nowhere near as exciting, they basically did the same plot but on a ship and the president's daughter is- OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BRITISH CARICATURE ABOMINATION

....okay, everyone in this game looks hideous, I don't know what happened but all the cool designs and colorful look of Deka 1 is thrown out the damn door. Everyone got these long weird noses and these uncanny faces. Only Wolf Hongo looks nice and he's got a fucking robotic head and arm.

President's Daughter could honestly rival kid Gun Commander from Shadow the Hedgehog as one of the ugliest kids in gaming...and we're supposed to want to save her!

Like I said, our heroes don't look any better...I guess Eddie looks decent? But definitely not Bruno and Jean...
I originally thought Cindy came back for this game but eh...yeah...

Everyone also got these lifeless dark green uniforms...now I like how they lose clothes more they get hit this time as opposed to losing them between levels gradually...but do you know what this means? If you play well, you're stuck with this lifeless colorless bore of a design...

Also you can play as Bruno and Cindy from first game! ...If you collect all concept art and buy the DLC....sigh...aaanyway....Cindy's model is from the first game, sweet! And you play as her over Jean, also sweet! Buuuut she doesn't lose her clothes for some reason...even though they have models and textures for this...why not port em, man?
Bruno's model sadly isn't from Deka 1, which really dissapointed me...and of course he doesn't lose clothes in this mode either....for such a big reward and DLC, you'd think they'd put a bit more effort in...

They also really dragged the game out by having the same thing happens with some different outcomes by splitting it into 3 missions...first game was straight to the point with one campaign and I loved that...I understand sequels need to go "bigger and better" but not with padding! But when I went to check Missions 4-6...I realized they're literally first 3 but with challenge stuff...lovely...yeah since I beat the 3 unique missions and tried out everyone, I consider this game beat.

I like the weapon choices, you got the usual guns and melee stuff but also fucking casino coins, buns, anti tank missiles, you name it!

The gallery is pretty cool...there is a loooooooooooooooooooooong gallery of concept art, to the point of me not wanting to check it further lol.

They included an online promotional comic, which adapts Mission 1 and I really love it's energy and one liners. Eddie looks like he's referenced off Will Smith in one panel, I love Bruno saying "I'm a one man chorus line!!" and kicking Hongo in the face! Also sweet end with Banana (Bruno's monkey) getting the laser shooting helmet with the "implication" that he'll take over the world! Oh that silly monkey! His model doesn't even appear outside of character select and ending cutscenes but he's such a fun guy!
This thing could be rare or lost media if they didn't include it here, so I appreciate that

Appereantly Arcade has some differences like no FMVs and looking more like a Saturn game (huh)...interesting, too bad I don't care enough about this game to check!

Most enemies don't stand out at all by the way...I like the Punisher lady and those skeleton tribal guys are memorable but most of the enemies are so damn one note.

Bike sequence is sick.

I couldn't care less about that island.

Overall, I just didn't like this as much. It's like first game but everything done worse and just not as fun or colorful or unique. I tried this before in early 2023 aswell, without having played or seen anything of Deka 1 and I got far only to lose at the final boss (who's really damn cheap in this game) and I quit it and I just wasn't as enjoying it back then either...I liked the general vibe and the amount of ridicilious stuff you can use as weapons but that wore off a bit quickly.

Oh that's another thing...you know how in first game, you can play a submarine game in either Saturn/Arcade or PS2 version to get more credits to use since it's an arcade game? Well guess what! They included another classic Sega game but it doesn't do shit! It's just an extra without a purpose, which sucks cuz it was a really cool way how they utilized it in the first game...so you're stuck with 9 credits...back then, last one ran out on Hongo.

This time, I beat him on Mission 2 (first mission I played) on the last life....second time on Mission 1, having unlocked stuff got me infinite credits...third time on Mission 3, game insisted on dropping me down to 4 credits, so I said fuck you and used Infinite Lives cheat to finally finish it off.

Stick to the first game, if you ask me...wonder how Asian Dynamite is?