Marvel Land is a pretty cool platformer that not only has a lot of cool references to cool Namco franchises like Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Dragon Spirit, Wonder Momo and Mappy but it's also got a cool theme to it. I really like the aesthetics here, they just scream of a different time to me.
The game itself gameplay wise is very odd and very challenging. The controls take some time to get used to combined with the fact you die in one hit which is pretty brutal. It also has one of the weirdest attacks I've ever seen. You like have these smaller different colored versions of you and you can spin them around by pressing down or up. Even with that though you'll still be dying a lot. I do think the level design can be pretty enjoyable once you get used to it.
The bosses on the other hand really blow, there's only 3 different types of them and they all kind of suck. Two involve doing this weird Janken game, two involve tug of war where I totally didn't use the slow down button on my emulator, and the final boss has a unique fight and omg it's so hard. No wonder the stage before him is so short. What's worse you have to do this get the hell out of the place level afterwards and if you die, you have to do all of the last level again just for another try, why's it gotta be so brutal?
The music is pretty neat though I mostly just enjoy the main theme you hear in like the first and second areas. The game looks pretty nice too though idk if I like the design of the main character, he looks kind of weird.
It's overall a pretty fun game by Namco, it's far from perfect but I still like the effort. Maybe if it wasn't so challenging I would play it more but otherwise I'm still glad I gave it a try anyway. Play it if you're curious, it recently rereleased on PS4 and Switch.
The game itself gameplay wise is very odd and very challenging. The controls take some time to get used to combined with the fact you die in one hit which is pretty brutal. It also has one of the weirdest attacks I've ever seen. You like have these smaller different colored versions of you and you can spin them around by pressing down or up. Even with that though you'll still be dying a lot. I do think the level design can be pretty enjoyable once you get used to it.
The bosses on the other hand really blow, there's only 3 different types of them and they all kind of suck. Two involve doing this weird Janken game, two involve tug of war where I totally didn't use the slow down button on my emulator, and the final boss has a unique fight and omg it's so hard. No wonder the stage before him is so short. What's worse you have to do this get the hell out of the place level afterwards and if you die, you have to do all of the last level again just for another try, why's it gotta be so brutal?
The music is pretty neat though I mostly just enjoy the main theme you hear in like the first and second areas. The game looks pretty nice too though idk if I like the design of the main character, he looks kind of weird.
It's overall a pretty fun game by Namco, it's far from perfect but I still like the effort. Maybe if it wasn't so challenging I would play it more but otherwise I'm still glad I gave it a try anyway. Play it if you're curious, it recently rereleased on PS4 and Switch.