Terror of Hemasaurus is a great spiritual successor to the Rampage series of arcade games. What sets it apart from that series is that the buildings, tanks, people etc all have realistic physics. Destroying a building feels incredibly satisfying. The fact that one person made the entire game (except for the music) makes ToH even more impressive. Unfortunately, the plot itself is a slog. Through MANY cutscenes, an incredibly anvilicious story about climate change is told. While I def agree with its message about how the wealthy are killing the earth, it felt out of place and poorly told. I'd compare it tonally to the Netfilx film Don't Look Up; its message is clear and righteous, but isn't clever and certainly won't convert any non-believers. There is an arcade mode, but this removes the tutorial and not all the game's mechanics are intuitive. A good game that suffers from savior syndrome.

Reviewed on Feb 06, 2023


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