Right off the bat, I'll agree that this game plays like total shit. It's insanely monotonous and unfair. BUT, this game is also nearly everything I grew to love about this old generation of games (and movies) and the way they were presented.
NARC gets a fairly high score from me because for the past two decades of my life, parts of this game won't leave my brain. From the stupid ass death cries, to the ear-violating celebration sounds from completing a stage, to the "BEEP-BEEP-BOOP '511 in progress' Drrrrdodoo* 'LET'S GO!" stage introductions in your character's dashboard, to the goofy-ass enemies portrayed by digitized actors, EVERYTHING about this game is so goddamn charming and hilarious.
I don't want to argue with my soul and give this a lower score, my heart won't allow it! You don't have to like cops to like NARC, but you probably do have to love the most obnoxious and insipid aspects of 80s culture of violence and mayhem to like NARC.
NARC gets a fairly high score from me because for the past two decades of my life, parts of this game won't leave my brain. From the stupid ass death cries, to the ear-violating celebration sounds from completing a stage, to the "BEEP-BEEP-BOOP '511 in progress' Drrrrdodoo* 'LET'S GO!" stage introductions in your character's dashboard, to the goofy-ass enemies portrayed by digitized actors, EVERYTHING about this game is so goddamn charming and hilarious.
I don't want to argue with my soul and give this a lower score, my heart won't allow it! You don't have to like cops to like NARC, but you probably do have to love the most obnoxious and insipid aspects of 80s culture of violence and mayhem to like NARC.