Lousy game. Rambo III does basically the same thing already, on the same console, three years earlier, and sucks less (and even then it's not exactly good either). I will say, though, it's very fun to poke at and laugh at. It's one of those anti-drug games where you just shoot to death anyone you see and they drop like needles and crack pipes and shit, then every single time you pick one up it says "🚫DRUG SQUAD". Does any of this happen in Predator 2? or 1? Or any of them?

The music is pretty amusingly poor too. The first few levels it sounds like a typical below average Genesis soundtrack, then in the last few levels it just becomes constant warbles. Maybe it's supposed to sound spooky or something but it's just really bad and really funny, albeit grating. The sound effects consist of "Help!" and "Yeah!", over and over. Hostages share them, enemies share them, you share them. Sometimes you or a hostage gets exploded by a predator and they let out this scream that sounds more like a squawk from a bird. These are essentially the only things you'll hear alongside gunfire and previously mentioned anus music.

I also found a spot in the final boss where he couldn't hit me despite throwing like 4 different attacks all across the room, so after emptying my machine gun I just stood in that spot and shot him until he fucked off. Wonderful stuff.

So no, it's not good. Not at all, in fact actually playing it is kind of a pain in the ass, but it definitely makes for a good laugh. Probably a good game for a vc or something.

Reviewed on Aug 16, 2022


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