[Played on Retron 5 with the original cartridge]

Bionic Commando is a game that really takes time to get used to. Your bionic arm is an excellent and fun way to maneuver around the levels but you aren't gonna be very great with it immediately. You really need to practice with it.

I kind of had a hard time getting through this one, so I kind of lost a lot of my motivation to push onward. I wouldn't say the game is unfairly difficult though. My only gripe is enemies can sometimes parachute right over you when you're trying to accomplish a platforming puzzle and that can be extremely annoying. I guess you just have to take it slowly.

I'm not sure why but I liked the structure of the game a lot, going through levels and obtaining new items from beating them or from non-combat areas, and being able to customize your loadout each level. It's not as fun when you're required to use a specific item for a specific level, but usually, levels don't do that much, so you're more capable of just playing how you want.

Overall this is just a good, solid game. Well worth at least trying.

7/10