Just a stupidly named game, first of all. There's another Strider 2, but it's not the Strider 2, because Strider 2 is actually Strider Returns: Journey From Darkness. Yet you'll also note that the cover art for this game (at least at the time of this review) has a logo that says Strider 2. Hate is the only thing I have left in my body, and it's because I played both of these games back to back.
Strider Returns: Journey From Darkness is... well it's more Strider, so you know. That's very cool. It plays a bit better but still suffers from clunky controls that do not at all align with the grace of the player character's movements. Levels are a lot more lively and densely packed with detail, and the color pallet is much more vibrant, so it's even nicer to look at than it's predecessor, and I've now exhausted the one positive thing I have to say about the game.
It's been a while, but I do recall this being less difficult than the original, though it ramps up in a pretty serious way towards the end. The last level in particular was agonizing.
All the style in the world can't save Strider. Please don't play this.
Strider Returns: Journey From Darkness is... well it's more Strider, so you know. That's very cool. It plays a bit better but still suffers from clunky controls that do not at all align with the grace of the player character's movements. Levels are a lot more lively and densely packed with detail, and the color pallet is much more vibrant, so it's even nicer to look at than it's predecessor, and I've now exhausted the one positive thing I have to say about the game.
It's been a while, but I do recall this being less difficult than the original, though it ramps up in a pretty serious way towards the end. The last level in particular was agonizing.
All the style in the world can't save Strider. Please don't play this.
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Yup, it's by US Gold. I found it to be better but, I dunno. It's like saying getting punched in the nose is preferable to getting kicked in the teeth.
arguably worse than outsourcing it to US Gold, they just asked capcom if they could make strider 2 and capcom said "fuck it go ahead we dont care"
for some reason british pc devs were really into making dogshit sequels to arcade games that nobody outside of england has ever played (See human killing machine, the original street fighter 2)
for some reason british pc devs were really into making dogshit sequels to arcade games that nobody outside of england has ever played (See human killing machine, the original street fighter 2)
Holy shit lmao
I don't even hate strider 1 but I think it's funny how Capcom had literally zero interest in preserving it's brand standard of quality
I don't even hate strider 1 but I think it's funny how Capcom had literally zero interest in preserving it's brand standard of quality
Bitch wasn't even in mvc3 base roster
I really feel like I need to play these now, just for giggles if nothing else lol.
That's the opposite of what the review was supposed to do!
MagneticBurn
1 year ago
Always heard this was astronomically worse than strider 1 but I'd have to play for myself to see