I played through Armorer Warriors three times today on my Arcade 1up cab. Firstly I played as the orange character and it took me 14 continues to see the ending. Using the Blue/Yellow characters took me another 14 continues and finally a playthrough with the Green character took me 13 continues. I felt like I was getting better, but only a little bit. And some of the later bosses felt a bit cheap, so I was hammering the energy draining super moves.

Attacks had a good sense of weight to them, although some of the weapon pick ups felt much more useful than others. I quite liked the tank-like treads and the drill arm. Napalm was pretty cool too. Gameplay was surprisingly hectic considering the size of the mechs. I found that the size of the characters made it difficult to line up your attacks or avoid the enemy attacks, especially when the screen was busy.

Overall, I thought it was a bit bland. The gameplay was solid, but I didn’t care for the story or the characters. The graphics were good, but I’m not into the mech/military theme and none of the music was memorable.

I had recently played the original on my SNES Mini for a bit of nostalgia. The pixel art and chip tunes were still beautiful, but the gameplay wasn’t that fun if I’m honest. However, I played this remake for a couple of hours today - getting as far as I had got on the original - and gameplay wise it was far more smooth and enjoyable. I also liked the new cutscenes and general presentation of things. The graphics were serviceable, but unspectacular. None of the rearranged music was as good as the originals. Auto save was very handy.