Very annoying control scheme. Hey, lets make a game where pinpoint accuracy is important... Then we should have the control scheme be pinpoint, right? NOPE. Make the player aim with the n64 analog stick! That should work...

Honestly just play star successor, you're not really missing much here. I want to be very clear: If this game had a PC port/wasn't released on the N64, it would be a 7 or 8/10. The negatives of this game are completely attributed to the system it was released on. The gameplay is a solid foundation but I honestly can't recommend people play this, especially with N64 emulators being hard to set up and this game not having plug and play mouse or wii pointer support.

I have issues saving controller configs on N64 emulators, what the hell man. BASIC FEATURE MISSING ALERT. I've spent hours tweaking GlideN64 so I'm not dropping frames... What is the deal with N64 emulators and their plugins???

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor literally feels like the Wii was made for it, not the other way around, AND you can play it on dolphin which is one of the best emulators period.

To play devil's advocate, you're not really going through that much pain by playing this game because it has such a short playtime. I just hate the controls to pieces.

Reviewed on Sep 21, 2023


4 Comments


6 months ago

Try it on Dolphin Virtual Console, performs much better than dedicated N64 emus lmfao

6 months ago

@Reyn You would think they would add wii remote support but no

6 months ago

@Reyn I already beat the game, the virtual console provides the same gameplay. It performs the same, it's not that I think n64 emulators don't work I'm just complaining because there are issues with the setup. They have no influence on my score I just thought I should mention it for people trying to play it.

6 months ago

@caelohm that's part of it, Dolphin lets you save controller configs, but the main thing is that there are certain camera changes that just haven't been happening on all of the actual N64 emus I've been trying 😭