Honestly, solid 7-8/10 NES run & gun side-scroller.
A cyberpunk style game that is often compared to Contra, personally I see more Mega Man in it in terms of gameplay and weapon distribution, but can see some of the influence from Contra.
Much of the graphics carry over from the original intention of creating a licensed Terminator game, with many robot exoskeletons present. The soundtrack like many of Sunsoft releases is outstanding.
The levels play out fairly stock, with sub-bosses to defeat to get new weapon upgrades. Which are then encouraged to be used on the actual boss - which resemble more Contra design philosophy of full screen designs.
The only way I could dock it is the difficulty, the game is stingy with health and ammo drops. You’re often preserving both in the hopes of making it to the end of a stage, with some infuriating blind drops where damage is necessary.
You might waste all your ammo on the “sub-Boss” then you’re left with the lousy hand gun to take on the Stage Boss and it’s almost a necessity to preserve life. There’s some code to increase the lives/continues (press B 33 times). But I just used ample rewind.
Surprisingly the last stage and final bosses are the easiest parts of the game.
A cyberpunk style game that is often compared to Contra, personally I see more Mega Man in it in terms of gameplay and weapon distribution, but can see some of the influence from Contra.
Much of the graphics carry over from the original intention of creating a licensed Terminator game, with many robot exoskeletons present. The soundtrack like many of Sunsoft releases is outstanding.
The levels play out fairly stock, with sub-bosses to defeat to get new weapon upgrades. Which are then encouraged to be used on the actual boss - which resemble more Contra design philosophy of full screen designs.
The only way I could dock it is the difficulty, the game is stingy with health and ammo drops. You’re often preserving both in the hopes of making it to the end of a stage, with some infuriating blind drops where damage is necessary.
You might waste all your ammo on the “sub-Boss” then you’re left with the lousy hand gun to take on the Stage Boss and it’s almost a necessity to preserve life. There’s some code to increase the lives/continues (press B 33 times). But I just used ample rewind.
Surprisingly the last stage and final bosses are the easiest parts of the game.