27th May 2013, 8:36 PM
Wii (WiiWare)
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Eco Shooter: Plant 530 - finally beat the game. This is a mediocre light-gun shooter from Nintendo. It has somewhat average 3d graphics and a minimum of content -- there are only three not-all-that-long levels, then a mode where you have to beat all three levels in one go, and then you're done (and since it's from Nintendo, don't expect difficulty level choices) -- but... well, I guess it's entertaining. This isn't exactly a great game, for sure, but once I started playing it, I was having enough fun to stick it through to the end. The enemies are mostly various kinds of cans and barrels, so graphical variety is limited, but it is kind of clever when the barrels form into robots, or fly through the air on wings, or things like that. :) The difficulty is imbalanced, though -- the bosses are moderately challenging, and the second and third bosses definitely can be tough, but it's almost impossible to actually lose during a level, and when you die you start the st age (or, for that fourth mode, the game) over. This means that if you're having trouble at a boss, you'll have to replay the whole level over and over, until you get it right.
Oh, the game has a somewhat unique "ammo is health" system. So, you lose when you run out of ammo. Destroying barrels (enemies) gives ammo drops though, and your second button (Z) will activate a vacuum that sucks in the ammo recharges. Your goal of course is to overall gain more shots than you spent on the encounter. The system works well, and helps add some interest to this short and somewhat unbalanced game. Overall... I don't know, this is probably a C-something game, maybe B- at the high end. But it was fun enough to be worth playing for the couple of hours that it lasted. It also helps that I got it as a free reward, so I didn't have to spend anything for the game. :p
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Eco Shooter: Plant 530 - finally beat the game. This is a mediocre light-gun shooter from Nintendo. It has somewhat average 3d graphics and a minimum of content -- there are only three not-all-that-long levels, then a mode where you have to beat all three levels in one go, and then you're done (and since it's from Nintendo, don't expect difficulty level choices) -- but... well, I guess it's entertaining. This isn't exactly a great game, for sure, but once I started playing it, I was having enough fun to stick it through to the end. The enemies are mostly various kinds of cans and barrels, so graphical variety is limited, but it is kind of clever when the barrels form into robots, or fly through the air on wings, or things like that. :) The difficulty is imbalanced, though -- the bosses are moderately challenging, and the second and third bosses definitely can be tough, but it's almost impossible to actually lose during a level, and when you die you start the st age (or, for that fourth mode, the game) over. This means that if you're having trouble at a boss, you'll have to replay the whole level over and over, until you get it right.
Oh, the game has a somewhat unique "ammo is health" system. So, you lose when you run out of ammo. Destroying barrels (enemies) gives ammo drops though, and your second button (Z) will activate a vacuum that sucks in the ammo recharges. Your goal of course is to overall gain more shots than you spent on the encounter. The system works well, and helps add some interest to this short and somewhat unbalanced game. Overall... I don't know, this is probably a C-something game, maybe B- at the high end. But it was fun enough to be worth playing for the couple of hours that it lasted. It also helps that I got it as a free reward, so I didn't have to spend anything for the game. :p