3rd March 2011, 12:54 AM
Startropics 2... I got that at the same time I got the first one, but for some reason never got far into it. It does seem like a pretty good game, I really should go back to it and play the thing while the battery's still holding up...
DS
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WarioWare Twisted - $13, card only - The second WarioWare game I've gotten, actually. I only previously had the GC one (which is amazing and one of the best party games ever).
PSX
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Invasion from Beyond - $4 - intentionally cheesy Playstation game. Based on the box I thought it'd be a generic flying shooter type of game, but it's actually something in between... I don't know, Desert Strike and a topdown shmup or something? That is, you have no vertical movement control, you just move on a flat plane, and your planes hover like helicopters. You are given missions such as picking up people and crates and dropping them in other places, rescuing people and bringing them to safe points, destroying waves of aliens, etc. I've only played a couple of levels, but the controls are kind of annoying. The lack of vertical movement really is kind of a pain, this game tosses LOTS of enemies at you, unlike many games of this kind (the five Strike games, the Army Men: Air Attack series, Chopper Attack for N64). The levels are small but have no borders, so you just loop from one "side" to the other seamlessly. Lots of UFOs to try to hit, flying around... you can aim up and down, but hitting them is kind of tricky, you have limited ammo (you can reload, but have to go back to the base square), and it's hard to dodge enemy fire. So far I get hit a lot. This game is pretty hard. There are strafing buttons on the shoulders, so you can dodge that way, but playing a "flight" game like it's an FPS or something is pretty strange... still, the graphics are okay for a 1997 Playstation game, and it's kind of fun. I like the cheesy, '50s-ish box art and obviously intentionally silly theme. Gameplay wise though, it does have some issues I think.
DS
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WarioWare Twisted - $13, card only - The second WarioWare game I've gotten, actually. I only previously had the GC one (which is amazing and one of the best party games ever).
PSX
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Invasion from Beyond - $4 - intentionally cheesy Playstation game. Based on the box I thought it'd be a generic flying shooter type of game, but it's actually something in between... I don't know, Desert Strike and a topdown shmup or something? That is, you have no vertical movement control, you just move on a flat plane, and your planes hover like helicopters. You are given missions such as picking up people and crates and dropping them in other places, rescuing people and bringing them to safe points, destroying waves of aliens, etc. I've only played a couple of levels, but the controls are kind of annoying. The lack of vertical movement really is kind of a pain, this game tosses LOTS of enemies at you, unlike many games of this kind (the five Strike games, the Army Men: Air Attack series, Chopper Attack for N64). The levels are small but have no borders, so you just loop from one "side" to the other seamlessly. Lots of UFOs to try to hit, flying around... you can aim up and down, but hitting them is kind of tricky, you have limited ammo (you can reload, but have to go back to the base square), and it's hard to dodge enemy fire. So far I get hit a lot. This game is pretty hard. There are strafing buttons on the shoulders, so you can dodge that way, but playing a "flight" game like it's an FPS or something is pretty strange... still, the graphics are okay for a 1997 Playstation game, and it's kind of fun. I like the cheesy, '50s-ish box art and obviously intentionally silly theme. Gameplay wise though, it does have some issues I think.