Solid gameplay, Innovative design, but repetitive

Pros: The general gameplay is initially entertaining, but then gets repetitive.

You're in a walled area, and each spawned enemy that you kill falls apart into the scattered boxes it was made out of. Over time the room fills with these boxes until they fill the room enough for you to climb out.

There are point rewards for various achievements like high combos, exploding a certain amount of bomb heads, and swinging an enemy into a group of others to get a Strike.

Bonus level after each level add in SOME variety.

Professional feel to the game,

Cons: You have a whopping two attacks at your disposal to pound through enemies with. One is a standard punch and the other is a grapple and then swing around or toss. And since you will be beating on enemies every level, you'll be spamming these two attacks a lot.

Most of the time killing the box enemies you will find yourself simply going for big combo chains. Once you get attacked or the time gap between two attacks gets too big and the combo ends, you just start back over with the combo trying to beat the previous chain again. That's it.

Posted: 11-Mar-2006 02:29:45 PM

Simple concept, well executed

Pros: The gameplay is very solid. Bullets hit when they are supposed to and the enemies satisfyingly collapse into a puddle of blood. The shotgun in particular is the most satisfying weapon to use as clusters of bulletspray shred enemy ranks.

The experience/leveling system adds that enjoyable element to the game with chooseable upgrades like increased rate of fire and damage.

Options of play involve Story Mode and Rush. Story Mode is entertaining up until the demo limitations sever it.

Cons: Rush mode, which is basically a survival game type, is too difficult and short. Even on easy, it would be more fun to actually be able to gain levels without getting zerged 30 seconds into the game.

Posted: 11-Mar-2006 01:43:47 PM

Well written, good adventure, decent gameplay

Pros: There's an alright storyline with scripted cutscenes, talking NPCs, and a navigable world map.

Cute, fitting music.

Cons: The actual gameplay isn't ALL that fun, especially at first when all you are doing is collecting gems and avoiding the spiked balls.

Waiting for the game to score you after every level takes too long. I don't want to watch every gem and life get counted one by one.

Posted: 11-Mar-2006 04:16:36 PM