Bionic Commando Rearmed

released on Aug 13, 2008
by Capcom

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GRIN

A remake of Bionic Commando

Classic side-scrolling gameplay is reporting back for duty with Bionic Commando Rearmed, a remake of the classic NES game, out now on PC. 20 years after the 8-bit classic was released, Bionic Commando Rearmed recreates the world of the original with a complete "2.5D" visual revamp.


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This game was praised and hyped at the time, but I just didn't get it. For me it was just a standard platformer with clumsy controls, bad level design and high difficulty. Tried to revisit it few times over the years, but couldn't change my initial impression. One star for the music.

RATING: Good

Definitely not to everyone's tastes and the grapple takes some getting used to, but at the same time you also get to make dollar-store-Hitler's head explode

I wanna meet the piece of shit who thought making a platformer without a jump button and putting in an unreliable swing mechanic was a good idea. What’s their beef? Makes me wanna play they sequel where they do give Spencer a jump (and a spiffy beard). Anyway this game is meh. The stages are fine once you get used to that swing (which will take you awhile) and the gunplay is fun enough, I like the options and swinging yourself with the shotgun’s blowback feels satisfying. I don’t know that it’s worth the learning curve necessary to be able to enjoy yourself though.

Lifehack: play ps3/360 version with 01.01 update to have unlimited lives

I think this game is good, but as a remake I don't like it very much. It surpasses the original in areas but I don't think it's all that faithful to it either. I don't like how the game feels so different from the original. I like a lot of the remixed tracks but most of them I prefer the originals, and a lot of the songs feel interchangeable from the other. The visuals are honestly pretty ugly, it doesn't hold up. I think the character portraits really save it, and it has the best designs these characters will probably ever have. I like the more elaborate bosses in this game, but it also has the double edged sword of making end of levels feel more tedious. The writing is hit and miss, just a lot of "oh look I'm a video game" jokes, but some of it is charming.It's definitely the most accessible and polished game in the entire series and I think that's why it gets so much praise. But I dunno, I'd take the original over it any day.