I was suspicious before but I've confirmed it now; game journalist cannot be trusted. When I grew up this game was SLAMMED, for a long time I was under the impression that it wasn't a good game. It is a good game, it's incredibly fun, it's a horrible shame this was so poorly received because if it received a sequel with more polish, more content, more variety, we'd have another Capcom staple on our hands. It's short but really fun, it gives me "proof of concept" vibes like Vanquish does but it's a good fun 6 hours. I highly recommend this game, and do not trust game journalists! They have no idea was a fun game is.

Отвратительная игра даже для своего времени. Геймплей:
Уровни представляют из себя арены с раскидаными
на них врагами и точками активациии.
Вырезаем пачку - активируем - повторять бесконечно
Врагов 3 типа: обычные мобцы, усиленные мобцы,
бронированные роботы которые пробиваются ракетами
или камнями\машинами\другими объектами на уровне
Боевка абсолютно невзрачная, стрельба унылая,
милишка не работает, крюк ведет себя неадекватно
Сюжет плох, механика крюка плоха,
вообщем типичный проект категории С того времени
5/10. Пройдена за ~6 часов

Bionic Commando is among worst type of media where it isn't good nor bad enough to be interesting or be thrilled at what's coming next, It's a functional, mediocre product that relies at a gimmick that wears off in first 4 minutes.

The trademark swinging mechanic could've been actually fun in a level design that isn't inherently restrictive and poorly layered out, consisting of circling around same few buildings (that you're not allowed to just climb over) in small areas, straight hallway sewers or underground trains.

if you're not trying to swing around and kick enemies or launch them at each other with a throw, then you're just playing a poorly made third person shooter with 2 weapons limit and perhaps you're better off that way if you plan to invest time just to move things along faster, this gameplay loop repeats in every level until final hour and the only sense of progress you feel are some of the upgrades that are given as part of plot progression.

Many optional upgrades can also be earned through challenges presented at pause menu, I can positively ensure you that outside ammunition capacity increase, There's no noticeable difference at all considering that the gameplay loop isn't really flexible for more innovative moveset, same goes for collectibles that demands you strict platforming that can get you accidently killed and potentially restart in a far away checkpoints and you're not even given the luxury of keeping set collectible in case you're killed, so it's case of doing perfect run until next checkpoint for concept arts you could just google.

The plot is nonsensical in a frustrating way than mildly entertaining with unlikable cast of characters and plot twist that's poorly foreshadowed, there's around 9 cutscene at best in a 4 hour game with most of the dialogue occurring during gameplay or optional data files that keeps pilling up and eats from your playtime, so it's just feels like a homework to make a stupid plot make bit more sense.

Grin and Capcom might have released a functional product, But it's still void of any of their usual quality titles even for their main series spin-offs line up.

I've always been curious about this game, but never had a chance to play it until recently. It was better than I expected.

Swinging around levels like Spiderman and throwing props at enemies never got old. The game was well paced and flowed from level to level. I didn't get bored or tired of playing.

The inclusion of weapons felt a bit redundant when you have a bionic arm at your disposal. Some levels didn't feel like they were built with swinging in mind. I often found myself crashing into geometry, which broke up the flow a bit. I also wish that the bionic arm's cable was longer so that you could grab onto surfaces from further away.

I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a simple action game that can be completed in a couple of sessions.

This game is one of those where its greater than the sum of its parts. The game has a ton of issues and a general lack of polish, but it's so fun to me that I don't care. It keeps to the spirit of the franchise. It's an odd game with a really stupid story with engaging mechanics that keep the replay high. It has amazing music. There's some setpieces in this game that are surprisingly great. It achieves an over the top action movie feel without removing control from the player. I love the pacing of it, it really just keeps moving as one continuous experience. A lot of people complain about the narrative, but it rarely rears its head, so I can't say it's a huge issue for me. I'd recommend getting this on PC through a sale if you like action games.