I saw a review of this game on YouTube and it peaked my interest. Shinobi 3 is one of my favorite Genesis games so i thought this would scratch that itch. The story is pretty generic but it’s sets it up well. Tyrannical government deploys guardians to protect them from rebelling citizens. Moonrider is one of those guardians but he decides to fight back and crush the tyrannical government.
The game is a mix of Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi, Megaman x, and contra. You fight humanoid robots, armored soldiers, and mutants. The music is pretty good, a mix of Japanese style music combined with thumping techno. The game play is alright. You fight 8 bosses and then to Dr Willy’s tower. Moonrider feels kind of stiff at times, he can jump on walls, can run, and attacks with a sword. You can unlock chips that increase your defense, increase attack range, hp regeneration and more. Some of these feel like necessary gameplay features, such as the dash or double jump.
It feels kind of odd having to choose between health or defense and features such as dashing or double jump. You can only place your load out at the beginning of each level. So it’s just odd. Dashing and double jumping do not break the game at all and in fact there are moments where it seems almost necessary. Just such an odd choice.
The boss battles are forgettable. No strategy really. I honestly just stood next to them and just melee’s them to death. The levels can be fun and interesting. One you have to ride a motor bike shooting robots and soldiers. One your jumping from ship to ship on an aircraft armada. Another, your being chased by a giant robot through the woods. Some of the levels are definitely high lights,
Overall it’s very ok. Check it out if interested. I played it once and I’m good.
The game is a mix of Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi, Megaman x, and contra. You fight humanoid robots, armored soldiers, and mutants. The music is pretty good, a mix of Japanese style music combined with thumping techno. The game play is alright. You fight 8 bosses and then to Dr Willy’s tower. Moonrider feels kind of stiff at times, he can jump on walls, can run, and attacks with a sword. You can unlock chips that increase your defense, increase attack range, hp regeneration and more. Some of these feel like necessary gameplay features, such as the dash or double jump.
It feels kind of odd having to choose between health or defense and features such as dashing or double jump. You can only place your load out at the beginning of each level. So it’s just odd. Dashing and double jumping do not break the game at all and in fact there are moments where it seems almost necessary. Just such an odd choice.
The boss battles are forgettable. No strategy really. I honestly just stood next to them and just melee’s them to death. The levels can be fun and interesting. One you have to ride a motor bike shooting robots and soldiers. One your jumping from ship to ship on an aircraft armada. Another, your being chased by a giant robot through the woods. Some of the levels are definitely high lights,
Overall it’s very ok. Check it out if interested. I played it once and I’m good.