Played with the Sinden Lightgun
Very clean and coherent light gun game, which is a rarity.
While most lightgun games involve the player shooting as fast and as constant as possible, Virtua Cop lands on the other side of the spectrum, where the focus is about accuracy and timing, and this is very satisfying!
Levels are neatly designed to where you can really get into a flow-state and just nail shots, getting high accuracy feels great, although back in the arcades if your gun wasn't aligned properly this game would've been a nightmare.
The aesthetics are of a classic and charming 80's cop movie, and the music also fits this bill. It enhances the gameplay loop quite a bit.
Virtua Cop is quite simple as far as lightgun games go, but I think that simplicity is very refined and the game is just a very enjoyable play through. I would recommend this game, it's on the upper end of the genre.
Very clean and coherent light gun game, which is a rarity.
While most lightgun games involve the player shooting as fast and as constant as possible, Virtua Cop lands on the other side of the spectrum, where the focus is about accuracy and timing, and this is very satisfying!
Levels are neatly designed to where you can really get into a flow-state and just nail shots, getting high accuracy feels great, although back in the arcades if your gun wasn't aligned properly this game would've been a nightmare.
The aesthetics are of a classic and charming 80's cop movie, and the music also fits this bill. It enhances the gameplay loop quite a bit.
Virtua Cop is quite simple as far as lightgun games go, but I think that simplicity is very refined and the game is just a very enjoyable play through. I would recommend this game, it's on the upper end of the genre.