I believe my only experience with this is game is watching someone stream it a little and it was enough to make me want to get it. So how was this semi-blind buy?
Well graphically I couldn't help but be reminded of a Genesis game back in the day, not really any game in particular, it just has that Genesis feel to it. I really like the sprite work for the game, it REALLY does feel retro with the choice of a dark future city look as it's main setting, then goes off into caves, factories, and more. It's a very well designed game that honestly looks like a lost unreleased 90s game.
The gameplay for the entire game reminded me heavily of Strider, Shinobi, and a bit of Zero from the Mega Man series. Moonrider feels like a mix between the three characters, he's got Shinobi's Dive Kick and movement animations, he's got Strider's sword swing and fast attack gameplay, and Zero's combos and a lot of the special attacks are very much like Zero's in the X series. It's an odd mix for sure, but I think it works well. The game is basically a platformer with quick hack-n-slash action stages and leads to bosses that are quite challenging, but can be beaten if you use your platforming skills to find upgrades to strengthen Moonrider. If that all sounds familiar, yeah it's pretty Mega Man X like, but every good way.
Oh, my goodness, the music to this game is absolutely amazing. It doesn't have a single bad track, but to be fair it doesn't have many, but all of them are really good. It's got that Genesis rock and synth sound, that's blood pumping.
Like a lot of the games of the 90s that are platformers, the story is pretty much non-existent...or moreso it's just there to try to give a reason for the gameplay, but it's pretty empty, but it DOES try, but there's not really enough details of this world to have you feel anything.
So what are the game's downsides? Well...
- The controls feel kinda stiff. for a platformer, jumping feels awkward and never feels comfortable even by the end of the game, but you'll get it for the most part.
- The game is VERY short, it's best to be bought on sale because it's a less than 4 or 5 hour game probably less depending on your skill level.
- The story as I said is non-existent. you're placed in the middle of a conflict that even by the end of the game you still have more questions than answers if you cared at all.
This was a pretty good game that felt nostalgic to play despite me having never played it, I definitely recommend it to platformer fans or if you loved Strider or Shinobi games.
Well graphically I couldn't help but be reminded of a Genesis game back in the day, not really any game in particular, it just has that Genesis feel to it. I really like the sprite work for the game, it REALLY does feel retro with the choice of a dark future city look as it's main setting, then goes off into caves, factories, and more. It's a very well designed game that honestly looks like a lost unreleased 90s game.
The gameplay for the entire game reminded me heavily of Strider, Shinobi, and a bit of Zero from the Mega Man series. Moonrider feels like a mix between the three characters, he's got Shinobi's Dive Kick and movement animations, he's got Strider's sword swing and fast attack gameplay, and Zero's combos and a lot of the special attacks are very much like Zero's in the X series. It's an odd mix for sure, but I think it works well. The game is basically a platformer with quick hack-n-slash action stages and leads to bosses that are quite challenging, but can be beaten if you use your platforming skills to find upgrades to strengthen Moonrider. If that all sounds familiar, yeah it's pretty Mega Man X like, but every good way.
Oh, my goodness, the music to this game is absolutely amazing. It doesn't have a single bad track, but to be fair it doesn't have many, but all of them are really good. It's got that Genesis rock and synth sound, that's blood pumping.
Like a lot of the games of the 90s that are platformers, the story is pretty much non-existent...or moreso it's just there to try to give a reason for the gameplay, but it's pretty empty, but it DOES try, but there's not really enough details of this world to have you feel anything.
So what are the game's downsides? Well...
- The controls feel kinda stiff. for a platformer, jumping feels awkward and never feels comfortable even by the end of the game, but you'll get it for the most part.
- The game is VERY short, it's best to be bought on sale because it's a less than 4 or 5 hour game probably less depending on your skill level.
- The story as I said is non-existent. you're placed in the middle of a conflict that even by the end of the game you still have more questions than answers if you cared at all.
This was a pretty good game that felt nostalgic to play despite me having never played it, I definitely recommend it to platformer fans or if you loved Strider or Shinobi games.