I lost my patience with this one.
Technically it looks nice for an n64 game and camera controls were actually really good. You can zoom out and in as much as you like. And if you zoom all the way out it's pretty impressive to see the scope of how much the n64 can run, ALTHOUGH the game lags hard, which is a problem for a platformer that relies on heavy precision.
I do like Starshot's quirky world and vibe, but the gameplay just wasn't up there.
Starshot controls like piss and does his triple jump by holding the jump button not by consecutive presses which makes timing jumps very akward alongside his full trottle acceleration and bad traction.
Then there's the level design which made zero sense to me and I pretty much got tired of running back and forth trying to figure out what to do. You have no iframes so enemies hit until you either manage to jump away or get pushed down a pitfall.
I have some fond memories of this game when it came out back in the 90's, but sadly some memories are better off preserved.
Technically it looks nice for an n64 game and camera controls were actually really good. You can zoom out and in as much as you like. And if you zoom all the way out it's pretty impressive to see the scope of how much the n64 can run, ALTHOUGH the game lags hard, which is a problem for a platformer that relies on heavy precision.
I do like Starshot's quirky world and vibe, but the gameplay just wasn't up there.
Starshot controls like piss and does his triple jump by holding the jump button not by consecutive presses which makes timing jumps very akward alongside his full trottle acceleration and bad traction.
Then there's the level design which made zero sense to me and I pretty much got tired of running back and forth trying to figure out what to do. You have no iframes so enemies hit until you either manage to jump away or get pushed down a pitfall.
I have some fond memories of this game when it came out back in the 90's, but sadly some memories are better off preserved.
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The pc version is apparently the better version at least the original one from what I've heard, but I think the new pc port suffers from a lot of technical errors and bugs which can be reduced with mods. It's a very weird game with some appeal to it, you might like it if you can tolerate the wonky controls and weird level design.
BlazingWaters
1 year ago
I dunno when I'm gonna do N64 platformers but I'm giving this a look since it's such an enigma