Every few years, I go back to Steam and play through some old favorites. This is one of those. It is essentially a reskinned version of the NES game, with very little additions. Level layouts, movement, and gameplay is all virtually identical, complete with the pretty rude difficulty spikes (like that fucking dock halfway through).
We do get almost entirely new bosses (instead of big reactors we get actual puzzle bosses) and a new last level (the worst addition), and we get the ability to change weapons on the fly instead of having to pick a layout on your way into a level.
There are challenge rooms and two extra hard bonus levels, but those aren't my thing at all, so I always skip them, because they don't really add anything to the experience, and Bionic Commando is one of those games that was always 80% experience. I love it.
We do get almost entirely new bosses (instead of big reactors we get actual puzzle bosses) and a new last level (the worst addition), and we get the ability to change weapons on the fly instead of having to pick a layout on your way into a level.
There are challenge rooms and two extra hard bonus levels, but those aren't my thing at all, so I always skip them, because they don't really add anything to the experience, and Bionic Commando is one of those games that was always 80% experience. I love it.