THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Himu on May 30, 2010, 10:30:39 PM
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Dled and played the Rocket Knight demo from psn and.......
I really liked that demo. Which shocked me.
Half the time when developers pick up old series again to revive them, they fail flat on their faces because they don't utilize what made the original games great. Based off of video footage of the the new Rocket Knight game, I was gonna throw the new RK under the same bus, but the demo kinda stopped me in my tracks.
First off, the original Rocket Knight Adventures is, in my opinion, the king of action platformers. There's RKA and Mega Man games and then there's everyone else. What made the original RKA great was the sheer variety in terms of levels and fast paced action. It wasn't overly difficult, but man it was tight.
I think what I played of the demo impressed me enough that it definitely feels like a sequel to RKA and Sparkster. The first half of the first level is pretty tame and pedestrian, but it gets really fun from there and I was disappointed when the demo ended. Consider it bought.
Oh, and it's such a beautiful game too. Animations are fab, colors are bright. Controls are spot on and perfect, they really streamlined Sparkster's rocket boost controls. I don't think the full game will be on par with RKA but I think anyone who remotely likes RKA or its sequel Sparkster should give the demo a shot. You may be surprised.
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It's like an hour and a half long and you can beat it in one play through.
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It seems good. Will buy when I have time to play it.
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thought the demo was slow & boring
will not buy
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yeah the demo was pretty slow and zzzz. The production values seemed pretty decent, but the game just wasnt awesome enough to warrant the hefty 1200 spaceclam price tag. Maybe If its on sale at some point?
Himuro let us know if the game gets more reflex based and action packed.
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This was my thought as well. I wanted to buy it, but it's hard to justify the $15.
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1200 ms points? On psn it's like 15 bucks. How much is that in ms points? Isn't that like 20 bucks?
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No :lol
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I actually thought the demo was okay, but really easy. I don't think it's even worth $10 though.
1200 ms points? On psn it's like 15 bucks. How much is that in ms points? Isn't that like 20 bucks?
1600 MS points = $20