amphibious_ReViews

Utilizing the fancy Super FX chip in the game cartridge, Star Fox brought true 3D to a system that shouldn't have been capable of it. For that alone, this game is novel and exciting. The next console generation brought native 3D to the table, and with it a quasi-remake of this game with the same story and massive gameplay improvements. However, there is a strange magic to playing something three-dimensional on the SNES . Star Fox is an on-rails space shooter where you play as an anthropomorphic fox attempting to stop an evil mastermind and save the galaxy. Each level is pretty straightforward, tasking players with dodging obstacles, defeating enemies, and protecting allies before taking on a large robotic boss. The game mixes things up a little by providing players with different levels depending on the difficulty they choose, so you have to be skilled to see everything. I definitely found the game to be challenging, but I thought it was well-balanced as a whole, and the environ

I was very excited when I had first found this game on Steam (and at a huge discount), so I bought it almost immediately. The  The House of the Dead franchise was my favorite arcade series for a very long time, and other on-rails shooters pale in comparison, so having an adaptation on my PC seemed like a dream come true! Unfortunately, this game just doesn't live up to the legacy of it's numbered companions. The magic that the staple over-the-top story situations bring while plowing down zombies is still present, just in a much smaller capacity. However, where the previous games excelled in delightfully corny (B-movie-esque) acting and stories, Overkill tried something different with a curse every two words and ridiculously uncalled-for sexual jokes and innuendos. For some, that may be a perfect mix, but it isn't floating any of my boats. I'm a sucker for a good story, and the The House of the Dead franchise as a whole doesn't necessarily lead the charge her