Gunstar Heroes is too short and annoying to even be worth such little money. (PROS/CONS review inside)
My review of Gunstar Heroes will consist of three topics. Gameplay, Graphics, and Replay-Value. With this, ther will be PROS/CONS for each and a short description too.
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay in gunstar heroes is great. Its got everything that a 2-D shooter needs and more. One example of how badly the gameplay got effected was the ending. SPOILERS*-VERY SMALL In the end....u had to finish a boardgame. Yes, a stinkin board game that was a total waste of time to make the game longer. On this board game, u fought enemies and got some elements for ur gun and was not optional to play. It did increase the variety in the game but also made u feel like putting the game down and shutting off ur wii. I was entirely dissapponted by ther decision of applying this into the game and u would have to play the board game MANY times before moving on. END OF SPOILERS Now earlier i mentioned ''elements'' for ur weapon......these elements were used for changing the gunfire for ur gun and if it was homing or not (homing weapons didnt really work though). Before i forget to list the PROS/CONS of this game...lemme tell em to u.
PROS
-Interesting weapon sytem
-Great cartoon style
-Nice variety of gameplay and landscapes
-Co-Op (2 player)
-A bit of melee combat in the game
-HUGE amounts of enemies and a great deal of action along with it too
-Music is good...just ''good''
-Lots of Bosses
-Good sound effects
-Has everything an average 2-D shooter should have and more
-A small story fits into place along with all of this
CONS
-The ending is Boring, tedious, repetitive, annoying etc.
-Co-Op was implemented into the game in probably 2 minutes
-Bugs concerning enemies getting stuck in places and u getting stuck in between 2 enemies is common
-Lots of replaying bosses in the game since they are userally hard the first time but easy afterwards
-Homing weapons (elements) are useless since they dont work properly
-The game is worth more like 5 bucks because of the cons so far
-Its short
-Framerate is terrible in some spots in the game (surprisingly)
-Not enough different kinds of enemies cause of so many neat landscapes
-More platforming would just ADD to the game
Graphics
Gunstar Heroes is by-far probably the best looking game i got on the VC so far and has great explosions, wonderfully done cartoon work, and holds its aptmosphere quite well.
PROS
-Awesome explosions
-Great cartoon work
-Great Aptmosphere (spelling?)
-Lots going on, on-screen
CONS
-A few bugs concerning graphics
-Not much else to say
REPLAY-VALUE
GH has practically nothing that would make u want to get back to playing it other than its variety and the optional Co-Op. I hate that board game so much, that i had a hard time talking about it in this review.......it killed alot of the replay-value too......
PROS
-Co-Op
-Variety in Gameplay
-The first 3 stages of the game (more than half the game) are fun to re-play
CONS
-Annoying game overall
-Not enough things that will want u to replay the game....especially if u have other 2-D shooters
CONCLUSION
In the end...GH is just an average shooter for the Graphics Whores that isn't worth 800 Wii points. Its still a fun game....but an annoying one with a good amount of trial and error in it unfortunately. WORTH BUYING?-Yes if u really like 2-D shooters or if u are a Graphics Whore but still want to play the classics. No, if u aren't any of these.