I had recently ordered this game to fill the void in my collection. I have to say I was extremely impressed as to how well this game has aged over the years. The music is spectacular, and the amount of fun I had just punching dudes is a testemant to how classic this game is. I find the general simplicity of the beat 'em up genre to be the factor that makes them so much fun. Fun Factor - why isn't this factored into more reviews? There are tons of games that may not be the most advanced or have the best graphics, but are just insanely fun. I think Streets of Rage and many of the older games had this (or more recent games like Earth Defense Force.) Something that has been lost when trying to complicate things with gameplay "improvements" and graphical advancements.
I hadn't really heard about this game growing up. After mentioning Tiger Heli to a couple of my friends though they recommended this game. I don't quite have a good impression of the game yet, but there seems to be two parts to the gameplay.
The vertical shooter part:
And an on foot part that reminds me of the Legend of Zelda. Now of course my first reaction, like many other shooter fans, is why are there on foot sections? I honestly can't say, but perhaps this was one of the first games to infuriate the vertical shooter fanatic by taking them out of the action and force them to wander some enormous labyrinth. I didn't get to play much of this second mode before I bit the dust, but I must say the shooting sections were pretty fantastic.
My addiction with BF2 still stands albeit without the patch. Which is unfortunate becuase that means I will not be able to play with anyone that I know online for a little while.
I picked up a Logitech Extreme 3d Pro for it even.
Flying jets and helicopters is a lot more fun with this, although choppers still offer a challenge and I haven't had a chance to try it out in combat just yet. I am really looking forward to it, and in fact I will probably do just that as soon as I'm done here.
Guitar Hero II in just 3 days. I hope to make an overdue episode of NERD ALERT for it. We'll see how it goes...