This is absolute the best game i have ever played. ^-^
The game is about a mouse named sparkster. Who is trained in the fighting arts of the rocket knights. The games plays in a fantasy world between future and present (mid aged characters and buildings who are using high tech equipment like robots machine gun ect.)
The game begins when sparkster see there was something going on in the castle of the king. He saw a crab like machine hanging around the castle and fire anywhere, when he tried to get closer he see the whole village is under attack by pigs.
Gameplay
The game flow smoothly and is really easy to controle.
You can do 4 types of attacks. A flaming sword: a fast slash that create a flame like boomerang that has a small range and low attack power.
Then the straight rocket attack is a charge attack that make you invincable and dash you with a rocket boost to an enemy with heavy attack power, when you hit an enemy with this you bounce right back unter a curve of 45 degrees.
The next attack is an 45 degrees version of the rocket attack.
This skill has less power but when hit you do a spin attack that do a multiplied hits.
The spin attack is also an attack apart when you charge and dont push on any direction-bottoms you spin around for a short wile. Pretty useless in a normal battle but when used in combination with a jump you can create summer-salts.
Levels
The levels are very well constructed. Unlike the sequels where they absolutely failed in this! You have a realy variated situations (flying swimming riding a very small train, fighting in robots) and many more. All of this in a very fast game play, crazy boss fights, and unpredictable events.
Rating
Graphics are realy well drawn, shining armor, feeling of faces, moving background, nice bosses, well suited music.
This game is an absolute a must for the one who loves 2D action with fast gameplay.