Worth it for the right player.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $0.99.
- Audio: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 62 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 397 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 266 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Certainly an awesome soundtrack for sure.
It delivers an 80s blockbuster action flick story with retro pixel graphics and a delightfully cliché plot that's oozing with cheese.
Since this isn't limited to NES hardware though, the gameplay sections are improved visually from that release, although I'd say it's only as advanced as the next console generation, since the 2D portions aren't as crisp or refined as I think they could be.
Otherwise, they took a really bold direction all on their own, and I'd applaud it, even if I didn't care that much for the art style myself.
While playing with an Xbox 360 controller I had many inputs eaten.
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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