Heylo, everyone! It's that time again! Which is kind of
funny to say, when I post with frequency, huh? Well, even still, it's that time
again!
This time I took a look at Power Strike 2 for the Game Gear.
Turns out it's a vertical shoot'em up! I honestly wasn't sure what to expect
until I hit 'on'.. ^.^; But as soon as the title screen music started I was hit
by a wave of nostalgia.. Not for the game itself of course, but for the system!
I loved my Game Gear as a kid, even if I didn't play it a whole lot once I got
a Gameboy... You can't deny that the Game Gear had a lovely sound chip in it.
:3
But anyway, back to the game itself... It was hard! And not
just because of bullets flying or me not being very good at shooters like that
in general, but because it was hard to tell what was going on with everything
in the background! It looked really clean and sharp, but because of that
everything just kinda blurred at times and I really wasn't sure what was an
enemy, a bullet, or just filler in the background! I thought maybe if I messed
with the speed it would help things too, but honestly I couldn't tell if the speed
setting did anything at all...
The gameplay itself wasn't anything to write home about,
really. I mean, I'm not really well-versed in vertical shoot 'em ups right now,
but it didn't seem to bring anything to the table that other games probably did
and then some. Plus the stages were really rather long...
Sound and music-wise, I definitely enjoyed the game, though.
Again, it's just that delightful blend of..um...Game gear-ness! I'm not really
sure how else to describe it...
All in all, I would say that Power Strike 2 on Game Gear
tastes kinda sour!
I might pick it up every so often, but really it'd only be
for the music... And if I want tasty Game Gear music, there are plenty of other
options!
Sour! :X
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