007's latest video game journey brings you on a trip through the agent's memories of some of his biggest missions. Sadly, he seems to remember them being more boring than they really were...
Joint Strike works. The gameplay hasn’t changed since 1984 and this is a good thing, if you’re making a 1942 game. This is a classic vertical shooter, waves of planes swirl and spin from all areas of the screen, red planes offer powerups, bombs and health; standard planes offer points, lots of points.
There are no real sound effects in this game. Kind of. Instead of the harsh clank of puck on ice you now get the noise of a bored EA developer sat at his desk making swoosh noises. And ‘Hup’, ‘Oip’ and ‘Florp!’ Oh dear.
No joke: there has been, on average, at least one rerelease of a retro title (Lunar, Final Fight, Perfect Dark) or release of an '80s throwback (Mega Man 10, Cave Story on WiiWare) each week for the past two months. Retro is starting to get pretty… dare we say it? Old. And even though it’s been proven time and again that gamers in their mid-20s are far more nostalgic than they should be, we’re starting to get worn out by the constant deluge of rehashes and knowing winks that get thrown at us. But just when we thought we’d had enough, 3D Dot Game Heroes reminded us that even something as seemingly worn out as NES nostalgia can still be fun and even fresh from the right perspective.
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