Daisenpu for PCE

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Daisenpu

Tanks for playing

Genre: shooter - vertical

Publisher: NEC

Year: 1990

System: PCE

Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

Slow movement and no weapons - only a couple of levels of powerup for your peashooter. One hit death and a large hitbox. Most enemies go down in one hit but larger tanks can take a lot of punishment. A severe lack of variety in enemies causes some boredom. Overall decent but decidedly forgettable.

Level Design Score: 3

Level Design Notes:

As average as the gameplay. The usual city, ocean, enemy base stages from all these WW2 shooters. Stages are incredibly long without clear breaks between them.

Theme Score: 4

Theme Notes:

I'm a sucker for these WW2 shooters. Having one set in Europe rather than the Pacific is a nice change of pace. Still, presentation is fairly low.

Art Style Score: 2

Art Style Notes:

Early gen, and it looks it. The same five enemies are recycled again and again. They look ok, but nearly all are tanks.

Audio Score: 2

Audio Notes:

A tiny soundtrack (4 songs) which is horribly repetitive. I turned the sound way, way down, as it was getting on my nerves.

Overall Score: 57

Review ID: 8025