Lawnmower Man
Not a lawn care simulatorGenre: action - gun
Publisher: Time Warner Interactive
Year: 1994
System: Genesis
Gameplay Score: 3
Gameplay Notes:
Slow jumping One-hit deaths Too weighty physics (take a second to start or stop moving) Includes a difficulty setting which the SNES version lacked.
Level Design Score: 2
Level Design Notes:
Took a while to figure out how to exit the first screen (press up on a nondescript "door" uggh) Very simple go-to-the-right level design The VR levels are on-the-rails with no brake so you just have to react and move left or right and sometimes up-down or even shoot enemies. It's a weird mashup with the sidescroller levels but it gives some variety and they're kind of fun. Levels are much shorter and easier than the SNES version, although the hacking minigame is just plain stupid. The puzzles don't make any sense. Also some of the platforming puzzles are nonsensical as well and since you have a time limit there's not much time to figure it out. The game could've been decent if the levels were better crafted.
Theme Score: 1
Theme Notes:
Weird, campy early 90s aesthetic. The titular Lawnmower Man looks like Nuclear Man from Superman IV.
Art Style Score: 3
Art Style Notes:
VR levels are pretty and very slick, especially the one where you're flying around as some sort of craft. They remind me of Hyperzone for the SNES. Colorful but simple 1992-style graphics Visually interesting but boring rail-runner VR levels Your sprite looks far more interesting in this version than the SNES version.
Audio Score: 3
Audio Notes:
Decent music and unobstructive sound
Overall Score: 53
Review ID: 1029
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