Phantom 2040
Metroid starring Zero Suit Billy ZaneGenre: adventure - platform
Publisher: Viacom New Media
Year: 1995
System: Genesis
Gameplay Score: 4
Gameplay Notes:
What a surprise! It's a run-n-gun adventure game similar to Metroid. Movement is great. You've got a nice tall jump and responsive controls. You also have a grappling hook right off the bat. Tons of seasons to pick up along the way like a spread shot, homing missiles, and a boomerang. The only real problems are your huge sprite makes you an easy target. Enemies don't have collision so you can walk right through them. Most don't damage you directly but the bosses do so they can destroy you quickly. You have almost no i-frames as well. However it lacks a map. That's probably it's main downside. Bring a walkthrough I suppose. The other downside is the fact that they put jump on C and attack way over on A. What a pain! I hate to do it since on an emulator you can use whatever controller you want, but I have to knock off points for making it so difficult to play witht he intended controller. It wouldn't be a problem if you could remap the buttons but nope, that's not an option here.
Level Design Score: 3
Level Design Notes:
Overworld let's you pick your next level. The levels themselves are mazes and there's no map so you kind of just wander aimlessly. Would be a stone cold classic of this had Super Metroid quality level design.
Theme Score: 5
Theme Notes:
Not your grandpa's Phantom. Yes he's a dork wearing a purple leotard but the story is straight out of Terminator or RoboCop. Good stuff.
Art Style Score: 4
Art Style Notes:
Graphics are a step behind the SNES version but are still good. Strong visual language for when you and enemies take damage. Good stuff all around.
Audio Score: 3
Audio Notes:
Music is upbeat and pumping stuff with more air guitar than I care for. The sounds are not great though. Shooting your gun sounds especially wimpy. Overall the sound is good, just not my jam.
Overall Score: 74
Review ID: 1156
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