Turrican
How did this spawn a successful franchise?!Genre: action - gun
Publisher: Accolade
Year: 1991
System: TurboGrafx-16
Gameplay Score: 1
Gameplay Notes:
Commits virtually every cardinal sin imaginable. Virtually unplayable. Pressing up makes you jump. This leads to frequent unintended jumps. Enemies have no hit boxes and drain health on every frame. So do their projectiles. You'll die constantly. 30% is completely unacceptable on a run n gun. No rapid fire. Tons of flying enemies but no ability to shoot up or angled. Controls are reasonably responsive, but everything else about the gameplay is horrid.
Level Design Score: 1
Level Design Notes:
I can't get past the first level, so I have no idea what other levels look like, but the first one is a mess. Platforms seem designed to hide enemies from your attacks so they can destroy you with impunity. There's also no obvious direction to take. Do you follow the platforms up? The cave down and to the left? The seemingly endless expanse to the right?
Theme Score: 2
Theme Notes:
Generic sci-fi setting. The title page looks bad. Like Silver Surfer merged with Col Sanders.
Art Style Score: 2
Art Style Notes:
The sprites have some impressive animation but their designs are incredibly bland. You look like a plastic Buzz Lightyear toy. The backgrounds are just an empty single color and there's nothing else interesting to look at. The whole things looks like it was created in MS Paint. Explosions look good, for what it's worth.
Audio Score: 2
Audio Notes:
The song loops quickly but has a fast tempo and isn't terrible. Not great. Sounds seem out of place, like they were lifted from a kids game.
Overall Score: 25
Review ID: 1509
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