Crime Patrol for Sega CD
Review #12023
Crime Patrol
Slapstick Lethal Enforcers
Gameplay
Question: What do you get when you mix the slowest aiming reticle ever with enemies that must be killed within half a second of appearing on screen and whose hitbox is completely undefined? Answer: Whatever this game is. Go play a good lightgun game instead of this slop.
Level Design
ShootToChooseALocationBOOMYou'reDead
Enemies pop up and must be shot INSTANTLY. Naturally, the levels are designed such that you must hit the target and immediately start moving the reticle to the next target. Any delay and you won't get there in time, and even if you do the hit boxes are so small and unintuitive that you're unlikely to hit the target anyway. Just awful.
Also, only three stages, with each being about 2 minutes long? Yikes
Theme
You're a cop shooting bad guys. It's Hogan's Alley with cheesy FMV acting. Enemies die with ridiculously over-the-top death keels. Lethal Enforcer at least took itself seriously. This is pure slapstick.
Art Style
Some of the best FMV on the Sega CD. Decent video quality that fills the entire screen, unlike so many of these titles that letterboxed their video. Then again, there's only about 7 minutes worth of video here, so it makes sense that they didn't have to compromise too much.
Audio
There's not much music. All you'e got are the sound effects and your annoying partner telling you how much you suck.
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