Demolition Man for Sega CD

Review #12025

Demolition Man

Stallone puts his knitting skills to good use

Sega CD 1995 Acclaim Action Action › Gun
Demolition Man screenshot for Sega CD
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
3 / 5

Gameplay

Decent controls. Far less laggy that the SNES and Genesis original. I think those versions suffered from a lot of slowdown because this version plays much more smooth.
Very short jump so you're mostly grounded.
Uses a cover system where you duck and hide behind boxes. Can't just go guns blazing like Contra. But the top down levels are much faster.
Switches between side and top-down, like two games knitted together.
Practically no hit detection in side view levels.
Typical western stuff like endless spawning baddies
Enemies sometimes disappear instantly

3 / 5

Level Design

Ok levels. Nothing memorable or noteworthy

4 / 5

Theme

Silly setting but it's just a beefy guy shooting bad guys.
Follows the mediocre movie.
The cutscenes between stages speedrun you through the entire movie!

2 / 5

Art Style

Very dark and grainy. Hard to see details and enemies.
Jarring graphical differences between the side view (prerendered) vs top down (chibi). It's as if two game engines were smashed together.

2 / 5

Audio

Much improved sound over the cartridge versions. However, music is loud and obnoxious heavy metal which detracts from the setting. Tracks loop quickly and result in 3-5 seconds of utter silence before they begin replaying. It's jarring.
"Be Well"

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