Saturday, August 1, 1987

Video Game Review: Kid Icarus

So the first thing you notice about your protagonist is that he’s got WINGS. So he should be able to FLY. But he CAN’T. Because he SUCKS. Playing this game is a series of letdowns. It’s kind of fun shooting things with arrows, and completing the various stages, but it really sucks dying all the time and losing a big chunk of your progress.
Another thing you may notice as you grind your way through Icarusland is that there are SO MANY MONSTERS. That might have been a better title for this game. Because fighting monsters one at a time is so passé, better to fight them a dozen at a time.
If you’re playing this game, I suspect you’ve already beaten Metroid, because that’s a much better game. If that’s the case, I’d recommend shelving this one and playing that instead, because that game is soooo freakin’ sweet.

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