Good concept, bad game

User Rating: 3.8 | One PS
This game has the right idea, but it's not quite there. This is pretty much one of the first attempts of making a Contra-esque game into 3d. The graphics of this game are pretty alright. Good lookin character model, alright looking bad guys. Only problem with graphics is that it starts to lag when so many explosions take place on the screen. The soundtrack to this game is pretty good. It gives you an excited feel, like an action movie. It has a good flavor of suspence in it. The gameplay on the other hand, is something. While the controls are quite easy to learn, this game isn't the easiest thing to play. The obsticles of this game are the hardest, due to the bad camera angles. You can not control or change the camera at all. All you can do is zoom in closer to your character, or zoom out. You have to make lots of blind jumps, or jump towards a platform that's not easy to aim towards. The dream stage is the hardest level of all. There are ZERO bad guys in this stage, and nothing but extremely hard obsticles. Another flaw with the game are the extra/special weapons. Your default gun is not only stronger, but has infinite ammo then these special weapons. The story of the game is quite unique. The main character says "I made a mistake" in the begining of the game, and you have a gun for an arm, and the cops are chasing you. That's all you know. There is a special ending if you beat the game on very hard that might tell you something else, but I found the game too hard to even beat on Very Easy with invinciblity cheats on. Over all, I didn't like this game at all. It was far too hard. It would've been a lot easier/better if you could atleast move the camera around. But other then that, it's a good concept for a game.