Review 107 This was Strider 2 Before Strider 2?
User Rating: 4 | Strider Returns: Journey from Darkness GEN
You know when you have such an amazing game on the Sega Genesis and you make a sequel fans of that first one is goona flip out.For example look at Sonic The Hedgehog,fun game but then comes Sonic 2 and its incredible.What happens when a game even better than Sonic 2,Stider comes out and its near perfect to the arcade,what if unlike Sonic 2 the sequel was worked by somebody else and what if IT SUCKED! The user score 6.1 is a lie its far worse.Maybe it had some good qualitys.Oh wait NO! it does not have better graphics and this was 1990.But what if it was so slow and the controls feel stiff.What if it had zero replay value and tell me why would you even want to play the first level when enemies are all over the place.Also why is this game called Strider 2 and what does JOURNEY OF DARKNESS mean its not in the game.By the way the story makes no sense because there really isnt one and again back to why is this game called Strider 2.The main character of the first game is not in this game? WHY.Its a look alike.The Game Gear version suffers from even worse graphics and the master system version that game is a 1/10.What gives the Genesis version a 4/10 is the fact that the music is okay and the backgrounds look nice.I really have nothing else to say.I did eventully beat this game and the ending is like Super Mario Bros 2 ending its such a cop out but Mario 2 was great or Doki Doki Panic and im just glad the real Strider 2 did come out on Playstation 1 and its cheap for a playstation 1 game but do yourself a favor and if you cant buy Strider,then emulate it.Emulating is okay and remember Winners Dont Use Drugs oh wait I just gave away my next review Wolfenstein 3-d Away Oh Well.....
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