----- Original Message ----- From: Clement Chou To: brandonsl...@freelists.org Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 11:43 PM Subject: Invincible Tiger: The legend of Han Tao
Alright sony and microsoft fanboys... here goes. This game came out about two weeks ago for the xbl and psn. This is a bit of a retro game, as it is basically a side-scrolling beat em up. You can jump onto different levels, such as platforms, trees, and whatnot, but that's not important, only optional. This game very closely resembles final fight and double dragon. The one gimmic is that the stages are more like super smash brothers. What does that mean? It means that when you're in a fight, you're free to move around however much you want, jump onto any level, whatever, but you can't get past that section until you beat all the enemies. Then you move to the right and go on. It isn't like a real side scrolling beat em up where you're actually trying to get somewhere. As someone put it to me on the gamefaqs boards, "It's more like trying to stay alive than trying to actually get somewhere at the same time as fighting." So in that respect, it's more like a fighting game. But the bottom line is.. it is entirely playable. Though this is the one hitch, though players of older beat em ups should be used to this. There is no blocking, but dodging is done based off whether the attack is a high one or low one. Thus to dodge you hit the analogue stick to dodge. Up for lower, down for high. This is difficult to do without vision, but like I've said, if you liked older beat em ups since there was no real way to block or dodge without vision either, this is entirely worth your fifteen bucks. Controlls aren't non-responsive, very nice and tight actually. More on the game from me soon.. and the last point. Aside from the main mode, there's also endurance and time trial modes to go through. And... the one high point that I think I like the most... is online co-op. Finally an action game which isn't a one on one fighting game where totally blind people can work together on this. Hope some people decide to get the game... here's a sample. As this game is trying to simulate a chinese kung fu action movie, you'll hear all the typicals. Loud thwacks and smacking, and some of the most ludicrous grunts and yells, as well as, quoted direct from IGN, "All the funky 70s tunes." http://www.sendspace.com/file/4zwzc9 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
