Got my hands on the Mega Drive version of Xeno Crisis today. It’s a bit tasty. It’s similar in style to Smash TV with the d-pad for movement and if you have a six button pad X,Y, A and B control the direction of fire with the other buttons for roll and grenade. You enter an area and must destroy all the enemies that room throws at you. But you have limited ammo and have to scavenge what’s lying around. Optional weapons appear from time to time giving you a boost. You also have a limited stock of grenades. Collect the dog tags left behind when you destroy the enemies and spend them on character upgrades after the boss rounds. There are also hostages to rescue and some rooms have multiple exits to choose from.
This game has obviously been made with the Mega Drive as it’s target platform so it’s smooth 60Hz goodness with well animated characters and tight controls. It offers easy and hard modes and a two player option which I haven’t yet tried.
Visuals are excellent but special mention is due to Savage Regime’s soundtrack. It’s very good with crystal clear sounds and probably the best speech I’ve heard in a MD game.
There are loads of nice little touches harking back to old school games like the Tatsujin style wipes, the 68000 points high score and the Captain in the intro is named Darius. Nice.
This game has obviously been made with the Mega Drive as it’s target platform so it’s smooth 60Hz goodness with well animated characters and tight controls. It offers easy and hard modes and a two player option which I haven’t yet tried.
Visuals are excellent but special mention is due to Savage Regime’s soundtrack. It’s very good with crystal clear sounds and probably the best speech I’ve heard in a MD game.
There are loads of nice little touches harking back to old school games like the Tatsujin style wipes, the 68000 points high score and the Captain in the intro is named Darius. Nice.
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