As a child of the 80’s, I couldn’t help but revel in the details lavished throughout. Some will see a retro version of GTA, some will see a parody version of the original GTA and for others, much of the writing may pass above their heads. The first thing that occurred to me is that this game will offer completely different experiences to the various generations who play. And, to be honest, there is no way anyone could play this without causing mayhem on the in-game streets. The 3DS allows the player to fully immerse themselves in this violent, GTA-esque 8-Bit adventure and hide their hideous actions in game from prying eyes. The closest you could get to multiplayer gaming back in the day was a LAN party or discussing tactics and techniques in art class. The games that Retro City Rampage DX is emulating – or mostly parodying – were insular experiences. This is my first experience of the game in any iteration and on first loading the game, it seems like a perfect home for this kind of gaming experience. Thankfully that isn’t the case with Retro City Rampage DX, which actually adds plenty of new features and also upgrades many existing core mechanics. That's a shame - especially considering it's a crossplay PlayStation 3/PlayStation Vita title that shares a Trophy list.Usually when successful games are brought over to a handheld they are dumbed down or spared a few features to make them more accessible. But when it's applied to a full-on game, the gameplay wears thin. It's that core that won so many IGN editors over at PAX and other trade shows - that core of wandering the NES scene playing GTA.
The game is gorgeous with its bright 8-bit visuals and fun to play when you're just roaming the streets and blasting baddies. Having to restart that mission over and over and work through the same low-level foes just wasn't doing it for me.This is the weird thing about Retro City Rampage. There's a cute little LARPing mission, but then after making my way through a bunch of goons, the main guy comes out with a flamethrower and just wrecks shop. Having to work my way through two different rocket launcher gangs spread across the map and then dying during the third and final gang only to discover the checkpoint sent me back to before the missions began - egads, man!Īnd that isn't the only instance of checkpoints throwing stuff off. These missions didn't inspire me to keep trying. Retro City Rampage keeps track of each death, and there were quests where I was accumulating 20 fails before quitting to another mission or finally slipping past. There isn't a voice to the tale in Retro City Rampage it's just reference after reference leading you from one mission to the next. Again, that's all wrapped up in the nods to other properties from Ninja Turtles to Super Mario. Sure, there's a sneaking mission here or a flying suit there, but you're still walking into rooms and blasting people to death. As you get deeper into the story missions, this kind of fetch questing keeps on coming. You run out, shoot up a place, get the item and head back. It all starts off innocently enough with us running to and from Doc Choc's lab in an effort to get the time machine working again.
I was left talking about missions that just weren't fun. There's so much content in this game - 50 vehicles, different video filters, leaderboards, cameos from the PlayStation Blog and Destructoid editors, and more - but in the end, that's not what I was left talking about. Layered on top of that are mini-games packing the likes of Epic Meal Time and Super Meat Boy.
#RETRO CITY RAMPAGE DX DIFFERENCES FREE#
You take this into Retro City Rampage's 60 story missions, 40 arcade challenges, and free roam mode. It's third-person, over the top action that even allows you to Mario-stomp foes. Carjacking's a breeze, the lock-on for attacks is welcome, and there's even a twin-stick shooter free aim mechanic tossed in. Play It sounds like a lot of fun, and for quite a while, it is.
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