This thread is in response to a review for P.O.W.: Prisoners of War on the Arcade. You are encouraged to view the review in a new window before reading this thread.
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Author: bloomer
Posted: June 28, 2008 (05:31 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I always really liked this when I put money into in the day. That's because it's too hard and cheap for you to get far enough - when it's costing you your pocket money to play - to realise how repetitively (and cheaply) difficult it is. This still doesn't worry me. I enjoy firing this up on MAME and just not playing very far. The way the guys hunch and punch is a way cool visual. I also love the music.
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Author: drella
Posted: June 28, 2008 (06:01 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'd have to agree. The first five minutes I played P.O.W. I didn't think it was that bad -- pretty much the same as any other pre-Final Fight beat 'em up. So at sporadic five minute intervals, it understandably can be kind of fun.
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Author: bloomer
Posted: June 28, 2008 (06:29 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yes, that is an excellent point about the lack of distinction. For gameplay it's all true. Especially for POW's gameplay. All I can say is that I still like the first 5 mins of POW more than a lot of other beat em ups, heh. It's funny, I never liked Double Dragon, just on an overall aeshetic call. I took one look at the way the people moved and punch and stuff and it didn't draw me to drop my 20 cents in there.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: July 03, 2008 (01:17 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Haha, this is a funny review, well done. It's also gotta have the distinction for most F bombs dropped in a review. ^_^ I don't remember thinking this game was as bad as you see it here, but then, I played something like five minutes of it. I've always loved Taito's Thunder Fox, which has a similar look to it. Have you played that one?
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Author: drella
Posted: July 03, 2008 (01:29 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Maybe, but if I did I don't remember it too well.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: July 03, 2008 (01:40 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I think it's like POW, only it's fun.
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Author: Felix_Arabia
Posted: July 03, 2008 (01:42 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thunder Fox is awesome because it's so stupid. I love how the two dudes rip their shirts off and then whip out their combat knifes to take on a whole army terrorists. One knife swipe kills 3-5 bad guys or something silly like that. And when you fire the rocket launcher and hop aboard a jeep, you drive just as fast as the rocket. Good, campy stuff.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: July 04, 2008 (07:51 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Ha, Thunder Fox IS dumb. But it's actually playable. Gotta love being able to fly that hovercraft thing and play it like a hori shooter, or ride the jetski thing and dodge spiked mines and divers. It's a random stew, but that's a lot better than POW's neverending stream of predictability.
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