This game looks incredible (graphics wise) but is it any fun to play? Looks really simplistic. Am i missing soothing here?
Depends what you call fun? Sit and play for hours like kids playing Diablo III, probably not. Walking around your home arcade and stopping at this machine and playing 2 or 3 games, yep, It's pretty cool! And like Astroids Deluxe the graphics, black lights, mirrors is a very big part of the experience playing this game.
There are traps that the characters can fall into, stairs you can fight on, all done on an overlay with blacklights and mirrors (EM style), it kind of reminds me of Swash Buckler from the Apple IIe but Looking down.
I haven't played the game in over 25 years, so going by memory.
I have a Computer Space and it gets a bad rap and i find i have been playing it when ever i turn all my games on. Again i don't sit there for hours but i play 2 or 3 games and enjoy it very much.
If i need "more" from a game i go and play Defender or Robotron. But i do still think these simple games are fun.
If you look at what kids play on their Ipods, Angry Birds etc... they aren't much different, the games are very, very, simple but the kids love them. I watch the kids pretty close and think i have a pretty good idea of what they are playing to kill time. I coach 4 hockey teams ages 12-17 so i am around kids all the time and the games they play on their phones and iPods are very simple.
My 2 cents,
Shayne...