Date played: May 9th
Platform: Switch
Blaster Master Zero is an old school 2D action game featuring lots of platforming and combat. The art style is very good and sets the tone for the game quite well. The music is fantastic too, making every moment more enjoyable than it should have been.
The story is completely ridiculous. Something about a frog named Fred I think. It really doesn't matter though, as the game is all about it's gameplay mechanics. Most of the game is played from a 2D, side-scrolling perspective where you control a versatile space vehicle. This thing can jump, go underwater and most importantly, it can shoot stuff and kill it.
The other portion of the game is played from a 2D, top-down perspective as the hero exits the vehicle and fights on foot in areas that are not accessible with the car.
Both the vehicle and the hero have lots of different weapons that are useful in different situations. The game is hard, but not that crazy, at least from the two levels in the demo. There were even a few boss fights, but the only one that stood out was the last one in the second level. I had to use my new hover jumpjets to navigate around it's attacks, then target one small area of it's body to damage it. I like Blaster Master Zero quite a bit, but probably not enough to play it some more...
Platform: Switch
Blaster Master Zero is an old school 2D action game featuring lots of platforming and combat. The art style is very good and sets the tone for the game quite well. The music is fantastic too, making every moment more enjoyable than it should have been.
The story is completely ridiculous. Something about a frog named Fred I think. It really doesn't matter though, as the game is all about it's gameplay mechanics. Most of the game is played from a 2D, side-scrolling perspective where you control a versatile space vehicle. This thing can jump, go underwater and most importantly, it can shoot stuff and kill it.
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| This boss was the most fun I've had in the demo |
Both the vehicle and the hero have lots of different weapons that are useful in different situations. The game is hard, but not that crazy, at least from the two levels in the demo. There were even a few boss fights, but the only one that stood out was the last one in the second level. I had to use my new hover jumpjets to navigate around it's attacks, then target one small area of it's body to damage it. I like Blaster Master Zero quite a bit, but probably not enough to play it some more...
