prfsnl_gmr wrote:How is Thor (NDS)? I have been thinking about picking that game up for some time.
I FINALLY got the game in the mail today. It took so long to get to me that I e-mailed the company I bought if from two days ago. They assumed it was lost in the mail and refunded me. So I essentially got a free game. The ethical part of me says I should contact them and tell them I finally got it. The opportunist in me says I should just take the free game. Decisions, decisions.
Anyway. I played the game for about a half hour. At first I thought Thor was sluggish and weak. As the game began to show me more and more of his moves though, I started to have fun. I can grab a guy and bash an enemy over the head with him, or throw him at someone. I can toss my hammer in any direction, helpful for hitting archers. I can pop an enemy into the air for an air combo. I can also fly up into the sky and bring an enemy up with me, then slam down to the ground and knock out three more enemies. I can smash a pillar, bringing down the archer on top of it and taking out an enemy or two standing under the falling rubble, then throw part of that pillar at an enemy. There's a lot of fun stuff you can do that make you feel like a demi god and enemies seem very bouncy and juggle friendly. I actually bounced an enemy of a wall and juggled him. There's also a super, god-like attack you can do when your energy bar fills up. There are also equipable runes I'm finding with give me upgrades as well.
The game makes good use of both screens as the play field encompasses both of them and when you super jump Thor flies upward into the top screen to reach high ledges and any enemies that are on them. Sometimes he'll bash his head through a ledge and knock down an enemy standing on it.
There was one cool little gameplay segment I ran into where one of your comrades (the female warrior from the movie) gets knocked out. Thor picks her up to take her to Odin for healing. This turns off all your combat abilities. So you basically have to run away from enemies. As you do so, there's some platform hopping you have to. Some enemies on high ledges will try and drop boulders on you that you have to avoid, allowing them to hit the enemies chasing you. You'll also run into some NPCs who will engage your pursuers to get them off your back. It's a fun and creative gameplay segment that I enjoyed.
The graphics are nice, like a good 16-bit title. The music also sounds like something out of the 16-bit era. It's very retro
I just got to the first boss before I had to stop playing. He looked pretty damn big. I've heard many of the bosses take up both screens
