Humour and parody is a huge part of Retro City Rampage, whose name itself is even a play on the popular NES title, River City Ransom. The controls feel very old-school but at the same time intuitive. While the driving itself is a bit hectic, it plays nearly identically to the original Grand Theft Auto. This mix up of game styles keeps things fresh and fills the game with constant surprises. The gameplay consist of overhead driving, shooting, running, and general illegal activities, but as you progress through different missions, the gameplay will become everything from a fast-paced shoot-em-up, to a side-scrolling platformer. While the story is chock-full of satire and references from films, games, music and everything in between, it starts to turn into something that feels forced upon the player, rather than something you want to progress through. To be honest, the story is pretty weak and distracts from the overall experience of free-roaming the 8-bit city. After a mishap with a robbery, our hero somehow gets sent forward in time and must now help a crazy white-haired scientist collect parts of his time machine in order to get back to your own time. You take control of the protagonist, aptly named The Player a would-be career criminal who is settling for mere henchman status when we meet him. That being said, if you have yet to visit beautiful Retro City, there has never been a better time.
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As someone who purchased the original release, if I had not received a review copy of the DX version, I would personally be quite annoyed at having to pay full price again for something which seems like it could have been added in an update patch. Other than that, there really isn’t much more in the terms of new content. Along with balancing, the game has received a few new control tweaks, weapons, and retro visual filters, among other things. What does this new DX version bring to the table? Well first off, the game’s difficulty has been heavily balanced and tweaked, including more well-placed checkpoints and even some slight level re-designs to make the learning curve a tad less harsh. Fast forward to present day and the game has now been re-released under the title: Retro City Rampage DX.
And while the game was fairly well received, most players agreed, myself included, that the game was extremely unforgiving, especially in later levels. The original release of Retro City Rampage was back in 2012. What if the games of the ‘80s were limited by visuals, but not overall memory? You’d likely get something very similar to Retro City Rampage. Still heavily based on the original GTA released on the PlayStation 1, the game creates a sort of ‘what if’ scenario. Originally created as an 8-bit version of Grand Theft Auto III, the game evolved over the years and became its own work. Retro City Rampage is a love letter to the 8-bit games of yesteryear.
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