Comments - ChrisVee

On here, I play Bleed, although I haven't had the chance to check out most of my Desura games. On Steam, I've been playing Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and The Witcher 2 and I just started playing Diablo 3 again because of the recent patch. What do you play whlie chewing khat? :P

Haha, I don't even know how the leveling works.. I guess it's through comments? It doesn't seem to be through playing games, which would've been cooler! I'm good, just enjoying some nice weather lately, so I didn't see this comment 'til now. How are you?

Oh, I beat the game. I really like pretty much everything about it, except for those aspects of level 5 and wanted to give you my honest opinion. Yes, it is a short game, but it's pretty challenging and makes you memorize the levels to the point where you go into a zen-like trance until you get it right, the way old NES sidescrollers used to do. And that's largely missing from the hand-holding of modern games. Beating this was really satisfying, even more so with a friend.

My issues with level 5 probably also stem from the fact that it reminds me of the first level in Ghostbusters 2 for the NES, a stage I spent an entire weekend on as a kid trying to beat in vain before I had to take it back to the video store. :P

Between this and 8 Bit Commando, I've been in NES run-'n-gun heaven, only without the NES.

Pretty interesting concept. The raptors are like a metaphor for creeping death waiting around every bend in such a situation. I really like the lonely, hopeless atmosphere, too.

Why is this game not on Steam? It's amazingly well-designed, with super-intuitive controls and some cool unlockables. Is there a Steam Greenlight for this?

My one gripe is the unavoidable punishment you take in level 5, on the motorcycle. The explosive barrels unloaded on you from the back of the truck are sometimes completely unavoidable, either because you can't tell whether they're level with the lane your character's in (shadows cast from the barrels would help a lot) - and often times, when you're directly above the truck, a barrel will still hit you, despite it being unloaded from the back of the truck, which seems pretty unfair. Yes, you can shoot them, but you don't always have enough room because of all the maneuvering you have to do throughout the stage while shooting. The levels up until this point are challenging but fair, so level 5 is jarringly unbalanced in comparison, in between the unavoidable barrels and driving into enemies when you're trying to aim up or down and losing health.

What a fantastic blast from the past. Clearly a labour of love and I wholeheartedly recommend it, as it's the best 2D run-'n-gun that never came out on the ol' NES. I'll be voting for this on Steam Greenlight, as I hope to also get a Steam key :D

Wow, his hair actually looks better here instead of the usual helmet-head style.

So uh, how 'bout that hockey, poutine and Timmy Ho's, guys?!

It's a pretty fun game, though I'd love for some online options, like online high scores and/or co-op.