![]() ![]() You can even shoot out treads in Bionic Commando. Though enemies will toss grenades and leap behind barrels, they are simply too limited to pose much of a treat. The gunplay, which restricts your aim to a horizontal blast, unfortunately doesn't provide the same thrill. Having to carefully consider how to cross tiny gaps in the floor, or string together multiple swings to reach a high-hanging piece of land, is extremely satisfying. Though the levels are structurally familiar, the unique method of movement makes them feel completely new. Tiny bumps impede your progress, making you search for hanging ledges to swing from and climb upon. You'll need your trusty tool to traverse even the most innocuous of terrain. Rearmed plays like a traditional platformer in which your jump button has been replaced by a prehensile metal arm. Rearmed is a little too loyal to its source material it offers an experience that would have been mind-blowing 20 years ago, but once you chip through some layers of frustration, there is still plenty of fun here. For those who aren't looking through the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia, the remake may cause you to wonder where all the excitement is coming from. If you enjoyed the original, the updated graphics and extra modes in Rearmed should be more than enough to entice you into another jaunt with the robot-armed hero. Its tricky grappling system added a unique twist to traditional action games, letting players swing around levels while taking out Nazis who were once again intent on world domination. When Bionic Commando came out 20 years ago, it separated itself from the glut of other NES platformers by removing one key element: a jump button. ![]()
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