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This is TFW here with another review. This time, I'm reviewing Action 52 for the NES. Most people think this game is horrible. I think It's fairly good. It comes with 52 minigames. The only real downside about this game is the fact that it costs, well, $200. 52 fairly small games for $200. That has to be the most stupid idea I have ever heard of. And $200 back when this game came out is more than $200 is now. Alright, let's start the review! Graphics The graphics are somewhat inferior to other games on the console. There are some games that have bad graphics, like Ooze, and there are some games that have fairly good graphics, like Cheetahmen. However, in Cheetahmen, depth perception does not exist. You can never tell if you're below or in the middle of a pit. Seeing as some graphics are bad and some are fairly good, I give the graphics section of this game a 6. Sound The sound of this game is, erm, less than I expected. It sounds ringy even for an NES game. The sounds are pretty bad, but the tuns are kinda catchy. Once I get the Cheetahmen theme stuck in my head, it's tough for me to get it out. Here is the Cheetahmen theme and here is the full soundtrack from the game. I was going to give the sound a 5.5, but seeing as I can't do decimals, I'll give it a 6 because I'm cool. Gameplay/Addictiveness Mmh, the gameplay is always fun to describe. There are 52 games in the cartridge that you can play. Each game is almost completely different than the rest. Aaand, it just hit me. There are 52 games that are completely different that I would have to describe. I guess I'll just go ahead and describe a few. Ooze is an action / adventure game where you try to avoid ooze dripping from the ceiling onto your head. If you get hit, you die. Oh, and you shoot pickles that are in your path. Cheetahmen is possibly the best game on the cartridge. It's one of the longest, the funnest, and the best looking. Basically, there are a few (I think 3) levels where you play as a different cheetah each time. You throw knives at your enemies and try to avoid the water and ditches. You have, what, 4 health points before you die. If you get hit by an enemy, 1 health point goes away. If you touch the water or fall into a ditch, you die and you have to restart the whole level all over again. I have to say that Action 52 is a pretty fun game to play. I'm sorry, but if you think different than me, you think wrong. Since I think the game is pretty fun, you'd think it would be pretty addictive. The depth (we'll get to that later) keeps bringing you back for more to play, but I really don't think of this game as a very addictive game. I'm not really sure why. I give the gameplay/addictiveness a glorious 7. Story There is no story since it's, you know, 52 games in 1. The only game that really has a story is Cheetahmen. You're a kid, playing on your snazzy looking NES, when all of a sudden a robot arm reaches out of the TV and grabs your crotch. It pulls you inside and talks about the Cheetahmen. I give the story a fabulous N/A. Depth So, you've probably known this for quite awhile now - Action 52 has 52 small games. Each game has its own depth, and I'd reckon that Cheetahmen is the longest (with only 3 levels). Even though they're all short, you need to realize that there are 52 small games to play. It's like an old Mario Party game, except almost nothing like it. Seeing as Action 52 has, yes, 52 games, I give the depth something amazing: A perfect 10! Difficulty Most NES games are pretty tough in my opinion. Action 52 is little exception to this opinion. Some of the games are pretty tough, while some of the games are pretty easy. Cheetahmen (can you tell it's my favorite game yet?) is pretty hard because of the depth perception thing. I'm also not very good at NES games, and it's kind of hard for me to get used to the controls on my computer. I give the difficulty a 7. Overall/The End Overall, I give this game a surprising 7. The graphics and sound really aren't that good, and the game is fairly tough, but the depth of the game is large and the games are pretty fun and addictive to me. All of this brings me to my conclusion: I truly do think that Action 52 is an extremely underrated game. It's not necessarily a masterpiece, but it's still pretty good. I hope you enjoyed reading this review (if you actually read it instead of looking at it then judging my review). I suggest you try out Action 52 if you haven't already and give me feedback of what you think about the game. Feel free to criticize my opinions and my review. I plan on reviewing more underrated games to make a whole series of "Underrated Games Reviews." Thank you for reading my review! This is TheFadedWarrior, erm, signing out from his review! This is possibly my worst review yet. Sheesh! Graphics The graphics are somewhat inferior to other games on the console. There are some games that have bad graphics, like Ooze, and there are some games that have fairly good graphics, like Cheetahmen. However, in Cheetahmen, depth perception does not exist. You can never tell if you're below or in the middle of a pit. Seeing as some graphics are bad and some are fairly good, I give the graphics section of this game a 6. Sound The sound of this game is, erm, less than I expected. It sounds ringy even for an NES game. The sounds are pretty bad, but the tuns are kinda catchy. Once I get the Cheetahmen theme stuck in my head, it's tough for me to get it out. Here is the Cheetahmen theme and here is the full soundtrack from the game. I was going to give the sound a 5.5, but seeing as I can't do decimals, I'll give it a 6 because I'm cool. Gameplay/Addictiveness Mmh, the gameplay is always fun to describe. There are 52 games in the cartridge that you can play. Each game is almost completely different than the rest. Aaand, it just hit me. There are 52 games that are completely different that I would have to describe. I guess I'll just go ahead and describe a few. Ooze is an action / adventure game where you try to avoid ooze dripping from the ceiling onto your head. If you get hit, you die. Oh, and you shoot pickles that are in your path. Cheetahmen is possibly the best game on the cartridge. It's one of the longest, the funnest, and the best looking. Basically, there are a few (I think 3) levels where you play as a different cheetah each time. You throw knives at your enemies and try to avoid the water and ditches. You have, what, 4 health points before you die. If you get hit by an enemy, 1 health point goes away. If you touch the water or fall into a ditch, you die and you have to restart the whole level all over again. I have to say that Action 52 is a pretty fun game to play. I'm sorry, but if you think different than me, you think wrong. Since I think the game is pretty fun, you'd think it would be pretty addictive. The depth (we'll get to that later) keeps bringing you back for more to play, but I really don't think of this game as a very addictive game. I'm not really sure why. I give the gameplay/addictiveness a glorious 7. Story There is no story since it's, you know, 52 games in 1. The only game that really has a story is Cheetahmen. You're a kid, playing on your snazzy looking NES, when all of a sudden a robot arm reaches out of the TV and grabs your crotch. It pulls you inside and talks about the Cheetahmen. I give the story a fabulous N/A. Depth So, you've probably known this for quite awhile now - Action 52 has 52 small games. Each game has its own depth, and I'd reckon that Cheetahmen is the longest (with only 3 levels). Even though they're all short, you need to realize that there are 52 small games to play. It's like an old Mario Party game, except almost nothing like it. Seeing as Action 52 has, yes, 52 games, I give the depth something amazing: A perfect 10! Difficulty Most NES games are pretty tough in my opinion. Action 52 is little exception to this opinion. Some of the games are pretty tough, while some of the games are pretty easy. Cheetahmen (can you tell it's my favorite game yet?) is pretty hard because of the depth perception thing. I'm also not very good at NES games, and it's kind of hard for me to get used to the controls on my computer. I give the difficulty a 7. Overall/The End Overall, I give this game a surprising 7. The graphics and sound really aren't that good, and the game is fairly tough, but the depth of the game is large and the games are pretty fun and addictive to me. All of this brings me to my conclusion: I truly do think that Action 52 is an extremely underrated game. It's not necessarily a masterpiece, but it's still pretty good. I hope you enjoyed reading this review (if you actually read it instead of looking at it then judging my review). I suggest you try out Action 52 if you haven't already and give me feedback of what you think about the game. Feel free to criticize my opinions and my review. I plan on reviewing more underrated games to make a whole series of "Underrated Games Reviews." Thank you for reading my review! This is TheFadedWarrior, erm, signing out from his review! This is possibly my worst review yet. Sheesh! |
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It is nice to see someone have their own opinions on this game. I don't think it is good by any means, but not this horrible piece of crap that everyone says. Pretty much every negative review I have seen here for this game were CLEARLY just jumping on the AVGN bandwagon. It is ridiculous how much people just trail off his opinions instead of getting their own. Thanks for the first review that I have personally seen that didn't just follow his rant on this game. |
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A very nice review. I have to agree with rcarter2: in that it is nice to see someone actually review a game with their own opinions in mind. I played Action 52 a while after remembering it being in a review I saw a long time ago. I agree that it really doesn't play much differently than any other game out at the time, let alone enough to stick out as something awful. Had the AVGN not have reviewed it, it would have probably never been noticed or talked about, especially in the negative fashion that it is. While I certainly can't say this game is good, it wasn't primarily bad, either. Anyways, you wrote a good review. Glad to see you expressed your own opinion in the game, whether humorously ranting on it. |
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I'll try the game out some time. You are doing a lot of great reviews keep up the good work, and soon you will be on the top 5 reviewers list. |
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Great review. You used a lot of detail. Like others said, it is nice to see a review from a different point of view. Your review made me think that maybe this game isn't AS bad as everyone says. Keep up the good work! |
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This game is a horrible game in a lot of levels.
Discounting the price, most of the games are not playable or if they are playable, they are horribly glitched. The game is littered with Bad controls bad sound and bad graphics. One has to really stretch to find a good aspect about this game. Discounting the price, most of the games are not playable or if they are playable, they are horribly glitched. The game is littered with Bad controls bad sound and bad graphics. One has to really stretch to find a good aspect about this game. |
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