Overall 7.5 Graphics 7.5 Sound 5 Addictive 7 Story 4.5 Depth 8 Difficulty 10
7.5
Ikari Warriors LegolasJJH
Ikari Warriors was a game ahead of its time. The gameplay is like modern Battlefield games, only this game was made in the 1980s on the NES. Because the game found early success in arcades this NES version was later made.
You take control of Colonel Ralf and must run and gun your way north through a near endless army of enemy's. Your mission is to reach the village of Ikari and save it from enemy control. The game was said to be inspired by one of my favorite movies, Rambo. The game play is one of the better shooting games made for the NES and really does a good job making you feel like you actually are Rambo. The reason I said this game was ahead of its time is because as you start out with just control of Colonel Ralf as you progress in the game you will find tanks that you will be able to commandeer. Its one of the few games this early which offered such a feature and is something that makes this game unique.
The controls for Ikari Warriors like any NES game are simple. The Dpad controls your characters direction. The A button throws grenades and the B button Fires your gun. While standing on a tank you can also use the A button to enter the tank and the B button to fire the tanks guns.
GRAPHICS: 8 The best thing done with the graphics are the special effects. The explosions and bullet fire give you a real sense of being on the battlefield. The character sprites are somewhat limited , with very little variation in the enemy's besides different colors. The game does feature multiple different terrains for some added variety.
SOUND: 6 The music of the game is average. It's not annoying but it doesn't really vary all too much throughout the entire game. Some of the special effect sounds are bland and also get repetitive. I think that is the biggest problem with the sound of the game, once you've gotten so far into the game you start realizing their is no new sounds just the same old.
ADDICTIVENESS: 8 The game play of this game is the big seller for Ikari Warriors. Running in like a single man lunatic shooting every enemy in your way so you can rescue the good guys is just plain fun.
STORY: 5 If you didn't read this review or first research this game you probably wouldn't realize their was very much story to it at all at first play. The game starts off with a small cut-scene of your plane crash landing where you begin the game. Even once you know the story is based off Rambo , its probably one of the more used cliche video game story's. At the same time , the story is a classic so I guess it all depends on how you look at it, but seeing as the game itself doesn't present hardly any story I rank this category low.
DEPTH: 9 Ikari Warriors is long and only the most veteran player will reach the village a success. It took me many hours just to get to the end of this game and that was non stop playing since the game doesn't innately offer a save feature. The game supports 2 player which always really boosts the depth score for me because I think multiplayer makes the games vastly more enjoyable and replayable. The game contains a score system which also adds the competitive edge to the game allowing users to compete for highscores in the Retro Game Room.
DIFFICULTY: 10 This game is difficult and not recommended for anyone who gives up easily. If you were to reach the village of Ikari without using the cheat code for this game even once I would be amazed, because I think it might just be impossible. I've only completed this game while using the cheat code and even then I had to use it more than once. The length of the game and amount of firepower thrown at you makes it extremely difficult to stay alive for long. You also must worry about a very limited supply of ammunition. Also when you begin to use the tanks in the game you will need to collect fuel to keep your tank running. Some people like myself enjoy a challenge which is something that can be said for this game.
OVERALL: 7.5 The game gets a solid 7.5 overall because it is a fun game for the NES although their are some better games for the system. Some parts of the game could have potentially been done better but it's the game play that truly makes this game worth a try. It's a great game for anyone looking for a quality multiplayer game. Fans of shooting games on the NES be sure to check out Ikari Warriors.
Graphics 8 Sound 6 Addictive 8 Story 5 Depth 9 Difficulty 10
Review Rating: 5/5
Submitted: 10-06-12
Updated: 10-06-12
Review Replies: 1
6.5
A hard Game cplegogame25
Story:
The story is about some guy named Ralf trying to get to a village called Ikari so the Blue Ninja people don't destroy it.
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Gameplay:
The gameplay is a scrolling shooter, press A to shoot your gun and B to throw gernades, the problem with these weapons they don't go very far, the gernade i can understand but the gun goes like 3 feet in front of you, but the enemy projectiles go all the way across the screen. Since you die in one hit it will be very hard to beat the first level,but the code ABBA will bring you back, get used to it. The enemies considt of these blue ninjas that shoot you, tanks, and pink ninjas that expload. You can also get a tank yourself, but it only lasts for 15 seconds before it exploads when it runs out of gas... it exploads when it runs out of gas... how does that even work. By the way your character walks so slow. A snail can probably move faster, and the way the screen moves is when you move up, and using ABBA brings you back to the bottom of the screen, so if the screen didn't move, you made no progress. Also these levels go on forever, theres only four levels and they go for like 10 minutes, sure you get bosses in between like tanks but the level still goes. Also in level 3 you can get a helicopter but it's still slow and will run out if you're hit to much. also going back down doesn't move the screen, so if you got stuck in a dead end you have to restart the level or the whole game. By the way this game is hard, like really hard. since you move so slow and your weapons have no reach you will die, the enemies move so fast to and take a lot of hits to defeat. There is a 2 player option to get a little help but it's still going to be hard and tedious.
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Graphics:
The raphics look ok but some of the animations get cut like the explosion where pi ces of it don't appear. Your main character looks like Rambo, it was based on it, but the enemys wear pink and blue and the tanks you drive are pink, great camoflauge right there.
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Music/Sound:
The music is annoying because it's the same throughout the whole game and doesn't change, it gets annoying after 5 minutes, kinda like Bubble Bobbles music. the sound is basic, theres only like 5 sound effects, shooting, throwing a gernade, explosion, item get, and death.
The music and sound are the weakest parts in the whole game and shoulden't be listen to much or you will be annoyed.
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Final Verdict:
This game is ok at best with ok controls except walking takes forever, the music and sound is annoying after 5 minutes, the levels are to long, and the story is not anything to special. It's one of those games you play once in your life time.
Graphics 7 Sound 4 Addictive 6 Story 4 Depth 7 Difficulty 10
Review Rating: 4/5
Submitted: 11-29-13
Review Replies: 1
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