Retro City Rampage gameplay
Retro City Rampage DX is amazing! Played as a top down action-adventure game similar to the original Grand Theft Auto. The game also pays homage to many 8-bit games as well, 80's and, 90's pop culture. You are "The Player" a thug for hire. The game is set in a city of Theftropolis, set in the year 1985. The game has lot's of charm and humor especially for any child of the 80's, and 90's.
Like I said before the game play is very similar to what you will find in Gran Theft Auto, the game features three different game modes, Story, Arcade Challenges, and Free Roaming. All modes are a great joy to play, and will put a smile on your face, and even make you laugh out loud. The Story is great as I mentioned before the game has lot's of references to retro games of old, within the first 20 minutes I found references to games such as Duck hunt, TMNT, Mega Man, and Super Mario Bros 2, as well references to movies such as the Dark Knight, Back to the Future, and RoboCop. Now doesn't that sound amazing to you? The story mode features 60 missions, and has side missions to eat up the bulk of your time. If you are simply in the mood to explore or just cause damage, head on over to free roaming mode. This is my favorite, I love just running around seeing how much damage I could do. Its even fun to just walk around trying to find all the pop culture references. Want to ride in the Turtle Van? How about the Delorean from Back to the Future? Like the A-Team, hell the game even has a bike that resembles Yoshi.
Not only does the game give you an open world to discover but it also features a few mini-games to play as well. I have already covered The Epic Meal Time Might Test game in one of my earlier reviews, but just to recap it's a lot of fun. and will unlock Muscles Glasses, and Harley to play as in the game. The other mini-game I played over, and over, was the 8-bit version of Bit.Trip Runner, and it's just as much fun as the original. You can also play "Rom Retro City Rampage" which is basically a buggy version of the game.
Visually this game is what I'm looking for, from a game that is inspired by the 8-bit era. Everything looks excellent. everything is bright and colorful, The cars and characters are all varied enough so you don't feel like your doing the same thing over and over again. The sound is where this game shines the brightest. The game features a rocking chip-tune soundtrack. You will want to rock out while playing this one. If you were a fan of the soundtrack in the Mega Man games, or even Duck Tales you will find much to love here.
The game gives you a decent sized open world to explore, you can drive any vehicle you see. The game also lets you attack enemies and steal their weapons very similar to Grand Theft Auto, from time to time the game will change it up, one stage has you taking down enemies similar to a top down shooter like Smash TV, the game even features an underwater level like the infamous stage in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, mind you it's not as frustrating. Just to name a few. But this game has so much love put into it, that it would be hard to list everything in the game. Just note that is is amazing start-to-finish.
Retro City Rampage DX is a game that can be played in short burst, or for hours on end depending on what you are looking to do. I have played both the original and the DX versions of the game. The DX version features more stages, bug fixes, as well as re-balancing of stages and items. If you are to play the game the DX version is the one to get. For this review I played both the PlayStation 4, and the Vita versions. This game is available on many different platforms. All current PlayStation systems, Nintendo 3DS, PC, Mac, and Nintendo Wii. The game is cross-buy on PlayStation Network. If you are in the mood for a little nostalgia I recommend downloading a copy. This is one of my all time favorite Indie games available today.
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