bionic commando rearmed 2
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
One of my favorite activities in college was brainstorming ideas with my
roommates. When bored, we would gather in the living room, get out the
whiteboard, and come up with some imaginative business idea or a
get-rich-quick scheme or an outline of a blockbuster screenplay. The
ambitiousness of our outlandish dreams was matched only by our
enthusiasm to start making them a reality.
Then, after disagreeing for a few hours about what the title should be for our Atlantis-set romantic comedy, we'd give up and play Smash Bros. For the record, though, I still think "Mermaid for Each Other" is just brilliant.
I get the feeling that Fatshark, the small Swedish developer given the reigns to Bionic Commando after its previous steward was dissolved, had similarly lofty goals and equally tragic work ethic for the series' first 2-D sequel. The result is Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, a sequel that I suspect was conceived with a drive to do it big but produced with a reluctance to do it at all.
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
Looking back, Bionic Commando Rearmed may have been a more
important game than most realize. It was one of the first blockbuster
hits on both the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network digital
distribution models, scoring critical praise unlike any other console
downloadable before it. It also arguably opened the floodgates for the
proliferation of retro-styled games and HD remakes: more and more
publishers are digging up their buried treasure and giving it a
spit-shine worthy of the HD era, and just as many are building new
experiences from old foundations.It goes without saying
that the company that spawned hundreds of Mega Man games would return to
a good thing, so I'm a little surprised it's taken over two years for
Capcom to follow up the original retro re-do. Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
is not quite the talk of the town in the same way the groundbreaking
original (erm, original remake) was, but I've been looking forward to it
since it was announced at last year's Captivate event. I'm rarely one
to complain about getting more of the same, especially when it's as
distinguished and polished as BCR was.
Some will cry foul at "Rad" Spencer's newfound ability to jump (gasp!), but it hardly appears to be the game-changer than many feared. Capcom has even affirmed that the game can be completed without ever taking a hop. I think I'll put that claim to the test for some of this first hour.
PS3 owners beware: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 employs a type of DRM that requires you to start the game while connected to PlayStation Network. Inconvenient for a game that is played almost entirely offline.
