Action-platformer based on the movie of the same name.Action-platformer based on the movie of the same name.Action-platformer based on the movie of the same name.
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It was the 80s
OK, first and foremost you have to put this all into perspective. Back when this game was made, we didn't hold video games to such a high standard as we do these days. The graphics were pretty good for the day and comparing them to anything we see today is absolutely pointless. The NES was a pure 8-bit system, and the best of its kind then. We did not have anything remotely close to a 3D, free-roaming environment. The game-play was par for the course. Side-scrolling, run to target, shoot target, jump, jump, repeat. The story was very loosely based on the Predator movie, but back then, things like that didn't really matter as much. Games weren't designed with multiple endings so as to add replay value. Given the limits of the technology, the only way to ensure that you got your money's worth was to make lots and lots and lots of levels, which this game certainly has and then some.
The basic premise is that you run around the jungle as the Governator, dodging various jungle creatures and eventually fighting the Predator himself. The Predator didn't use all the cool gadgets that we have come to know and love in the movies released since then, the technology just wasn't able to accommodate a plasma blaster and a smart disc. The Predator shoots fireballs, you dodge said fireballs, you shoot back, just like pretty much any other game in the 1980s. I have read a few reviews here complaining about the game and it's fairly obvious that they are written by people (kids) who were either not alive for or otherwise do not remember what games used to be like. The games just got harder and faster, eventually you died a fairly bloodless death, save for maybe a red pixel or two. If we were to build a time machine and take Al Gore back to 1985 to invent the internet and IMDb.com earlier, I would review this as a great game with awesome graphics. In the proper context of the late 1980s, I would still say that. If you are looking for one of the best games of the era, this is a great game. Just don't pick up an old NES cartridge (that's right, cartridge, not disc, the PS One wasn't even a thought then) and hold it to the same standards that you would hold a modern game, there is no way to compare them. As for the previous post that set me off, there is no such thing as an "advent" fan, unless you are talking about Predator in some sort of religious sense. Try "ardent," maybe. If you're looking for some very old-school, basically mindless fun, pick up a copy of Predator, provided you can find a working system to play it on.
The basic premise is that you run around the jungle as the Governator, dodging various jungle creatures and eventually fighting the Predator himself. The Predator didn't use all the cool gadgets that we have come to know and love in the movies released since then, the technology just wasn't able to accommodate a plasma blaster and a smart disc. The Predator shoots fireballs, you dodge said fireballs, you shoot back, just like pretty much any other game in the 1980s. I have read a few reviews here complaining about the game and it's fairly obvious that they are written by people (kids) who were either not alive for or otherwise do not remember what games used to be like. The games just got harder and faster, eventually you died a fairly bloodless death, save for maybe a red pixel or two. If we were to build a time machine and take Al Gore back to 1985 to invent the internet and IMDb.com earlier, I would review this as a great game with awesome graphics. In the proper context of the late 1980s, I would still say that. If you are looking for one of the best games of the era, this is a great game. Just don't pick up an old NES cartridge (that's right, cartridge, not disc, the PS One wasn't even a thought then) and hold it to the same standards that you would hold a modern game, there is no way to compare them. As for the previous post that set me off, there is no such thing as an "advent" fan, unless you are talking about Predator in some sort of religious sense. Try "ardent," maybe. If you're looking for some very old-school, basically mindless fun, pick up a copy of Predator, provided you can find a working system to play it on.
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- redtiger02
- Aug 14, 2009
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