![]() ![]() The humour actually felt a little excessive at the start, although the Common Sense Warning at the start does tell you that the game lampoons a large portion of things in existence. Sounds absurd, doesn’t it? That’s because it is. While on a bank robbery gone awry he gets transported in time by a time machine and is met by Doc Choc (who figures him out to be some sort of hero) and wreaks havoc to repair the busted time machine and get back to his own time. You play as Player, a generic-to-the-max bloke who is of course a relentless criminal. Even a non-gamer should get some gags centered on ’80s culture (the ‘Mostly Crew’ haircut, see). Whether it’s the characters’ names or an overwhelming feeling of déjà vu in a gameplay sequence, there is hardly a time during the missions that you can not spot a parody one way or another unless you have not played or know of any classic game. Judging from developer-publisher Vblank’s insistence in the press notes that the game be played thoroughly before being reviewed, it’s obvious that they’re very proud of it after it’s caused me to repeatedly play my 3DS until its battery gives out I can say they have every right to be.Īt first glance it looks like an 8-bit clone of the first two Grand Theft Auto games, but in reality Retro City Rampage DX is a parody to end all parodies – poking fun at pretty much every classic (and some not-so-classic) game you can think of, from Duck Hunt (the first gag that made me realize that this game was hell-bent on inducing giggles) to Metal Gear to Metal Gear Solid to Halo to more recent successful indie titles like Super Meat Boy. Retro City Rampage has been around since 2012, but it’s in 2014 that the 3DS gets this title as Retro City Rampage DX with updated features and with all previous patches included. ![]() Developer/Publisher: Vblank Entertainment
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