Starting out your only attack is a punch but you can also collect a projectile weapon with limited ammunition…that still is useless for anything that hovers around your ankles. Your character moves incredibly slow, your attack is weak, and the majority of enemies that attack you crawl around the ground, which normally wouldn’t be a problem, except when you crouch and attack, Swamp Thing stands up. What makes Swamp Thing so awful is well, everything. Look, it was the 90’s okay, and the story isn’t really that important here: You play as Swamp Thing, you move left to right and not have a lot of fun.īehold, the horror that is the ankle high enemy! Swamp Thing is a 2-D side-scroller based on the short-lived animated series (seriously, five episodes in total) where the title character is being hunted by the nefarious Anton Arcane and his Un-Men for locked within his body is a formula that he can use to conquer the world. The furthest I got before throwing in the towel was the start of the third level and it was at that point when I decided enough was enough, there couldn’t possibly be anything around that corner that would redeem this poor excuse for an NES game. In the rare case I’ve had to call it quits and break that vow (both Wolverine on the SNES and Sega Genesis come to mind) and that is the case with Swamp Thing, because I swear it was designed by people who absolutely hate video games and those that play them. Today’s case is unfortunately of the latter variety Swamp Thing on the NES is not a cheap game (the lowest I scored it for was around $50 for the cart only) and is easily one of the single worst games I’ve ever had the displeasure to review.įull disclosure: I’ve sworn that when I review a game, I try my hardest to complete it, as you wouldn’t review a book you didn’t read all of, nor a film you walked out halfway through. Sometimes however, an older game will simply be expensive for the simple fact that it’s print was low in numbers, regardless of the quality of the game. When it comes to tracking down retro games, normally the ones with higher price tags are the rare and treasured gems that are simply so good that those who own them either don’t want to part with them, or will only do so if a healthy profit is involved.
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