Review of Spyborgs

I remember coming home from school, throwing my backpack aside, grabbing a soda and putting on Final Fight 3 for SNES, and my best bud and I would sit there for hours of mindless punching and jump kicking. It was great. I wanna thank Capcom for bringing me back to that. I have to admit I am biased when it comes to this company, but they really do make great games *cough- except for ps3 bionic commando- cough* Spyborgs is like the spiritual successor to games like Captain Commando and Final fight. It takes the basic Beatem-up formulaand kicks it up a notch with detailed, stylized graphics, co-op finishing moves, and over the top bosses (i.e. 20 times bigger than you). Although this has been done before time and time again by the likes of Ben 10 and to some extend the recent Madworld, very few companies reach Capcom's pedigree in this area. The game started it's life more like a bad saturday morning cartoon-gone-game, and ended up being a throwback to days when games were just fun and you didn't have to thins so much about what button does what.Graphically, Spyborgs looks great. The texturing is clean, animation is fluid and the ever-changing locales keep things fresh. The selsection of 'borgs is decent. Each is different from one another to warrant a go, but I think when they started this project they intended to go with 5 total playable characters (from youtube videos I've seen). The storyline is there, even though these types of games never relied too much on story. It's alright if at times a little too exaggerated. On that note, it's nice to see decent lip-synching in the character models during the cutscenes. Controls are pick-up and play for the most part, with the player having to follow onscreen prompts at times to do specific maneuvers. Overall I had a great experience with this one. It's a hit for sure and now that companies are trying to push the limits of the Wii we're seeing great things. I only hope that titles like Dead Space, Spyborgs, and Silent hill Shattered Memories do well. If we complain about the lack of great games when they make them (i.e. Madworld, Little Kings Story), they won't be making them anymore. Show your support! Pick up Spyborgs!



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