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Super C (the overhead levels) Pros:
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Two notes, not so much pros/cons as characteristics:
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Most characteristics shared with Fire Fight.
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GTA 1 & 2, the on-foot portions Almost a different genre, more focus on the vehicle driving parts. The steering took a while to get used to, but worked surprisingly well. The on-foot sections were much less fun because aiming was hard (although there was autoaim) and you couldn't strafe. |
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Mercs (sequel to commando) Note that there are a few games like this: ikari warriors, gun smoke... Pros:
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Smash TV (also robotron) Pros:
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Alien Breed Pros:
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This issue would be worth a blog post. 👍 |
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@Bertram25 I don't have a blog 😄 this issue is just a random collection of ideas anyway, maybe some time later I can distil some conclusions on what makes these games good |
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@cxong Would be worth knowing how you came to the conclusion one or another feature is good and why, indeed. :) I guess on a release post in free game dev? |
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The review of the game made an interesting point that although the level design encouraged tactical play, in practice it was frustrating because the game also had timing pressure with a constantly-depleting fuel gauge. |
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Hey @Bertram25 ; after 2 years I finally got around to that blog post 😆 I couldn't cover all games listed here because then I'd be repeating myself a lot and I tried to add some chronological structure, but it still reads a bit like a brain dump. I hope you enjoy it anyway: http://cxong.github.io/2016/04/a-review-of-overhead-8-directional-shooters |
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C-Dogs is an overhead run-and-gun game. It's worth looking at other games in the same genre, what they did well, what they didn't do well, what parts are fun, what parts didn't work.
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