Mighty Switch Force!
Publisher: WayForward Developer: WayForward Platform: 3DS Players: 1 Release: 2011 Genre: Action / 2D Platformer Rating: 7.2 \ 10.0: Good
Mighty Switch Force! is a combination of a platformer and a run-and-gun game. In it, you play as Patricia Wagon, a robotic law enforcer who must stop the evil Space Hooligans who have hid throughout the game's futuristic setting, Planet Land. The sprite-based 2D graphics are very impressive-- they, too, seem futuristic. The gameplay is nice and the action is solid, but this downloadable title does have its flaws. Being 21 stages long, the game is fairly short. The goal of each stage is to track down all 5 chained-up Hooligan Sisters, who are part of the Space Hooligans gang. The stages are full of environment-based puzzles, most involving blocks. Some of the blocks are solid, and others appear faintly in the background. The press of a button activates Patricia's Siren Helmet, causing the move the background blocks to move to the foreground, and vice versa. While this strategy is mostly used to solve puzzles, you can also use it to smash enemies into the screen.
The brain-bending puzzles sometimes frustrate me, making all deaths caused by blocks to feel undeserved, making it so there's nothing in the game that's less amusing than accidentally smashing yourself into the screen. I think that laser-gun-based firefights are far more enjoyable. I get into them a lot, and I have the most fun when I'm battling. Some puzzles really set me off, such as on Incident .06, where there are red and blue blocks with body heat-activated locks. When locked, these blocks can't be shifted. The nice stage design makes up for the somewhat high difficulty and frustrating puzzles. In fact, the stage design lead to some high levels of entertainment in early stages, encouraging me to never stop trying. Mighty Switch Force! is a fun game, but I slightly overestimated it.
Ups
Impressive sprite-based visuals
Fun firefights
Neat premise
Downs
Very difficult
ESRB: E 10+ Content: Fantasy Violence and Suggestive Themes Price: $5.99 (Download)
Mighty Switch Force! is a combination of a platformer and a run-and-gun game. In it, you play as Patricia Wagon, a robotic law enforcer who must stop the evil Space Hooligans who have hid throughout the game's futuristic setting, Planet Land. The sprite-based 2D graphics are very impressive-- they, too, seem futuristic. The gameplay is nice and the action is solid, but this downloadable title does have its flaws. Being 21 stages long, the game is fairly short. The goal of each stage is to track down all 5 chained-up Hooligan Sisters, who are part of the Space Hooligans gang. The stages are full of environment-based puzzles, most involving blocks. Some of the blocks are solid, and others appear faintly in the background. The press of a button activates Patricia's Siren Helmet, causing the move the background blocks to move to the foreground, and vice versa. While this strategy is mostly used to solve puzzles, you can also use it to smash enemies into the screen.
The brain-bending puzzles sometimes frustrate me, making all deaths caused by blocks to feel undeserved, making it so there's nothing in the game that's less amusing than accidentally smashing yourself into the screen. I think that laser-gun-based firefights are far more enjoyable. I get into them a lot, and I have the most fun when I'm battling. Some puzzles really set me off, such as on Incident .06, where there are red and blue blocks with body heat-activated locks. When locked, these blocks can't be shifted. The nice stage design makes up for the somewhat high difficulty and frustrating puzzles. In fact, the stage design lead to some high levels of entertainment in early stages, encouraging me to never stop trying. Mighty Switch Force! is a fun game, but I slightly overestimated it.
Ups
Impressive sprite-based visuals
Fun firefights
Neat premise
Downs
Very difficult
ESRB: E 10+ Content: Fantasy Violence and Suggestive Themes Price: $5.99 (Download)
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