There is nice details to the environments in the levels, and the tongue-in-cheek 80's action film atmosphere is lovely. We thoroughly enjoyed the sounds and sights of Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2. Maybe we've been a bit spoiled by Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, but I was hoping to get a bit more out of the co-operative mode. There is a co-operative mode just as in Bionic Commando: Rearmed, and while there are sections were you actually help each other out more than by just increasing the amount of bullets you fire at enemies it still feels as though more could have been done to design co-operative elements. Not particularly dynamic, but tense and exciting.Ĭollecting upgrades and new weaponry is a motivator throughout the game and toying with the different grenades and missiles is a lot of fun. The boss fights are fun little reminders of what boss fights used to be like back in the day. It's a flexible tool and once you've mastered judging distances and learned all the little nuances of the bionic arm controls the game really comes to life. It makes for a slightly different style of platformer and one that requires timing and precision. Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 has certainly smoothed things over a bit, and the casual difficulty level will allow novices to enjoy the action without feeling frustrated and most players will have a bit of a challenge when the difficulty is turned up to normal.Īt the core of the Bionic Commando experience is Rad Spencer's bionic arm that works a bit like a grappling hook. The harshness of Bionic Commando: Rearmed and the rather unforgiving nature of the bionic action caught me a bit off guard. I was vaguely familiar with the concept, but never actually played it as I was a sworn Sega devotee at the time. This reviewer must first admit to never having played the original Bionic Commando back in the 80's. We had to wait until now for the sequel, after original developers Grin filed for bankruptcy and development duties were handed over to fellow Swedes Fatshark (Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West). While Bionic Commando turned out to be a bit of a dud when released in 2009, the game that preceded it Bionic Commando: Rearmed, a remake of an old NES classic was one of the bigger success stories of PSN/XBLA in 2008.
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