![]() Be warned though: it can only be used if it can latch onto a solid surface on each end, meaning you’ve got to carefully plan out where and when you want to use it. Its use is vital to progressing through the game, especially in levels where the speedy approach is required because of some form of impending doom. ![]() Taro also has a zip-line grappling hook, which can be deployed to keep him safe from potential pitfalls or to blast him both vertically and horizontally across levels. ![]() This ensures the momentum of each level never comes to a halt, with players able to flow their running, jumping, and attacks into an impressive string of combos that never breaks the pace. Taro’s choice of weapon is an electric whip that can be lashed out across multiple directions, with enemies typically only taking one-hit to take down. It’s just the like the action games you would have played on your Mega Drive or SNES, and it is glorious. Players will traverse across linear levels, all whilst slicing down enemies and all-sorts of creative bosses, navigating through platforming challenges by running, jumping, and sliding, and using every trick up their sleeve to keep safe from the constant onslaught of attacks and hazards found in each level. Check out a gallery of screenshots down below:Īt its core, Steel Assault is very old-school in design. Of course, there’s a little more to it than that and the game does include scenes that flesh out the narrative a little, but there’s no doubting that the story plays second fiddle to the game’s manic action. In a nutshell, you play as the scarred badass Taro Takahashi as he ventures across a myriad of deadly locales, all whilst taking down countless enemies on his way to defeating the villainous General Magnus Pierce. I don’t think it’s too necessary to go into depth about the narrative of Steel Assault. It has epic 16-bit visuals, it’s packed to the brim with action, and it left me pulling my hair out at times thanks to its tough difficulty… basically, it’s everything I wanted from an old-school action title. I only had to take one look at the gameplay to be all-in and had a big smile wrapped across my face as I played through it. If you slam a retro-style run-and-gun title in my face, I’m GOING to play it – especially when it looks as awesome as Steel Assault.
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