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Rygar eventually gains a hookshot tool that is quite fun to use. Much like The Legend of Zelda games, you'll spot areas you can't reach quite yet but will return later after you've found the right item or flipped the right switch. There is a good deal of exploration, which I appreciate. Rygar is slow, and his enemies have predictable attack patterns. This isn't like God of War, where we are made to feel like an incredible badass. I found the variety of enemies acceptable, but combat never really gets exciting. A few new baddies have been added for The Battle of Argus and dropped in here and there to reduce redundancy. There is hardcore and then there is dated: Rygar falls more into the latter category.Īfter the original's release, many people complained that the game threw a lot of the same enemies at the player over and over again. So you're doing what the game tells you to, and all of a sudden the ledge falls out from under with no warning and you fall to your death. You have to run away from it, otherwise it will eat you.
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Boss fights are also sometimes bogus, like the whale-thing that chases you along a narrow path. This cheap gameplay mechanic robs the player of a sense of accomplishment. Plus, there are rooms where bad guys keep re-spawning until you hack through some ambiguous amount, and they will have returned when you reenter the room. By the time you start a combo chain, the enemy is already behind you - it doesn't feel empowering to the player. The destructible environments are great, and while attacking enemies you'll be knocking down pillars and smashing priceless treasures all over the place. There are three types, each with its own speed and summon monster, and it's fun to power up your armors with mystic stones that grant special abilities. It's kind of a saw blade attached to a chain like a mace. Rygar's signature disk armor weapon is rather unique. However, many of the game's environments still look good, featuring picturesque sunsets and shiny reflections on marble.Ĭlick+here+for+our+video+review. It doesn't even support widescreen, for Pete's sake, instead stretching its 4:3 image to fit the 16:9 display - pretty unforgivable today. In many ways, Rygar definitely shows its age. Character models are also pretty fugly, especially our hero. The dialogue is truly terrible, and is delivered in stilted cut scenes with no effort put into lip synching. But, come on - this guy is obviously Japanese. Set in a mythological Roman empire, Rygar stars a warrior of the same name in the business of gaming's oldest profession: saving a princess. This is an unnecessary port that doesn't add enough new content to warrant strapping your disk armor back on. What may have been impressive in 2002 feels pretty dated today. And after playing through The Battle of Argus, I don't really have an answer for you.
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Why would you want to play a six-year old PS2 game on your Wii? That's a very good question. Many assumed the project had been cancelled, but fear not superfans - Rygar has arrived! Again. Tecmo announced it would be reviving the game back in May of 2007 and showed it in video form at the Tokyo Game Show that year. It was well received, garnering an average industry review score of 8.5 as well as an 8.4 from IGN at the time of its release. Rygar may be the oldest, though - it originally arrived on the PlayStation 2 way back in 2002. The Wii being only slightly more powerful than last-generation systems, it has seen its share of old games being dusted off and trotted out for reappearance at retail (see: Resident Evil 4 and Okami).