Bionic Commando: Rearmed - Early Impressions

By filsinger

Well today finally came. This game was scheduled for release back in May, but it was delayed. For those of you who do not know what I’m talking about it’s, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, which is a complete remake of the 1980s classic NES adventure game of the same name. The gimmick to this game is that you have a robotic arm that allows you to swing, grapple and generally do cool things.

My quick impression of it this morning was that it looks freaking great, it plays well, but oh man is it hard. The original NES games were brutally hard at times, and they kept the difficulty intact. I’ll have more time with it tonight and give a better overall impression once I’m done.

With all the additional content they’ve added besides a decently long single player, is multiplayer, challenge rooms, and a coop. The thing that makes me sad is that none of this is available online, which would have completely put the icing on the cake in this remake.

Publishers please take notice, find the right studio and remake the classics, there are people like me who love to see the great games freshened up for today’s gaming market. You can bet I’ll have my MSPOINTS in tow for you.