The engine generally works well and has a beautifully simple old-school charm, but it is not without its problems. Along the way you also find new weapons you can use against your foes, along with a series of passive and active upgrades for you to find.

The game is a 2D side-scrolling shooter with an emphasis on the protagonist’s bionic arm that he can use to climb and swing his way round the levels. Though they take some getting used to, the swinging mechanics are darn satisfyingīC:R2 plays out much like its predecessor. Right from the word go you can tell that the game wears its retro pedigree on its shoulder with a stunning 2.5D perspective mixed with some chirpy 8-bit tunes straight out of the NES era.

The plot is pretty standard, but it is almost entirely unnecessary anyway in a game like BC:R2. After hearing reports of a missile threat from an offshore facility the FSA sends in a team to investigate but, after losing contact with them, Spencer and his unit are sent in to finish the job and locate the missing FSA soldiers. The irony was that the little 2D advert turned out to be much more enjoyable than its 3D counterpart, and it is thus that the sequel to Bionic Commando: Rearmed is now available on XBLA and PSN.īC:R2 is set sometime after the events of the original game with Spencer now commanding his own unit of bionic soldiers. Back in 2009, in an attempt to increase the hype surrounding the 3D re-boot of Bionic Commando, a small 2D re-imagining of the classic NES side-scroller was released for XBLA, PSN and PC.

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