In my continuing effort to watch every episode of cartoons that I loved as a kid, the next one on my agenda was G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero — specifically, the Sunbow Productions run starting with the first installment of the original limited series, all the way through the regular episodes and finishing with G.I. Joe: The Movie.
HIGH The sound design rocks.
LOW So many bugs.
WTF Those zombies dressed as pigs standing still, doing nothing.
HIGH An excellent upgrade of a beloved PS1 classic!
LOW A bit too faithful to the decades-old original.
WTF One boss is a merger of a lizard and a cactus?!
HIGH Clever level design. Throwback one-bit style. Unsettling sci-fi and horror elements.
LOW Missed opportunities for world-building, wonky controls, tedious trial and error gameplay.
WTF No mouse controls whatsoever?
HIGH Discovering an old 3D platformer I hadn’t played yet.
LOW Dated controls.
WTF That Croc remake cannot come soon enough.
HIGH All-time ’90s internet vibes.
LOW Some of the platforming sections weren’t super responsive.
WTF Is it possible to feel nostalgia for something I wasn’t even alive for?
HIGH The lightning bolt effect when a ball hits top speed.
LOW The absurdly difficult third stage.
WTF The fart noise that occasionally plays when losing a ball.
HIGH The chainsaw leg is as awesome as it sounds.
LOW Awkward control mapping.
WTF Does the tale of Johnny Turbo really need audio logs?
HIGH Snow Bros. finally gets a successor!
LOW Camera controls are severely lacking.
WTF The final gauntlet…
HIGH Original creature ideas, interesting blend of action/RTS, quality-of-life updates.
LOW Monotonous level design, bland color palette, awkward menus and dated animations.
WTF Guy who says “we’re screwed!” then “it’s alright, I’m OK” a second later.