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Bionic Commando (2009) really is that bad (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by atomicpoet@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Listen, I tend to think gamers cry “wolf” too often when it comes to bad games.

Yooka-Laylee is pretty good. I like Mass Effect: Andromeda. And Metroid: Other M was highly enjoyable.

But you’re right about Bionic Commando (2009). At first, I just thought it was quirky. And the whole grittiness was strange. Specifically, the aspect of his arm being his dead wife—yeah, that’s weird as hell.

After four hours of playing this game, I’m waving the white flag. I can tolerate a dumb cheesy plot. But rockets that can’t aim properly? No.

The best part is when you get to swing your arm and move, but even this is executed clunky. Just getting from place to place is a chore. And those boss battles are grindy as hell and not fun.

But worst of all, why the hell did they give Nathan Spencer dreadlocks? This might seem like a small detail, but it’s really indicative of how this whole game went off the rails. They really tried to give this game some edge but I cannot help but cringe.

I don’t know if I’ll attempt to play this again but… woof!

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[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's saving grace was that we got BC as one of the most fun and interesting characters in Marvel vs Capcom 3.

BionIC AAAAAAAAAAARMMMM!

[–] atomicpoet@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I don’t think so. Bionic Command: Re-Armed 1 & 2 came out around the same time. The first beforehand and the second afterwards.

That’s why the franchise ain’t entirely dead.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yooka-Laylee is pretty good.

This wasn’t well received?

[–] atomicpoet@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

No, a whole lot of loud people on YouTube and Reddit basically complained about it.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I didn't play it when it came out, but playing it years later it fits the classic B game of the 2000s. Some alien or high tech gone wrong, with some attempts at an edgy meaningful plot and a twist villian trying to take over the world.

[–] LordTrychon@startrek.website 1 points 5 days ago

I loved the Gameboy game by a similar name but never tried any other versions, figuring it wouldn't translate well. Sounds like I was right.

To this day, the only thing that has scratched my swinging itch since I was that young kid has been the insomniac Spiderman games.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 1 points 6 days ago

I got it a couple years after release, out of a sense of nostalgia for the NES game.

It was bad. It really didn't have much going for it. It did so much wrong and so little right.