Monster Bash HD

This HD update is pretty strong. I always felt the EGA colour palette was kind of gross so updating *Monster Bash*'s graphics makes the visuals very definitive. The audio is left alone, which is good since the music and SFX were always pretty good. This HD remake changes up how you approach the game's campaigns. Instead of going through each episode in a string, taking with you the amount of lives you have from one level to the next, you instead select the level from the menu and lives are infinite. I miss the lives system and the stakes of having to survive a whole episode. Plus, the removal of a lives system renders the Johnny pickups as more points to collect in a game with already a lot of collectibles. The switch up, though, was probably the right idea. The inclusion of the level editor and Steam workshop support is pretty neat. It has a lot of features too although I haven't dabbled too deeply into it. As for the game itself, Monster Bash is a pretty solid Apogee platformer. The movement and weapon physics make it a snappy and fun game. The level design is lived in and intricate although the non-linear nature of the game's objective of freeing all the pets conflicts with the rather linear levels. Episodes 2 and 3 aren't as good as the first either. Episode 1 is very good, though, and worth the ride.

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Eine ganz klare Empfehlung! Wer unter DOS mit den Spielen von Apogee großgeworden ist, wird hier den Charme und die Nostalgie wieder finden. Diesmal sogar in HD und mit noch mehr Level. Das Spiel wurde hervorragend umgesetzt und fordert genau im richtigen Schwierigkeitsgrad. Dazu gibt's noch Extras wie Level Editor oder Community Level. Fazit: Sound / Musik / Spielgefühl ist alles original wie bei der alten Dos Version nur optisch schöner und geschmeidiger

원작의 느낌은 그대로 두고, 컨트롤러 지원을 포함한 몇가지 편의를 향상시킨 점이 잘 만들어졌다는 점에서 추천합니다. 원작 추억이 있거나 도스 시절 플랫폼 게임들을 좋아하는 편이 아니라면 플레이하기에는 다소 무리가 있습니다.

Fantastic remaster of a great game. It's got all the bells and whistles you'd expect, like controller support, level select for the levels you've beaten once, and unlimited continues to use if you so choose. I beat it in 5 hours, but if you were going for a completionist playthrough or want to aim for high scores, you could certainly spend a lot more time with it. I only got to play the shareware version of this as a kid, which only included the first of the three episodes, so it's great to finally be able to complete the whole thing.

Otro grandioso trabajo de preservación en esta remasterizaicón de Emberheart Games de otro clásico de plataformas 2D de Apogee: Crystal Caves (orig.1991), Secret Agent (orig,1992), Monster Bash (orig.1993). Poniéndonos en época puedo imaginarme el espectacular laburo de pasar del motor de los otros 2 juegos a este que tanto gráficamente como en interfaz y controles es mucho más avanzado, tanto más a lo que hoy en día llamamos "un salto de generación". Sin embargo, este título en particular a mi personalmente nunca me gustó mucho entonces aunque esta remasterización sea exquisita no tengo mucho interés en más que jugarlo por un par de horas, unos pocos niveles, y agregar este juego a mi biblioteca por lo que significa históricamente y lo bien que se ha hecho este trabajo de restauración y actualización conservando toda la esencia del título originalmente lanzado casi 30 años atrás (el original es de 1993 y esta versión HD de 2021). Si alguna vez disfrutaste este título en tu infancia y/o te interesan los títulos originalmente lanzados para DOS y/o te interesa la historia de los videojuegos no podés no sumar este juego a tu biblioteca de Steam. [b]100% recomendado.[/b]

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