Ashura/Rambo: First Blood Part 2/Secret Commando (SMS, 1986)
Graphics-8 Sound-7.5 Control-7 Challenge-8
Level Design-7 Frustration-8 Fun- (7) Originality-6
Overall Score-7
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2-player
Rescue villagers by blowing up their houses and receive weapons as a reward
You can upgrade the explosive arrows turning them into smart bombs
You can walk through enemies without taking damage
Respawn on the spot and manual deployment
Good AI overall
No slowdown
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Slow walking speed (some enemies are much faster than you)
Arrow ammo counter only goes to 9
Repetitive
You start out with very short attack range
Low rate of fire (2 bullets on screen) and no auto-fire
Can’t turn around to shoot downwards (enemies can't either though)
Ugly cutscenes
You can strafe during manual deployment but not in-game
Lame bosses (you shoot a wall while getting surrounded by enemies)
Hard to tell if you’re damaging a boss or not, a bit short