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When you decide to set your sights on making a retro game in the vein of a classic like Punch-Out, even when we’re talking about a budget title, it’s a tricky proposition. Fans of the NES classic who enjoyed the mixture of action and ultimately puzzle-solving while engaging a variety of enemies in the ring will pretty well instantly understand what they’re looking at. In place of the strange array of international fighters though, in this case you’ll be dealing with an assortment of movie monsters of various kinds. The result does work, and can be fun, but there’s also no missing that it’s not a very polished experience. There’s just something with the responsiveness that feels just a hair slow and in places the game feels picky. That said, for the most part this is a style of play nobody else has dared to touch, so the mix of the horror movie theming and variations on a classic title may be just what you’re looking for when the price of admission is so humble.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.0]