Sunday, September 23, 2007

#207 Warpman




In Warpman you are a green troll wearing a beige monastic cloak and carrying a key shaped staff that shoots bullets. The baddies are random blobs splotched with random colors that also shoot bullets. It kind of looks like Yoda is going apeshit at the Mos Eisley Cantina and all the freaks are firing back.

Reminiscient to Robotron 2084 in that you are confined to the screen and once all the destructible enemies are eliminated, the player progresses to the next wave, facing more enemies. There is however, one exception and that is if you find the crucifx warp item which once is picked up makes the center vortex glow and you are able to skip ahead without defeating the enemies.

There are also levels in which your key shaped staff no longer fires bullets but lays down 5 second mines that require more timing and accurate placing to defeat the enemies. The best feature of the game are the innocent letter couriers that seem to have no real hatred for Yoda, but carry the letters "e.x.t.r.a." and if all letters are collected you can receive an extra life. So basically you have to kill these non-combatants to extend your lives on the battlefield. So far this game is one I find most worthy to play on your cell phone during your morning commute to work.

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