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Radioactive IT Review: Lode Runner
Radioactive IT Review: Lode Runner | Review: Lode Runner |
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| by Mike Bantick | ||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, 17 May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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With a history stemming back to the early eighties, and countless ports, sequels and spin-off’s one thing has remained with this new XBLA version, and that is the core game-play. The player is tasked with collecting all the gold loot on screen, by traversing the ladders and blocks of the 2D platform maze. Chasing after him is a number of foes that can also carry gold if they come in contact with the precious metal lodes. They will also end the Runners life if they catch him. But the Runner is armed, not with a direct shooty style gun, but a digger-gun that can temporarily remove blocks to the Runners left or right depending on which trigger is pulled. Removing blocks serves a number of purposes, firstly the enemy monsters will fall into the created pit, dropping any gold carried in doing so. They can crawl out, but whist in the hole, the Runner can jaunt across their head. Unlike the monsters chasing the Runner, he can free fall through any gap created by his gun, thus evading the chasers. Learning the art of pit creation is also essential to solving the puzzles of each the 220 levels that comes with this new version of the game. Knowing when and where to blast a hole and then understanding the timing of when that block re-appears is the key to success in the game. And that is about that for the core game-play. But what does this new version add to the Lode Runner lore? CONTINUED on PAGE 2 |
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