Puzzle
May 1987 (Data East)
I’m really torn on this. This is a game that a ton of people love. I don’t. It has a pretty big following from what I can find. I don’t quite see the appeal. Maybe I’m just crazy. Maybe I just don’t get it. Maybe it’s because I didn’t grow up on old school arcade games like a lot of the people who love this game. I don’t know, it just isn’t really working for me. But there has to be something there when the game is being made for phones today.
All of that being said, it was an enjoyable game to play. I have to at least give it that much. There were just some things that I couldn’t wrap my head around.
Sometimes it felt like I saw more of my guy's butt because of dying than anything else. Please don't hold the score against me, I started the game again just so I could get the picture.
First, there were the controls. A lot like other games I’ve played for this project they just felt rather unresponsive. Not to a crippling level or anything like that, but it just wasn’t right.
My other issue is purely a personal one that stems from the experiences I’ve had playing. Namely, I expect my character to be able to fall off of a platform or ladder. When my guy is one rung up the ladder I want him to step down and just go the direction I want him to go in. I don’t want him to stand around impatiently while he waits for me to send him that one step down so he can run away from the killer hot dog!
I get the idea that I would have liked this better without the time off. After all, the last game was Ikari Warriors. And Burger Time is definitely better than that game.
The real question is if I’ll come back to this. I really don’t think so. I know my wife will, and she’ll really like it. But I’m just not as into puzzle games as she is. Maybe if I want to waste some time (partly because I know I can’t get too far into it), but that’s about it.
C’mon, man! It’s a chef trapped in an LSD nightmare of being chased by sausages and eggs! And you can attack them with pepper! And you’re making giant hamburgers! What’s not to love?
Though I will admit – once again – that the arcade game was better and is probably the main source of nostalgia for this.
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I think I remember that one. I was at Uni in 1992 and a house mate had a Nintendo. This seems really familiar, although it came out several years before.
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