It seems that twin stick shooters are one thing of the flavour of the month, yr or possibly even decade. It’s with that wherein Dolores Leisure have labored Tremendous Trunko Go. We’re an elephant and we’ve got to go and save the day. Up to now, so standard, proper?
The story and narrative sitting behind Tremendous Trunko Go is considerably slight. Evil Lord Tusk (with a title like that, he isn’t going to be working a Sunday faculty) is as much as his previous methods once more. By previous methods, what which means is that he has brainwashed the residents of the planet you reside on, constructed himself a military, and goes for world domination. Professor Ellie, who hasn’t been affected, calls on the companies of Tremendous Trunko (that’s us), requesting us to move out and restore peace to the world by means of the medium of varied firearms. I think about that it’s exhausting for Lord Tusk to brainwash the residents if they’re stuffed with holes, no?
The motion is considered from a clumsy top-down perspective, and by awkward I imply skewed off to the aspect considerably, however not fairly isometric. It’s exhausting to elucidate, however take a look at the screenshots and also you’ll see what I imply. Trunko himself and the remainder of the enemies on the display are fairly nicely designed and look fairly cute. I significantly like the best way that each time Trunko picks up a weapon, it’s strapped over his trunk, prepared for use. I suppose nostril managed weapons are a factor in his world? Anyway, the degrees are pretty massive and are designed in chunks, so you must clear the enemies from one space to open up the subsequent, for example. There are a selection of various biomes to discover, and all in all, the graphical aspect of the sport is fairly good. Maybe it’s set to enchantment to a youthful viewers, however it all works.
Sound is roofed within the standard method – shooty noises and so forth that you’d count on, and whereas there’s nothing stunning, once more it does sufficient to get a tick on this field. The music is kind of good too, so nothing to actually moan about right here. Aside from one little niggle, which is that in contrast to each different recreation on this style, it’s potential to lose your character on the display because the partitions that obscure your view of the motion don’t go translucent. This implies you’ll be able to run into enemies and die while you’re unsighted, which is a bit unfair in my eyes.
With that off my chest, let’s now take a look at how the sport performs out, and when you’ve ever performed a twin stick shooter earlier than, you’ll be proper at house right here. As at all times, the left stick strikes Trunko across the area, whereas the best stick chooses which path you’re going to fireside in. Helpfully, each weapon that Trunko can equip appears to return with a form of laser sight hooked up, so it’s a breeze to see the place your bullets are going to go. Add in a soar, a dodge roll (that doesn’t have any invincibility, as I came upon the primary time I attempted to roll by means of a laser beam lure) and the essential controls are all very acquainted. However is there something that’s uncommon about Tremendous Trunko Go, something that may be a USP?
Properly, form of. In most of those video games, you might have a fundamental weapon that, whereas weak and never awfully damaging, at the least has infinite ammo. There isn’t a such weapon in Tremendous Trunko Go, and each weapon that you just come throughout requires ammo to be able to be used. Truthful sufficient, proper? Properly, ammo appears to be at a premium, and whereas it does sometimes seem whenever you break the crates dotted concerning the ranges, it often doesn’t. Do you waste ammo within the hope that you just’ll get some extra, or are you higher off saving it for capturing precise enemies? Working out of ammo is a significant drawback, as progress by means of the degrees requires you to kill enemies, and when you can’t shoot, you’ll be able to’t kill, and subsequently can’t progress. In consequence, a restart of the extent is required, and it is a bit galling whenever you solely have one enemy left to take down.
Additional, while you’re exploring the world to wipe out the foes, you additionally must preserve your eyes peeled for a Tri Key, which is required to open the ultimate door within the stage and can help you escape. So, accuracy is your buddy it could seem…
For a recreation that’s seemingly designed for the youthful gamer, this mechanic is a bit unusual in my eyes. Youthful gamers could not have the hand-eye coordination required to maneuver and shoot on the identical time, and nonetheless hit the enemies. That spray and pray method will see you run out of ammo and need to restart. The enemies are additionally considerably tanky, including stress in your ammo reserves. In reality, I’d go so far as to say that Tremendous Trunko Go is primarily about hoarding ammo greater than capturing, and whereas this isn’t essentially a foul factor, it does change the dynamic of the sport considerably.
The problem can be fairly steep; even by simply the third stage the enemies are completely crack photographs. It turns into fairly exhausting to remain alive, by no means thoughts keep correct.
All in all, Tremendous Trunko Go is an honest stab at a twin stick shooter, with some “attention-grabbing” mechanics. There’s a actual problem right here, and whereas it isn’t the most important recreation on the earth, it isn’t a pushover. In the event you fancy a twin stick shooter with a slight distinction, then give Tremendous Trunko Go a attempt.
