Review: Pang Adventures (Nintendo Switch)
The Pang series is a beloved collection of arcade video games from the early 90s. Guide two brothers on a quest around the world to save humankind from a massive alien invasion! Use your wits and skills to overcome the attack balls pouring from the skies and rescue the world’s cities and landmarks from impending annihilation.
Pros:
- Cartoon graphics.
- 406MB Download size.
- Pang Adventures has three modes- Tour mode, Score mode, and Panic mode.
- Two characters to pick from.
- Enter 3 digit name.
- Drop in local multiplayer.
- Gameplay- You can only shoot up, Avoid obstacles and take out the threat!
- Solid score chaser.
- Retro meets modern gaming with the core mechanics being tweaked in a way that feels original but new.
- Tour mode- Your story mode, Take on set missions and unlock new ones as you tour the world. Your best score is shown on each level.
- Panic Mode: 99 levels of continuous battle.
- Score Attack: Save the world with only 3 lives and no Continues.
- Powerups like guns, slow time and shields.
- Tons of replayability.
- Pang Adventures is such great fun.
- Straightforward gameplay.
- Instant restart button.
- Boss battles.
- Difficult.
- End of level score breakdown.
Cons:
- Pang Adventures has no touchscreen support.
- Difficult.
- No leaderboards.
- Have to unlock all the modes.
- No online multiplayer.
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Graphics - 8/108/10
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Sound - 8/108/10
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Accessability - 8/108/10
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Length - 8/108/10
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Fun Factor - 8/108/10
Summary
Pang Adventures is an example of doing retro games properly. It maintains so much of its initial core but builds on it with boss battles, Better graphics etc and all the while maintaining what made the original game so much fun. Yes the game is difficult and it has next to no online interactions but the gameplay is solid and fun regardless if you play it solo or with a friend. Its a game new and old players can appreciate and should check out.
