Perhaps its efforts to fit in with the big dogs of the gaming world would be more tolerable if there were more variety to its challenges.
Although Rise & Shine may sometimes look like a more cartoonish version of Contra, it doesn’t play like one.
This is a twin-stick shooter that adds complexity and depth to a genre that typically has no use for either.
Overall, Axiom Verge’s design stands out, particularly when it fiendishly deviates from the expected.
The soundtrack brings us back to the ’80s; the main characters even rock air guitars at the end of all 10 levels, and the main antagonist looks and sounds almost like He-Man’s Skeletor.
Mesrine is a Don Juan and he will not be denied his pink taco.