This game looks and plays like a classic NES title and because of its retro graphics, midi sounds, and simplistic gameplay, it really gives it that nostalgic vibe. The story kicks you off on your adventure through nine different locations to take down your former coworker with the freedom to pick what level to play, while being able to save your progress with old-school passwords.
Trophy
Gradual Games · Dec 17, 2021
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Trophy is a brand-new action platformer created for original 8-Bit cartridge and now available on Xbox! Take control of the robot Trophy in this exciting new homebrew game. As Trophy, you must navigate challenging environmental obstacles and terrain, such as water, snow, moving platforms, and even zero gravity. Collect power-ups and upgrade Trophy's health and weapon systems, all while battling enemies throughout the levels. Save the peaceful planet of Gearus 9 from the evil machinations of Lord Q as you run, jump, and blast your way to victory. Collect hidden power-ups along the way and defeat some of the largest bosses ever seen on the NES!
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- Trophy is a competent and enjoyable action-platformer that looks and feels like Mega Man, even if it falters in a few specific areas and doesn’t quite live up to that comparison. The game does enough to make it worth recommending to fans of 8-bit classics of yore, provided you can look past some of its poor-level design and cheap deaths. At the end of the day, I'd award it a trophy somewhere in between participation and podium.
- 4.0If you enjoy the very hard ‘old school’ style of platformer, you might find something to like with Trophy. For me though, it just went to show how far we’ve come in gaming, with too many quirks and annoyances we’ve long moved past rearing their unwelcome heads again. There are better ‘modern-retro’ games out there to play.
- 5.0It’s a difficult game both by design and by the issues I had with it. Still, it tries to capture that old 8-bit feel and does a decent job with it. Even up to the slowdown when multiple things are happening on screen. (Is that a feature or performance issue? I couldn’t tell you) Regardless, I never disliked my time with Trophy, but I can most certainly say it could have been better with some other features and better controls thrown in.
- 6.0Overall, if you’re in the market for a consistently difficult Mega Man-esque game, you wouldn’t be at much of a loss with Trophy. Despite some of the design choices being not so memorable, the soundtrack and satisfying NES style gameplay is sure to please any fan of the genre.
- 7.5If you are a fan of retro NES games with a challenge and a Mega Man type feel, this is going to be a title you won’t want to miss. Minus a couple of boss design choices and a buggy achievement system, this is a quality title.
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