From the Netflix series to the Nintendo Switch video game

Born to reap the commercial benefits of the successful Netflix series (here Cobra Guy Season 3 Review), Cobra Guy is a potty tie-in, ugly to look at and not very effective on a playful level. However, this is not to say that it is a lazy or abandoned adaptation: In fact, the development team has expended a lot of energy to mobilize a good amount of content, sparkling production with different characters, a good number of levels and a method of customizing fighters that offers the opportunity to unlock additional moves and passive abilities. .

However, this production effort is commendable The Karate Kid Saga continues, and you can’t get it right, Woody and clumsy gameplay, showing up in the starting lineup with a very flawed hitbox system and overall look. While there are some interesting ideas that some scrolling tries to modernize their game formula, the overall result is not enough and is sometimes very frustrating.

Cobra’s hand never died

Cobra Hand Video Game adaptation chooses the right way to tell the characters and events of the TV series in a new perspective. The adventure begins with a fight between Hawk and Demetri, who is ordered by the high school principal to ask why the two came into conflict.

At this point the player must choose one of two sides to choose whether he can impersonate the heir of the Cobra arm. (Apparently focuses on the most aggressive approach) Or Miyaki Dojo’s young promise (Focus on defensive techniques). So the whole story can be played from two different angles, and the final revelation (complete with a secret boss) that opens after completing two narrative lines also provides the impetus for re-evaluation. In fact, the story progresses nicely, but sweetly: the plot is consistent and doesn’t stop with the most exciting intermission scenes, and the events are very “imaginative” and not very well integrated with the second season, parallel to the script running. Sometimes we also pay close attention to the tendency to write, Designed to refresh fans ‘memories of the series’ characters and events. Obviously this is not a script to mark the backbone of the product, but even on this front we have to admit that we have seen bold functions like the first Stranger things tie-in (to be on the Netflix theme). As you can read, definitely follow the most original approach Stranger Things 3 Game Review.

However, it is appropriate to leave the story in the background to focus on the most important things in these events: the game. Cobra hand, above all, The canon of scrolling fighting games embraces all genres, With others in a moment of great rebirth for the genre. Between the relapses of Rage 4, Bottletods and Scott Pigrim it can undoubtedly be called the Year of the Beat’m Ups.

Cobra Kai does not live up to the topics mentioned now, however, it is understood after a few minutes of play. Introductory Stages Enough to understand that fighting is a tiring and difficult to read animation. These are all on paper: beautiful spectacular special scenes, cropping, aerial combos and even the ability to interact with the environment to make “yakuza-style” moves. Unfortunately, the animated frames are missing, and every attack action goes into hiccups due to possible reactions from the characters and enemies.

The choice to choose a complete 3D title, resulting in the most common style, He has to have complicated things as far as conflicts are concerned. Very often, especially when we move the character deeper, it is difficult to understand where to put the enemies to attack effectively, and many times it seems to fail to attack for vague reasons. We should not expect much from the artificial intelligence of these products, but the enemies in Cobra Coil have indescribable behaviors, sometimes making two empty attacks after passing our character.

This situation, extended to all employers, is actually exacerbated by their chaotic, sudden, illegal attacks, enough to completely disqualify this adaptation.

It is a shame that the foundation of the game is so fragile, because as we expected Cobra Guy Try to put into practice some successful ideas for your gender. It works intelligently, for example, allowing the player to use defensive tactics, avoidable moves and time counter-attacks that can neutralize an opponent in an instant. In addition to the classic healing materials, there are karateka and belts that can be collected and fitted to the current level, guaranteeing passive abilities to change one’s tactics and character while flying.

To make the game even more layered, there is an upgrade system that allows you to unlock new capabilities for all available characters, as well as improve the characteristics of your dojo and extend various benefits to all fighters. At various stages of creating the adventure, it is possible to actually bring four wrestlers, who change at the push of a button.

This selection guarantees a good category, The difficulty of the stages is greatly reduced: In addition to the issues discussed above, this is enough to turn most of the experience into mechanical and unlisted button mashing, which aims to amass the resources needed to unlock various capabilities rather than discover new challenges. The monotonous style of the systems and the recycling of the types of enemies scattered across the levels make the Cobra handy, though more comprehensive than other counterparts Flat, monotonous and usually repetitive.