Genesis

Ranger X

Das Fazit kann ich mir diesmal wirklich sparen, denn aus dem obigen Text lässt sich bereits problemlos ableiten, dass "Ranger X" ein kleines Mega Drive-Wunder ist. Für mich persönlich ist es vielleicht das beste Spiel der Konsole und ein kleines Stück besser als die artverwandte Super Nintendo-Konkurrenz "Cybernator". "Ranger X" sollte man deshalb auf gar keinen Fall verpassen, vor allem nicht als Fan der Mech-Thematik.

Overall, Ranger X is a great title with lots of action and a bit of thinking to boot. You won't have this game licked in a day's time and the visuals will keep you coming back for more.

Ex-Ranza est certes un shoot de plus sur MD, mais il est d'une telle qualité qu'il serait une erreur sans nom de passer à coté. La réalisation est F-A-B-U-L-E-U-S-E sur tous les points, la jouabilité est aux petits oignons, la difficulté est d'un bon niveau et très progressive, et la replay value est quand à elle plutôt bonne puisque l'on y revient souvent une fois le jeu terminé. Beau, long, intéressant, techniquement bluffant, je ne vois pas quoi rajouter de plus pour vous convaincre de vous procurer ce petit bijou de la MegaDrive. Sachez que vous manquez un très grand jeu si vous faites l'impasse sur ce titre que je vous conseille plutôt dans sa version Japonaise.

The lack of promotion this game received is nothing short of a total scam. With the exception of Die Hard Game Fan, Ranger-X was either not reviewed at all by the prozines, or universally panned for it's complex controls. Looking back at E.G.M.'s review I have to wonder if they were using the standard 3 button controller. Consequently, nobody bought it, and it was sent to bargain bins shortly after release. No sequel was ever produced, and Gau Entertainment is dead to my knowledge. The unlimited possibilities contained in the unique design of Ranger-X and EX-UP may never be fully realized. Ranger-X is a truly innovative and solid action title, one that still provides hours of quality gaming after all these years. No respectable Genesis action fan should be without a copy of this game on their shelf.

The control scheme is so confusing that even after I learned it, I never felt comfortable with it. The stages don't make a lot of sense either. You often can't discern the background graphics from foreground dangers, and in certain brief sequences, you seem to have no bearing on events. It's as if the game is playing out some elaborate background story and it forget to let you in on it. The stages are so-so, with the standard planet surfaces and caverns of lava pools. Even the music is mediocre. Each stage is introduced with some rotating wireframe models that are pretty advanced by 16-bit standards, but not too exciting in 2006. The game is extremely hard, so I'd recommend setting the difficulty to easy. All in all, I didn't care much for Ranger X, and I'm not just saying that because I didn't know what the F was going on half the time. Okay, maybe I am.